The 104th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the
United States Senate
The United States Senate is a chamber of the Bicameralism, bicameral United States Congress; it is the upper house, with the United States House of Representatives, U.S. House of Representatives being the lower house. Together, the Senate and ...
and the
United States House of Representatives
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. It met in
Washington, D.C. from January 3, 1995, to January 3, 1997, during the third and fourth years of
Bill Clinton's presidency. Apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the
1990 United States census.
Both chambers had
Republican majorities for the first time since the
83rd Congress in 1953. Major events included passage of elements of the
Contract with America
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and a budget impasse between Congress and the
Clinton administration that resulted in the
federal government shutdown of 1995 and 1996.
Major events
* January 3, 1995: Republicans gained control of both houses for the first time since 1955.
* January 31, 1995: President Clinton invoked emergency powers to extend a $20 billion loan to help Mexico avert financial collapse.
* April 19, 1995:
Oklahoma City bombing
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* August 30, 1995: NATO began
Operation Deliberate Force
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against
Serbs in
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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* November 14–19, 1995:
U.S. government shutdown
* December 16, 1995 – January 6, 1996: U.S. government shutdown
* November 5, 1996: Re-election of President
Bill Clinton
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; Democrats gained 8 seats in House; Republicans gained 2 seats in Senate.
* First session of Congress where 3 sitting members of Congress had given birth,
Enid Greene Waldholtz,
Susan Molinari, and
Blanche Lincoln.
Major legislation

* January 23, 1995:
Congressional Accountability Act of 1995,
* March 22, 1995:
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995Pub.L. 104-4* April 10, 1995:
Mexican Debt Disclosure Act of 1995, ,
* May 22, 1995:
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995Pub.L. 104-13* November 8, 1995:
Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995Pub.L. 104-45* November 28, 1995:
National Highway System Designation Act of 1995, ,
* December 19, 1995:
Lobbying Disclosure Act, , ,
* December 22, 1995:
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act, ,
* December 28, 1995:
Housing for Older Persons ActPub.L. 104-76* December 29, 1995:
ICC Termination Act of 1995Pub.L. 104-88* January 16, 1996:
Federal Trademark Dilution Act
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Pub.L. 104-98* February 8, 1996:
Telecommunications Act of 1996 (including the
Communications Decency Act), , ,
* March 12, 1996:
Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (Libertad) Act of 1996 (Helms-Burton Act), , ,
* March 29, 1996:
Congressional Review Act
* April 4, 1996:
Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform (FAIR) Act of 1996Pub.L. 104-127* April 9, 1996:
Line Item Veto Act, ,
* April 24, 1996:
Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act, ,
* April 26, 1996:
District of Columbia School Reform Act of 1995
* May 13, 1996:
Mercury-Containing and Rechargeable Battery Management ActPub.L. 104-142
* May 17, 1996:
Megan's Law,
* July 30, 1996:
Taxpayer Bill of Rights 2, ,
* August 3, 1996:
National Gambling Impact Study Commission Act, ,
* August 3, 1996:
Food Quality Protection Act of 1996, , ,
* August 5, 1996:
Iran and Libya Sanctions Act of 1996Pub.L. 104-172* August 20, 1996:
Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996, ,
* August 21, 1996:
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
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(HIPAA), ,
* August 21, 1996:
War Crimes Act of 1996Pub.L. 104-192* August 22, 1996:
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act (
Welfare Reform Act), ,
* September 21, 1996:
Defense of Marriage Act, ,
* September 26, 1996;
Mental Health Parity ActPub.L. 104-204* September 30, 1996: Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act, 1997 (Includes
Domestic Violence Offender Gun Ban,
Child Pornography Prevention Act of 1996;
Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996) ,
* September 30, 1996:
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, ,
* September 30, 1996:
Library Services and Technology Act
* October 1, 1996:
Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act, ,
* October 3, 1996:
Comprehensive Methamphetamine Control Act of 1996Pub.L. 104-237* October 9, 1996:
Helium Privatization Act of 1996Pub.L. 104-273* October 9, 1996:
Animal Drug Availability Act 1996,
* October 11, 1996:
National Securities Markets Improvement Act of 1996 The National Securities Markets Improvement Act of 1996 is an amendment to Securities regulation in the United States, United States federal securities laws in with the aim of promote efficiency and capital formation in the financial markets, and to ...
Pub.L. 104-290* October 11, 1996:
Economic Espionage Act of 1996Pub.L. 104-294* October 12, 1996:
Water Resources Development Act of 1996, ,
* October 20, 1996:
United States Commemorative Coin Act of 1996Pub.L. 104-329* October 26, 1996:
Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996Pub.L. 104-330* October 26, 1996:
National Invasive Species ActPub.L. 104-332
Party summary
Senate
House of Representatives
Leadership
Senate
*
President:
Al Gore
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(D)
*
President pro tempore:
Strom Thurmond (R)
Majority (Republican) leadership
*
Majority Leader:
**
Bob Dole
Robert Joseph Dole (July 22, 1923 – December 5, 2021) was an American politician and attorney who represented Kansas in the United States Senate from 1969 to 1996. He was the Party leaders of the United States Senate, Republican Leader of th ...
, until June 11, 1996
**
Trent Lott
Chester Trent Lott Sr. (born October 9, 1941) is an American lobbyist, lawyer, author, and politician who represented Mississippi in the United States House of Representatives from 1973 to 1989 and in the United States Senate from 1989 to 2007. ...
, starting June 12, 1996
*
Majority Whip:
**
Trent Lott
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, until June 11, 1996
**
Don Nickles, starting June 12, 1996
*
Republican Conference Chairman:
Thad Cochran
*
Republican Conference Secretary:
Connie Mack III
*
Republican Campaign Committee Chair:
Al D'Amato
*
Republican Policy Committee Chairman:
**
Don Nickles, until June 12, 1996
**
Larry Craig, starting June 12, 1996
Minority (Democratic) leadership
*
Minority Leader:
Tom Daschle
*
Minority Whip
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Whips ...
:
Wendell Ford
*
Policy Committee Co-Chairs:
Tom Daschle and
Harry Reid
*
Democratic Conference Secretary:
Barbara Mikulski
*
Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman:
Bob Kerrey
* Chief Deputy Whip:
John Breaux
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House of Representatives
*
Speaker:
Newt Gingrich
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(R)
Majority (Republican) leadership
*
Majority Leader:
Dick Armey
*
Majority Vice of House:
Tom DeLay
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*
Chief Deputy Whip:
Dennis Hastert
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*
Republican Conference Chairman:
John Boehner
*
Republican Conference Vice-Chairwoman:
Susan Molinari
*
Republican Conference Secretary:
Barbara Vucanovich
*
Policy Committee Chairman:
Christopher Cox
*
Republican Campaign Committee Chairman:
Bill Paxon
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Early life
Paxon was born in Akron, New Yo ...
Minority (Democratic) leadership
*
Minority Leader:
Dick Gephardt
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*
Minority Whip
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Whips ...
:
David Bonior
*
Chief Deputy Minority Whips:
Rosa DeLauro,
John Lewis, &
Bill Richardson
*
Democratic Caucus Chairman:
Vic Fazio
*
Democratic Caucus Vice-Chairman:
Barbara B. Kennelly
*
Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman:
Martin Frost
Caucuses
*
Armenian Caucus
*
Biomedical Research Caucus
*
Blue Dog Coalition
*
Congressional Arts Caucus
*
Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus
*
Congressional Automotive Caucus
*
Congressional Bike Caucus
*
Congressional Black Caucus
*
Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans
*
Congressional Caucus on Korea
*
Congressional Fire Services Caucus
*
Congressional Friends of Ireland Caucus
*
Congressional Hispanic Caucus
*
Congressional Motorsports Caucus
*
Congressional Pediatric & Adult Hydrocephalus Caucus
*
Congressional Progressive Caucus
*
Congressional Portuguese-American Caucus
*
Congressional Travel & Tourism Caucus
*
Congressional Western Caucus
*
Congresswomen's Caucus
*
Hong Kong Caucus
*
House Democratic Caucus
*
Law Enforcement Caucus
*
Northern Border Caucus
*
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Caucus
*
Senate Democratic Caucus
Members
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Senate
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Alabama
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: 2.
Howell Heflin (D)
: 3.
Richard Shelby (R)
Alaska
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: 2.
Ted Stevens (R)
: 3.
Frank Murkowski (R)
Arizona
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: 1.
Jon Kyl (R)
: 3.
John McCain
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(R)
Arkansas
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: 2.
David Pryor (D)
: 3.
Dale Bumpers (D)
California
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: 1.
Dianne Feinstein (D)
: 3.
Barbara Boxer
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(D)
Colorado
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: 2.
Hank Brown (R)
: 3.
Ben Nighthorse Campbell (D, then R)
Connecticut
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: 1.
Joe Lieberman
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(D)
: 3.
Chris Dodd (D)
Delaware
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: 1.
William Roth (R)
: 2.
Joe Biden
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(D)
Florida
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: 1.
Connie Mack III (R)
: 3.
Bob Graham (D)
Georgia
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: 2.
Sam Nunn (D)
: 3.
Paul Coverdell (R)
Hawaii
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: 1.
Daniel Akaka (D)
: 3.
Daniel Inouye
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(D)
Idaho
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: 2.
Larry Craig (R)
: 3.
Dirk Kempthorne (R)
Illinois
Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. It borders on Lake Michigan to its northeast, the Mississippi River to its west, and the Wabash River, Wabash and Ohio River, Ohio rivers to its ...
: 2.
Paul Simon
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(D)
: 3.
Carol Moseley-Braun (D)
Indiana
Indiana ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north and northeast, Ohio to the east, the Ohio River and Kentucky to the s ...
: 1.
Dick Lugar (R)
: 3.
Dan Coats (R)
Iowa
Iowa ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the upper Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west; Wisconsin to the northeast, Ill ...
: 2.
Tom Harkin (D)
: 3.
Chuck Grassley
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(R)
Kansas
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: 2.
Nancy Kassebaum (R)
: 3.
Bob Dole
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(R), until June 11, 1996
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Sheila Frahm (R), June 11, 1996 – November 6, 1996
::
Sam Brownback
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(R), from November 6, 1996
Kentucky
Kentucky (, ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north, West Virginia to the ...
: 2.
Mitch McConnell (R)
: 3.
Wendell Ford (D)
Louisiana
Louisiana ( ; ; ) is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It borders Texas to the west, Arkansas to the north, and Mississippi to the east. Of the 50 U.S. states, it ranks 31st in area and 25 ...
: 2.
J. Bennett Johnston (D)
: 3.
John Breaux
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(D)
Maine
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: 1.
Olympia Snowe (R)
: 2.
William Cohen (R)
Maryland
Maryland ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It borders the states of Virginia to its south, West Virginia to its west, Pennsylvania to its north, and Delaware to its east ...
: 1.
Paul Sarbanes
Paul Spyros Sarbanes (; February 3, 1933 – December 6, 2020) was an American politician and attorney from Maryland. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he served in both chambers of the United States Congr ...
(D)
: 3.
Barbara Mikulski (D)
Massachusetts
Massachusetts ( ; ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine to its east, Connecticut and Rhode ...
: 1.
Ted Kennedy (D)
: 2.
John Kerry
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(D)
Michigan
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: 1.
Spencer Abraham (R)
: 2.
Carl Levin (D)
Minnesota
Minnesota ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the so ...
: 1.
Rod Grams (R)
: 2.
Paul Wellstone (DFL)
Mississippi
Mississippi ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Alabama to the east, the Gulf of Mexico to the south, Louisiana to the s ...
: 1.
Trent Lott
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(R)
: 2.
Thad Cochran (R)
Missouri
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: 1.
John Ashcroft
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(R)
: 3.
Kit Bond (R)
Montana
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: 1.
Conrad Burns (R)
: 2.
Max Baucus (D)
Nebraska
Nebraska ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Ka ...
: 1.
Bob Kerrey (D)
: 2.
J. James Exon (D)
Nevada
Nevada ( ; ) is a landlocked state in the Western United States. It borders Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the seventh-most extensive, th ...
: 1.
Richard Bryan (D)
: 3.
Harry Reid (D)
New Hampshire
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: 2.
Bob Smith (R)
: 3.
Judd Gregg (R)
New Jersey
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: 1.
Frank Lautenberg (D)
: 2.
Bill Bradley (D)
New Mexico
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: 1.
Jeff Bingaman
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(D)
: 2.
Pete Domenici (R)
New York
: 1.
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
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(D)
: 3.
Al D'Amato (R)
North Carolina
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: 2.
Jesse Helms (R)
: 3.
Lauch Faircloth (R)
North Dakota
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: 1.
Kent Conrad (D-NPL)
: 3.
Byron Dorgan (D-NPL)
Ohio
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: 1.
Mike DeWine (R)
: 3.
John Glenn
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(D)
Oklahoma
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: 2.
Jim Inhofe (R)
: 3.
Don Nickles (R)
Oregon
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: 2.
Mark Hatfield (R)
: 3.
Bob Packwood
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(R), until October 1, 1995
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Ron Wyden
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(D), from February 6, 1996
Pennsylvania
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: 1.
Rick Santorum (R)
: 3.
Arlen Specter
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(R)
Rhode Island
Rhode Island ( ) is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Connecticut to its west; Massachusetts to its north and east; and the Atlantic Ocean to its south via Rhode Island Sound and Block Is ...
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John Chafee (R)
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Claiborne Pell (D)
South Carolina
South Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders North Carolina to the north and northeast, the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, and Georgia (U.S. state), Georg ...
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Strom Thurmond (R)
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Fritz Hollings (D)
South Dakota
South Dakota (; Sioux language, Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state, state in the West North Central states, North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Dakota people, Dakota Sioux ...
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Larry Pressler (R)
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Tom Daschle (D)
Tennessee
Tennessee (, ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Kentucky to the north, Virginia to the northeast, North Carolina t ...
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Bill Frist
William Harrison Frist (born February 22, 1952) is an American physician, businessman, conservationist and policymaker who served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1995 to 2007. A member of the Republican Party, he also served as ...
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Fred Thompson (R)
Texas
Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the we ...
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Kay Bailey Hutchison
Kay Bailey Hutchison (born Kathryn Ann Bailey; July 22, 1943) is an American attorney, television correspondent, politician, diplomat, and was the 22nd United States Permanent Representative to NATO from 2017 until 2021. A member of the Republic ...
(R)
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Phil Gramm
William Philip Gramm (born July 8, 1942) is an American economist and politician who represented Texas in both chambers of United States Congress, Congress. Though he began his political career as a Democratic Party (United States), Democrat, Gr ...
(R)
Utah
Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is one of the Four Corners states, sharing a border with Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. It also borders Wyoming to the northea ...
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Orrin Hatch (R)
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Bob Bennett (R)
Vermont
Vermont () is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, New York (state), New York to the west, and the Provinces and territories of Ca ...
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Jim Jeffords (R)
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Patrick Leahy
Patrick Joseph Leahy ( ; born March 31, 1940) is an American politician and attorney who represented Vermont in the United States Senate from 1975 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he also was the pr ...
(D)
Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the East Coast of the United States ...
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Chuck Robb (D)
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John Warner (R)
Washington
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Slade Gorton (R)
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Patty Murray (D)
West Virginia
West Virginia is a mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.The United States Census Bureau, Census Bureau and the Association of American ...
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Robert Byrd (D)
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Jay Rockefeller (D)
Wisconsin
Wisconsin ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest of the United States. It borders Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michig ...
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Herb Kohl (D)
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Russ Feingold (D)
Wyoming
Wyoming ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States, Western United States. It borders Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho t ...
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Craig L. Thomas (R)
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Alan Simpson (R)
House of Representatives
The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.
Alabama
Alabama ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South, Deep Southern regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gu ...
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Sonny Callahan (R)
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Terry Everett (R)
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Glen Browder (D)
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Tom Bevill (D)
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Robert E. Cramer (D)
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Spencer Bachus (R)
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Earl Hilliard (D)
Alaska
Alaska ( ) is a non-contiguous U.S. state on the northwest extremity of North America. Part of the Western United States region, it is one of the two non-contiguous U.S. states, alongside Hawaii. Alaska is also considered to be the north ...
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Don Young
Donald Edwin Young (June 9, 1933 – March 18, 2022) was an American politician from Alaska. He is the List of members of the United States Congress by longevity of service, longest-serving Republican Party (United States), Republican in House ...
(R)
Arizona
Arizona is a U.S. state, state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States, sharing the Four Corners region of the western United States with Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. It also borders Nevada to the nort ...
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Matt Salmon (R)
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Ed Pastor (D)
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Bob Stump (R)
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John Shadegg (R)
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Jim Kolbe (R)
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J. D. Hayworth (R)
Arkansas
Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the West South Central region of the Southern United States. It borders Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, Texas to the southwest, and Oklahoma ...
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Blanche Lincoln (D)
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Ray Thornton (D), until January 1, 1997
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Tim Hutchinson (R), until January 2, 1997
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Jay Dickey (R)
California
California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...
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Frank Riggs (R)
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Wally Herger (R)
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Vic Fazio (D)
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John Doolittle (R)
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Bob Matsui (D)
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Lynn Woolsey (D)
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George Miller (D)
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Nancy Pelosi (D)
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Ron Dellums (D)
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William P. Baker (R)
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Richard Pombo (R)
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Tom Lantos (D)
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Pete Stark (D)
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Anna Eshoo
Anna A. Eshoo ( ; née Georges; born December 13, 1942) is an American politician who served as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for from 1993 to 2025. She is a member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democ ...
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Norman Mineta (D), until October 10, 1995
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Zoe Lofgren
Susan Ellen "Zoe" Lofgren ( ; born December 21, 1947) is an American politician and lawyer serving as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative from California. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Part ...
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Sam Farr (D)
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Gary Condit (D)
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George Radanovich (R)
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Cal Dooley (D)
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Bill Thomas (R)
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Andrea Seastrand (R)
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Elton Gallegly (R)
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Anthony Beilenson (D)
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Buck McKeon (R)
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Howard Berman (D)
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Carlos Moorhead (R)
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David Dreier (R)
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Henry Waxman (D)
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Xavier Becerra (D)
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Matthew G. Martínez (D)
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Julian Dixon (D)
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Lucille Roybal-Allard
Lucille Elsa Roybal-Allard (born June 12, 1941) is an American politician who served as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative from California from 1993 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic ...
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Esteban Edward Torres (D)
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Maxine Waters (D)
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Jane Harman (D)
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Juanita Millender-McDonald
Juanita Millender-McDonald (September 7, 1938 – April 22, 2007) was an Politics of the United States, American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1996 until her death in 2007, representing Califo ...
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Steve Horn (R)
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Ed Royce (R)
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Jerry Lewis
Jerry Lewis (born Joseph Levitch; March 16, 1926 – August 20, 2017) was an American comedian, actor, singer, filmmaker and humanitarian, with a career spanning seven decades in film, stage, television and radio. Famously nicknamed as "Th ...
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Jay Kim (R)
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George Brown Jr.
George Edward Brown Jr. (March 6, 1920 – July 15, 1999) was an American Democratic Party (United States), Democratic politician from California. He represented suburban portions of Los Angeles County, California, Los Angeles County in the United ...
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Ken Calvert (R)
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Sonny Bono (R)
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Dana Rohrabacher (R)
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Bob Dornan (R)
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Christopher Cox (R)
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Ron Packard (R)
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Brian Bilbray (R)
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Bob Filner (D)
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Duke Cunningham (R)
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Duncan L. Hunter (R)
Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States. It is one of the Mountain states, sharing the Four Corners region with Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. It is also bordered by Wyoming to the north, Nebraska to the northeast, Kansas ...
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Pat Schroeder (D)
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David Skaggs (D)
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Scott McInnis (R)
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Wayne Allard (R)
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Joel Hefley (R)
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Dan Schaefer (R)
Connecticut
Connecticut ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York (state), New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. ...
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Barbara B. Kennelly (D)
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Sam Gejdenson (D)
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Rosa DeLauro (D)
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Chris Shays (R)
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Gary A. Franks (R)
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Nancy Johnson
Nancy Elizabeth Johnson (née Lee; born January 5, 1935) is an American lobbyist and politics in the United States, politician from the U.S. state, state of Connecticut. Johnson was a United States Republican Party, Republican member of the Un ...
(R)
Delaware
Delaware ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic states, South Atlantic regions of the United States. It borders Maryland to its south and west, Pennsylvania to its north, New Jersey ...
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Mike Castle (R)
Florida
Florida ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders the Gulf of Mexico to the west, Alabama to the northwest, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the north, the Atlantic ...
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Joe Scarborough (R)
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Pete Peterson (D)
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Corrine Brown (D)
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Tillie Fowler (R)
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Karen Thurman (D)
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Cliff Stearns
Clifford Bundy Stearns Sr. (born April 16, 1941) is an American businessman and politician who was the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for from 1989 to 2013. He is a member of the United States Republican Party, Repub ...
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John Mica (R)
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Bill McCollum (R)
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Michael Bilirakis (R)
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Bill Young (R)
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Sam Gibbons (D)
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Charles T. Canady (R)
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Dan Miller (R)
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Porter Goss (R)
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Dave Weldon (R)
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Mark Foley (R)
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Carrie Meek (D)
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Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R)
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Harry Johnston (D)
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Peter Deutsch (D)
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Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R)
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Clay Shaw (R)
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Alcee Hastings (D)
Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States
Georgia may also refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Georgia (name), a list of pe ...
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Jack Kingston (R)
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Sanford Bishop (D)
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Mac Collins (R)
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John Linder
John Elmer Linder (born September 9, 1942) is an American politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1993 to 2011. His district was numbered the from 1993 to 1997, the from 1997 to 2003, and the from 2003 ...
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John Lewis (D)
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Newt Gingrich
Newton Leroy Gingrich (; né McPherson; born June 17, 1943) is an American politician and author who served as the List of speakers of the United States House of Representatives, 50th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1 ...
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Bob Barr (R)
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Saxby Chambliss (R)
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Nathan Deal (D) until April 1995; (R) thereafter
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Charlie Norwood (R)
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Cynthia McKinney (D)
Hawaii
Hawaii ( ; ) is an island U.S. state, state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about southwest of the U.S. mainland. One of the two Non-contiguous United States, non-contiguous U.S. states (along with Alaska), it is the only sta ...
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Neil Abercrombie
Neil Abercrombie (born June 26, 1938) is an American politician who served as the seventh governor of Hawaii from 2010 to 2014. He is a member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party.
Born in Buffalo, New York, Abercrombie is a ...
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Patsy Mink (D)
Idaho
Idaho ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest and Mountain states, Mountain West subregions of the Western United States. It borders Montana and Wyoming to the east, Nevada and Utah to the south, and Washington (state), ...
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Helen Chenoweth
Helen Margaret Palmer Chenoweth-Hage (born Helen Margaret Palmer; January 27, 1938 – October 2, 2006) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Idaho, serving three terms in the United States House of Representatives, U.S. House of Rep ...
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Mike Crapo
Michael Dean Crapo ( ; born May 20, 1951) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the Seniority in the United States Senate, senior United States Senate, United States senator from Idaho, a seat he has held since 1999. A member of the Rep ...
(R)
Illinois
Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. It borders on Lake Michigan to its northeast, the Mississippi River to its west, and the Wabash River, Wabash and Ohio River, Ohio rivers to its ...
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Bobby Rush
Bobby Lee Rush (born November 23, 1946) is an American politician, activist, and pastor who served as the U.S. representative for for three decades, ending in 2023. A civil rights activist during the 1960s, Rush co-founded the Illinois chapter ...
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Mel Reynolds (D), until October 1, 1995
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Bill Lipinski (D)
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Luis Gutiérrez
Luis Vicente Gutiérrez (born December 10, 1953) is an American politician. He served as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for from 1993 to 2019. From 1986 until his election to United States Congress, Congress, he ...
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Michael Patrick Flanagan (R)
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Henry Hyde (R)
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Cardiss Collins (D)
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Phil Crane (R)
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Sidney R. Yates (D)
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John Porter (R)
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Jerry Weller (R)
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Jerry Costello (D)
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Harris W. Fawell (R)
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Dennis Hastert
John Dennis Hastert ( ; born January 2, 1942) is an American former politician, teacher, and wrestling coach who represented from 1987 to 2007 and served as the 51st speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1999 to 2007. Hast ...
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Thomas W. Ewing (R)
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Don Manzullo (R)
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Lane Evans (D)
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Ray LaHood (R)
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Glenn Poshard (D)
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Dick Durbin
Richard Joseph Durbin (born November 21, 1944) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the Seniority in the United States Senate, senior United States senator from the state of Illinois, a seat he has held since 1997. A member of the Dem ...
(D)
Indiana
Indiana ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north and northeast, Ohio to the east, the Ohio River and Kentucky to the s ...
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Pete Visclosky (D)
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David M. McIntosh (R)
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Tim Roemer (D)
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Mark Souder (R)
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Steve Buyer (R)
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Dan Burton (R)
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John T. Myers (R)
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John Hostettler (R)
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Lee H. Hamilton (D)
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Andrew Jacobs Jr. (D)
Iowa
Iowa ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the upper Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west; Wisconsin to the northeast, Ill ...
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Jim Leach (R)
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Jim Nussle (R)
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Jim Ross Lightfoot (R)
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Greg Ganske (R)
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Tom Latham (R)
Kansas
Kansas ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the west. Kansas is named a ...
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Pat Roberts
Charles Patrick Roberts (born April 20, 1936) is a retired American politician and journalist who served as a United States senator from Kansas from 1997 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, Roberts served 8 terms in the U.S. House of R ...
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Sam Brownback
Samuel Dale Brownback (born September 12, 1956) is an American attorney, politician, and diplomat who served as a United States Senate, United States senator from Kansas from 1996 to 2011 and as the List of governors of Kansas, 46th governor of K ...
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Jan Meyers (R)
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Todd Tiahrt (R)
Kentucky
Kentucky (, ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north, West Virginia to the ...
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Ed Whitfield (R)
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Ron Lewis (R)
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Jim Bunning (R)
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Hal Rogers (R)
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Scotty Baesler (D)
Louisiana
Louisiana ( ; ; ) is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It borders Texas to the west, Arkansas to the north, and Mississippi to the east. Of the 50 U.S. states, it ranks 31st in area and 25 ...
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Bob Livingston (R)
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William J. Jefferson (D)
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Billy Tauzin (D, then R)
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Cleo Fields (D)
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Jim McCrery (R)
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Richard Baker (R)
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Jimmy Hayes (D, then R)
Maine
Maine ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the United States, and the northeasternmost state in the Contiguous United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Provinces and ...
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James B. Longley Jr. (R)
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John Baldacci
John Elias Baldacci (born January 30, 1955) is an American politician who served as the 73rd governor of Maine from 2003 to 2011. A Democratic Party (United States), Democrat, he also served in the United States House of Representatives from 199 ...
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Maryland
Maryland ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It borders the states of Virginia to its south, West Virginia to its west, Pennsylvania to its north, and Delaware to its east ...
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Wayne Gilchrest (R)
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Bob Ehrlich (R)
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Ben Cardin (D)
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Albert Wynn (D)
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Steny Hoyer
Steny Hamilton Hoyer ( ; born June 14, 1939) is an American politician and retired attorney who has served as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for since 1981. He also served as House Majority Leader from 2007 to 20 ...
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Roscoe Bartlett (R)
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Kweisi Mfume (D), until February 15, 1996
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Connie Morella (R)
Massachusetts
Massachusetts ( ; ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine to its east, Connecticut and Rhode ...
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John Olver (D)
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Richard Neal (D)
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Peter I. Blute (R)
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Barney Frank (D)
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Marty Meehan (D)
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Peter G. Torkildsen (R)
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Ed Markey (D)
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Joseph P. Kennedy II (D)
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Joe Moakley (D)
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Gerry Studds (D)
Michigan
Michigan ( ) is a peninsular U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, Upper Midwestern United States. It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, ...
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Bart Stupak (D)
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Pete Hoekstra (R)
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Vern Ehlers (R)
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Dave Camp
David Lee Camp (born July 9, 1953) is a former American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1991 to 2015. Camp represented since 1993, and previously served one term representing . A member of the ...
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James A. Barcia (D)
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Fred Upton (R)
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Nick Smith (R)
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Dick Chrysler (R)
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Dale Kildee (D)
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David Bonior (D)
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Joe Knollenberg (R)
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Sander Levin (D)
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Lynn N. Rivers (D)
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John Conyers (D)
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Barbara-Rose Collins (D)
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John Dingell (D)
Minnesota
Minnesota ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the so ...
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Gil Gutknecht (R)
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David Minge (DFL)
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Jim Ramstad (R)
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Bruce Vento (DFL)
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Bill Luther (DFL)
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Collin Peterson (DFL)
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Jim Oberstar
James Louis Oberstar (September 10, 1934 – May 3, 2014) was an American politician and Congressman who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 2011. Hailing from Minnesota and a member of the state's local Minnes ...
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Mississippi
Mississippi ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Alabama to the east, the Gulf of Mexico to the south, Louisiana to the s ...
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Roger Wicker (R)
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Bennie Thompson
Bennie Gordon Thompson (born January 28, 1948) is an American politician and educator serving as the U.S. representative for since 1993. A member of the Democratic Party, Thompson served as the chair of the Committee on Homeland Security fro ...
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Sonny Montgomery (D)
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Michael Parker (D, then R)
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Gene Taylor (D)
Missouri
Missouri (''see #Etymology and pronunciation, pronunciation'') is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it border ...
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Bill Clay (D)
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Jim Talent (R)
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Dick Gephardt
Richard Andrew Gephardt (; born January 31, 1941) is an American attorney, lobbyist, and politician who represented in the United States House of Representatives from 1977 to 2005. A member of the Democratic Party, he was House majority lead ...
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Ike Skelton (D)
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Karen McCarthy (D)
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Pat Danner (D)
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Mel Hancock (R)
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Harold Volkmer (D)
Montana
Montana ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota to the east, South Dakota to the southeast, Wyoming to the south, an ...
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Pat Williams (D)
Nebraska
Nebraska ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Ka ...
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Doug Bereuter (R)
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Jon Lynn Christensen (R)
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Bill Barrett (R)
Nevada
Nevada ( ; ) is a landlocked state in the Western United States. It borders Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the seventh-most extensive, th ...
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John Ensign
John Eric Ensign (born March 25, 1958) is an American veterinarian and former politician who served as a United States Senator from Nevada from 2001 until his resignation in 2011 amid a Senate Ethics Committee investigation into his attempts to ...
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Barbara Vucanovich (R)
New Hampshire
New Hampshire ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...
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Bill Zeliff (R)
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Charles Bass (R)
New Jersey
New Jersey is a U.S. state, state located in both the Mid-Atlantic States, Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. Located at the geographic hub of the urban area, heavily urbanized Northeas ...
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Rob Andrews (D)
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Chris Smith (R)
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Marge Roukema (R)
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Frank Pallone (D)
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Bob Franks (R)
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William J. Martini (R)
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Robert Torricelli (D)
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Bob Menendez (D)
New Mexico
New Mexico is a state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States. It is one of the Mountain States of the southern Rocky Mountains, sharing the Four Corners region with Utah, Colorado, and Arizona. It also ...
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Steven Schiff (R)
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Joe Skeen (R)
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Bill Richardson (D)
New York
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Michael Forbes (R)
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Rick Lazio (R)
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Peter T. King (R)
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Dan Frisa (R)
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Gary Ackerman (D)
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Floyd Flake (D)
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Thomas J. Manton (D)
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Jerry Nadler (D)
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Chuck Schumer
Charles Ellis Schumer ( ; born November 23, 1950) is an American politician serving as the Seniority in the United States Senate, senior United States Senate, United States senator from New York (state), New York, a seat he has held since 1999. ...
(D)
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Edolphus Towns (D)
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Major Owens (D)
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Nydia Velázquez (D)
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Susan Molinari (R)
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Carolyn Maloney (D)
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Charles Rangel (D)
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José E. Serrano (D)
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Eliot Engel (D)
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Nita Lowey (D)
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Benjamin Gilman (R)
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Michael R. McNulty (D)
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Gerald Solomon (R)
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Sherwood Boehlert (R)
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John M. McHugh (R)
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James T. Walsh (R)
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Maurice Hinchey (D)
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Bill Paxon
Leon William Paxon (born April 29, 1954) is an American lobbyist and former member of the United States House of Representatives from New York. From 1989 to 1999, he served five terms in Congress.
Early life
Paxon was born in Akron, New Yo ...
(R)
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Louise Slaughter (D)
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John J. LaFalce (D)
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Jack Quinn (R)
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Amo Houghton (R)
North Carolina
North Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, South Carolina to the south, Georgia (U.S. stat ...
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Eva Clayton (D)
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David Funderburk (R)
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Walter B. Jones Jr. (R)
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Fred Heineman (R)
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Richard Burr (R)
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Howard Coble (R)
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Charlie Rose (D)
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Bill Hefner (D)
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Sue Myrick (R)
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Cass Ballenger (R)
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Charles H. Taylor (R)
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Mel Watt (D)
North Dakota
North Dakota ( ) is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the indigenous Dakota people, Dakota and Sioux peoples. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north and by the U.S. states of Minneso ...
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Earl Pomeroy (D)
Ohio
Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the ...
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Steve Chabot (R)
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Rob Portman (R)
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Tony P. Hall (D)
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Mike Oxley (R)
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Paul Gillmor (R)
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Frank Cremeans (R)
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Dave Hobson (R)
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John Boehner (R)
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Marcy Kaptur (D)
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Martin Hoke (R)
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Louis Stokes (D)
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John Kasich (R)
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Sherrod Brown (D)
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Thomas C. Sawyer (D)
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Deborah Pryce (R)
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Ralph Regula (R)
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Jim Traficant (D)
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Bob Ney (R)
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Steve LaTourette (R)
Oklahoma
Oklahoma ( ; Choctaw language, Choctaw: , ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Texas to the south and west, Kansas to the north, Missouri to the northea ...
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Steve Largent (R)
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Tom Coburn (R)
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William K. Brewster (D)
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J. C. Watts (R)
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Ernest Istook (R)
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Frank Lucas (R)
Oregon
Oregon ( , ) is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is a part of the Western U.S., with the Columbia River delineating much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while t ...
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Elizabeth Furse (D)
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Wes Cooley (R)
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Ron Wyden
Ronald Lee Wyden ( ; born May 3, 1949) is an American politician serving as the Seniority in the United States Senate, senior United States Senate, United States senator from Oregon, a seat he has held since 1996 United States Senate special el ...
(D), until February 6, 1996
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Earl Blumenauer
Earl Francis Blumenauer ( ; born August 16, 1948) is an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for from 1996 to 2025. The district includes most of Portland, Oregon, ...
(D), from May 21, 1996
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Peter DeFazio (D)
: .
Jim Bunn (R)
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a U.S. state, state spanning the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern United States, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes region, Great Lakes regions o ...
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Thomas M. Foglietta (D)
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Chaka Fattah (D)
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Robert A. Borski Jr. (D)
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Ron Klink (D)
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William F. Clinger Jr. (R)
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Tim Holden (D)
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Curt Weldon (R)
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James C. Greenwood (R)
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Bud Shuster (R)
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Joseph M. McDade (R)
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Paul Kanjorski (D)
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John Murtha (D)
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Jon D. Fox (R)
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William J. Coyne (D)
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Paul McHale (D)
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Robert Smith Walker (R)
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George Gekas (R)
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Mike Doyle (D)
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William F. Goodling (R)
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Frank Mascara (D)
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Phil English (R)
Rhode Island
Rhode Island ( ) is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Connecticut to its west; Massachusetts to its north and east; and the Atlantic Ocean to its south via Rhode Island Sound and Block Is ...
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Patrick J. Kennedy (D)
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Jack Reed (D)
South Carolina
South Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders North Carolina to the north and northeast, the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, and Georgia (U.S. state), Georg ...
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Mark Sanford (R)
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Floyd Spence (R)
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Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Olin Graham (; born July 9, 1955) is an American politician and attorney serving as the Seniority in the United States Senate, senior United States Senate, United States senator from South Carolina, a seat he has held since 2003. A membe ...
(R)
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Bob Inglis (R)
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John Spratt (D)
: .
Jim Clyburn (D)
South Dakota
South Dakota (; Sioux language, Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state, state in the West North Central states, North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Dakota people, Dakota Sioux ...
: .
Tim Johnson (D)
Tennessee
Tennessee (, ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Kentucky to the north, Virginia to the northeast, North Carolina t ...
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Jimmy Quillen (R)
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Jimmy Duncan (R)
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Zach Wamp (R)
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Van Hilleary (R)
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Bob Clement (D)
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Bart Gordon (D)
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Ed Bryant (R)
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John S. Tanner (D)
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Harold Ford Sr. (D)
Texas
Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the we ...
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Jim Chapman (D)
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Charlie Wilson (D), until October 8, 1996
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Sam Johnson (R)
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Ralph Hall (D)
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John Wiley Bryant (D)
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Joe Barton (R)
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Bill Archer (R)
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Jack Fields (R)
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Steve Stockman (R)
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Lloyd Doggett (D)
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Chet Edwards (D)
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Pete Geren (D)
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Mac Thornberry (R)
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Greg Laughlin (D, then R)
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Kika de la Garza (D)
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Ronald D. Coleman (D)
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Charles Stenholm (D)
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Sheila Jackson Lee (D)
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Larry Combest (R)
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Henry B. González (D)
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Lamar Smith (R)
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Tom DeLay
Thomas Dale DeLay (; born April 8, 1947) is an American author and retired politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives. A Republican Party (United States), Republican, DeLay represented Texas's 22nd congress ...
(R)
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Henry Bonilla (R)
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Martin Frost (D)
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Ken Bentsen Jr. (D)
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Dick Armey (R)
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Solomon P. Ortiz (D)
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Frank Tejeda (D)
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Gene Green (D)
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Eddie Bernice Johnson (D)
Utah
Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is one of the Four Corners states, sharing a border with Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. It also borders Wyoming to the northea ...
: .
James V. Hansen (R)
: .
Enid Greene Waldholtz (R)
: .
Bill Orton (D)
Vermont
Vermont () is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, New York (state), New York to the west, and the Provinces and territories of Ca ...
: .
Bernie Sanders
Bernard Sanders (born September8, 1941) is an American politician and activist who is the Seniority in the United States Senate, senior United States Senate, United States senator from the state of Vermont. He is the longest-serving independ ...
(I)
Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the East Coast of the United States ...
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Herbert H. Bateman (R)
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Owen B. Pickett (D)
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Bobby Scott (D)
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Norman Sisisky (D)
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Lewis F. Payne Jr. (D)
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Bob Goodlatte (R)
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Thomas J. Bliley Jr. (R)
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Jim Moran (D)
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Rick Boucher (D)
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Frank Wolf (R)
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Tom Davis (R)
Washington
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Rick White (R)
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Jack Metcalf (R)
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Linda Smith (R)
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Doc Hastings (R)
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George Nethercutt (R)
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Norm Dicks (D)
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Jim McDermott (D)
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Jennifer Dunn (R)
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Randy Tate (R)
West Virginia
West Virginia is a mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.The United States Census Bureau, Census Bureau and the Association of American ...
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Alan Mollohan (D)
: .
Bob Wise (D)
: . Nick Rahall (D)
List of United States representatives from Wisconsin, Wisconsin
: . Mark Neumann (R)
: . Scott L. Klug (R)
: . Steve Gunderson (R)
: . Jerry Kleczka (D)
: . Tom Barrett (Wisconsin politician), Tom Barrett (D)
: . Tom Petri (R)
: . Dave Obey (D)
: . Toby Roth (R)
: . Jim Sensenbrenner (R)
List of United States representatives from Wyoming, Wyoming
: . Barbara Cubin (R)
Non-voting members
: . Eni Faleomavaega (D)
: . Eleanor Holmes Norton (D)
: . Robert A. Underwood (D)
: . Victor O. Frazer (I)
: . Carlos Romero Barceló (Resident Commissioner) (D)
Changes in membership
Senate
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Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States. It is one of the Mountain states, sharing the Four Corners region with Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. It is also bordered by Wyoming to the north, Nebraska to the northeast, Kansas ...
(3)
, nowrap ,
Ben Nighthorse Campbell (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Changed party March 3, 1995
, nowrap ,
Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R)
, March 3, 1995
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,
Oregon
Oregon ( , ) is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is a part of the Western U.S., with the Columbia River delineating much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while t ...
(3)
, nowrap ,
Bob Packwood
Robert William Packwood (born September 11, 1932) is an American retired lawyer and politician from Oregon who served as a member of the United States Senate from 1969 to 1995. He resigned from the U.S. Senate under threat of expulsion, in 1995 ...
(R)
, style="font-size:80%" , Resigned September 7, 1995 after the Senate Ethics Committee recommended expulsion 6-0 over Packwood's sexual misconduct. Successor 1996 United States Senate special election in Oregon, elected January 30, 1996 to the remainder of the term ending on January 3, 1999.
, nowrap ,
Ron Wyden
Ronald Lee Wyden ( ; born May 3, 1949) is an American politician serving as the Seniority in the United States Senate, senior United States Senate, United States senator from Oregon, a seat he has held since 1996 United States Senate special el ...
(D)
, Seated February 6, 1996
, -
,
Kansas
Kansas ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the west. Kansas is named a ...
(3)
, nowrap ,
Bob Dole
Robert Joseph Dole (July 22, 1923 – December 5, 2021) was an American politician and attorney who represented Kansas in the United States Senate from 1969 to 1996. He was the Party leaders of the United States Senate, Republican Leader of th ...
(R)
, style="font-size:80%" , Incumbent resigned on June 11, 1996, to campaign for the President of the United States, Presidency.
Successor was appointed the same day to continue the term.
, nowrap ,
Sheila Frahm (R)
, June 11, 1996
, -
,
Kansas
Kansas ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the west. Kansas is named a ...
(3)
, nowrap ,
Sheila Frahm (R)
, style="font-size:80%" , Interim appointee lost nomination.
Successor 1996 United States Senate special election in Kansas, elected November 5, 1996 to the remainder of the term ending on January 3, 1999.
, nowrap ,
Sam Brownback
Samuel Dale Brownback (born September 12, 1956) is an American attorney, politician, and diplomat who served as a United States Senate, United States senator from Kansas from 1996 to 2011 and as the List of governors of Kansas, 46th governor of K ...
(R)
, November 6, 1996
House of Representatives
, -
, Georgia's 9th congressional district, Georgia 9th
, ,
Nathan Deal (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Changed party April 10, 1995
, ,
Nathan Deal (R)
, April 10, 1995
, -
, Texas's 14th congressional district, Texas 14th
, ,
Greg Laughlin (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Changed party June 26, 1995
, ,
Greg Laughlin (R)
, June 26, 1995
, -
, Louisiana's 3rd congressional district, Louisiana 3rd
, ,
Billy Tauzin (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Changed party August 8, 1995
, ,
Billy Tauzin (R)
, August 8, 1995
, -
, Illinois's 2nd congressional district, Illinois 2nd
, ,
Mel Reynolds (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Resigned October 1, 1995
, ,
Jesse Jackson Jr. (D)
, December 15, 1995
, -
, California's 15th congressional district, California 15th
, ,
Norman Mineta (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Resigned October 10, 1995
, ,
Tom Campbell (R)
, December 12, 1995
, -
, Mississippi's 4th congressional district, Mississippi 4th
, ,
Michael Parker (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Changed party November 10, 1995
, ,
Michael Parker (R)
, November 10, 1995
, -
, Louisiana's 7th congressional district, Louisiana 7th
, ,
Jimmy Hayes (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Changed party December 1, 1995
, ,
Jimmy Hayes (R)
, December 1, 1995
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, California's 37th congressional district, California 37th
, ,
Walter R. Tucker III (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 15, 1995, due to scandals during his past tenure as Mayor of Compton, California, Compton
, ,
Juanita Millender-McDonald
Juanita Millender-McDonald (September 7, 1938 – April 22, 2007) was an Politics of the United States, American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1996 until her death in 2007, representing Califo ...
(D)
, March 26, 1996
, -
,
, ,
Ron Wyden
Ronald Lee Wyden ( ; born May 3, 1949) is an American politician serving as the Seniority in the United States Senate, senior United States Senate, United States senator from Oregon, a seat he has held since 1996 United States Senate special el ...
(D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Resigned February 6, 1996, after being elected to the U.S. Senate
, ,
Earl Blumenauer
Earl Francis Blumenauer ( ; born August 16, 1948) is an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for from 1996 to 2025. The district includes most of Portland, Oregon, ...
(D)
, May 21, 1996
, -
, Maryland's 7th congressional district, Maryland 7th
, ,
Kweisi Mfume (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Resigned February 15, 1996, to become CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, NAACP
, ,
Elijah Cummings (D)
, April 16, 1996
, -
, Missouri's 8th congressional district, Missouri 8th
, ,
Bill Emerson (R)
, style="font-size:80%" , Died June 22, 1996
, ,
Jo Ann Emerson (I/R)
, November 5, 1996
, -
, Kansas's 2nd congressional district, Kansas 2nd
, ,
Sam Brownback
Samuel Dale Brownback (born September 12, 1956) is an American attorney, politician, and diplomat who served as a United States Senate, United States senator from Kansas from 1996 to 2011 and as the List of governors of Kansas, 46th governor of K ...
(R)
, style="font-size:80%" , Resigned November 27, 1996, retroactive to November 7 after being elected to the US Senate
, ,
Jim Ryun (R)
, November 27, 1996
, -
, Arkansas's 2nd congressional district, Arkansas 2nd
, ,
Ray Thornton (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Resigned January 1, 1997
, rowspan=2 , Vacant
, rowspan=2 , Vacant for remainder of term
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, Arkansas's 3rd congressional district, Arkansas 3rd
, ,
Tim Hutchinson (R)
, style="font-size:80%" , Resigned January 2, 1997, after being elected to the US Senate
Committees
Senate
* United States Senate Special Committee on Aging, Aging (Special) (William S. Cohen, Chair;
David Pryor, Ranking Member)
* United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry (Richard Lugar, Chair;
Patrick Leahy
Patrick Joseph Leahy ( ; born March 31, 1940) is an American politician and attorney who represented Vermont in the United States Senate from 1975 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he also was the pr ...
, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Forestry, Conservation and Rural Revitalization, Forestry, Conservation and Rural Revitalization (Larry E. Craig, Chair;
Howell Heflin, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Marketing, Inspection and Product Promotion, Marketing, Inspection and Product Promotion (
Jesse Helms, Chair;
Kent Conrad, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Research, Nutrition and General Legislation, Research, Nutrition and General Legislation (
Thad Cochran, Chair;
David Pryor, Ranking Member)
* United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (
Mark Hatfield, Chair; Robert C. Byrd, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development and Related Agencies, Agriculture, Rural Development and Related Agencies (
Thad Cochran, Chair;
Dale Bumpers, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary, Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary (
Phil Gramm
William Philip Gramm (born July 8, 1942) is an American economist and politician who represented Texas in both chambers of United States Congress, Congress. Though he began his political career as a Democratic Party (United States), Democrat, Gr ...
, Chair; Ernest Hollings, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, Defense (
Ted Stevens, Chair;
Daniel Inouye
Daniel Ken Inouye ( , , September 7, 1924 – December 17, 2012) was an American attorney, soldier, and statesman who served as a United States Senate, United States senator from Hawaii from 1963 until his death in 2012. A Medal of Honor recipi ...
, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on District of Columbia, District of Columbia (
Jim Jeffords, Chair;
Herb Kohl, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, Energy and Water Development (
Pete Domenici, Chair;
J. Bennett Johnston, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Foreign Operations (
Mitch McConnell, Chair;
Patrick Leahy
Patrick Joseph Leahy ( ; born March 31, 1940) is an American politician and attorney who represented Vermont in the United States Senate from 1975 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he also was the pr ...
, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies, Interior and Related Agencies (
Slade Gorton, Chair; Robert C. Byrd, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health, Human Services and Education, Labor, Health, Human Services and Education (
Arlen Specter
Arlen Specter (February 12, 1930 – October 14, 2012) was an American lawyer, author and politician who served as a United States Senator from Pennsylvania from 1981 to 2011. Specter was a Democrat from 1951 to 1965, then a Republican fr ...
, Chair;
Tom Harkin, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, Legislative Branch (
Connie Mack III, Chair;
Patty Murray, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Military Construction (
Conrad Burns, Chair;
Harry Reid, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Transportation (
Mark Hatfield, Chair;
Frank Lautenberg, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service and General Government, Treasury, Postal Service and General Government (
Richard Shelby, Chair; J. Robert Kerrey, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on VA-HUD Independent Agencies, VA-HUD Independent Agencies (
Kit Bond, Chair; Barbara A. Mikulski, Ranking Member)
* United States Senate Committee on Armed Services, Armed Services (
Strom Thurmond, Chair;
Sam Nunn, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Acquisition and Technology, Acquisition and Technology (
Bob Smith, Chair;
Jeff Bingaman
Jesse Francis "Jeff" Bingaman Jr. (born October 3, 1943) is an American retired politician who served as a United States Senate, United States Senator from New Mexico from 1983 to 2013. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic ...
, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Airland Forces, Airland Forces (
John Warner, Chair;
Carl Levin, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel, Personnel (
Dan Coats, Chair;
Robert Byrd, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness, Readiness (
John McCain
John Sidney McCain III (August 29, 1936 – August 25, 2018) was an American statesman and United States Navy, naval officer who represented the Arizona, state of Arizona in United States Congress, Congress for over 35 years, first as ...
, Chair;
John Glenn
John Herschel Glenn Jr. (July 18, 1921 – December 8, 2016) was an American Marine Corps aviator, astronaut, businessman, and politician. He was the third American in space and the first to orbit the Earth, circling it three times in 1 ...
, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower, Seapower (William S. Cohen, Chair; Edward M. Kennedy, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, Strategic Forces (
Trent Lott
Chester Trent Lott Sr. (born October 9, 1941) is an American lobbyist, lawyer, author, and politician who represented Mississippi in the United States House of Representatives from 1973 to 1989 and in the United States Senate from 1989 to 2007. ...
, Chair;
J. James Exon, Ranking Member)
* United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs (
Al D'Amato, Chair;
Paul Sarbanes
Paul Spyros Sarbanes (; February 3, 1933 – December 6, 2020) was an American politician and attorney from Maryland. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he served in both chambers of the United States Congr ...
, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Securities, Securities (
Phil Gramm
William Philip Gramm (born July 8, 1942) is an American economist and politician who represented Texas in both chambers of United States Congress, Congress. Though he began his political career as a Democratic Party (United States), Democrat, Gr ...
, Chair;
Chris Dodd, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Regulatory Relief, Financial Institutions and Regulatory Relief (
Richard Shelby, Chair;
Richard Bryan, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on International Finance, International Finance (
Kit Bond, Chair;
Barbara Boxer
Barbara Sue Boxer (née Levy; born November 11, 1940) is a retired American politician, lobbyist, and former reporter who served in the United States Senate, representing California from 1993 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party (United St ...
, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Housing Opportunity and Community Development, Housing Opportunity and Community Development (
Connie Mack III, Chair; John F. Kerry, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on HUD Oversight and Activities, HUD Oversight and Activities (
Lauch Faircloth, Chair;
Carol Moseley-Braun, Ranking Member)
* United States Senate Committee on the Budget, Budget (
Pete Domenici, Chair;
J. James Exon, Ranking Member)
* United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, Commerce, Science and Transportation (
Larry Pressler, Chair; Ernest F. Hollings, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Aviation, Aviation (
John McCain
John Sidney McCain III (August 29, 1936 – August 25, 2018) was an American statesman and United States Navy, naval officer who represented the Arizona, state of Arizona in United States Congress, Congress for over 35 years, first as ...
, Chair; Wendell H. Ford, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Communications (
Bob Packwood
Robert William Packwood (born September 11, 1932) is an American retired lawyer and politician from Oregon who served as a member of the United States Senate from 1969 to 1995. He resigned from the U.S. Senate under threat of expulsion, in 1995 ...
, Chair; Ernest F. Hollings, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce and Tourism, Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce and Tourism (
Slade Gorton, Chair;
J. James Exon, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Oceans and Fisheries, Oceans and Fisheries (
Ted Stevens, Chair; John F. Kerry, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Science, Technology and Space, Science, Technology and Space (
Conrad Burns, Chair; John D. Rockefeller IV, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine, Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine (
Trent Lott
Chester Trent Lott Sr. (born October 9, 1941) is an American lobbyist, lawyer, author, and politician who represented Mississippi in the United States House of Representatives from 1973 to 1989 and in the United States Senate from 1989 to 2007. ...
, Chair; Daniel K. Inouye, Ranking Member)
* United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Energy and Natural Resources (Frank H. Murkowski, Chair;
J. Bennett Johnston, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy Production and Regulation, Energy Production and Regulation (
Don Nickles, Chair;
Jeff Bingaman
Jesse Francis "Jeff" Bingaman Jr. (born October 3, 1943) is an American retired politician who served as a United States Senate, United States Senator from New Mexico from 1983 to 2013. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic ...
, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy Research and Development, Energy Research and Development (
Pete Domenici, Chair; Wendell H. Ford, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management, Forests and Public Land Management (Larry E. Craig, Chair;
Bill Bradley, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Parks, Historic Preservation and Recreation, Parks, Historic Preservation and Recreation (
Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Chair;
Dale Bumpers, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Oversight and Investigations (Craig L. Thomas, Craig Thomas, Chair;
Daniel Akaka, Ranking Member)
* United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, Environment and Public Works (John H. Chafee, Chair;
Max Baucus, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clear Air, Wetlands, Private Property and Nuclear Safety, Clear Air, Wetlands, Private Property and Nuclear Safety (
Lauch Faircloth, Chair;
Bob Graham, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Drinking Water, Fisheries and Wildlife, Drinking Water, Fisheries and Wildlife (
Dirk Kempthorne, Chair;
Harry Reid, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Superfund, Waste Control and Risk Assessment, Superfund, Waste Control and Risk Assessment (
Bob Smith, Chair;
Frank Lautenberg, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Transportation and Infrastructure (
John Warner, Chair;
Max Baucus, Ranking Member)
* United States Senate Select Committee on Ethics, Ethics (Select) (
Mitch McConnell, Chair; Richard H. Bryan, Ranking Member)
* United States Senate Committee on Finance, Finance (
Bob Packwood
Robert William Packwood (born September 11, 1932) is an American retired lawyer and politician from Oregon who served as a member of the United States Senate from 1969 to 1995. He resigned from the U.S. Senate under threat of expulsion, in 1995 ...
, Chair;
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Daniel Patrick Moynihan (; March 16, 1927 – March 26, 2003) was an American politician, diplomat and social scientist. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he represented New York (state), New York in the ...
, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on International Trade, International Trade (
Chuck Grassley
Charles Ernest Grassley (born September 17, 1933) is an American politician serving as the president pro tempore of the United States Senate since 2025, a role he also held from 2019 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Re ...
, Chair;
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Daniel Patrick Moynihan (; March 16, 1927 – March 26, 2003) was an American politician, diplomat and social scientist. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he represented New York (state), New York in the ...
, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on Long-Term Growth, Debt and Deficit Reduction, Long-Term Growth, Debt and Deficit Reduction (
Larry Pressler, Chair; David H. Pryor, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on Medicare, Long-Term Care and Health Insurance, Medicare, Long-Term Care and Health Insurance (John H. Chafee, Chair;
Bob Graham, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on Medicaid and Health-Care for Low-Income Families, Medicaid and Health-Care for Low-Income Families (
Bob Dole
Robert Joseph Dole (July 22, 1923 – December 5, 2021) was an American politician and attorney who represented Kansas in the United States Senate from 1969 to 1996. He was the Party leaders of the United States Senate, Republican Leader of th ...
, Chair; John D. Rockefeller IV, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy, Social Security and Family Policy (Alan K. Simpson, Chair; John B. Breaux, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight, Taxation and IRS Oversight (Orrin G. Hatch, Chair;
Bill Bradley, Ranking Member)
* United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Foreign Relations (
Jesse Helms, Chair;
Claiborne Pell, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs, African Affairs (
Nancy Kassebaum, Chair;
Russ Feingold, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs, East Asian and Pacific Affairs (Craig L. Thomas, Craig Thomas, Chair; Charles Robb, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on European Affairs, European Affairs (Richard Lugar, Chair;
Joe Biden
Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. (born November 20, 1942) is an American politician who was the 46th president of the United States from 2021 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he served as the 47th vice p ...
, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on International Economic Policy, Export and Trade Promotion, International Economic Policy, Export and Trade Promotion (
Fred Thompson, Chair; Paul S. Sarbanes, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on International Operations, International Operations (
Olympia Snowe, Chair;
John Kerry
John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is an American attorney, politician, and diplomat who served as the 68th United States secretary of state from 2013 to 2017 in the Presidency of Barack Obama#Administration, administration of Barac ...
, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs (
Hank Brown, Chair;
Dianne Feinstein, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere and Peace Corps Affairs, Western Hemisphere and Peace Corps Affairs (
Paul Coverdell, Chair;
Chris Dodd, Ranking Member)
* United States Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, Governmental Affairs (William M. Roth, Bill Roth, Chair;
John Glenn
John Herschel Glenn Jr. (July 18, 1921 – December 8, 2016) was an American Marine Corps aviator, astronaut, businessman, and politician. He was the third American in space and the first to orbit the Earth, circling it three times in 1 ...
, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management and the District of Columbia, Oversight of Government Management and the District of Columbia (William S. Cohen, Chair;
Carl Levin, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (William M. Roth, Bill Roth, Chair;
Sam Nunn, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on International Economic Policy, Export and Trade Promotion, International Economic Policy, Export and Trade Promotion (
Fred Thompson, Chair;
Paul Sarbanes
Paul Spyros Sarbanes (; February 3, 1933 – December 6, 2020) was an American politician and attorney from Maryland. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he served in both chambers of the United States Congr ...
, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Post Office and Civil Service, Post Office and Civil Service (
Ted Stevens, Chair;
David Pryor, Ranking Member)
* United States Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs, Indian Affairs (Select) (
John McCain
John Sidney McCain III (August 29, 1936 – August 25, 2018) was an American statesman and United States Navy, naval officer who represented the Arizona, state of Arizona in United States Congress, Congress for over 35 years, first as ...
, Chair; Daniel K. Inouye, Ranking Member)
* United States Senate Committee on Judiciary, Judiciary (Orrin G. Hatch, Chair;
Joe Biden
Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. (born November 20, 1942) is an American politician who was the 46th president of the United States from 2021 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he served as the 47th vice p ...
, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Administration Oversight and the Courts, Administration Oversight and the Courts (
Chuck Grassley
Charles Ernest Grassley (born September 17, 1933) is an American politician serving as the president pro tempore of the United States Senate since 2025, a role he also held from 2019 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Re ...
, Chair;
Howell Heflin, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights and Competition, Antitrust, Business Rights and Competition (
Strom Thurmond, Chair;
Patrick Leahy
Patrick Joseph Leahy ( ; born March 31, 1940) is an American politician and attorney who represented Vermont in the United States Senate from 1975 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he also was the pr ...
, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitution, Federalism and Property Rights, Constitution, Federalism and Property Rights (
Hank Brown, Chair;
Paul Simon
Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter known for his solo work and his collaborations with Art Garfunkel. He and Garfunkel, whom he met in elementary school in 1953, came to prominence in the 1960s as Sim ...
, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Immigration (Alan K. Simpson, Chair; Edward M. Kennedy, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and Government Information, Terrorism, Technology and Government Information (
Arlen Specter
Arlen Specter (February 12, 1930 – October 14, 2012) was an American lawyer, author and politician who served as a United States Senator from Pennsylvania from 1981 to 2011. Specter was a Democrat from 1951 to 1965, then a Republican fr ...
, Chair;
Herb Kohl, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Youth Violence, Youth Violence (
Fred Thompson, Chair;
Joe Biden
Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. (born November 20, 1942) is an American politician who was the 46th president of the United States from 2021 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he served as the 47th vice p ...
, Ranking Member)
* United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Intelligence (Select) (
Arlen Specter
Arlen Specter (February 12, 1930 – October 14, 2012) was an American lawyer, author and politician who served as a United States Senator from Pennsylvania from 1981 to 2011. Specter was a Democrat from 1951 to 1965, then a Republican fr ...
, Chair; J. Robert Kerrey, Vice Chair)
* United States Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources, Labor and Human Resources (Nancy Landon Kassebaum, Chair; Edward M. Kennedy, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Labor and Human Resources Subcommittee on Aging, Aging (
Judd Gregg, Chair; Barbara A. Mikulski, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Labor and Human Resources Subcommittee on Children and Families, Children and Families (
Dan Coats, Chair;
Chris Dodd, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Labor and Human Resources Subcommittee on Disability Policy, Disability Policy (
Bill Frist
William Harrison Frist (born February 22, 1952) is an American physician, businessman, conservationist and policymaker who served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1995 to 2007. A member of the Republican Party, he also served as ...
, Chair;
Tom Harkin, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Labor and Human Resources Subcommittee on Education, Arts and Humanities, Education, Arts and Humanities (
Jim Jeffords, Chair;
Claiborne Pell, Ranking Member)
* United States Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, Rules and Administration (
Ted Stevens, Chair; Wendell H. Ford, Ranking Member)
* United States Senate Committee on Small Business, Small Business (
Kit Bond, Chair;
Dale Bumpers, Ranking Member)
* United States Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Veterans' Affairs (Alan K. Simpson, Chair; John D. Rockefeller IV, Ranking Member)
* United States Senate Whitewater Committee, Whitewater Committee (Special) (
Al D'Amato, Chair;
Paul Sarbanes
Paul Spyros Sarbanes (; February 3, 1933 – December 6, 2020) was an American politician and attorney from Maryland. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he served in both chambers of the United States Congr ...
, Ranking Member)
House of Representatives
* United States House Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture (
Pat Roberts
Charles Patrick Roberts (born April 20, 1936) is a retired American politician and journalist who served as a United States senator from Kansas from 1997 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, Roberts served 8 terms in the U.S. House of R ...
, Chair;
Kika de la Garza, Ranking Member)
** United States House Agriculture Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, General Farm Commodities (
Bill Barrett, Chair; Charles W. Stenholm, Ranking Member)
** United States House Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy and Poultry, Livestock, Dairy and Poultry (Steve Gunderson, Chair;
Harold Volkmer, Ranking Member)
** United States House Agriculture Subcommittee on Risk Management and Specialty Crops, Risk Management and Specialty Crops (
Thomas W. Ewing, Chair; Charlie Rose, Ranking Member)
** United States House Agriculture Subcommittee on Department Operations, Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture, Department Operations, Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture (
Bill Emerson, Chair; Gary A. Condit, Ranking Member)
** United States House Agriculture Subcommittee on Resource Conservation, Research and Forestry, Resource Conservation, Research and Forestry (
Wayne Allard, Chair;
Tim Johnson, Ranking Member)
* United States House Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (
Bob Livingston, Chair; Dave Obey, Ranking Member)
** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies (
Joe Skeen, Chair;
Dick Durbin
Richard Joseph Durbin (born November 21, 1944) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the Seniority in the United States Senate, senior United States senator from the state of Illinois, a seat he has held since 1997. A member of the Dem ...
, Ranking Member)
** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary, Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary (
Hal Rogers, Chair; Alan B. Mollohan, Ranking Member)
** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on District of Columbia, District of Columbia (
James T. Walsh, Chair;
Julian Dixon, Ranking Member)
** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, Energy and Water Development (
John T. Myers, Chair;
Tom Bevill, Ranking Member)
** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs, Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs (
Sonny Callahan, Chair;
Charlie Wilson, Ranking Member)
** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health, Human Services and Education, Labor, Health, Human Services and Education (John Edward Porter, Chair; David Obey, Ranking Member)
** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Interior (
Ralph Regula, Chair; Sidney Yates, Ranking Member)
** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Legislative, Legislative (
Ron Packard, Chair;
Vic Fazio, Ranking Member)
** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Military Construction (
Barbara Vucanovich, Chair;
Bill Hefner, Ranking Member)
** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on National Security, National Security (
Bill Young, Chair;
John Murtha, Ranking Member)
** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Transportation (
Frank Wolf, Chair;
Martin Olav Sabo, Ranking Member)
** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service and General Government, Treasury, Postal Service and General Government (Jim Ross Lightfoot, Jim Lightfoot, Chair;
Steny Hoyer
Steny Hamilton Hoyer ( ; born June 14, 1939) is an American politician and retired attorney who has served as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for since 1981. He also served as House Majority Leader from 2007 to 20 ...
, Ranking Member)
** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, VA, HUD and Independent Agencies (
Jerry Lewis
Jerry Lewis (born Joseph Levitch; March 16, 1926 – August 20, 2017) was an American comedian, actor, singer, filmmaker and humanitarian, with a career spanning seven decades in film, stage, television and radio. Famously nicknamed as "Th ...
, Chair;
Louis Stokes, Ranking Member)
* United States House Committee on Banking and Financial Services, Banking and Financial Services (
Jim Leach, Chair; Henry B. Gonzalez, Ranking Member)
** United States House Banking Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Securities and Government-Sponsored Enterprises, Capital Markets, Securities and Government-Sponsored Enterprises (Richard Baker (U.S. politician), Richard H. Baker, Chair; Paul E. Kanjorski, Ranking Member)
** United States House Banking Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Domestic and International Monetary Policy (Michael Castle, Chair;
Floyd Flake, Ranking Member)
** United States House Banking Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit (
Marge Roukema, Chair;
Bruce Vento, Ranking Member)
** United States House Banking Subcommittee on General Oversight and Investigations, General Oversight and Investigations (
Spencer Bachus, Chair;
Kweisi Mfume, Ranking Member)
** United States House Banking Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, Housing and Community Opportunity (
Rick Lazio, Chair;
Joseph P. Kennedy II, Ranking Member)
* United States House Committee on the Budget, Budget (
John Kasich, Chair;
Martin Olav Sabo, Ranking Member)
* United States House Committee on Commerce, Commerce (Thomas J. Bliley, Chair; John D. Dingell, Ranking Member)
** United States House Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Hazardous Materials, Commerce, Trade and Hazardous Materials (
Mike Oxley, Chair;
Billy Tauzin, Ranking Member)
** United States House Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power, Energy and Power (
Dan Schaefer, Chair;
Frank Pallone, Ranking Member)
** United States House Commerce Subcommittee on Health and Environment, Health and Environment (
Michael Bilirakis, Chair; Henry A. Waxman, Ranking Member)
** United States House Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Oversight and Investigations (
Joe Barton, Chair;
Ron Wyden
Ronald Lee Wyden ( ; born May 3, 1949) is an American politician serving as the Seniority in the United States Senate, senior United States Senate, United States senator from Oregon, a seat he has held since 1996 United States Senate special el ...
, Ranking Member)
** United States House Commerce Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance, Telecommunications and Finance (
Jack Fields, Chair; Edward J. Markey, Ranking Member)
* United States House Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, Economic and Educational Opportunities (Bill Goodling, Chair;
Bill Clay, Ranking Member)
** United States House Economic and Educational Opportunities Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families, Early Childhood, Youth and Families (
Duke Cunningham, Chair; Dale E. Kildee, Ranking Member)
** United States House Economic and Educational Opportunities Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations, Employer-Employee Relations (
Harris W. Fawell, Chair; Matthew G. Martinez, Ranking Member)
** United States House Economic and Educational Opportunities Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Oversight and Investigations (Peter Hoekstra, Chair;
Thomas C. Sawyer, Ranking Member)
** United States House Economic and Educational Opportunities Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning, Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning (
Buck McKeon, Chair;
Pat Williams, Ranking Member)
** United States House Economic and Educational Opportunities Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, Workforce Protections (
Cass Ballenger, Chair;
Major Owens, Ranking Member)
* United States House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Government Reform and Oversight (William F. Clinger, Chair;
Cardiss Collins, Ranking Member)
** United States House Government Reform and Oversight Subcommittee on Civil Service, Civil Service (
John Mica, Chair;
Jim Moran, Ranking Member)
** United States House Government Reform and Oversight Subcommittee on District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Thomas M. Davis, Chair; Eleanor Holmes Norton, Ranking Member)
** United States House Government Reform and Oversight Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and Technology, Government Management, Information and Technology (
Steve Horn, Chair; Carolyn B. Maloney, Ranking Member)
** United States House Government Reform and Oversight Subcommittee on Human Resources and Ingovernmental Relations, Human Resources and Ingovernmental Relations (
Chris Shays, Chair;
Edolphus Towns, Ranking Member)
** United States House Government Reform and Oversight Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural Resources and Regulatory Affairs, National Economic Growth, Natural Resources and Regulatory Affairs (David M. McIntosh, David McIntosh, Chair; Collin C. Peterson, Ranking Member)
** United States House Government Reform and Oversight Subcommittee on National Security, International Affairs and Criminal Justice, National Security, International Affairs and Criminal Justice (
Bill Zeliff, Chair; Karen L. Thurman, Ranking Member)
** United States House Government Reform and Oversight Subcommittee on Postal Service, Postal Service (
John M. McHugh, Chair;
Barbara-Rose Collins, Ranking Member)
* United States House Committee on House Administration, House Administration (
Bill Thomas, Chair;
Vic Fazio, Ranking Member)
* United States House Committee on International Relations, International Relations (
Benjamin Gilman, Chair;
Lee H. Hamilton, Ranking Member)
** United States House International Relations Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade, International Economic Policy and Trade (Toby Roth, Chair;
Sam Gejdenson, Ranking Member)
** United States House International Relations Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, Asia and the Pacific (
Doug Bereuter, Chair;
Howard Berman, Ranking Member)
** United States House International Relations Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights, International Operations and Human Rights (Christopher H. Smith, Chair;
Tom Lantos, Ranking Member)
** United States House International Relations Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, Western Hemisphere (
Dan Burton, Chair; Robert G. Torricelli, Ranking Member)
** United States House International Relations Subcommittee on the Africa, Africa (
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Chair; Gary L. Ackerman, Ranking Member)
* United States House Committee on Judiciary, Judiciary (Henry J. Hyde, Chair;
John Conyers, Ranking Member)
** United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, Commercial and Administrative Law (George W. Gekas, Chair;
Jack Reed, Ranking Member)
** United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property, Courts and Intellectual Property (Carlos J. Moorhead, Chair; Patricia Schroeder, Ranking Member)
** United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Crime (
Bill McCollum, Chair;
Chuck Schumer
Charles Ellis Schumer ( ; born November 23, 1950) is an American politician serving as the Seniority in the United States Senate, senior United States Senate, United States senator from New York (state), New York, a seat he has held since 1999. ...
, Ranking Member)
** United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, Immigration and Claims (Lamar S. Smith, Chair; John Wiley Bryant, John Bryant, Ranking Member)
** United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, The Constitution (
Charles T. Canady, Chair;
Barney Frank, Ranking Member)
* United States House Committee on National Security, National Security (Floyd D. Spence, Chair;
Ron Dellums, Ranking Member)
** United States House National Security Subcommittee on Military Installations and Facilities, Military Installations and Facilities (
Joel Hefley, Chair;
Solomon P. Ortiz, Ranking Member)
** United States House National Security Subcommittee on Military Personnel, Military Personnel (
Bob Dornan, Chair;
Owen B. Pickett, Ranking Member)
** United States House National Security Subcommittee on Military Procurement, Military Procurement (Duncan L. Hunter, Duncan Hunter, Chair;
Ike Skelton, Ranking Member)
** United States House National Security Subcommittee on Military Readiness, Military Readiness (
Herbert H. Bateman, Chair;
Norman Sisisky, Ranking Member)
** United States House National Security Subcommittee on Military Research and Development, Military Research and Development (
Curt Weldon, Chair; John M. Spratt, Ranking Member)
* United States House Committee on Resources, Resources (
Don Young
Donald Edwin Young (June 9, 1933 – March 18, 2022) was an American politician from Alaska. He is the List of members of the United States Congress by longevity of service, longest-serving Republican Party (United States), Republican in House ...
, Chair;
George Miller, Ranking Member)
** United States House Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, Energy and Mineral Resources (
Ken Calvert, Chair;
Neil Abercrombie
Neil Abercrombie (born June 26, 1938) is an American politician who served as the seventh governor of Hawaii from 2010 to 2014. He is a member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party.
Born in Buffalo, New York, Abercrombie is a ...
, Ranking Member)
** United States House Resources Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans, Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans (
Jim Saxton, Chair; Gerry E. Studds, Ranking Member)
** United States House Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Lands, National Parks, Forests and Lands (
James V. Hansen, Chair;
Bill Richardson, Ranking Member)
** United States House Resources Subcommittee on Native American and Insular Affairs, Native American and Insular Affairs (
Elton Gallegly, Chair; Eni Faleomavaega, Ranking Member)
** United States House Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power Resources, Water and Power Resources (John T. Doolittle, Chair; Peter A. DeFazio, Ranking Member)
* United States House Committee on Rules, Rules (Gerald B.H. Solomon, Chair;
Joe Moakley, Ranking Member)
** United States House Rules Subcommittee on the Legislative Process, Legislative Process (
Porter Goss, Chair;
Martin Frost, Ranking Member)
** United States House Rules Subcommittee on the Rules of the House, Rules of the House (
David Dreier, Chair; Anthony C. Beilenson, Ranking Member)
* United States House Committee on Science, Science (Robert S. Walker, Chair; George E. Brown Jr., Ranking Member)
** United States House Science Subcommittee on Basic Research, Basic Research (
Steven Schiff, Chair;
Pete Geren, Ranking Member)
** United States House Science Subcommittee on Energy and Development, Energy and Development (
Dana Rohrabacher, Chair; James A. Hayes, Ranking Member)
** United States House Science Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, Space and Aeronautics (Jim Sensenbrenner, Chair; Ralph M. Hall, Ranking Member)
** United States House Science Subcommittee on Technology, Technology (Constance A. Morella, Chair;
John S. Tanner, Ranking Member)
* United States House Committee on Small Business, Small Business (
Jan Meyers, Chair; John L. LaFalce, Ranking Member)
** United States House Small Business Subcommittee on Government Programs, Government Programs (
Peter G. Torkildsen, Chair;
Glenn Poshard, Ranking Member)
** United States House Small Business Subcommittee on Procurement, Exports and Business Opportunities, Procurement, Exports and Business Opportunities (Donald A. Manzullo, Chair;
Eva Clayton, Ranking Member)
** United States House Small Business Subcommittee on Regulation and Paperwork, Regulation and Paperwork (
Jim Talent, Chair; Nydia Velazquez, Ranking Member)
** United States House Small Business Subcommittee on Tax and Finance, Tax and Finance (
Linda Smith, Chair;
Marty Meehan, Ranking Member)
* United States House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, Standards of Official Conduct (
Nancy Johnson
Nancy Elizabeth Johnson (née Lee; born January 5, 1935) is an American lobbyist and politics in the United States, politician from the U.S. state, state of Connecticut. Johnson was a United States Republican Party, Republican member of the Un ...
, Chair;
Jim McDermott, Ranking Member)
* United States House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Transportation and Infrastructure (
Bud Shuster, Chair;
Norman Mineta, Ranking Member)
** United States House Transportation Subcommittee on Aviation, Aviation (John J. Duncan Jr., Chair; James L. Oberstar, Ranking Member)
** United States House Transportation Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation (
Howard Coble, Chair; James A. Traficant, Ranking Member)
** United States House Transportation Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Economic Development, Public Buildings and Economic Development (Wayne T. Gilchrest, Chair; Robert E. Wise Jr., Ranking Member)
** United States House Transportation Subcommittee on Railroads, Railroads (
Susan Molinari, Chair; William O. Lipinski, Ranking Member)
** United States House Transportation Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, Surface Transportation (Tom Petri, Chair; Nick J. Rahall, Ranking Member)
** United States House Transportation Subcommittee on Water Resources and Development, Water Resources and Development (
Sherwood Boehlert, Chair; Robert A. Borski, Ranking Member)
* United States House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Veterans' Affairs (
Bob Stump, Chair;
Sonny Montgomery, Ranking Member)
** United States House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Compensation, Pension, Insurance and Memorial Affairs, Compensation, Pension, Insurance and Memorial Affairs (
Terry Everett, Chair;
Lane Evans, Ranking Member)
** United States House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Education, Training, Employment and Housing, Education, Training, Employment and Housing (
Steve Buyer, Chair;
Maxine Waters, Ranking Member)
** United States House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Hospitals and Health Care, Hospitals and Health Care (
Tim Hutchinson, Chair;
Chet Edwards, Ranking Member)
* United States House Committee on Ways and Means, Ways and Means (William Reynolds Archer Jr., Bill Archer, Chair;
Sam Gibbons, Ranking Member)
** United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health, Health (
Bill Thomas, Chair;
Charles Rangel, Ranking Member)
** United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Human Resources, Human Resources (E. Clay Shaw Jr., Chair; Harold E. Ford Sr., Ranking Member)
** United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight, Oversight (
Nancy Johnson
Nancy Elizabeth Johnson (née Lee; born January 5, 1935) is an American lobbyist and politics in the United States, politician from the U.S. state, state of Connecticut. Johnson was a United States Republican Party, Republican member of the Un ...
, Chair;
Bob Matsui, Ranking Member)
** United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security, Social Security (
Jim Bunning, Chair;
Andrew Jacobs Jr., Ranking Member)
** United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade, Trade (
Phil Crane, Chair;
Charles Rangel, Ranking Member)
* Committee of the Whole (United States House of Representatives), Whole
Joint committees
* Joint Economic Committee, Economic (Sen. Connie Mack III, Connie Mack, Chair; Rep.
Jim Saxton, Vice Chair)
* Joint Committee on Taxation, Taxation (Rep. William Reynolds Archer Jr., Bill Archer, Chair; Sen.
Bob Packwood
Robert William Packwood (born September 11, 1932) is an American retired lawyer and politician from Oregon who served as a member of the United States Senate from 1969 to 1995. He resigned from the U.S. Senate under threat of expulsion, in 1995 ...
, Vice Chair)
* Joint Committee on the Library, The Library (Sen.
Mark Hatfield, Chair; Rep.
Bill Thomas, Vice Chair)
* Joint Committee on Printing, Printing (Rep.
Bill Thomas, Chair; Sen.
Ted Stevens, Vice Chair)
Employees
List of federal agencies in the United States#United States Congress, Legislative branch agency directors
* Architect of the Capitol:
** George Malcolm White, until November 21, 1995
** William L. Ensign (acting), from November 21, 1995
* Attending Physician of the United States Congress: John Francis Eisold, John F. Eisold
* Comptroller General of the United States:
** Charles A. Bowsher, until 1996
** vacant, starting 1996
* Director of the Congressional Budget Office:
** Robert D. Reischauer, until February 28, 1995
** June E. O'Neill, from March 1, 1995
* Librarian of Congress: James H. Billington
* Public Printer of the United States: Michael F. DiMario
Senate
* Chaplain of the United States Senate, Chaplain:
** Richard C. Halverson (Presbyterian), until March 11, 1995
** Lloyd John Ogilvie (Presbyterian), from March 11, 1995
* Curator of the United States Senate, Curator:
** James R. Ketchum, until July 1, 1995
** Diane K. Skvarla, from July 1, 1995
* Historian of the United States Senate, Historian: Richard A. Baker (historian), Richard A. Baker
* Parliamentarian of the United States Senate, Parliamentarian: Robert Dove, Bob Dove
* Secretary of the United States Senate, Secretary:
** Sheila P. Burke, until June 7, 1995
** Kelly D. Johnston, June 8, 1995 – September 30, 1996
** Gary Lee Sisco, from October 1, 1996
* United States Senate Librarian, Librarian: Roger K. Haley
* Secretary for the Majority of the United States Senate, Secretary for the Majority: Elizabeth Baldwin Letchworth, Elizabeth B. Greene
* Secretary for the Minority of the United States Senate, Secretary for the Minority:
** C. Abbott Saffold, until 1995
** Martin P. Paone, from 1995
* Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate, Sergeant at Arms:
** Howard O. Greene Jr., until September 6, 1996
** Gregory S. Casey, from September 6, 1996
House of Representatives
* Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives, Chaplain: James D. Ford (Lutheranism, Lutheran)
* Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives, Chief Administrative Officer:
** Scott Faulkner, until November 22, 1996
** Jeff Trandahl (acting), from November 22, 1996
* Clerk of the House of Representatives, Clerk: Robin H. Carle
* Historian of the United States House of Representatives, Historian: Christina Jeffrey, 1995 (briefly)
* Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives, Parliamentarian: Charles W. Johnson III
* Reading Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Reading Clerks:
** Meg Goetz (D)
** Bob Berry (reading clerk), Bob Berry along with Paul Hays (R)
* Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives, Sergeant at Arms: Wilson Livingood
* Inspector General: John W. Lainhart IV
See also
* List of new members of the 104th United States Congress
* 1994 United States elections (elections leading to this Congress)
** 1994 United States Senate elections
** 1994 United States House of Representatives elections
* 1996 United States elections (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
** 1996 United States presidential election
** 1996 United States Senate elections
** 1996 United States House of Representatives elections
Notes
References
External links
Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress*
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