The 101st United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the
United States Senate
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and the
United States House of Representatives
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. It met in
Washington, D.C.
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, from January 3, 1989, to January 3, 1991, during the final weeks of
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He was a member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party a ...
's
presidency
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and the first two years of
George H. W. Bush
George Herbert Walker BushBefore the outcome of the 2000 United States presidential election, he was usually referred to simply as "George Bush" but became more commonly known as "George H. W. Bush", "Bush Senior," "Bush 41," and even "Bush th ...
's
presidency
A presidency is an administration or the executive, the collective administrative and governmental entity that exists around an office of president of a state or nation. Although often the executive branch of government, and often personified b ...
.
The apportionment of seats in this
House of Representatives
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was based on the
1980 United States census
The 1980 United States census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States to be 226,545,805, an increase of 11.4% over the 203,184,772 persons enumerated during the 1970 census. It was the first ce ...
. Both chambers maintained a
Democratic majority.
Major events
* January 20, 1989:
George H. W. Bush
George Herbert Walker BushBefore the outcome of the 2000 United States presidential election, he was usually referred to simply as "George Bush" but became more commonly known as "George H. W. Bush", "Bush Senior," "Bush 41," and even "Bush th ...
became
President of the United States
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* February 9, 1989:
President Bush addressed a joint session of Congress
* February 23, 1989:
Senate Armed Services Committee
The Committee on Armed Services, sometimes abbreviated SASC for Senate Armed Services Committee, is a committee of the United States Senate empowered with legislative oversight of the nation's military, including the Department of Defen ...
rejected President Bush's nomination of
John Tower
John Goodwin Tower (September 29, 1925 – April 5, 1991) was an American politician and military veteran who represented Texas in the United States Senate from 1961 to 1985. He was the first Republican elected to the U.S. Senate from Texas si ...
for
Secretary of Defense
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* March 24, 1989:
Exxon Valdez oil spill
The ''Exxon Valdez'' oil spill was a major environmental disaster that occurred in Alaska's Prince William Sound on March 24, 1989. The spill occurred when ''Exxon Valdez'', an oil supertanker owned by Exxon Shipping Company, bound for Long Be ...
* December 20, 1989:
Operation Just Cause
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* Operation (music), a term used in musical set theory
* ''Operations'' (magazine), Multi-Man ...
launched to overthrow
Panama
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nian leader
Manuel Noriega
Manuel Antonio Noriega Moreno ( , ; February 11, 1934 – May 29, 2017) was a Panamanian dictator and military officer who was the ''de facto'' List of heads of state of Panama, ruler of Panama from 1983 to 1989. He never officially serv ...
Major legislation
Enacted
* April 10, 1989:
Whistleblower Protection Act
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, ,
* August 9, 1989:
, ,
* October 28, 1989:
Flag Protection Act of 1989
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, ,
* May 22, 1990:
Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989
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, ,
* July 26, 1990:
Americans with Disabilities Act
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, ,
* August 18, 1990:
Oil Pollution Act of 1990
The Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA) was passed by the 101st United States Congress and signed by President George H. W. Bush. It works to avoid oil spills from vessels and facilities by enforcing removal of spilled oil and assigning liability f ...
, ,
* August 18, 1990:
Ryan White CARE Act of 1990, ,
* September 25, 1990:
Hotel and Motel Fire Safety Act of 1990, ,
* October 30, 1990:
Native American Languages Act of 1990
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, ,
* October 30, 1990:
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1990. ,
* November 5, 1990:
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990
The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (OBRA-90; ) is a United States statute enacted pursuant to the budget reconciliation process to reduce the United States federal budget deficit. The Act included the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990 wh ...
, , (including
Human Genome Project
The Human Genome Project (HGP) was an international scientific research project with the goal of determining the base pairs that make up human DNA, and of identifying, mapping and sequencing all of the genes of the human genome from both a ...
funding)
* November 12, 1990:
Water Resources Development Act of 1990 (WRDA 1990),
* November 15, 1990:
Administrative Dispute Resolution Act, ,
* November 15, 1990:
Spark M. Matsunaga Hydrogen Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1990, ,
* November 16, 1990:
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Pub. L. 101-601, 25 U.S.C. 3001 et seq., 104 Stat. 3048, is a United States federal law enacted on November 16, 1990.
The Act includes three major sets of provisions. The "re ...
, ,
* November 16, 1990:
Global Change Research Act of 1990
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, ,
* November 28, 1990:
Tongass Timber Reform Act
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,
* November 28, 1990:
Food and Drug Administration Revitalization Act
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The F ...
, ,
* November 29, 1990:
Negotiated Rulemaking Act, ,
* November 29, 1990:
Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990
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, ,
* November 29, 1990:
Immigration Act of 1990
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, ,
* November 29, 1990:
Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990
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, ,
* December 1, 1990:
Judicial Improvements Act of 1990, , (including
Visual Artists Rights Act
The Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990 (VARA; title VI, ), is a United States law granting certain rights to artists.
VARA was the first federal copyright legislation to grant protection to ''moral rights''. Under VARA, works of art that meet cer ...
)
Vetoed
* October 22, 1990:
Civil Rights Act of 1990
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, . Override attempt failed in Senate, 66-34 (1 vote short of needed to override).
Treaties ratified
* March 1, 1989:
Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, an international treaty on copyrights, ratified
Party summary
Senate
House of Representatives
Leadership
Senate
*
President
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* President (education), a leader of a college or university
*President (government title)
President may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment Film and television
*'' Præsident ...
:
George H. W. Bush
George Herbert Walker BushBefore the outcome of the 2000 United States presidential election, he was usually referred to simply as "George Bush" but became more commonly known as "George H. W. Bush", "Bush Senior," "Bush 41," and even "Bush th ...
(R), until January 20, 1989
**
Dan Quayle
James Danforth Quayle (; born February 4, 1947) is an American retired politician who served as the 44th vice president of the United States from 1989 to 1993 under President George H. W. Bush. A member of the Republican Party (United States), ...
(R), from January 20, 1989
*
President pro tempore:
Robert Byrd
Robert Carlyle Byrd (born Cornelius Calvin Sale Jr.; November 20, 1917 – June 28, 2010) was an American politician who served as a United States senator from West Virginia for over 51 years, from 1959 until his death in 2010. A Democratic Pa ...
(D)
Democratic majority
*
Majority Leader:
George J. Mitchell
George John Mitchell Jr. (born August 20, 1933) is an American politician, diplomat, and lawyer. A leading member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States senator from Maine from 1980 to 1995, and as Senate Majority Leader from 19 ...
*
Majority Whip
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Whips a ...
:
Alan Cranston
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*
Policy Committee Co-Chair:
Harry Reid
Harry Mason Reid Jr. (; December 2, 1939 – December 28, 2021) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States Senate, United States senator from Nevada from 1987 to 2017. He led the Senate Democratic Caucus from 2005 to 2 ...
*
Democratic Caucus Secretary:
David Pryor
David Hampton Pryor (August 29, 1934 – April 20, 2024) was an American politician who served as a representative for Arkansas's 4th congressional district from 1966 until 1973 and as a senator from Arkansas from 1979 until 1997. A member of t ...
*
Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman:
John Breaux
John Berlinger Breaux (; born March 1, 1944) is an American lobbyist, attorney, and retired politician from Louisiana. He served in the United States House of Representatives, U.S. House of Representatives from 1972 to 1987 and as a United State ...
* Chief Deputy Whip:
Alan J. Dixon
Republican minority
*
Minority 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 ...
*
Minority Whip
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Whips ...
:
Alan K. Simpson
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*
Republican Conference Chairman
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:
John Chafee
John Lester Hubbard Chafee ( ; October 22, 1922 – October 24, 1999) was an American politician and officer in the United States Marine Corps. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he served as the 66th Governor o ...
*
Republican Conference Secretary
Republican can refer to:
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* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
:
Thad Cochran
William Thad Cochran ( ; December 7, 1937 – May 30, 2019) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator for Mississippi from 1978 to 2018. A Republican, he previously served in the U.S. House of Representative ...
*
National Senatorial Committee Chair:
Don Nickles
Donald Lee Nickles (born December 6, 1948) is an American politician and lobbyist who was a Republican United States Senator from Oklahoma from 1981 to 2005. He was considered both a fiscal and social conservative. After retiring from the Sen ...
*
Policy Committee Chairman:
William L. Armstrong
House of Representatives
*
Speaker
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* Speaker, a person who produces speech
* Loudspeaker, a device that produces sound
** Computer speakers
Speaker, Speakers, or The Speaker may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* "Speaker" (song), by David ...
:
Jim Wright
James Claude Wright Jr. (December 22, 1922 – May 6, 2015) was an American politician who served as the 48th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1987 to 1989. He represented Texas' 12th congressional district as a ...
(D), until June 6, 1989
**
Tom Foley
Thomas Stephen Foley (March 6, 1929 – October 18, 2013) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 49th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1989 to 1995. A member of the Democratic Party, Foley represente ...
(D), from June 6, 1989
Democratic majority
*
Majority Leader:
Tom Foley
Thomas Stephen Foley (March 6, 1929 – October 18, 2013) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 49th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1989 to 1995. A member of the Democratic Party, Foley represente ...
, until June 6, 1989
**
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 ...
, from June 6, 1989
*
Majority Whip
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Whips a ...
:
Tony Coelho
Anthony Lee Coelho (born June 15, 1942) is an American politician from California who served in the United States House of Representatives. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the primary sponsor of the Americans with Disabilities Act and is ...
, until June 15, 1989
**
William H. Gray III
William Herbert Gray III (August 20, 1941 – July 1, 2013) was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party who represented from 1979 to 1991. He also served as chairman of the United States House ...
, from June 15, 1989
*
Chief Deputy Majority Whip:
David Bonior
David Edward Bonior (born June 6, 1945) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. First elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1976, Bonior served as Democratic whip in the House from 1991 to 2002, during which time De ...
*
Democratic Caucus Chairman:
William H. Gray III
William Herbert Gray III (August 20, 1941 – July 1, 2013) was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party who represented from 1979 to 1991. He also served as chairman of the United States House ...
, until June 15, 1989
**
Steny Hoyer
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, from June 15, 1989
*
Democratic Caucus Vice-Chairman:
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 ...
, until June 21, 1989
**
Vic Fazio
Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. (October 11, 1942 – March 16, 2022) was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for California from 1979 to 1999.
Early life and education
Fazio was born in Winc ...
, from June 21, 1989
*
Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman:
Beryl Anthony Jr.
Republican minority
*
Minority Leader:
Robert H. Michel
Robert Henry Michel (; March 2, 1923 – February 17, 2017) was an American Republican Party politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives for 38 years. He represented central Illinois' 18th congressional distric ...
*
Minority Whip
A whip is an official of a political party whose task is to ensure party discipline (that members of the party vote according to the party platform rather than their constituents, individual conscience or donors) in a legislature.
Whips ...
:
Dick Cheney
Richard Bruce Cheney ( ; born January 30, 1941) is an American former politician and businessman who served as the 46th vice president of the United States from 2001 to 2009 under President George W. Bush. He has been called vice presidency o ...
, until March 20, 1989
**
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 ...
, from March 20, 1989
*
Chief Deputy Whip:
Robert Smith Walker
Robert Smith Walker (born December 23, 1942) is an American educator and politician who represented Pennsylvania in the United States House of Representatives as a Republican for ten terms from 1977 until his retirement in 1997. He was best kn ...
*
Republican Conference Chairman
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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 ...
*
Republican Conference Vice-Chairman:
Bill McCollum
Ira William McCollum Jr. (born July 12, 1944) is an American lawyer and Republican Party politician. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1981 to 2001, representing Florida's 5th congressional district, which was ...
*
Republican Conference Secretary
Republican can refer to:
Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
:
Vin Weber
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Early life and education
W ...
*
Policy Committee Chairman:
Mickey Edwards
Marvin Henry "Mickey" Edwards (born July 12, 1937) is an American politician who was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives, serving Oklahoma's 5th congressional district from 1977 to 1993.
Edwards was a founding trustee of ...
*
Republican Campaign Committee Chairman:
Guy Vander Jagt
Guy Adrian Vander Jagt ( ; August 26, 1931 – June 22, 2007) was a Republican politician from Michigan. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and Chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee.
Vander Jagt was desc ...
Caucuses
*
Congressional Arts Caucus
The Congressional Arts Caucus is a registered Congressional Member Organization for the US House of Representatives in the 115th Congress.
History
The Congressional Arts Caucus was created in the 1980s as a way for the various members of Congr ...
*
Congressional Automotive Caucus
*
Biomedical Research Caucus
*
Congressional Black Caucus
The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) is made up of Black members of the United States Congress. Representative Yvette Clarke from New York, the current chairperson, succeeded Steven Horsford from Nevada in 2025. Although most members belong ...
*
Congressional Fire Services Caucus
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*
Congressional Friends of Ireland Caucus
*
Congressional Hispanic Caucus
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) is an organization of 38 Democratic members of the United States Congress of Hispanic and Latino descent. The Caucus focuses on issues affecting Hispanics and Latinos in the United States. The CHC was fo ...
*
Congressional Pediatric & Adult Hydrocephalus Caucus
*
Congressional Travel & Tourism Caucus
*
Congresswomen's Caucus
*
House Democratic Caucus
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*
Senate Democratic Caucus
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Members
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and representatives are listed by district.
Senate
Senators are popularly elected statewide every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress, In this Congress, Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, facing re-election in 1990; Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, facing re-election in 1992; and Class 1 meant their term began in this Congress, facing re-election in 1994.
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 ...
: 2.
Howell Heflin
Howell Thomas Heflin (June 19, 1921 – March 29, 2005) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Alabama in the United States Senate from 1979 to 1997.
Early life
Heflin was born on June 19, 1921, i ...
(D)
: 3.
Richard Shelby
Richard Craig Shelby (born May 6, 1934) is an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Alabama from 1987 to 2023. First elected to the U.S. Senate in 1986 as a Democrat, Shelby switched to the Republican Party i ...
(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 ...
: 2.
Ted Stevens
Theodore Fulton Stevens Sr. (November 18, 1923 – August 9, 2010) was an American politician and lawyer who served as a United States Senate, U.S. Senator from Alaska from 1968 to 2009.
He was the longest-serving Republican Party (United St ...
(R)
: 3.
Frank Murkowski
Frank Hughes Murkowski (born March 28, 1933) is an American politician. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he served as a United States Senate, United States Senator representing Alaska from 1981 to 2002 and as t ...
(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 ...
: 1.
Dennis DeConcini
Dennis Webster DeConcini (; born May 8, 1937) is an American lawyer, philanthropist, politician and former U.S. senator from Arizona. The son of former Arizona Supreme Court judge Evo Anton DeConcini, he represented Arizona in the Senate as a D ...
(D)
: 3.
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 ...
(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 ...
: 2.
David Pryor
David Hampton Pryor (August 29, 1934 – April 20, 2024) was an American politician who served as a representative for Arkansas's 4th congressional district from 1966 until 1973 and as a senator from Arkansas from 1979 until 1997. A member of t ...
(D)
: 3.
Dale Bumpers
Dale Leon Bumpers (August 12, 1925 – January 1, 2016) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 38th Governor of Arkansas (1971–1975) and in the United States Senate (1975–1999). He was a member of the Democratic Party. He w ...
(D)
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 ...
: 1.
Pete Wilson
Peter Barton Wilson (born August 23, 1933) is an American attorney and politician who served as governor of California from 1991 to 1999. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, Wilson previously served as a United S ...
(R)
: 3.
Alan Cranston
Alan MacGregor Cranston (June 19, 1914 – December 31, 2000) was an American politician and journalist who served as a United States Senate, United States Senator from California from 1969 to 1993, and as President of the Citizens for Global S ...
(D)
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 ...
: 2.
William L. Armstrong (R)
: 3.
Tim Wirth
Timothy Endicott Wirth (born September 22, 1939) is an American politician from Colorado who served as a Democrat in both the United States Senate (1987–1993) and the United States House of Representatives (1975–1987). He also served in se ...
(D)
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. ...
: 1.
Joe Lieberman
Joseph Isadore Lieberman (; February 24, 1942 – March 27, 2024) was an American politician and lawyer who served as a United States senator from Connecticut from 1989 to 2013. Originally a member of the Democratic Party (United States), Dem ...
(D)
: 3.
Chris Dodd
Christopher John Dodd (born May 27, 1944) is an American lobbyist, lawyer, and Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party politician who served as a United States senator from Connecticut from 1981 to 2011. Dodd is the List of United Sta ...
(D)
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 ...
: 1.
William Roth
William Victor Roth Jr. (July 22, 1921 – December 13, 2003) was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, Delaware, Wilmington, Delaware. He was a veteran of World War II and a member of the Republican Party (United States), Republi ...
(R)
: 2.
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 ...
(D)
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 ...
: 1.
Connie Mack III
Cornelius Alexander McGillicuddy III (born October 29, 1940), also known as Connie Mack III, is an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Florida's 13th congressional district from 1983 to ...
(R)
: 3.
Bob Graham
Daniel Robert Graham (November 9, 1936 – April 16, 2024) was an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as the 38th List of governors of Florida, governor of Florida from 1979 to 1987 and a United States Senate, United States senat ...
(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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Sam Nunn
Samuel Augustus Nunn Jr. (born September 8, 1938) is an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Georgia (1972–1997) as a member of the Democratic Party.
After leaving Congress, Nunn co-founded the Nuclear Threat Initi ...
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: 3.
Wyche Fowler
William Wyche Fowler Jr. (; born October 6, 1940) is an American attorney, politician, and diplomat. He is a member of the Democratic Party and served as a U.S. Senator from Georgia from 1987 to 1993. He had previously served in the U.S. House ...
(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 ...
: 1.
Spark Matsunaga
Spark Masayuki Matsunaga (, October 8, 1916April 15, 1990) was an American politician and attorney who served as United States Senate, United States Senator for Hawaii from 1977 until his death in 1990. Matsunaga also represented Hawaii in the U ...
(D), until April 15, 1990
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Daniel Akaka
Daniel Kahikina Akaka (; September 11, 1924 – April 6, 2018) was an American educator and politician who served as a United States Senator from Hawaii from 1990 to 2013. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
Born in Honolulu, he served in ...
(D), from May 16, 1990
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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 ...
(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), ...
: 2.
James A. McClure (R)
: 3.
Steve Symms
Steven Douglas Symms (April 23, 1938 – August 8, 2024) was an American politician and lobbyist who served as a four-term congressman (1973–1981) and two-term U.S. Senator (1981–1993), representing Idaho. He later became a partner at Parr ...
(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
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 ...
(D)
: 3.
Alan J. Dixon (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.
Richard Lugar
Richard Green Lugar ( ; April 4, 1932 – April 28, 2019) was an American politician who served as a United States Senate, United States Senator from Indiana from 1977 to 2013. He was a member of the Republican Party (United States), Republ ...
(R)
: 3.
Dan Coats
Daniel Ray Coats (born May 16, 1943) is an American politician, attorney, and diplomat. From 2017 to 2019, he served as the Director of National Intelligence in the Trump administration. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a Unite ...
(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
Thomas Richard Harkin (born November 19, 1939) is an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as a United States Senate, United States senator from Iowa from 1985 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Pa ...
(D)
: 3.
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 ...
(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 ...
: 2.
Nancy Kassebaum
Nancy Josephine Kassebaum Baker (; born July 29, 1932) is an American retired politician from Kansas who served as a member of the United States Senate from 1978 to 1997. She is the daughter of Alf Landon, who was Governor of Kansas from 1933 t ...
(R)
: 3.
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)
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
Addison Mitchell McConnell III (; born February 20, 1942) is an American politician and attorney serving as the senior United States senator from Kentucky, a seat he has held since 1985. McConnell is in his seventh Senate term and is the long ...
(R)
: 3.
Wendell Ford
Wendell Hampton Ford (September 8, 1924 – January 22, 2015) was an American politician from Kentucky. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as Governor of Kentucky from 1971 to 1974, and as a member of the United States Senate for 24 ye ...
(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
John Berlinger Breaux (; born March 1, 1944) is an American lobbyist, attorney, and retired politician from Louisiana. He served in the United States House of Representatives, U.S. House of Representatives from 1972 to 1987 and as a United State ...
(D)
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 ...
: 1.
George J. Mitchell
George John Mitchell Jr. (born August 20, 1933) is an American politician, diplomat, and lawyer. A leading member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States senator from Maine from 1980 to 1995, and as Senate Majority Leader from 19 ...
(D)
: 2.
William Cohen
William Sebastian Cohen (born August 28, 1940) is an American lawyer, author, and politician from the U.S. state of Maine. A Republican, Cohen served as both a member of the United States House of Representatives (1973–1979) and Senate (1979� ...
(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
Barbara Ann Mikulski ( ; born July 20, 1936) is an American politician and social worker who served as a United States senator from Maryland from 1987 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, she also served i ...
(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
Edward Moore Kennedy (February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009) was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts who served as a member of the United States Senate from 1962 to his death in 2009. A member of the Democratic Party and ...
(D)
: 2.
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 ...
(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, ...
: 1.
Donald Riegle
Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. ( ; born February 4, 1938) is an American politician, author, and businessman from Michigan. He served for five terms as a Representative and for three terms as a Senator in the U.S. Congress.
Early life and family
Donal ...
(D)
: 2.
Carl Levin
Carl Milton Levin (June 28, 1934 – July 29, 2021) was an American attorney and politician who served as a List of United States senators from Michigan, United States senator from Michigan from 1979 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party (U ...
(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.
David Durenberger
David Ferdinand Durenberger (August 19, 1934 – January 31, 2023) was an American politician and attorney from Minnesota who served as a Republican member of the United States Senate from 1978 to 1995. He left the Republican Party in 2005 and ...
(I-R)
: 2.
Rudy Boschwitz
Rudolph Ely “Rudy” Boschwitz (born November 7, 1930) is an American politician and businessman from the state of Minnesota. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a member of the United States Senate from 1978 to 1991. From 1987 to ...
(I-R)
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
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. ...
(R)
: 2.
Thad Cochran
William Thad Cochran ( ; December 7, 1937 – May 30, 2019) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator for Mississippi from 1978 to 2018. A Republican, he previously served in the U.S. House of Representative ...
(R)
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 ...
: 1.
John Danforth
John Claggett Danforth (born September 5, 1936) is an American politician, attorney, diplomat, and Episcopal priest who served as the Attorney General of Missouri from 1969 to 1976 and as a United States Senator from 1976 to 1995. A member of the ...
(R)
: 3.
Kit Bond
Christopher Samuel Bond (March 6, 1939 – May 13, 2025) was an American attorney and politician from Missouri. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he served as a United States Senate, U.S. Senator from 1987 to 20 ...
(R)
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 ...
: 1.
Conrad Burns
Conrad Ray Burns (January 25, 1935 – April 28, 2016) was an American politician and lobbyist who served as a United States Senator from Montana from 1989 to 2007. He was only the second Republican popularly elected to represent Montana in the ...
(R)
: 2.
Max Baucus
Maxwell Sieben Baucus ( Enke; born December 11, 1941) is an American politician who served as a United States senator from Montana from 1978 to 2014. A member of the Democratic Party, he was a U.S. senator for over 35 years, making him the long ...
(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
Joseph Robert Kerrey (born August 27, 1943) is an American politician who served as the 35th governor of Nebraska from 1983 to 1987 and as a United States Senator from Nebraska from 1989 to 2001.
Before entering politics, he served in the Vietn ...
(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
Richard Hudson Bryan (born July 16, 1937) is an American retired politician and attorney who served as the 25th Governor of Nevada from 1983 to 1989 and as a United States Senator representing Nevada from 1989 until 2001. A Democrat, Bryan pr ...
(D)
: 3.
Harry Reid
Harry Mason Reid Jr. (; December 2, 1939 – December 28, 2021) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States Senate, United States senator from Nevada from 1987 to 2017. He led the Senate Democratic Caucus from 2005 to 2 ...
(D)
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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Gordon J. Humphrey (R), until December 4, 1990
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Bob Smith (R), from December 7, 1990
: 3.
Warren Rudman
Warren Bruce Rudman (May 18, 1930November 19, 2012) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States Senator from New Hampshire from 1980 to 1993. A member of the Republican Party, he was known as a moderate centrist, to su ...
(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 ...
: 1.
Frank Lautenberg
Frank Raleigh Lautenberg (; January 23, 1924 June 3, 2013) was an American businessman and Democratic Party politician who served as United States Senator from New Jersey from 1982 to 2001, and again from 2003 until his death in 2013. He was ori ...
(D)
: 2.
Bill Bradley
William Warren Bradley (born July 28, 1943) is an American politician and former professional basketball player. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he was a United States Senate, United States senator from New ...
(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 ...
: 1.
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 ...
(D)
: 2.
Pete Domenici
Pietro Vichi "Pete" Domenici ( ; May 7, 1932 – September 13, 2017) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States Senator from New Mexico from 1973 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, he served six terms in ...
(R)
New York
New York most commonly refers to:
* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
New York may also refer to:
Places United Kingdom
* ...
: 1.
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 ...
(D)
: 3.
Al D'Amato
Alfonse Marcello D'Amato (born August 1, 1937) is an American attorney, lobbyist, and Republican politician who represented the state of New York in the United States Senate from 1981 to 1999. From 1995 to 1999, he chaired the Senate Banking C ...
(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 ...
: 2.
Jesse Helms
Jesse Alexander Helms Jr. (October 18, 1921 – July 4, 2008) was an American politician. A leader in the Conservatism in the United States, conservative movement, he served as a senator from North Carolina from 1973 to 2003. As chairman of the ...
(R)
: 3.
Terry Sanford
James Terry Sanford (August 20, 1917April 18, 1998) was an American lawyer and politician from North Carolina. A member of the Democratic Party, Sanford served as the 65th Governor of North Carolina from 1961 to 1965, was a two-time U.S. pre ...
(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 ...
: 1.
Quentin Burdick
Quentin Northrup Burdick (June 19, 1908 – September 8, 1992) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party, he represented North Dakota in the U.S. House of Representatives (1959–1960) and the U.S ...
(D-NPL)
: 3.
Kent Conrad
Gaylord Kent Conrad (born March 12, 1948) is a former American politician who was a United States Senator from North Dakota. He is a member of the Democratic Party. First elected to the Senate in 1986, he served as chairman or Ranking Member of ...
(D-NPL)
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 ...
: 1.
Howard Metzenbaum
Howard Morton Metzenbaum (June 4, 1917March 12, 2008) was an American politician and businessman who served for almost 20 years as a Democratic member of the U.S. Senate from Ohio (1974, 1976–1995). He also served in the Ohio House ...
(D)
: 3.
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 ...
(D)
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 ...
: 2.
David Boren
David Lyle Boren (April 21, 1941 – February 20, 2025) was an American lawyer and politician from Oklahoma. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he served as the 21st governor of Oklahoma from 1975 to 1979 and thr ...
(D)
: 3.
Don Nickles
Donald Lee Nickles (born December 6, 1948) is an American politician and lobbyist who was a Republican United States Senator from Oklahoma from 1981 to 2005. He was considered both a fiscal and social conservative. After retiring from the Sen ...
(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 ...
: 2.
Mark Hatfield
Mark Odom Hatfield (July 12, 1922 – August 7, 2011) was an American politician and educator from the state of Oregon. A Factions in the Republican Party (United States)#Moderates, moderate Republican Party (United States), Republican, he se ...
(R)
: 3.
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)
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 ...
: 1.
John Heinz
Henry John Heinz III (October 23, 1938 – April 4, 1991) was an American businessman and politician who served as a United States Senate, United States senator from Pennsylvania from 1977 until Merion air disaster, his death in 1991. An he ...
(R)
: 3.
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 ...
(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 ...
: 1.
John Chafee
John Lester Hubbard Chafee ( ; October 22, 1922 – October 24, 1999) was an American politician and officer in the United States Marine Corps. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he served as the 66th Governor o ...
(R)
: 2.
Claiborne Pell
Claiborne de Borda Pell (November 22, 1918 – January 1, 2009) was an American politician and writer who served as a U.S. Senator from Rhode Island for six terms from 1961 to 1997. He was the sponsor of the 1972 bill that reformed the Basic ...
(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 ...
: 2.
Strom Thurmond
James Strom Thurmond Sr. (December 5, 1902 – June 26, 2003) was an American politician who represented South Carolina in the United States Senate from 1954 to 2003. Before his 49 years as a senator, he served as the 103rd governor of South ...
(R)
: 3.
Fritz Hollings
Ernest Frederick "Fritz" Hollings (January 1, 1922April 6, 2019) was an American politician from the U.S. state of South Carolina. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he served as a member of the South Carolina Ho ...
(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 ...
: 2.
Larry Pressler
Larry Lee Pressler (born March 29, 1942) is an American lawyer and politician from South Dakota who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 1979, and United States Senate from 1979 to 1997, as a Republican. He remained ...
(R)
: 3.
Tom Daschle
Thomas Andrew Daschle ( ; born December 9, 1947) is an American politician and lobbyist who represented South Dakota in the United States Senate from 1987 to 2005. A member of the Democratic Party, he led the Senate Democratic Caucus during the ...
(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 ...
: 1.
Jim Sasser (D)
: 2.
Al Gore
Albert Arnold Gore Jr. (born March 31, 1948) is an American former politician, businessman, and environmentalist who served as the 45th vice president of the United States from 1993 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton. He previously served as ...
(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 ...
: 1.
Lloyd Bentsen
Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. (February 11, 1921 – May 23, 2006) was an American politician who served as the 69th United States secretary of the treasury under President Bill Clinton from 1993 to 1994. He served as a United States senator from ...
(D)
: 2.
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 ...
: 1.
Orrin Hatch
Orrin Grant Hatch (March 22, 1934 – April 23, 2022) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator from Utah from 1977 to 2019. Hatch's 42-year Senate tenure made him the longest-serving Republican U.S. senat ...
(R)
: 3.
Jake Garn
Edwin Jacob "Jake" Garn (born October 12, 1932) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Utah. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he served as a member of the United States Senate from 1974 to 1993. Garn ...
(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 ...
: 1.
Jim Jeffords
James Merrill "Jim" Jeffords (May 11, 1934 – August 18, 2014) was an American lawyer and politician from Vermont who served as a member of the Vermont Senate from 1967 to 1969, Attorney General of Vermont from 1969 to 1973, and later serve ...
(R)
: 3.
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 ...
: 1.
Chuck Robb
Charles Spittal Robb (born June 26, 1939) is an American former U.S. Marine Corps officer and politician who served as the 64th governor of Virginia from 1982 to 1986 and a United States senator representing Virginia from 1989 until 2001. A me ...
(D)
: 2.
John Warner
John William Warner III (February 18, 1927 – May 25, 2021) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the United States Secretary of the Navy from 1972 to 1974 and as a five-term United States Republican Party, Republican United Stat ...
(R)
Washington
Washington most commonly refers to:
* George Washington (1732–1799), the first president of the United States
* Washington (state), a state in the Pacific Northwest of the United States
* Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
** A ...
: 1.
Slade Gorton
Thomas Slade Gorton III (January 8, 1928 – August 19, 2020) was an American lawyer and politician from Washington. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a member of the United States Senate from 1981 to 1987, and again from 1989 to ...
(R)
: 3.
Brock Adams
Brockman Adams (January 13, 1927 – September 10, 2004) was an American lawyer and politician. A Democrat from Washington, Adams served as a U.S. Representative, Senator, and United States Secretary of Transportation. He was forced to retire in ...
(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 ...
: 1.
Robert Byrd
Robert Carlyle Byrd (born Cornelius Calvin Sale Jr.; November 20, 1917 – June 28, 2010) was an American politician who served as a United States senator from West Virginia for over 51 years, from 1959 until his death in 2010. A Democratic Pa ...
(D)
: 2.
Jay Rockefeller
John Davison "Jay" Rockefeller IV (born June 18, 1937) is an American retired politician who served as a United States senator from West Virginia (1985–2015). He was first elected to the Senate in 1984, while in office as governor of West Vir ...
(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 ...
: 1.
Herb Kohl
Herbert Hiken Kohl (February 7, 1935 – December 27, 2023) was an American businessman, philanthropist, and Democratic politician from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He served 24 years as a United States senator from Wisconsin, from 1989 to 2013, and ...
(D)
: 3.
Bob Kasten
Robert Walter Kasten Jr. (born June 19, 1942) is an American Republican politician from the state of Wisconsin who served as a U.S. Representative from 1975 to 1979 and as a United States Senator from 1981 to 1993.
Background
Kasten was born ...
(R)
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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Malcolm Wallop
Malcolm Wallop (February 27, 1933 – September 14, 2011) was an American rancher and politician. He served as a United States Senator from Wyoming from 1977 to 1995. He was a member of the Republican Party.
Early years
Wallop was born at Doct ...
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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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William Louis Dickinson (R)
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Glen Browder
John Glen Browder (born January 15, 1943) is a former member of the United States House of Representatives from Alabama's 3rd congressional district. Browder was born in Sumter, South Carolina, and graduated in 1961 from Edmunds High School in ...
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Tom Bevill
Tom Donald Fike Bevill (March 27, 1921 – March 28, 2005) was an American attorney, politician, and United States Democratic Party, Democratic fifteen-term United States House of Representatives, U.S. congressman who represented Alabama's 4th Co ...
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Ronnie Flippo
Ronnie Gene Flippo (born August 15, 1937) is an American politician and accountant who served seven terms as a United States Congressman from Alabama from 1977 to 1991.
Early life and education
Flippo was born August 15, 1937, in Florence, Al ...
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Ben Erdreich (D)
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Claude Harris Jr. (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 ...
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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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John Jacob Rhodes III (R)
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Mo Udall
Morris King Udall (June 15, 1922 – December 12, 1998) was an American attorney and Democratic politician who served as a U.S. representative from Arizona from May 2, 1961, to May 4, 1991. He was a leading contender for the 1976 Democratic pr ...
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Bob Stump
Robert Lee Stump (April 4, 1927 – June 20, 2003) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Congressman from Arizona. He served as a member from the Democratic Party from 1977 to 1983 and then later a member of the Republican Party un ...
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Jon Kyl
Jon Llewellyn Kyl ( ; born April 25, 1942) is an American politician and lobbyist who served as a United States Senator for Arizona from 1995 to 2013. Following the death of John McCain in 2018, Kyl briefly returned to the Senate; his resignatio ...
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Jim Kolbe
James Thomas Kolbe (June 28, 1942 – December 3, 2022) was an American politician who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives. He represented Arizona's 5th congressional district from 1985 to 2003 and its 8 ...
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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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William Vollie Alexander Jr. (D)
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Tommy F. Robinson (D then R), switched parties July 28, 1989)
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John Paul Hammerschmidt
John Paul Hammerschmidt (May 4, 1922 – April 1, 2015) was an American politician from the state of Arkansas. A Republican, Hammerschmidt served thirteen terms in the United States House of Representatives for Arkansas's 3rd congressional ...
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Beryl Anthony Jr. (D)
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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Douglas H. Bosco
Douglas Harry Bosco (born July 28, 1946) is an American lawyer, politician, and newspaper owner from California. He is a former U.S. Representative, serving four terms as a Democrat from 1983 to 1991.
Early life
Born in Brooklyn, New York, B ...
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Wally Herger
Walter William Herger Jr. (born May 20, 1945) is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for California's 2nd congressional district from 1987 to 2013. A member of the Republican Party, his district was the state's largest c ...
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Bob Matsui
Robert Takeo Matsui (, September 17, 1941 – January 1, 2005) was an American politician from the state of California. Matsui was a member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party and served in the United States House of Represe ...
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Vic Fazio
Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. (October 11, 1942 – March 16, 2022) was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for California from 1979 to 1999.
Early life and education
Fazio was born in Winc ...
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Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Patricia Pelosi ( ; ; born March 26, 1940) is an American politician who was the List of Speakers of the United States House of Representatives, 52nd speaker of the United States House of Representatives, serving from 2007 to 2011 an ...
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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 ...
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George Miller (D)
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Ron Dellums
Ronald Vernie Dellums (November 24, 1935 – July 30, 2018) was an American politician who served as Mayor of Oakland from 2007 to 2011. He had previously served thirteen terms as a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California ...
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Pete Stark
Fortney Hillman "Pete" Stark Jr. (November 11, 1931 – January 24, 2020) was an American businessman and politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1973 to 2013. A Democrat from California, Stark's district ...
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Don Edwards
William Donlon Edwards (January 6, 1915 – October 1, 2015) was an American politician of the Democratic Party and a member of the United States House of Representatives from California for 32 years in the late 20th century.
Early life
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Tom Lantos
Thomas Peter Lantos (born Tamás Péter Lantos; February 1, 1928 – February 11, 2008) was a Hungarian-born American politician who served as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative from California from 1981 until his deat ...
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Tom Campbell (R)
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Norman Mineta
Norman Yoshio Mineta (, November 12, 1931 – May 3, 2022) was an American politician from California. A member of the Democratic Party, Mineta served in the cabinet of the United States for US Presidents Bill Clinton, a Democrat, and George W. ...
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Norman D. Shumway (R)
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Tony Coelho
Anthony Lee Coelho (born June 15, 1942) is an American politician from California who served in the United States House of Representatives. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the primary sponsor of the Americans with Disabilities Act and is ...
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Gary Condit
Gary Adrian Condit (born April 21, 1948) is an American former politician who represented California's California's 18th congressional district, 18th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives, House of Representatives f ...
(D), from September 12, 1989
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Leon Panetta
Leon Edward Panetta (born June 28, 1938) is an American retired politician and government official who has served under several Democratic administrations as secretary of defense (2011–2013), director of the CIA (2009–2011), White House chi ...
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Chip Pashayan (R)
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Richard H. Lehman
Richard Henry "Rick" Lehman (born July 20, 1948) is an American lobbyist and former politician who served six-terms as a member of the United States House of Representatives from California from 1983 to 1995. He was previously a member of the Ca ...
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Robert J. Lagomarsino
Robert John Lagomarsino (September 4, 1926 – February 7, 2021) was an American politician and lawyer from California who served in the United States House of Representatives. A Republican, he began his service in the United States House of Rep ...
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Bill Thomas
William Marshall Thomas (born December 6, 1941) is an American politician. He was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1979 to 2007, finishing his tenure representing California's 22nd congressional district an ...
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Elton Gallegly (R)
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Carlos Moorhead
Carlos John Moorhead (May 5, 1922 – November 23, 2011) was an American lawyer and politician who served twelve terms as a United States Congressman from California from 1973 to 1997.
Early life and education
Born in Long Beach, he att ...
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Anthony Beilenson
Anthony Charles Beilenson (October 26, 1932 – March 5, 2017) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a Democratic Congressman from Southern California. He served ten terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1977 unt ...
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Henry Waxman
Henry Arnold Waxman (born September 12, 1939) is an American politician and lobbyist who was a U.S. representative from California from 1975 to 2015. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
His district included much of the western part of the ...
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Edward R. Roybal
Edward Ross Roybal (February 10, 1916 – October 24, 2005) was a Mexican-American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first Latino American to be elected to the Los Angeles City Council, serving from 1949 to 1962. He la ...
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Howard Berman
Howard Lawrence Berman (born April 15, 1941) is an American attorney and retired politician who served as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative from California from 1983 to 2013. A member of the Democratic Party (United St ...
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Mel Levine (D)
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Julian Dixon
Julian Carey Dixon (August 8, 1934 – December 8, 2000) was an American Democratic politician from California who was a member of the California State Assembly from 1973 to 1978 and then a member of the United States House of Representative ...
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Augustus Hawkins
Augustus Freeman Hawkins (August 31, 1907 – November 10, 2007) was an American politician of the Democratic Party who served in the California State Assembly from 1935 to 1963 and the U.S. House Of Representatives from 1963 to 1991. Over the c ...
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Matthew G. Martínez (D)
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Mervyn Dymally
Mervyn Malcolm Dymally (May 12, 1926 – October 7, 2012) was an American politician from California. A Democrat, he served in the California State Assembly (1963–1966) and the California State Senate (1967–1975), as the 41st lieutenant gove ...
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Glenn M. Anderson (D)
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David Dreier
David Timothy Dreier OAE (/ draɪər/; born July 5, 1952) is an American businessman, philanthropist, and politician who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from California from 1981 to 2013. He was one ...
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Esteban Edward Torres
Esteban Edward Torres (January 27, 1930 – January 25, 2022) was an American politician who served as member of the United States House of Representatives for California's 34th congressional district from 1983 to 1999.
Early life and education
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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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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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Al McCandless (R)
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Bob Dornan
Robert Kenneth Dornan (born April 3, 1933) is an American actor, radio talk show host, combat veteran, and Republican politician from California. Dornan represented two Southern California districts in the United States House of Representatives fr ...
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William E. Dannemeyer (R)
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Christopher Cox
Charles Christopher Cox (born October 16, 1952) is an American attorney and politician who served as chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, a 17-year Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the United States House ...
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Bill Lowery (R)
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Dana Rohrabacher
Dana Tyrone Rohrabacher ( ; born June 21, 1947) is an American former politician who served in the United States House of Representatives, U.S. House of Representatives from 1989 to 2019. Representing for the last three terms of his House tenure ...
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Ron Packard
Ronald C. Packard (born January 19, 1931) is an American retired Republican politician from California who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1983 to 2001.
Biography
Ronald C. Packard was born and raised in Meridian, Idaho. He ...
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Jim Bates (D)
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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
Patricia Nell Scott Schroeder (July 30, 1940 – March 13, 2023) was an American politician who represented Colorado's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1973 to 1997. A member of the Democratic Party, ...
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David Skaggs (D)
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Ben Nighthorse Campbell
Ben Nighthorse Campbell (born Benny Marshall Campbell; April 13, 1933) is an American and Northern Cheyenne politician and Air Force veteran who served in both chambers of the United States Congress; representing Colorado in the U.S. House of Re ...
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Hank Brown
George Hanks "Hank" Brown (born February 12, 1940) is an American politician and lawyer from Colorado. He is a former Republican politician who served as a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator. He served as the president of the University of N ...
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Joel Hefley
Joel Maurice Hefley (born April 18, 1935) is an American Republican politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives representing the 5th Congressional District of Colorado from 1987 to 2007. His wife, Lynn Hefl ...
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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
Samuel Gejdenson (born May 20, 1948) is a former United States Representative for the 2nd Congressional District of Connecticut.
Early life and education
Born in a displaced persons camp in Eschwege, Allied-occupied Germany, Gejdenson was th ...
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Bruce Morrison
Bruce Andrew Morrison (born October 8, 1944) is an American attorney, lobbyist and Democratic Party politician who represented Connecticut in the United States House of Representatives from 1983 to 1991. In 1990, he was the unsuccessful Democr ...
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Chris Shays
Christopher Hunter Shays (born October 18, 1945) is an American politician. He previously served in the United States House of Representatives as representative of the 4th District of Connecticut from 1987 to 2009. He is a member of the Repub ...
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John G. Rowland
John Grosvenor Rowland (born May 24, 1957) is an American former politician, author, and radio host who served as the 86th governor of Connecticut from 1995 to 2004.
Rowland served three terms representing Connecticut's 5th congressional distri ...
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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 ...
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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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Tom Carper
Thomas Richard Carper (born January 23, 1947) is an American politician and former military officer who served from 2001 to 2025 as a United States Senate, United States senator from Delaware. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), D ...
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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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Earl Hutto
Earl Dewitt Hutto (May 12, 1926 – December 14, 2020) was an American politician who served as U.S. Representative from Florida's 1st congressional district.
Early life
Born in Midland City, Alabama, to Lemmie and Ellie (nee Mathis) Hutto, Ear ...
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James W. Grant (D then R), switched parties February 21, 1989
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Charles E. Bennett (D)
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Craig James (R)
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Bill McCollum
Ira William McCollum Jr. (born July 12, 1944) is an American lawyer and Republican Party politician. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1981 to 2001, representing Florida's 5th congressional district, which was ...
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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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Sam Gibbons
Samuel Melville Gibbons (January 20, 1920 – October 10, 2012) was an American politician from the state of Florida, who served in the Florida State House of Representatives, Florida State Senate, and the U.S. House of Representatives. He repre ...
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Bill Young William, Will, Bill or Billy Young may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* William Young (composer) (died 1662), English composer and viola da gambist
* William Young (architect) (1843–1900), Scottish architect, designer of Glasgow City Chambe ...
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Michael Bilirakis (R)
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Andy Ireland
Andrew Poysell Ireland (August 23, 1930 – October 20, 2024) was an American banker and politician from Florida. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1977 to 1993. He served eight terms, first as a Democrat ...
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Bill Nelson
Clarence William Nelson II (born September 29, 1942) is an American politician, attorney, and former astronaut who served from 2001 to 2019 as a United States Senate, United States senator from Florida and from 2021 to 2025 as the Administrator ...
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Tom Lewis (R)
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Porter Goss
Porter Johnston Goss (; born November 26, 1938) is an American politician who served as the head of the Central Intelligence Agency from 2004 to 2006. He was the last Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) from 2004 to 2005, then became the fir ...
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Harry Johnston
Sir Harry Hamilton Johnston (12 June 1858 – 31 July 1927) was a British explorer, botanist, artist, colonial administrator, and linguist who travelled widely across Africa to speak some of the languages spoken by people on that continent. ...
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Clay Shaw
Clay LaVergne Shaw (March 17, 1913 – August 15, 1974) was an American businessman, military officer, and part-time contact of the Domestic Contact Service (DCS) of the CIA. Shaw is best known for being the only person brought to trial for in ...
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Lawrence J. Smith (D)
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William Lehman (D)
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Claude Pepper
Claude Denson Pepper (September 8, 1900 – May 30, 1989) was an American politician of the Democratic Party. He represented Florida in the United States Senate from 1936 to 1951, and the Miami area in the United States House of Representatives ...
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Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen ( ; ; born July 15, 1952) is an American politician and lobbyist from Miami, Florida, who represented from 1989 to 2019. By the end of her tenure, she was the most senior U.S. Representative from Florida. She was Chairwoman ...
(R), from August 29, 1989
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Dante Fascell (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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Lindsay Thomas (D)
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Charles Floyd Hatcher
Charles Floyd Hatcher (born July 1, 1939) is an American politician and lawyer from the U.S. state of Georgia. He served in Congress as a Democrat.
He was born in Doerun, Georgia and served in the United States Air Force from 1958 to 1962 rea ...
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Richard Ray (D)
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Ben Jones (D)
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John Lewis
John Robert Lewis (February 21, 1940 – July 17, 2020) was an American civil rights activist and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives for from 1987 until his death in 2020. He participated in the 1960 Nashville ...
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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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George Darden
George Washington "Buddy" Darden III (born November 22, 1943) is an American politician and lawyer from Georgia. He served in the state house and then for more than five terms as Congressman from Georgia. He served in his career as a legislator ...
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J. Roy Rowland (D)
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Ed Jenkins (D)
: . Doug Barnard Jr. (D)
List of United States representatives from Hawaii, Hawaii
: . Pat Saiki (R)
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Daniel Akaka
Daniel Kahikina Akaka (; September 11, 1924 – April 6, 2018) was an American educator and politician who served as a United States Senator from Hawaii from 1990 to 2013. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
Born in Honolulu, he served in ...
(D), until May 16, 1990
:: Patsy Mink (D), from September 22, 1990
List of United States representatives from Idaho, Idaho
: . Larry Craig (R)
: . Richard H. Stallings (D)
List of United States representatives from Illinois, Illinois
: . Charles Hayes (politician), Charles Hayes (D)
: . Gus Savage (D)
: . Marty Russo (D)
: . George E. Sangmeister (D)
: . Bill Lipinski (D)
: . Henry Hyde (R)
: . Cardiss Collins (D)
: . Dan Rostenkowski (D)
: . Sidney R. Yates (D)
: . John Porter (Illinois politician), John Porter (R)
: . Frank Annunzio (D)
: . Phil Crane (R)
: . Harris W. Fawell (R)
: . Dennis Hastert (R)
: . Edward Madigan (R)
: . Lynn Morley Martin (R)
: . Lane Evans (D)
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Robert H. Michel
Robert Henry Michel (; March 2, 1923 – February 17, 2017) was an American Republican Party politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives for 38 years. He represented central Illinois' 18th congressional distric ...
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: . Terry L. Bruce (D)
: . Dick Durbin (D)
: . Jerry Costello (D)
: . Glenn Poshard (D)
List of United States representatives from Indiana, Indiana
: . Pete Visclosky (D)
: . Philip Sharp (politician), Philip Sharp (D)
: . John P. Hiler (R)
: . Jill L. Long (D), from March 28, 1989
: . Jim Jontz (D)
: . Dan Burton (R)
: . John T. Myers (congressman), John T. Myers (R)
: . Frank McCloskey (D)
: . Lee H. Hamilton (D)
: . Andrew Jacobs Jr. (D)
List of United States representatives from Iowa, Iowa
: . Jim Leach (R)
: . Tom Tauke (R)
: . David R. Nagle (D)
: . Neal Edward Smith (D)
: . Jim Ross Lightfoot (R)
: . Fred Grandy (R)
List of United States representatives from Kansas, Kansas
: . Pat Roberts (R)
: . Jim Slattery (D)
: . Jan Meyers (R)
: . Dan Glickman (D)
: . Bob Whittaker (R)
List of United States representatives from Kentucky, Kentucky
: . Carroll Hubbard (D)
: . William Natcher (D)
: . Romano Mazzoli (D)
: . Jim Bunning (R)
: . Hal Rogers (R)
: . Larry J. Hopkins (R)
: . Chris Perkins (politician), Chris Perkins (D)
List of United States representatives from Louisiana, Louisiana
: . Bob Livingston (R)
: . Lindy Boggs (D)
: . Billy Tauzin (D)
: . Jim McCrery (R)
: . Jerry Huckaby (D)
: . Richard Baker (American politician), Richard Baker (R)
: . Jimmy Hayes (D)
: . Clyde C. Holloway (R)
List of United States representatives from Maine, Maine
: . Joseph E. Brennan (D)
: . Olympia Snowe (R)
List of United States representatives from Maryland, Maryland
: . Roy Dyson (D)
: . Helen Delich Bentley (R)
: . Ben Cardin (D)
: . Tom McMillen (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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: . Beverly Byron (D)
: . Kweisi Mfume (D)
: . Connie Morella (R)
List of United States representatives from Massachusetts, Massachusetts
: . Silvio O. Conte (R)
: . Richard Neal (D)
: . Joseph D. Early (D)
: . Barney Frank (D)
: . Chester G. Atkins (D)
: . Nicholas Mavroules (D)
: . Ed Markey (D)
: . Joseph P. Kennedy II (D)
: . Joe Moakley (D)
: . Gerry Studds (D)
: . Brian J. Donnelly (D)
List of United States representatives from Michigan, Michigan
: . John Conyers (D)
: . Carl Pursell (R)
: . Howard Wolpe (D)
: . Fred Upton (R)
: . Paul B. Henry (R)
: . Milton Robert Carr (D)
: . Dale Kildee (D)
: . J. Bob Traxler (D)
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Guy Vander Jagt
Guy Adrian Vander Jagt ( ; August 26, 1931 – June 22, 2007) was a Republican politician from Michigan. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and Chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee.
Vander Jagt was desc ...
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: . Bill Schuette (R)
: . Robert William Davis (R)
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David Bonior
David Edward Bonior (born June 6, 1945) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. First elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1976, Bonior served as Democratic whip in the House from 1991 to 2002, during which time De ...
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: . George Crockett Jr. (D)
: . Dennis Hertel (D)
: . William D. Ford (D)
: . John Dingell (D)
: . Sander Levin (D)
: . William Broomfield (R)
List of United States representatives from Minnesota, Minnesota
: . Tim Penny (DFL)
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Vin Weber
John Vincent Weber (born July 24, 1952) is an American politician and lobbyist from Minnesota. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1981 to 1993.
Early life and education
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: . Bill Frenzel (I-R)
: . Bruce Vento (DFL)
: . Martin Olav Sabo (DFL)
: . Gerry Sikorski (DFL)
: . Arlan Stangeland (I-R)
: . Jim Oberstar (DFL)
List of United States representatives from Mississippi, Mississippi
: . Jamie Whitten (D)
: . Mike Espy (D)
: . Sonny Montgomery (D)
: . Michael Parker (politician), Michael Parker (D)
: . Larkin I. Smith (R), until August 13, 1989
:: Gene Taylor (Mississippi politician), Gene Taylor (D), from October 17, 1989
List of United States representatives from Missouri, Missouri
: . Bill Clay (D)
: . Jack Buechner (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)
: . Alan Wheat (D)
: . Tom Coleman (Missouri politician), Tom Coleman (R)
: . Mel Hancock (R)
: . Bill Emerson (R)
: . Harold Volkmer (D)
List of United States representatives from Montana, Montana
: . Pat Williams (Montana politician), Pat Williams (D)
: . Ron Marlenee (R)
List of United States representatives from Nebraska, Nebraska
: . Doug Bereuter (R)
: . Peter Hoagland (D)
: . Virginia D. Smith (R)
List of United States representatives from Nevada, Nevada
: . James Bilbray (D)
: . Barbara Vucanovich (R)
List of United States representatives from New Hampshire, New Hampshire
: .
Bob Smith (R), until December 7, 1990, vacant thereafter
: . Charles Douglas III (R)
List of United States representatives from New Jersey, New Jersey
: . James Florio (D), until January 16, 1990
:: Rob Andrews (D), from November 6, 1990
: . William J. Hughes (D)
: . Frank Pallone (D)
: . Chris Smith (New Jersey politician), Chris Smith (R)
: . Marge Roukema (R)
: . Bernard J. Dwyer (D)
: . Matthew John Rinaldo (R)
: . Robert A. Roe (D)
: . Robert Torricelli (D)
: . Donald M. Payne (D)
: . Dean Gallo (R)
: . Jim Courter (R)
: . Jim Saxton (R)
: . Frank Joseph Guarini (D)
List of United States representatives from New Mexico, New Mexico
: . Steven Schiff (R)
: . Joe Skeen (R)
: . Bill Richardson (D)
List of United States representatives from New York, New York
: . George J. Hochbrueckner (D)
: . Thomas Downey (D)
: . Robert J. Mrazek (D)
: . Norman F. Lent (R)
: . Raymond J. McGrath (R)
: . Floyd Flake (D)
: . Gary Ackerman (D)
: . James H. Scheuer (D)
: . Thomas J. Manton (D)
: . Chuck Schumer (D)
: . Edolphus Towns (D)
: . Major Owens (D)
: . Stephen Solarz (D)
: . Guy Molinari (R), until December 31, 1989 (resigned)
:: Susan Molinari (R), from March 20, 1990
: . Bill Green (New York politician), Bill Green (R)
: . Charles Rangel (D)
: . Theodore S. Weiss (D)
: . Robert Garcia (New York politician), Robert Garcia (D), until January 7, 1990
:: José E. Serrano (D), from March 20, 1990
: . Eliot Engel (D)
: . Nita Lowey (D)
: . Hamilton Fish IV (R)
: . Benjamin Gilman (R)
: . Michael McNulty (D)
: . Gerald Solomon (R)
: . Sherwood Boehlert (R)
: . David O'Brien Martin (R)
: . James T. Walsh (R)
: . Matthew F. McHugh (D)
: . Frank Horton (New York politician), Frank Horton (R)
: . Louise Slaughter (D)
: . Bill Paxon (R)
: . John J. LaFalce (D)
: . Henry J. Nowak (D)
: . Amo Houghton (R)
List of United States representatives from North Carolina, North Carolina
: . Walter B. Jones Sr. (D)
: . Tim Valentine (D)
: . Martin Lancaster (D)
: . David Price (American politician), David Price (D)
: . Stephen L. Neal (D)
: . Howard Coble (R)
: . Charlie Rose (politician), Charlie Rose (D)
: . Bill Hefner (D)
: . Alex McMillan (R)
: . Cass Ballenger (R)
: . James M. Clarke (D)
List of United States representatives from North Dakota, North Dakota
: . Byron Dorgan (D-NPL)
List of United States representatives from Ohio, Ohio
: . Tom Luken (D)
: . Bill Gradison (R)
: . Tony P. Hall (D)
: . Mike Oxley (R)
: . Paul Gillmor (R)
: . Bob McEwen (R)
: . Mike DeWine (R)
: . Donald "Buz" Lukens (R), until October 24, 1990
: . Marcy Kaptur (D)
: . Clarence E. Miller (R)
: . Dennis E. Eckart (D)
: . John Kasich (R)
: . Donald J. Pease (D)
: . Thomas C. Sawyer (D)
: . Chalmers Wylie (R)
: . Ralph Regula (R)
: . James Traficant (D)
: . Douglas Applegate (D)
: . Ed Feighan (D)
: . Mary Rose Oakar (D)
: . Louis Stokes (D)
List of United States representatives from Oklahoma, Oklahoma
: . Jim Inhofe (R)
: . Mike Synar (D)
: . Wes Watkins (D)
: . Dave McCurdy (D)
: .
Mickey Edwards
Marvin Henry "Mickey" Edwards (born July 12, 1937) is an American politician who was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives, serving Oklahoma's 5th congressional district from 1977 to 1993.
Edwards was a founding trustee of ...
(R)
: . Glenn English (D)
List of United States representatives from Oregon, Oregon
: . Les AuCoin (D)
: . Robert Freeman Smith (R)
: . Ron Wyden (D)
: . Peter DeFazio (D)
: . Denny Smith (R)
List of United States representatives from Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania
: . Thomas M. Foglietta (D)
: .
William H. Gray III
William Herbert Gray III (August 20, 1941 – July 1, 2013) was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party who represented from 1979 to 1991. He also served as chairman of the United States House ...
(D)
: . Robert A. Borski Jr. (D)
: . Joseph P. Kolter (D)
: . Richard T. Schulze (R)
: . Gus Yatron (D)
: . Curt Weldon (R)
: . Peter H. Kostmayer (D)
: . Bud Shuster (R)
: . Joseph M. McDade (R)
: . Paul Kanjorski (D)
: . John Murtha (D)
: . Lawrence Coughlin (R)
: . William J. Coyne (D)
: . Donald L. Ritter (R)
: .
Robert Smith Walker
Robert Smith Walker (born December 23, 1942) is an American educator and politician who represented Pennsylvania in the United States House of Representatives as a Republican for ten terms from 1977 until his retirement in 1997. He was best kn ...
(R)
: . George Gekas (R)
: . Doug Walgren (D)
: . William F. Goodling (R)
: . Joseph M. Gaydos (D)
: . Tom Ridge (R)
: . Austin Murphy (D)
: . William F. Clinger Jr. (R)
List of United States representatives from Rhode Island, Rhode Island
: . Ronald Machtley (R)
: . Claudine Schneider (R)
List of United States representatives from South Carolina, South Carolina
: . Arthur Ravenel Jr. (R)
: . Floyd Spence (R)
: . Butler Derrick (D)
: . Liz J. Patterson (D)
: . John Spratt (D)
: . Robin Tallon (D)
List of United States representatives from South Dakota, South Dakota
: . Tim Johnson (South Dakota politician), Tim Johnson (D)
List of United States representatives from Tennessee, Tennessee
: . Jimmy Quillen (R)
: . Jimmy Duncan (politician), Jimmy Duncan (R)
: . Marilyn Lloyd (D)
: . Jim Cooper (D)
: . Bob Clement (D)
: . Bart Gordon (D)
: . Don Sundquist (R)
: . John S. Tanner (D)
: . Harold Ford Sr. (D)
List of United States representatives from Texas, Texas
: . Jim Chapman (congressman), Jim Chapman (D)
: . Charlie Wilson (Texas politician), Charlie Wilson (D)
: . Steve Bartlett (R)
: . Ralph Hall (D)
: . John Wiley Bryant (D)
: . Joe Barton (R)
: . Bill Archer (R)
: . Jack Fields (R)
: . Jack Brooks (American politician), Jack Brooks (D)
: . J. J. Pickle (D)
: . Marvin Leath (D)
: .
Jim Wright
James Claude Wright Jr. (December 22, 1922 – May 6, 2015) was an American politician who served as the 48th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1987 to 1989. He represented Texas' 12th congressional district as a ...
(D), until June 30, 1989
:: Pete Geren (D), from September 12, 1989
: . Bill Sarpalius (D)
: . Greg Laughlin (D)
: . Kika de la Garza (D)
: . Ronald D. Coleman (D)
: . Charles Stenholm (D)
: . Mickey Leland (D), until August 7, 1989
:: Craig Washington (D), from December 9, 1989
: . Larry Combest (R)
: . Henry B. González (D)
: . Lamar Smith (R)
: . Tom DeLay (R)
: . Albert Bustamante (D)
: . Martin Frost (D)
: . Michael A. Andrews (D)
: . Dick Armey (R)
: . Solomon P. Ortiz (D)
List of United States representatives from Utah, Utah
: . James V. Hansen (R)
: . Wayne Owens (D)
: . Howard C. Nielson (R)
List of United States representatives from Vermont, Vermont
: . Peter Plympton Smith (R)
List of United States representatives from Virginia, Virginia
: . Herbert H. Bateman (R)
: . Owen B. Pickett (D)
: . Thomas J. Bliley Jr. (R)
: . Norman Sisisky (D)
: . Lewis F. Payne Jr. (D)
: . Jim Olin (D)
: . D. French Slaughter Jr. (R)
: . Stanford Parris (R)
: . Rick Boucher (D)
: . Frank Wolf (politician), Frank Wolf (R)
List of United States representatives from Washington, Washington
: . John Miller (Washington politician), John Miller (R)
: . Al Swift (D)
: . Jolene Unsoeld (D)
: . Sid Morrison (R)
: .
Tom Foley
Thomas Stephen Foley (March 6, 1929 – October 18, 2013) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 49th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1989 to 1995. A member of the Democratic Party, Foley represente ...
(D)
: . Norm Dicks (D)
: . Jim McDermott (D)
: . Rod Chandler (R)
List of United States representatives from West Virginia, West Virginia
: . Alan Mollohan (D)
: . Harley O. Staggers Jr. (D)
: . Bob Wise (D)
: . Nick Rahall (D)
List of United States representatives from Wisconsin, Wisconsin
: . Les Aspin (D)
: . Robert Kastenmeier (D)
: . Steve Gunderson (R)
: . Jerry Kleczka (D)
: . Jim Moody (D)
: . Tom Petri (R)
: . Dave Obey (D)
: . Toby Roth (R)
: . Jim Sensenbrenner (R)
List of United States representatives from Wyoming, Wyoming
: .
Dick Cheney
Richard Bruce Cheney ( ; born January 30, 1941) is an American former politician and businessman who served as the 46th vice president of the United States from 2001 to 2009 under President George W. Bush. He has been called vice presidency o ...
(R), until March 17, 1989
:: Craig L. Thomas (R), from April 26, 1989
Non-voting members
: : Eni Faleomavaega (D)
: : Walter Fauntroy (D)
: : Vicente T. Blaz (R)
: : Jaime Fuster (Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico, PPD)
: : Ron de Lugo (D)
Changes in membership
Senate
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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 ...
(3)
, nowrap ,
Dan Quayle
James Danforth Quayle (; born February 4, 1947) is an American retired politician who served as the 44th vice president of the United States from 1989 to 1993 under President George H. W. Bush. A member of the Republican Party (United States), ...
(R)
, Resigned January 3, 1989, to become Vice President of the United States, U.S. Vice President.
Successor was appointed and later 1990 United States Senate special election in Indiana, elected to finish the term ending January 3, 1993.
, nowrap ,
Dan Coats
Daniel Ray Coats (born May 16, 1943) is an American politician, attorney, and diplomat. From 2017 to 2019, he served as the Director of National Intelligence in the Trump administration. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a Unite ...
(R)
, January 3, 1989
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,
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 ...
(1)
, nowrap ,
Spark Matsunaga
Spark Masayuki Matsunaga (, October 8, 1916April 15, 1990) was an American politician and attorney who served as United States Senate, United States Senator for Hawaii from 1977 until his death in 1990. Matsunaga also represented Hawaii in the U ...
(D)
, Died April 15, 1990.
Successor was appointed and later 1990 United States Senate special election in Hawaii, elected to finish the term ending January 3, 1995.
, nowrap ,
Daniel Akaka
Daniel Kahikina Akaka (; September 11, 1924 – April 6, 2018) was an American educator and politician who served as a United States Senator from Hawaii from 1990 to 2013. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
Born in Honolulu, he served in ...
(D)
, May 16, 1990
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,
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 ...
(2)
, nowrap ,
Gordon J. Humphrey (R)
, Retired and resigned early December 4, 1990, having been elected to the New Hampshire Senate.
Successor was appointed, having already 1990 United States Senate election in New Hampshire, elected to the next term.
, nowrap ,
Bob Smith (R)
, December 7, 1990
House of Representatives
, -
,
, Vacant
, Rep. Bill Nichols (politician), Bill Nichols died during previous congress.
New member Alabama's 3rd congressional district special election, 1989, elected April 4, 1989.
, ,
Glen Browder
John Glen Browder (born January 15, 1943) is a former member of the United States House of Representatives from Alabama's 3rd congressional district. Browder was born in Sumter, South Carolina, and graduated in 1961 from Edmunds High School in ...
(D)
, April 4, 1989
, -
,
, ,
Dan Coats
Daniel Ray Coats (born May 16, 1943) is an American politician, attorney, and diplomat. From 2017 to 2019, he served as the Director of National Intelligence in the Trump administration. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a Unite ...
(R)
, Resigned January 3, 1989, to become List of United States senators from Indiana, U.S. Senator.
New member Indiana's 4th congressional district special election, 1989, elected March 28, 1989.
, , Jill Long Thompson, Jill Long (D)
, March 28, 1989
, -
,
, ,
James W. Grant(D)
, Changed party February 21, 1989.
, ,
James W. Grant(R)
, February 21, 1989
, -
,
, ,
Dick Cheney
Richard Bruce Cheney ( ; born January 30, 1941) is an American former politician and businessman who served as the 46th vice president of the United States from 2001 to 2009 under President George W. Bush. He has been called vice presidency o ...
(R)
, Resigned March 17, 1989, to become United States Secretary of Defense, U.S. Secretary of Defense.
New member Wyoming's at-large congressional district special election, 1989, elected April 26, 1989.
, , Craig L. Thomas (R)
, April 26, 1989
, -
,
, ,
Claude Pepper
Claude Denson Pepper (September 8, 1900 – May 30, 1989) was an American politician of the Democratic Party. He represented Florida in the United States Senate from 1936 to 1951, and the Miami area in the United States House of Representatives ...
(D)
, Died May 30, 1989.
New member Florida's 18th congressional district special election, 1989, elected August 29, 1989.
, ,
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen ( ; ; born July 15, 1952) is an American politician and lobbyist from Miami, Florida, who represented from 1989 to 2019. By the end of her tenure, she was the most senior U.S. Representative from Florida. She was Chairwoman ...
(R)
, August 29, 1989
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,
, ,
Tony Coelho
Anthony Lee Coelho (born June 15, 1942) is an American politician from California who served in the United States House of Representatives. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the primary sponsor of the Americans with Disabilities Act and is ...
(D)
, Resigned June 15, 1989.
New member California's 15th congressional district special election, 1989, elected September 12, 1989.
, ,
Gary Condit
Gary Adrian Condit (born April 21, 1948) is an American former politician who represented California's California's 18th congressional district, 18th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives, House of Representatives f ...
(D)
, September 12, 1989
, -
,
, ,
Jim Wright
James Claude Wright Jr. (December 22, 1922 – May 6, 2015) was an American politician who served as the 48th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1987 to 1989. He represented Texas' 12th congressional district as a ...
(D)
, Resigned June 30, 1989.
New member Texas's 12th congressional district special election, 1989, elected September 12, 1989.
, , Pete Geren (D)
, September 12, 1989
, -
,
, ,
Tommy F. Robinson(D)
, Changed party July 28, 1989.
, ,
Tommy F. Robinson(R)
, July 28, 1989
, -
,
, , Mickey Leland (D)
, Died August 7, 1989.
New member Texas's 18th congressional district special election, 1989, elected December 9, 1989.
, , Craig Washington (D)
, December 9, 1989
, -
,
, , Larkin I. Smith (R)
, Died August 13, 1989.
New member Mississippi's 5th congressional district special election, 1989, elected October 17, 1989.
, , Gene Taylor (Mississippi politician), Gene Taylor (D)
, October 17, 1989
, -
,
, , Guy Molinari (R)
, Resigned December 31, 1989.
New member New York's 14th congressional district special election, 1990, elected March 20, 1990.
, , Susan Molinari (R)
, March 20, 1990
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,
, , Robert Garcia (New York politician), Robert Garcia (D)
, Resigned January 7, 1990.
New member New York's 18th congressional district special election, 1990, elected March 20, 1990.
, , José E. Serrano (D)
, March 20, 1990
, -
,
, , James Florio (D)
, Resigned January 16, 1990, after being elected Governor of New Jersey.
New member New Jersey's 1st congressional district special election, 1990, elected November 6, 1990.
, , Rob Andrews (D)
, November 6, 1990
, -
,
, ,
Daniel Akaka
Daniel Kahikina Akaka (; September 11, 1924 – April 6, 2018) was an American educator and politician who served as a United States Senator from Hawaii from 1990 to 2013. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
Born in Honolulu, he served in ...
(D)
, Resigned May 15, 1990, to become List of United States senators from Hawaii, U.S. Senator.
New member Hawaii's 2nd congressional district special election, 1990, elected November 6, 1990.
, , Patsy Mink (D)
, November 6, 1990
, -
,
, , Donald "Buz" Lukens (R)
, Resigned October 24, 1990.
, rowspan=2 , Vacant
, rowspan=2 , Not filled this term
, -
,
, ,
Bob Smith (R)
, Resigned December 7, 1990, to become List of United States senators from New Hampshire, U.S. Senator.
Committees
Senate
* United States Senate Special Committee on Aging, Aging (Special) (Chair:
David Pryor
David Hampton Pryor (August 29, 1934 – April 20, 2024) was an American politician who served as a representative for Arkansas's 4th congressional district from 1966 until 1973 and as a senator from Arkansas from 1979 until 1997. A member of t ...
; Ranking Member: H. John Heinz III)
* United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry (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: Richard G. Lugar)
** United States Senate Subcommittee on Agriculture Credit, Agriculture Credit (Chair:
Kent Conrad
Gaylord Kent Conrad (born March 12, 1948) is a former American politician who was a United States Senator from North Dakota. He is a member of the Democratic Party. First elected to the Senate in 1986, he served as chairman or Ranking Member of ...
; Ranking Member:
Slade Gorton
Thomas Slade Gorton III (January 8, 1928 – August 19, 2020) was an American lawyer and politician from Washington. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a member of the United States Senate from 1981 to 1987, and again from 1989 to ...
)
** United States Senate Subcommittee on Agricultural Production and Stabilization of Prices, Agricultural Production and Stabilization of Prices (Chair:
David Pryor
David Hampton Pryor (August 29, 1934 – April 20, 2024) was an American politician who served as a representative for Arkansas's 4th congressional district from 1966 until 1973 and as a senator from Arkansas from 1979 until 1997. A member of t ...
; Ranking Member:
Jesse Helms
Jesse Alexander Helms Jr. (October 18, 1921 – July 4, 2008) was an American politician. A leader in the Conservatism in the United States, conservative movement, he served as a senator from North Carolina from 1973 to 2003. As chairman of the ...
)
** United States Senate Subcommittee on Agricultural Research and General Legislation, Agricultural Research and General Legislation (Chair:
Tom Daschle
Thomas Andrew Daschle ( ; born December 9, 1947) is an American politician and lobbyist who represented South Dakota in the United States Senate from 1987 to 2005. A member of the Democratic Party, he led the Senate Democratic Caucus during the ...
; Ranking Member:
Pete Wilson
Peter Barton Wilson (born August 23, 1933) is an American attorney and politician who served as governor of California from 1991 to 1999. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, Wilson previously served as a United S ...
)
** United States Senate Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry, Conservation and Forestry (Chair:
Wyche Fowler
William Wyche Fowler Jr. (; born October 6, 1940) is an American attorney, politician, and diplomat. He is a member of the Democratic Party and served as a U.S. Senator from Georgia from 1987 to 1993. He had previously served in the U.S. House ...
; Ranking Member:
Kit Bond
Christopher Samuel Bond (March 6, 1939 – May 13, 2025) was an American attorney and politician from Missouri. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he served as a United States Senate, U.S. Senator from 1987 to 20 ...
)
** United States Senate Subcommittee on Domestic, Foreign Marketing and Product Promotion, Domestic, Foreign Marketing and Product Promotion (Chair:
David Boren
David Lyle Boren (April 21, 1941 – February 20, 2025) was an American lawyer and politician from Oklahoma. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he served as the 21st governor of Oklahoma from 1975 to 1979 and thr ...
; Ranking Member:
Thad Cochran
William Thad Cochran ( ; December 7, 1937 – May 30, 2019) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator for Mississippi from 1978 to 2018. A Republican, he previously served in the U.S. House of Representative ...
)
** United States Senate Subcommittee on Nutrition and Investigations, Nutrition and Investigations (Chair:
Tom Harkin
Thomas Richard Harkin (born November 19, 1939) is an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as a United States Senate, United States senator from Iowa from 1985 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Pa ...
; Ranking Member:
Rudy Boschwitz
Rudolph Ely “Rudy” Boschwitz (born November 7, 1930) is an American politician and businessman from the state of Minnesota. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a member of the United States Senate from 1978 to 1991. From 1987 to ...
)
** United States Senate Subcommittee on Rural Development and Rural Electrification, Rural Development and Rural Electrification (Chair:
Howell Heflin
Howell Thomas Heflin (June 19, 1921 – March 29, 2005) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Alabama in the United States Senate from 1979 to 1997.
Early life
Heflin was born on June 19, 1921, i ...
; Ranking Member:
Mitch McConnell
Addison Mitchell McConnell III (; born February 20, 1942) is an American politician and attorney serving as the senior United States senator from Kentucky, a seat he has held since 1985. McConnell is in his seventh Senate term and is the long ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chair:
Robert Byrd
Robert Carlyle Byrd (born Cornelius Calvin Sale Jr.; November 20, 1917 – June 28, 2010) was an American politician who served as a United States senator from West Virginia for over 51 years, from 1959 until his death in 2010. A Democratic Pa ...
; Ranking Member: Mark O. Hatfield)
** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture and Related Agencies, Agriculture and Related Agencies (Chair:
Quentin Burdick
Quentin Northrup Burdick (June 19, 1908 – September 8, 1992) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party, he represented North Dakota in the U.S. House of Representatives (1959–1960) and the U.S ...
; Ranking Member:
Thad Cochran
William Thad Cochran ( ; December 7, 1937 – May 30, 2019) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator for Mississippi from 1978 to 2018. A Republican, he previously served in the U.S. House of Representative ...
)
** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary, Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary (Chair: Ernest Hollings; Ranking Member:
Warren Rudman
Warren Bruce Rudman (May 18, 1930November 19, 2012) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States Senator from New Hampshire from 1980 to 1993. A member of the Republican Party, he was known as a moderate centrist, to su ...
)
** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, Defense (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:
Ted Stevens
Theodore Fulton Stevens Sr. (November 18, 1923 – August 9, 2010) was an American politician and lawyer who served as a United States Senate, U.S. Senator from Alaska from 1968 to 2009.
He was the longest-serving Republican Party (United St ...
)
** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chair:
Brock Adams
Brockman Adams (January 13, 1927 – September 10, 2004) was an American lawyer and politician. A Democrat from Washington, Adams served as a U.S. Representative, Senator, and United States Secretary of Transportation. He was forced to retire in ...
; Ranking Member:
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 ...
)
** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, Energy and Water Development (Chair:
J. Bennett Johnston; Ranking Member: Mark O. Hatfield)
** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Foreign Operations (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:
Bob Kasten
Robert Walter Kasten Jr. (born June 19, 1942) is an American Republican politician from the state of Wisconsin who served as a U.S. Representative from 1975 to 1979 and as a United States Senator from 1981 to 1993.
Background
Kasten was born ...
)
** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies, HUD-Independent Agencies (Chair:
Barbara Mikulski
Barbara Ann Mikulski ( ; born July 20, 1936) is an American politician and social worker who served as a United States senator from Maryland from 1987 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, she also served i ...
; Ranking Member:
Jake Garn
Edwin Jacob "Jake" Garn (born October 12, 1932) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Utah. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he served as a member of the United States Senate from 1974 to 1993. Garn ...
)
** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies, Interior and Related Agencies (Chair: Robert C. Byrd; Ranking Member:
James A. McClure)
** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health, Human Services, Education and Related Agencies, Labor, Health, Human Services, Education and Related Agencies (Chair:
Tom Harkin
Thomas Richard Harkin (born November 19, 1939) is an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as a United States Senate, United States senator from Iowa from 1985 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Pa ...
; Ranking Member:
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 ...
)
** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, Legislative Branch (Chair:
Harry Reid
Harry Mason Reid Jr. (; December 2, 1939 – December 28, 2021) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States Senate, United States senator from Nevada from 1987 to 2017. He led the Senate Democratic Caucus from 2005 to 2 ...
; Ranking Member:
Don Nickles
Donald Lee Nickles (born December 6, 1948) is an American politician and lobbyist who was a Republican United States Senator from Oklahoma from 1981 to 2005. He was considered both a fiscal and social conservative. After retiring from the Sen ...
)
** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Military Construction (Chair:
Jim Sasser; Ranking Member:
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 ...
)
** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation and Related Agencies, Transportation and Related Agencies (Chair:
Frank Lautenberg
Frank Raleigh Lautenberg (; January 23, 1924 June 3, 2013) was an American businessman and Democratic Party politician who served as United States Senator from New Jersey from 1982 to 2001, and again from 2003 until his death in 2013. He was ori ...
; Ranking Member:
Al D'Amato
Alfonse Marcello D'Amato (born August 1, 1937) is an American attorney, lobbyist, and Republican politician who represented the state of New York in the United States Senate from 1981 to 1999. From 1995 to 1999, he chaired the Senate Banking C ...
)
** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service and General Government, Treasury, Postal Service and General Government (Chair:
Dennis DeConcini
Dennis Webster DeConcini (; born May 8, 1937) is an American lawyer, philanthropist, politician and former U.S. senator from Arizona. The son of former Arizona Supreme Court judge Evo Anton DeConcini, he represented Arizona in the Senate as a D ...
; Ranking Member:
Pete Domenici
Pietro Vichi "Pete" Domenici ( ; May 7, 1932 – September 13, 2017) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States Senator from New Mexico from 1973 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, he served six terms in ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Armed Services, Armed Services (Chair:
Sam Nunn
Samuel Augustus Nunn Jr. (born September 8, 1938) is an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Georgia (1972–1997) as a member of the Democratic Party.
After leaving Congress, Nunn co-founded the Nuclear Threat Initi ...
; Ranking Member: John W. Warner)
** United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces and Nuclear Detterence, Strategic Forces and Nuclear Detterence (Chair:
J. James Exon; Ranking Member:
Strom Thurmond
James Strom Thurmond Sr. (December 5, 1902 – June 26, 2003) was an American politician who represented South Carolina in the United States Senate from 1954 to 2003. Before his 49 years as a senator, he served as the 103rd governor of South ...
)
** United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Conventional Forces and Alliance Defense, Conventional Forces and Alliance Defense (Chair:
Carl Levin
Carl Milton Levin (June 28, 1934 – July 29, 2021) was an American attorney and politician who served as a List of United States senators from Michigan, United States senator from Michigan from 1979 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party (U ...
; Ranking Member:
Pete Wilson
Peter Barton Wilson (born August 23, 1933) is an American attorney and politician who served as governor of California from 1991 to 1999. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, Wilson previously served as a United S ...
)
** United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Projection Forces and Regional Defense, Projection Forces and Regional Defense (Chair:
Ted Kennedy
Edward Moore Kennedy (February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009) was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts who served as a member of the United States Senate from 1962 to his death in 2009. A member of the Democratic Party and ...
; Ranking Member: William S. Cohen)
** United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Defense Industry and Technology, Defense Industry and Technology (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:
Malcolm Wallop
Malcolm Wallop (February 27, 1933 – September 14, 2011) was an American rancher and politician. He served as a United States Senator from Wyoming from 1977 to 1995. He was a member of the Republican Party.
Early years
Wallop was born at Doct ...
)
** United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness, Sustainability and Support, Readiness, Sustainability and Support (Chair:
Alan J. Dixon; Ranking Member:
Slade Gorton
Thomas Slade Gorton III (January 8, 1928 – August 19, 2020) was an American lawyer and politician from Washington. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a member of the United States Senate from 1981 to 1987, and again from 1989 to ...
)
** United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Manpower and Personnel, Manpower and Personnel (Chair:
Alan J. Dixon; Ranking Member:
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 ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs (Chair: Donald W. Riegle Jr.; Ranking Member:
Jake Garn
Edwin Jacob "Jake" Garn (born October 12, 1932) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Utah. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he served as a member of the United States Senate from 1974 to 1993. Garn ...
)
** United States Senate Banking Subcommittee on Housing and Urban Affairs, Housing and Urban Affairs (Chair:
Alan Cranston
Alan MacGregor Cranston (June 19, 1914 – December 31, 2000) was an American politician and journalist who served as a United States Senate, United States Senator from California from 1969 to 1993, and as President of the Citizens for Global S ...
; Ranking Member:
Al D'Amato
Alfonse Marcello D'Amato (born August 1, 1937) is an American attorney, lobbyist, and Republican politician who represented the state of New York in the United States Senate from 1981 to 1999. From 1995 to 1999, he chaired the Senate Banking C ...
)
** United States Senate Banking Subcommittee on International Finance and Monetary Policy, International Finance and Monetary Policy (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:
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 ...
)
** United States Senate Banking Subcommittee on Securities, Securities (Chair:
Chris Dodd
Christopher John Dodd (born May 27, 1944) is an American lobbyist, lawyer, and Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party politician who served as a United States senator from Connecticut from 1981 to 2011. Dodd is the List of United Sta ...
; Ranking Member: H. John Heinz III)
** United States Senate Banking Subcommittee on Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (Chair: Alan J. Dixon, Alan Dixon; Ranking Member:
Kit Bond
Christopher Samuel Bond (March 6, 1939 – May 13, 2025) was an American attorney and politician from Missouri. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he served as a United States Senate, U.S. Senator from 1987 to 20 ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on the Budget, Budget (Chair:
Jim Sasser; Ranking Member:
Pete Domenici
Pietro Vichi "Pete" Domenici ( ; May 7, 1932 – September 13, 2017) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States Senator from New Mexico from 1973 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, he served six terms in ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, Commerce, Science and Transportation (Chair: Ernest Hollings; Ranking Member: John C. Danforth)
** United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Aviation, Aviation (Chair: Wendell H. Ford; Ranking Member:
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 ...
)
** United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Communications (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:
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 ...
)
** United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer, Consumer (Chair: Richard H. Bryan; Ranking Member:
Slade Gorton
Thomas Slade Gorton III (January 8, 1928 – August 19, 2020) was an American lawyer and politician from Washington. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a member of the United States Senate from 1981 to 1987, and again from 1989 to ...
)
** United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Foreign Commerce and Tourism, Foreign Commerce and Tourism (Chair:
Jay Rockefeller
John Davison "Jay" Rockefeller IV (born June 18, 1937) is an American retired politician who served as a United States senator from West Virginia (1985–2015). He was first elected to the Senate in 1984, while in office as governor of West Vir ...
; Ranking Member:
Conrad Burns
Conrad Ray Burns (January 25, 1935 – April 28, 2016) was an American politician and lobbyist who served as a United States Senator from Montana from 1989 to 2007. He was only the second Republican popularly elected to represent Montana in the ...
)
** United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Merchant Marine, Merchant Marine (Chair:
John Breaux
John Berlinger Breaux (; born March 1, 1944) is an American lobbyist, attorney, and retired politician from Louisiana. He served in the United States House of Representatives, U.S. House of Representatives from 1972 to 1987 and as a United State ...
; Ranking Member:
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. ...
)
** United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Science, Technology and Space, Science, Technology and Space (Chair:
Al Gore
Albert Arnold Gore Jr. (born March 31, 1948) is an American former politician, businessman, and environmentalist who served as the 45th vice president of the United States from 1993 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton. He previously served as ...
; Ranking Member:
Larry Pressler
Larry Lee Pressler (born March 29, 1942) is an American lawyer and politician from South Dakota who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 1979, and United States Senate from 1979 to 1997, as a Republican. He remained ...
)
** United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, Surface Transportation (Chair:
J. James Exon; Ranking Member:
Bob Kasten
Robert Walter Kasten Jr. (born June 19, 1942) is an American Republican politician from the state of Wisconsin who served as a U.S. Representative from 1975 to 1979 and as a United States Senator from 1981 to 1993.
Background
Kasten was born ...
)
** United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on National Ocean Policy Study, National Ocean Policy Study (Chair: Ernest Hollings; Ranking Member:
Ted Stevens
Theodore Fulton Stevens Sr. (November 18, 1923 – August 9, 2010) was an American politician and lawyer who served as a United States Senate, U.S. Senator from Alaska from 1968 to 2009.
He was the longest-serving Republican Party (United St ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Energy and Natural Resources (Chair:
J. Bennett Johnston; Ranking Member:
James A. McClure)
** United States Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Energy Regulation and Conservation, Energy Regulation and Conservation (Chair: Howard M. Metzenbaum; Ranking Member:
Don Nickles
Donald Lee Nickles (born December 6, 1948) is an American politician and lobbyist who was a Republican United States Senator from Oklahoma from 1981 to 2005. He was considered both a fiscal and social conservative. After retiring from the Sen ...
)
** United States Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Energy Research and Development, Energy Research and Development (Chair: Wendell H. Ford; Ranking Member:
Pete Domenici
Pietro Vichi "Pete" Domenici ( ; May 7, 1932 – September 13, 2017) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States Senator from New Mexico from 1973 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, he served six terms in ...
)
** United States Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Mineral Resources Development and Production, Natural Resources Development and Production (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: Frank H. Murkowski)
** United States Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Public Lands, National Parks and Forests, Public Lands, National Parks and Forests (Chair:
Dale Bumpers
Dale Leon Bumpers (August 12, 1925 – January 1, 2016) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 38th Governor of Arkansas (1971–1975) and in the United States Senate (1975–1999). He was a member of the Democratic Party. He w ...
; Ranking Member:
Malcolm Wallop
Malcolm Wallop (February 27, 1933 – September 14, 2011) was an American rancher and politician. He served as a United States Senator from Wyoming from 1977 to 1995. He was a member of the Republican Party.
Early years
Wallop was born at Doct ...
)
** United States Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Water and Power, Water and Power (Chair:
Bill Bradley
William Warren Bradley (born July 28, 1943) is an American politician and former professional basketball player. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he was a United States Senate, United States senator from New ...
; Ranking Member:
Conrad Burns
Conrad Ray Burns (January 25, 1935 – April 28, 2016) was an American politician and lobbyist who served as a United States Senator from Montana from 1989 to 2007. He was only the second Republican popularly elected to represent Montana in the ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, Environment and Public Works (Chair: Quentin N. Burdick; Ranking Member: )
** United States Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Environmental Protection, Environmental Protection (Chair:
Max Baucus
Maxwell Sieben Baucus ( Enke; born December 11, 1941) is an American politician who served as a United States senator from Montana from 1978 to 2014. A member of the Democratic Party, he was a U.S. senator for over 35 years, making him the long ...
; Ranking Member: John H. Chafee)
** United States Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Nuclear Regulation, Nuclear Regulation (Chair:
John Breaux
John Berlinger Breaux (; born March 1, 1944) is an American lobbyist, attorney, and retired politician from Louisiana. He served in the United States House of Representatives, U.S. House of Representatives from 1972 to 1987 and as a United State ...
; Ranking Member:
Alan K. Simpson
Alan Kooi Simpson (September 2, 1931 – March 14, 2025) was an American politician from Wyoming. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a member of the United States Senate from 1979 to 1997. Simpson was Republican Senate whip from 198 ...
)
** United States Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Superfund, Ocean and Water Protection, Superfund, Ocean and Water Protection (Chair:
Frank Lautenberg
Frank Raleigh Lautenberg (; January 23, 1924 June 3, 2013) was an American businessman and Democratic Party politician who served as United States Senator from New Jersey from 1982 to 2001, and again from 2003 until his death in 2013. He was ori ...
; Ranking Member:
David Durenberger
David Ferdinand Durenberger (August 19, 1934 – January 31, 2023) was an American politician and attorney from Minnesota who served as a Republican member of the United States Senate from 1978 to 1995. He left the Republican Party in 2005 and ...
)
** United States Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Toxic Substances, Environmental Oversight, Research and Development, Toxic Substances, Environmental Oversight, Research and Development (Chair:
Harry Reid
Harry Mason Reid Jr. (; December 2, 1939 – December 28, 2021) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States Senate, United States senator from Nevada from 1987 to 2017. He led the Senate Democratic Caucus from 2005 to 2 ...
; Ranking Member: John W. Warner)
** United States Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Water Resources, Transportation and Infrastructure, Water Resources, Transportation and Infrastructure (Chair: Daniel Moynihan; Ranking Member:
Steve Symms
Steven Douglas Symms (April 23, 1938 – August 8, 2024) was an American politician and lobbyist who served as a four-term congressman (1973–1981) and two-term U.S. Senator (1981–1993), representing Idaho. He later became a partner at Parr ...
)
* United States Senate Select Committee on Ethics, Ethics (Select) (Chair:
Howell Heflin
Howell Thomas Heflin (June 19, 1921 – March 29, 2005) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Alabama in the United States Senate from 1979 to 1997.
Early life
Heflin was born on June 19, 1921, i ...
; Ranking Member:
Warren Rudman
Warren Bruce Rudman (May 18, 1930November 19, 2012) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States Senator from New Hampshire from 1980 to 1993. A member of the Republican Party, he was known as a moderate centrist, to su ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Finance, Finance (Chair:
Lloyd Bentsen
Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. (February 11, 1921 – May 23, 2006) was an American politician who served as the 69th United States secretary of the treasury under President Bill Clinton from 1993 to 1994. He served as a United States senator from ...
; Ranking Member:
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 ...
)
** United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on Energy and Agricultural Taxation, Energy and Agricultural Taxation (Chair: David L. Boren; Ranking Member:
William L. Armstrong)
** United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on Health for Families and the Uninsured, Health for Families and the Uninsured (Chair: Donald W. Riegle Jr.; Ranking Member: John H. Chafee)
** United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on International Debt, International Debt (Chair:
Bill Bradley
William Warren Bradley (born July 28, 1943) is an American politician and former professional basketball player. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he was a United States Senate, United States senator from New ...
; Ranking Member:
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 ...
)
** United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on International Trade, International Trade (Chair:
Max Baucus
Maxwell Sieben Baucus ( Enke; born December 11, 1941) is an American politician who served as a United States senator from Montana from 1978 to 2014. A member of the Democratic Party, he was a U.S. senator for over 35 years, making him the long ...
; Ranking Member: John C. Danforth)
** United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on Medicare and Long Term Care, Medicare and Long Term Care (Chair:
Jay Rockefeller
John Davison "Jay" Rockefeller IV (born June 18, 1937) is an American retired politician who served as a United States senator from West Virginia (1985–2015). He was first elected to the Senate in 1984, while in office as governor of West Vir ...
; Ranking Member:
David Durenberger
David Ferdinand Durenberger (August 19, 1934 – January 31, 2023) was an American politician and attorney from Minnesota who served as a Republican member of the United States Senate from 1978 to 1995. He left the Republican Party in 2005 and ...
)
** United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on Private Retirement Plans and Oversight of the Internal Revenue Service, Private Retirement Plans and Oversight of the Internal Revenue Service (Chair:
David Pryor
David Hampton Pryor (August 29, 1934 – April 20, 2024) was an American politician who served as a representative for Arkansas's 4th congressional district from 1966 until 1973 and as a senator from Arkansas from 1979 until 1997. A member of t ...
; Ranking Member: H. John Heinz III)
** United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy, Social Security and Family Policy (Chair: Daniel Moynihan; Ranking Member:
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 ...
)
** United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on Taxation and Debt Management, Taxation and Debt Management (Chair:
Spark Matsunaga
Spark Masayuki Matsunaga (, October 8, 1916April 15, 1990) was an American politician and attorney who served as United States Senate, United States Senator for Hawaii from 1977 until his death in 1990. Matsunaga also represented Hawaii in the U ...
; Ranking Member: William V. Roth Jr.)
* United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Foreign Relations (Chair:
Claiborne Pell
Claiborne de Borda Pell (November 22, 1918 – January 1, 2009) was an American politician and writer who served as a U.S. Senator from Rhode Island for six terms from 1961 to 1997. He was the sponsor of the 1972 bill that reformed the Basic ...
; Ranking Member:
Jesse Helms
Jesse Alexander Helms Jr. (October 18, 1921 – July 4, 2008) was an American politician. A leader in the Conservatism in the United States, conservative movement, he served as a senator from North Carolina from 1973 to 2003. As chairman of the ...
)
** United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs, African Affairs (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:
Nancy Kassebaum
Nancy Josephine Kassebaum Baker (; born July 29, 1932) is an American retired politician from Kansas who served as a member of the United States Senate from 1978 to 1997. She is the daughter of Alf Landon, who was Governor of Kansas from 1933 t ...
)
** United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs, East Asian and Pacific Affairs (Chair:
Alan Cranston
Alan MacGregor Cranston (June 19, 1914 – December 31, 2000) was an American politician and journalist who served as a United States Senate, United States Senator from California from 1969 to 1993, and as President of the Citizens for Global S ...
; Ranking Member: Frank H. Murkowski)
** United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on European Affairs, European Affairs (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:
Larry Pressler
Larry Lee Pressler (born March 29, 1942) is an American lawyer and politician from South Dakota who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 1979, and United States Senate from 1979 to 1997, as a Republican. He remained ...
)
** United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on International Economic Policy, Trade, Oceans and Environment, International Economic Policy, Trade, Oceans and Environment (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:
Gordon J. Humphrey)
** United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs (Chair: Daniel Moynihan; Ranking Member:
Rudy Boschwitz
Rudolph Ely “Rudy” Boschwitz (born November 7, 1930) is an American politician and businessman from the state of Minnesota. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a member of the United States Senate from 1978 to 1991. From 1987 to ...
)
** United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Terrorism, Narcotics and International Communications, Terrorism, Narcotics and International Communications (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:
Mitch McConnell
Addison Mitchell McConnell III (; born February 20, 1942) is an American politician and attorney serving as the senior United States senator from Kentucky, a seat he has held since 1985. McConnell is in his seventh Senate term and is the long ...
)
** United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere and Peace Corps Affairs, Western Hemisphere and Peace Corps Affairs (Chair:
Chris Dodd
Christopher John Dodd (born May 27, 1944) is an American lobbyist, lawyer, and Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party politician who served as a United States senator from Connecticut from 1981 to 2011. Dodd is the List of United Sta ...
; Ranking Member: Richard G. Lugar)
* United States Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, Governmental Affairs (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: William V. Roth Jr.)
** United States Senate Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Federal Services, Post Office and Civil Service, Federal Services, Post Office and Civil Service (Chair:
David Pryor
David Hampton Pryor (August 29, 1934 – April 20, 2024) was an American politician who served as a representative for Arkansas's 4th congressional district from 1966 until 1973 and as a senator from Arkansas from 1979 until 1997. A member of t ...
; Ranking Member:
Ted Stevens
Theodore Fulton Stevens Sr. (November 18, 1923 – August 9, 2010) was an American politician and lawyer who served as a United States Senate, U.S. Senator from Alaska from 1968 to 2009.
He was the longest-serving Republican Party (United St ...
)
** United States Senate Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on General Services, Federalism and the District of Columbia, General Services, Federalism and the District of Columbia (Chair:
Jim Sasser; Ranking Member: H. John Heinz III)
** United States Senate Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Government Information and Regulation, Government Information and Regulation (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:
Warren Rudman
Warren Bruce Rudman (May 18, 1930November 19, 2012) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States Senator from New Hampshire from 1980 to 1993. A member of the Republican Party, he was known as a moderate centrist, to su ...
)
** United States Senate Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, Oversight of Government Management (Chair:
Carl Levin
Carl Milton Levin (June 28, 1934 – July 29, 2021) was an American attorney and politician who served as a List of United States senators from Michigan, United States senator from Michigan from 1979 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party (U ...
; Ranking Member: William S. Cohen)
** United States Senate Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (Chair:
Sam Nunn
Samuel Augustus Nunn Jr. (born September 8, 1938) is an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Georgia (1972–1997) as a member of the Democratic Party.
After leaving Congress, Nunn co-founded the Nuclear Threat Initi ...
; Ranking Member: William V. Roth Jr.)
* United States Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs, Indian Affairs (Select) (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:
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 ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Judiciary, Judiciary (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:
Strom Thurmond
James Strom Thurmond Sr. (December 5, 1902 – June 26, 2003) was an American politician who represented South Carolina in the United States Senate from 1954 to 2003. Before his 49 years as a senator, he served as the 103rd governor of South ...
)
** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Monopolies and Business Rights, Antitrust, Monopolies and Business Rights (Chair: Howard M. Metzenbaum; Ranking Member:
Strom Thurmond
James Strom Thurmond Sr. (December 5, 1902 – June 26, 2003) was an American politician who represented South Carolina in the United States Senate from 1954 to 2003. Before his 49 years as a senator, he served as the 103rd governor of South ...
)
** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts and Administration Practice, Courts and Administration Practice (Chair:
Howell Heflin
Howell Thomas Heflin (June 19, 1921 – March 29, 2005) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Alabama in the United States Senate from 1979 to 1997.
Early life
Heflin was born on June 19, 1921, i ...
; Ranking Member:
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 ...
)
** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Constitution (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:
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 ...
)
** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Affairs, Immigration and Refugee Affairs (Chair:
Ted Kennedy
Edward Moore Kennedy (February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009) was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts who served as a member of the United States Senate from 1962 to his death in 2009. A member of the Democratic Party and ...
; Ranking Member:
Alan K. Simpson
Alan Kooi Simpson (September 2, 1931 – March 14, 2025) was an American politician from Wyoming. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a member of the United States Senate from 1979 to 1997. Simpson was Republican Senate whip from 198 ...
)
** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks (Chair:
Dennis DeConcini
Dennis Webster DeConcini (; born May 8, 1937) is an American lawyer, philanthropist, politician and former U.S. senator from Arizona. The son of former Arizona Supreme Court judge Evo Anton DeConcini, he represented Arizona in the Senate as a D ...
; Ranking Member: Orrin G. Hatch)
** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Technology and the Law, Technology and the Law (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:
Gordon J. Humphrey)
* United States Senate Select Committee on the Impeachment of Alcee L. Hastings, Impeachment of Alcee L. Hastings (Select) (Chair: ; Ranking Member: )
* United States Senate Select Committee on the Impeachment of Walter L. Nixon, Impeachment of Walter L. Nixon (Select) (Chair: ; Ranking Member: )
* United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Intelligence (Select) (Chair: David L. Boren; Ranking Member: William S. Cohen)
* United States Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources, Labor and Human Resources (Chair:
Ted Kennedy
Edward Moore Kennedy (February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009) was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts who served as a member of the United States Senate from 1962 to his death in 2009. A member of the Democratic Party and ...
; Ranking Member:
Orrin Hatch
Orrin Grant Hatch (March 22, 1934 – April 23, 2022) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator from Utah from 1977 to 2019. Hatch's 42-year Senate tenure made him the longest-serving Republican U.S. senat ...
)
** United States Senate Labor and Human Resources Subcommittee on Aging, Aging (Chair: Spark Matsuaga; Ranking Member:
Thad Cochran
William Thad Cochran ( ; December 7, 1937 – May 30, 2019) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator for Mississippi from 1978 to 2018. A Republican, he previously served in the U.S. House of Representative ...
)
** United States Senate Labor and Human Resources Subcommittee on Children, Family, Drugs and Alcoholism, Children, Family, Drugs and Alcoholism (Chair:
Chris Dodd
Christopher John Dodd (born May 27, 1944) is an American lobbyist, lawyer, and Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party politician who served as a United States senator from Connecticut from 1981 to 2011. Dodd is the List of United Sta ...
; Ranking Member:
Dan Coats
Daniel Ray Coats (born May 16, 1943) is an American politician, attorney, and diplomat. From 2017 to 2019, he served as the Director of National Intelligence in the Trump administration. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a Unite ...
)
** United States Senate Labor and Human Resources Subcommittee on Education, Arts and Humanities, Education, Arts and Humanities (Chair:
Claiborne Pell
Claiborne de Borda Pell (November 22, 1918 – January 1, 2009) was an American politician and writer who served as a U.S. Senator from Rhode Island for six terms from 1961 to 1997. He was the sponsor of the 1972 bill that reformed the Basic ...
; Ranking Member:
Nancy Kassebaum
Nancy Josephine Kassebaum Baker (; born July 29, 1932) is an American retired politician from Kansas who served as a member of the United States Senate from 1978 to 1997. She is the daughter of Alf Landon, who was Governor of Kansas from 1933 t ...
)
** United States Senate Labor and Human Resources Subcommittee on Employment and Productivity, Employment and Productivity (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:
Strom Thurmond
James Strom Thurmond Sr. (December 5, 1902 – June 26, 2003) was an American politician who represented South Carolina in the United States Senate from 1954 to 2003. Before his 49 years as a senator, he served as the 103rd governor of South ...
)
** United States Senate Labor and Human Resources Subcommittee on the Handicapped, Handicapped (Chair:
Tom Harkin
Thomas Richard Harkin (born November 19, 1939) is an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as a United States Senate, United States senator from Iowa from 1985 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Pa ...
; Ranking Member:
David Durenberger
David Ferdinand Durenberger (August 19, 1934 – January 31, 2023) was an American politician and attorney from Minnesota who served as a Republican member of the United States Senate from 1978 to 1995. He left the Republican Party in 2005 and ...
)
** United States Senate Labor and Human Resources Subcommittee on Labor, Labor (Chair: Howard M. Metzenbaum; Ranking Member:
Jim Jeffords
James Merrill "Jim" Jeffords (May 11, 1934 – August 18, 2014) was an American lawyer and politician from Vermont who served as a member of the Vermont Senate from 1967 to 1969, Attorney General of Vermont from 1969 to 1973, and later serve ...
)
* United States Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs, Nutrition and Human Needs (Select) (Chair: ; Ranking Member: )
* United States Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, Rules and Administration (Chair: Wendell H. Ford; Ranking Member:
Ted Stevens
Theodore Fulton Stevens Sr. (November 18, 1923 – August 9, 2010) was an American politician and lawyer who served as a United States Senate, U.S. Senator from Alaska from 1968 to 2009.
He was the longest-serving Republican Party (United St ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Small Business, Small Business (Chair:
Dale Bumpers
Dale Leon Bumpers (August 12, 1925 – January 1, 2016) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 38th Governor of Arkansas (1971–1975) and in the United States Senate (1975–1999). He was a member of the Democratic Party. He w ...
; Ranking Member:
Rudy Boschwitz
Rudolph Ely “Rudy” Boschwitz (born November 7, 1930) is an American politician and businessman from the state of Minnesota. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a member of the United States Senate from 1978 to 1991. From 1987 to ...
)
** United States Senate Small Business Subcommittee on Competition and Antitrust Enforcement, Competition and Antitrust Enforcement (Chair:
Tom Harkin
Thomas Richard Harkin (born November 19, 1939) is an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as a United States Senate, United States senator from Iowa from 1985 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Pa ...
; Ranking Member:
Ted Stevens
Theodore Fulton Stevens Sr. (November 18, 1923 – August 9, 2010) was an American politician and lawyer who served as a United States Senate, U.S. Senator from Alaska from 1968 to 2009.
He was the longest-serving Republican Party (United St ...
)
** United States Senate Small Business Subcommittee on Export Expansion, Export Expansion (Chair:
Barbara Mikulski
Barbara Ann Mikulski ( ; born July 20, 1936) is an American politician and social worker who served as a United States senator from Maryland from 1987 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, she also served i ...
; Ranking Member:
Larry Pressler
Larry Lee Pressler (born March 29, 1942) is an American lawyer and politician from South Dakota who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 1979, and United States Senate from 1979 to 1997, as a Republican. He remained ...
)
** United States Senate Small Business Subcommittee on Government Contracting and Paperwork Reduction, Government Contracting and Paperwork Reduction (Chair: Alan J. Dixon, Alan Dixon; Ranking Member:
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 ...
)
** United States Senate Small Business Subcommittee on Innovation, Technology and Productivity, Innovation, Technology and Productivity (Chair:
Carl Levin
Carl Milton Levin (June 28, 1934 – July 29, 2021) was an American attorney and politician who served as a List of United States senators from Michigan, United States senator from Michigan from 1979 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party (U ...
; Ranking Member:
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. ...
)
** United States Senate Small Business Subcommittee on Rural Economy and Family Farming, Rural Economy and Family Farming (Chair:
Max Baucus
Maxwell Sieben Baucus ( Enke; born December 11, 1941) is an American politician who served as a United States senator from Montana from 1978 to 2014. A member of the Democratic Party, he was a U.S. senator for over 35 years, making him the long ...
; Ranking Member:
Bob Kasten
Robert Walter Kasten Jr. (born June 19, 1942) is an American Republican politician from the state of Wisconsin who served as a U.S. Representative from 1975 to 1979 and as a United States Senator from 1981 to 1993.
Background
Kasten was born ...
)
** United States Senate Small Business Subcommittee on Urban and Minority-Owned Business Development, Urban and Minority-Owned Business Development (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:
Conrad Burns
Conrad Ray Burns (January 25, 1935 – April 28, 2016) was an American politician and lobbyist who served as a United States Senator from Montana from 1989 to 2007. He was only the second Republican popularly elected to represent Montana in the ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Veterans' Affairs (Chair:
Alan Cranston
Alan MacGregor Cranston (June 19, 1914 – December 31, 2000) was an American politician and journalist who served as a United States Senate, United States Senator from California from 1969 to 1993, and as President of the Citizens for Global S ...
; Ranking Member: Frank H. Murkowski)
House of Representatives
* United States House Select Committee on Aging, Aging (Select) (Chair:
Edward R. Roybal
Edward Ross Roybal (February 10, 1916 – October 24, 2005) was a Mexican-American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first Latino American to be elected to the Los Angeles City Council, serving from 1949 to 1962. He la ...
; Ranking Member: Matthew J. Rinaldo)
* United States House Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture (Chair: Kika de la Garza; Ranking Member: Edward Madigan)
** United States House Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit and Rural Development, Conservation, Credit and Rural Development (Chair: Glenn English; Ranking Member: E. Thomas Coleman)
** United States House Agriculture Subcommittee on Cotton, Rice and Sugar, Cotton, Rice and Sugar (Chair: Jerry Huckaby; Ranking Member: Arlan Stangeland)
** United States House Agriculture Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research and Foreign Agriculture, Department Operations, Research and Foreign Agriculture (Chair: Jerry Huckaby; Ranking Member: Pat Roberts)
** United States House Agriculture Subcommittee on Domestic Marketing, Consumer Relations and Nutrition, Domestic Marketing, Consumer Relations and Nutrition (Chair: George E. Brown Jr.; Ranking Member: Bill Emerson)
** United States House Agriculture Subcommittee on Forests, Family Farms and Energy, Forests, Family Farms and Energy (Chair: Harold Volkmer; Ranking Member: Sid Morrison)
** United States House Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy and Poultry, Livestock, Dairy and Poultry (Chair: Charles Stenholm; Ranking Member: Steve Gunderson)
** United States House Agriculture Subcommittee on Tobacco and Peanuts, Tobacco and Peanuts (Chair: Charlie Rose (politician), Charlie Rose; Ranking Member: Larry J. Hopkins)
** United States House Agriculture Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans and Feed Grains, Wheat, Soybeans and Feed Grains (Chair: Dan Glickman; Ranking Member: Ron Marlenee)
* United States House Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chair: Jamie L. Whitten; Ranking Member: Silvio O. Conte)
** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and the Judiciary, Commerce, Justice, State and the Judiciary (Chair: Neal Edward Smith; Ranking Member: Hal Rogers)
** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, Defense (Chair: John Murtha; Ranking Member: Joseph M. McDade)
** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chair: Julian C. Dixon; Ranking Member: Dean A. Gallo)
** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, Energy and Water Development (Chair:
Tom Bevill
Tom Donald Fike Bevill (March 27, 1921 – March 28, 2005) was an American attorney, politician, and United States Democratic Party, Democratic fifteen-term United States House of Representatives, U.S. congressman who represented Alabama's 4th Co ...
; Ranking Member: John T. Myers (congressman), John T. Myers)
** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs, Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs (Chair: David Obey; Ranking Member:
Mickey Edwards
Marvin Henry "Mickey" Edwards (born July 12, 1937) is an American politician who was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives, serving Oklahoma's 5th congressional district from 1977 to 1993.
Edwards was a founding trustee of ...
)
** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies, Interior and Related Agencies (Chair: Sidney Yates; Ranking Member: Ralph Regula)
** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health, Human Services, Education and Related Agencies, Labor, Health, Human Services, Education and Related Agencies (Chair: William H. Natcher; Ranking Member: Silvio O. Conte)
** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Legislative, Legislative (Chair: Victor H. Fazio, Victor Fazio; Ranking Member:
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 ...
)
** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Military Construction (Chair: Bill Hefner; Ranking Member:
Bill Lowery)
** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Rural Development, Agriculture and Related Agencies, Agriculture, Rural Development and Related Agencies (Chair: Jamie L. Whitten; Ranking Member: Virginia D. Smith, Virginia Smith)
** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Transportation (Chair:
William Lehman; Ranking Member: Lawrence Coughlin)
** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service and General Government, Treasury, Postal Service and General Government (Chair:
Edward R. Roybal
Edward Ross Roybal (February 10, 1916 – October 24, 2005) was a Mexican-American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first Latino American to be elected to the Los Angeles City Council, serving from 1949 to 1962. He la ...
; Ranking Member: Joe Skeen)
** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, VA, HUD and Independent Agencies (Chair: J. Bob Traxler; Ranking Member: Bill Green (New York politician), Bill Green)
* United States House Committee on Armed Services, Armed Services (Chair: Les Aspin; Ranking Member: William Louis Dickinson, William L. Dickinson)
** United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Investigations, Investigations (Chair: Nicholas Mavroules; Ranking Member: Larry J. Hopkins)
** United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Installations and Facilities, Military Installations and Facilities (Chair: Patricia Schroeder; Ranking Member: David O'B. Martin)
** United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel and Compensation, Military Personnel and Compensation (Chair: Beverly B. Byron; Ranking Member: Herbert H. Bateman)
** United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear Systems, Procurement and Military Nuclear Systems (Chair: Les Aspin; Ranking Member: Jim Courter)
** United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness, Readiness (Chair:
Earl Hutto
Earl Dewitt Hutto (May 12, 1926 – December 14, 2020) was an American politician who served as U.S. Representative from Florida's 1st congressional district.
Early life
Born in Midland City, Alabama, to Lemmie and Ellie (nee Mathis) Hutto, Ear ...
; Ranking Member: John R. Kasich)
** United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Research and Development, Research and Development (Chair:
Ron Dellums
Ronald Vernie Dellums (November 24, 1935 – July 30, 2018) was an American politician who served as Mayor of Oakland from 2007 to 2011. He had previously served thirteen terms as a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California ...
; Ranking Member: William Louis Dickinson, William L. Dickinson)
** United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower, Strategic and Critical Materials, Seapower, Strategic and Critical Materials (Chair:
Charles E. Bennett; Ranking Member: Floyd Spence)
* United States House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs (Chair: Henry B. Gonzalez; Ranking Member: Chalmers P. Wylie)
** United States House Banking Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs and Coinage, Consumer Affairs and Coinage (Chair:
Richard H. Lehman
Richard Henry "Rick" Lehman (born July 20, 1948) is an American lobbyist and former politician who served six-terms as a member of the United States House of Representatives from California from 1983 to 1995. He was previously a member of the Ca ...
; Ranking Member: John P. Hiler)
** United States House Banking Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy, Domestic Monetary Policy (Chair: Stephen L. Neal; Ranking Member:
Bill McCollum
Ira William McCollum Jr. (born July 12, 1944) is an American lawyer and Republican Party politician. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1981 to 2001, representing Florida's 5th congressional district, which was ...
)
** United States House Banking Subcommittee on Economic Stabilization, Economic Stabilization (Chair: Mary Rose Oakar; Ranking Member:
Norman D. Shumway)
** United States House Banking Subcommittee on Financial Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance, Financial Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance (Chair: Frank Annunzio; Ranking Member: Chalmers P. Wylie)
** United States House Banking Subcommittee on General Oversight and Investigations, General Oversight and Investigations (Chair: Carroll Hubbard; Ranking Member: Stanford Parris)
** United States House Banking Subcommittee on International Development, Finance, Trade and Monetary Policy, International Development, Finance, Trade and Monetary Policy (Chair: Walter E. Fauntroy; Ranking Member: Marge Roukema)
** United States House Banking Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development, Housing and Community Development (Chair: Henry B. Gonzalez; Ranking Member: Jim Leach)
** United States House Banking Subcommittee on Policy Research and Insurance, Policy Research and Insurance (Chair:
Ben Erdreich; Ranking Member: Doug Bereuter)
* United States House Committee on the Budget, Budget (Chair:
Leon Panetta
Leon Edward Panetta (born June 28, 1938) is an American retired politician and government official who has served under several Democratic administrations as secretary of defense (2011–2013), director of the CIA (2009–2011), White House chi ...
; Ranking Member: Bill Frenzel)
** United States House Budget Subcommittee on the Budget Process, Reconciliation and Enforcement, on the Budget Process, Reconciliation and Enforcement (Chair: Marty Russo; Ranking Member: Jack Buechner)
** United States House Budget Subcommittee on Community Development and Natural Resources, Community Development and Natural Resources (Chair:
Ed Jenkins; Ranking Member: Hal Rogers)
** United States House Budget Subcommittee on Defense, Foreign Policy and Space, Defense, Foreign Policy and Space (Chair: Marvin Leath; Ranking Member: Denny Smith)
** United States House Budget Subcommittee on Urgent Fiscal Issues, Urgent Fiscal Issues (Chair: Chuck Schumer; Ranking Member: Dick Armey)
** United States House Budget Subcommittee on Human Resources, Human Resources (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: William F. Goodling)
** United States House Budget Subcommittee on Economic Policy, Projections and Revenues, Economic Policy, Projections and Revenues (Chair: Jim Slattery; Ranking Member:
Bill Thomas
William Marshall Thomas (born December 6, 1941) is an American politician. He was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1979 to 2007, finishing his tenure representing California's 22nd congressional district an ...
)
* United States House Select Committee on Children, Youth and Families, Children, Youth and Families (Select) (Chair:
George Miller; Ranking Member: Thomas J. Bliley Jr.)
* United States House Committee on District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chair:
Ron Dellums
Ronald Vernie Dellums (November 24, 1935 – July 30, 2018) was an American politician who served as Mayor of Oakland from 2007 to 2011. He had previously served thirteen terms as a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California ...
; Ranking Member: Stanford Parris)
** United States House District of Columbia Subcommittee on Fiscal Affairs and Health, Fiscal Affairs and Health (Chair: Walter E. Fauntroy; Ranking Member: Thomas J. Bliley Jr.)
** United States House District of Columbia Subcommittee on Government Operations and Metropolitan Affairs, Government Operations and Metropolitan Affairs (Chair: Alan Wheat; Ranking Member: Larry Combest)
** United States House District of Columbia Subcommittee on Judiciary and Education, Judiciary and Education (Chair: Mervyn M. Dymally; Ranking Member:
Dana Rohrabacher
Dana Tyrone Rohrabacher ( ; born June 21, 1947) is an American former politician who served in the United States House of Representatives, U.S. House of Representatives from 1989 to 2019. Representing for the last three terms of his House tenure ...
)
* United States House Committee on Education and Labor, Education and Labor (Chair: Augustus F. Hawkins; Ranking Member: William F. Goodling)
** United States House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education, Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education (Chair: Augustus F. Hawkins; Ranking Member: William F. Goodling)
** United States House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities, Employment Opportunities (Chair: Matthew G. Martinez; Ranking Member: Steve Gunderson)
** United States House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Health and Safety, Health and Safety (Chair: Joseph M. Gaydos; Ranking Member: Paul B. Henry)
** United States House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Human Resources, Human Resources (Chair: Dale Kildee; Ranking Member: Thomas J. Tauke)
** United States House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations, Labor-Management Relations (Chair: Bill Clay; Ranking Member: Marge Roukema)
** United States House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Labor Standards, Labor Standards (Chair: Austin J. Murphy; Ranking Member: Tom Petri)
** United States House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Postsecondary Education (Chair: Pat Williams (Montana politician), Pat Williams; Ranking Member: E. Thomas Coleman)
** United States House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Select Education, Select Education (Chair: Major R. Owens; Ranking Member: Steve Bartlett)
* United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Energy and Commerce (Chair: John Dingell; Ranking Member: Norman F. Lent)
** United States House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and Competitiveness, Commerce, Transportation and Competitiveness (Chair: James J. Florio; Ranking Member: Donald L. Ritter, Don Ritter)
** United States House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power, Energy and Power (Chair: Philip Sharp (politician), Phil Sharp; Ranking Member: Carlos J. Moorhead)
** United States House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health and the Environment, Health and the Environment (Chair:
Henry Waxman
Henry Arnold Waxman (born September 12, 1939) is an American politician and lobbyist who was a U.S. representative from California from 1975 to 2015. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
His district included much of the western part of the ...
; Ranking Member: Edward Madigan)
** United States House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Oversight and Investigations (Chair: John Dingell; Ranking Member: Thomas J. Bliley Jr.)
** United States House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance, Telecommunications and Finance (Chair: Ed Markey; Ranking Member: Matthew J. Rinaldo)
** United States House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials, Transportation and Hazardous Materials (Chair: Tom Luken; Ranking Member: Bob Whittaker)
* United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs (Chair:
Dante Fascell; Ranking Member: William S. Broomfield)
** United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Africa (Chair: Howard Wolpe; Ranking Member: Dan Burton)
** United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Arms Control, International Security and Science, Arms Control, International Security and Science (Chair:
Dante Fascell; Ranking Member: William S. Broomfield)
** United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs, Asian and Pacific Affairs (Chair: Stephen Solarz; Ranking Member: Jim Leach)
** United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East, Europe and the Middle East (Chair: Lee H. Hamilton; Ranking Member: Benjamin A. Gilman)
** United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations, Human Rights and International Organizations (Chair: Gus Yatron; Ranking Member: Doug Bereuter)
** United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade, International Economic Policy and Trade (Chair:
Sam Gejdenson
Samuel Gejdenson (born May 20, 1948) is a former United States Representative for the 2nd Congressional District of Connecticut.
Early life and education
Born in a displaced persons camp in Eschwege, Allied-occupied Germany, Gejdenson was th ...
; Ranking Member: Toby Roth)
** United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Operations, International Operations (Chair: Mervyn M. Dymally; Ranking Member: Olympia Snowe)
** United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs, Western Hemisphere Affairs (Chair: George W. Crockett; Ranking Member:
Robert J. Lagomarsino
Robert John Lagomarsino (September 4, 1926 – February 7, 2021) was an American politician and lawyer from California who served in the United States House of Representatives. A Republican, he began his service in the United States House of Rep ...
)
* United States House Committee on Government Operations, Government Operations (Chair: John Conyers; Ranking Member: Frank Horton (New York politician), Frank Horton)
** United States House Government Operations Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer and Monetary Affairs, Commerce, Consumer and Monetary Affairs (Chair: Doug Barnard; Ranking Member: Dennis Hastert)
** United States House Government Operations Subcommittee on Employment and Housing, Employment and Housing (Chair:
Tom Lantos
Thomas Peter Lantos (born Tamás Péter Lantos; February 1, 1928 – February 11, 2008) was a Hungarian-born American politician who served as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative from California from 1981 until his deat ...
; Ranking Member: Buz Lukens)
** United States House Government Operations Subcommittee on Environment, Energy and Natural Resources, Environment, Energy and Natural Resources (Chair: Mike Synar; Ranking Member: William F. Clinger Jr.)
** United States House Government Operations Subcommittee on Government Activities and Transportation, Government Activities and Transportation (Chair: Cardiss Collins; Ranking Member: Howard C. Nielson)
** United States House Government Operations Subcommittee on Government Information, Justice and Agriculture, Government Information, Justice and Agriculture (Chair: Bob Wise; Ranking Member:
Al McCandless)
** United States House Government Operations Subcommittee on Human Resources and Ingovernmental Relations, Human Resources and Ingovernmental Relations (Chair: Ted Weiss; Ranking Member: Larkin I. Smith)
** United States House Government Operations Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security, Legislation and National Security (Chair: John Conyers; Ranking Member: Frank Horton (New York politician), Frank Horton)
* United States House Committee on House Administration, House Administration (Chair: Frank Annunzio; Ranking Member:
Bill Thomas
William Marshall Thomas (born December 6, 1941) is an American politician. He was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1979 to 2007, finishing his tenure representing California's 22nd congressional district an ...
)
** United States House Administration Subcommittee on Accounts, Accounts (Chair: Joseph M. Gaydos; Ranking Member: Barbara F. Vucanovich)
** United States House Administration Subcommittee on Elections, Elections (Chair: Al Swift; Ranking Member:
Bill Thomas
William Marshall Thomas (born December 6, 1941) is an American politician. He was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1979 to 2007, finishing his tenure representing California's 22nd congressional district an ...
)
** United States House Administration Subcommittee on Libraries and Memorials, Libraries and Memorials (Chair: Bill Clay; Ranking Member: Paul E. Gillmor)
** United States House Administration Subcommittee on Office Systems, Office Systems (Chair: Charlie Rose (politician), Charlie Rose; Ranking Member: James T. Walsh)
** United States House Administration Subcommittee on Personnel and Police, Personnel and Police (Chair: Mary Rose Oakar; Ranking Member: Pat Roberts)
** United States House Administration Subcommittee on Procurement and Printing, Procurement and Printing (Chair:
Jim Bates; Ranking Member: Pat Roberts)
** United States House Administration Subcommittee on Task Force on Legislative Service Organizations, Task Force on Legislative Service Organizations (Chair:
Sam Gejdenson
Samuel Gejdenson (born May 20, 1948) is a former United States Representative for the 2nd Congressional District of Connecticut.
Early life and education
Born in a displaced persons camp in Eschwege, Allied-occupied Germany, Gejdenson was th ...
; Ranking Member: Barbara F. Vucanovich)
* United States House Select Committee on Hunger, Hunger (Select) (Chair: Mickey Leland; Ranking Member: Bill Emerson)
* United States House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, Interior and Insular Affairs (Chair:
Mo Udall
Morris King Udall (June 15, 1922 – December 12, 1998) was an American attorney and Democratic politician who served as a U.S. representative from Arizona from May 2, 1961, to May 4, 1991. He was a leading contender for the 1976 Democratic pr ...
; Ranking Member:
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 ...
)
** United States House Interior and Insular Affairs Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment, Energy and the Environment (Chair:
Mo Udall
Morris King Udall (June 15, 1922 – December 12, 1998) was an American attorney and Democratic politician who served as a U.S. representative from Arizona from May 2, 1961, to May 4, 1991. He was a leading contender for the 1976 Democratic pr ...
; Ranking Member: James V. Hansen)
** United States House Interior and Insular Affairs Subcommittee on General Oversight, Northwest Power and Forest Management, General Oversight, Northwest Power and Forest Management (Chair: Peter H. Kostmayer; Ranking Member: Barbara F. Vucanovich)
** United States House Interior and Insular Affairs Subcommittee on Insular and International Affairs, Insular and International Affairs (Chair: Ron de Lugo; Ranking Member:
Robert J. Lagomarsino
Robert John Lagomarsino (September 4, 1926 – February 7, 2021) was an American politician and lawyer from California who served in the United States House of Representatives. A Republican, he began his service in the United States House of Rep ...
)
** United States House Interior and Insular Affairs Subcommittee on Mining and Natural Resources, Mining and Natural Resources (Chair: Nick Rahall; Ranking Member: Larry E. Craig)
** United States House Interior and Insular Affairs Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, National Parks and Public Lands (Chair: Bruce Vento; Ranking Member: Ron Marlenee)
** United States House Interior and Insular Affairs Subcommittee on Water and Power Resources and Offshore Energy Resources, Water and Power Resources and Offshore Energy Resources (Chair:
George Miller; Ranking Member: Denny Smith)
* United States House Committee on Judiciary, Judiciary (Chair: Jack Brooks (American politician), Jack Brooks; Ranking Member: Hamilton Fish IV)
** United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations, Administrative Law and Governmental Relations (Chair: Barney Frank; Ranking Member: Craig T. James)
** United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights, Civil and Constitutional Rights (Chair:
Don Edwards
William Donlon Edwards (January 6, 1915 – October 1, 2015) was an American politician of the Democratic Party and a member of the United States House of Representatives from California for 32 years in the late 20th century.
Early life
Edwar ...
; Ranking Member: F. James Sensenbrenner)
** United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Crime (Chair: William J. Hughes; Ranking Member:
Bill McCollum
Ira William McCollum Jr. (born July 12, 1944) is an American lawyer and Republican Party politician. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1981 to 2001, representing Florida's 5th congressional district, which was ...
)
** United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Administration of Justice, Courts, Intellectual Property and the Administration of Justice (Chair: Robert W. Kastenmeier; Ranking Member: Carlos J. Moorhead)
** United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice (Chair: Chuck Schumer; Ranking Member: George W. Gekas)
** United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law, Economic and Commercial Law (Chair: Jack Brooks (American politician), Jack Brooks; Ranking Member: Hamilton Fish IV)
** United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and International Law, Immigration, Refugees and International Law (Chair:
Bruce Morrison
Bruce Andrew Morrison (born October 8, 1944) is an American attorney, lobbyist and Democratic Party politician who represented Connecticut in the United States House of Representatives from 1983 to 1991. In 1990, he was the unsuccessful Democr ...
; Ranking Member: Lamar Smith)
* United States House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chair: Walter B. Jones Sr.; Ranking Member: Robert William Davis, Robert W. Davis)
** United States House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Navigation, Coast Guard and Navigation (Chair: Billy Tauzin; Ranking Member: Robert William Davis, Robert W. Davis)
** United States House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife Conservation and the Environment, Fisheries, Wildlife Conservation and the Environment (Chair: Gerry Studds; Ranking Member:
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 ...
)
** United States House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Subcommittee on Merchant Marine, Merchant Marine (Chair: Walter B. Jones Sr.; Ranking Member: Norman F. Lent)
** United States House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Subcommittee on Oceangraphy, Oceangraphy (Chair: Dennis M. Hertel; Ranking Member:
Norman D. Shumway)
** United States House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Oversight and Investigations (Chair: Thomas M. Foglietta; Ranking Member: Claudine Schneider)
** United States House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Subcommittee on Panama Canal and Outer Continental Stuff, Panama Canal and Outer Continental Stuff (Chair: Roy Dyson; Ranking Member: Jack Fields)
* United States House Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control, Narcotics Abuse and Control (Select) (Chair: Charles Rangel; Ranking Member: Lawrence Coughlin)
* United States House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, Post Office and Civil Service (Chair: William D. Ford; Ranking Member: Benjamin A. Gilman)
** United States House Post Office and Civil Service Subcommittee on Census and Population, Census and Population (Chair: Thomas C. Sawyer; Ranking Member: Tom Ridge)
** United States House Post Office and Civil Service Subcommittee on Civil Service, Civil Service (Chair: Gerry Sikorski; Ranking Member: John T. Myers (congressman), John T. Myers)
** United States House Post Office and Civil Service Subcommittee on Compensation and Employee Benefits, Compensation and Employee Benefits (Chair: Gary L. Ackerman; Ranking Member: John T. Myers (congressman), John T. Myers)
** United States House Post Office and Civil Service Subcommittee on Human Resources, Human Resources (Chair: Paul E. Kanjorski; Ranking Member: Dan Burton)
** United States House Post Office and Civil Service Subcommittee on Investigations, Investigations (Chair: William D. Ford; Ranking Member: Rod Chandler)
** United States House Post Office and Civil Service Subcommittee on Postal Operations and Services, Postal Operations and Services (Chair: Mickey Leland; Ranking Member: Frank Horton (New York politician), Frank Horton)
** United States House Post Office and Civil Service Subcommittee on Postal Personnel and Modernization, Postal Personnel and Modernization (Chair: Frank McCloskey; Ranking Member:
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 ...
)
* United States House Committee on Public Works and Transportation, Public Works and Transportation (Chair:
Glenn M. Anderson; Ranking Member:
John Paul Hammerschmidt
John Paul Hammerschmidt (May 4, 1922 – April 1, 2015) was an American politician from the state of Arkansas. A Republican, Hammerschmidt served thirteen terms in the United States House of Representatives for Arkansas's 3rd congressional ...
)
** United States House Public Works and Transportation Subcommittee on Aviation, Aviation (Chair: Jim Oberstar; Ranking Member: Bud Shuster)
** United States House Public Works and Transportation Subcommittee on Economic Development, Economic Development (Chair: Gus Savage; Ranking Member: Bob McEwen)
** United States House Public Works and Transportation Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, Investigations and Oversight (Chair:
Glenn M. Anderson; Ranking Member: William F. Clinger Jr.)
** United States House Public Works and Transportation Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Grounds, Public Buildings and Grounds (Chair:
Douglas H. Bosco
Douglas Harry Bosco (born July 28, 1946) is an American lawyer, politician, and newspaper owner from California. He is a former U.S. Representative, serving four terms as a Democrat from 1983 to 1991.
Early life
Born in Brooklyn, New York, B ...
; Ranking Member: Tom Petri)
** United States House Public Works and Transportation Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, Surface Transportation (Chair:
Norman Mineta
Norman Yoshio Mineta (, November 12, 1931 – May 3, 2022) was an American politician from California. A member of the Democratic Party, Mineta served in the cabinet of the United States for US Presidents Bill Clinton, a Democrat, and George W. ...
; Ranking Member: Bud Shuster)
** United States House Public Works and Transportation Subcommittee on Water Resources, Water Resources (Chair: Henry Nowak; Ranking Member: Arlan Stangeland)
* United States House Committee on Rules, Rules (Chair: Joe Moakley; Ranking Member: Jimmy Quillen)
** United States House Rules Subcommittee on Rules of the House, Rules of the House (Chair: Joe Moakley; Ranking Member: Gerald B.H. Solomon)
** United States House Rules Subcommittee on The Legislative Process, The Legislative Process (Chair: Butler Derrick; Ranking Member: Lynn Morley Martin)
* United States House Committee on Science and Technology, Science and Technology (Chair: Robert A. Roe; Ranking Member: Robert S. Walker)
** United States House Science and Technology Subcommittee on Energy Research and Development, Energy Research and Development (Chair: Marilyn Lloyd; Ranking Member: Sid Morrison)
** United States House Science and Technology Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, Investigations and Oversight (Chair: Robert A. Roe; Ranking Member: Donald L. Ritter, Don Ritter)
** United States House Science and Technology Subcommittee on International Scientific Cooperation, International Scientific Cooperation (Chair: Ralph M. Hall; Ranking Member:
Ron Packard
Ronald C. Packard (born January 19, 1931) is an American retired Republican politician from California who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1983 to 2001.
Biography
Ronald C. Packard was born and raised in Meridian, Idaho. He ...
)
** United States House Science and Technology Subcommittee on Natural Resources, Agriculture Research and Environment, Natural Resources, Agriculture Research and Environment (Chair: James H. Scheuer; Ranking Member: Claudine Schneider)
** United States House Science and Technology Subcommittee on Science, Research and Technology, Science, Research and Technology (Chair: Doug Walgren; Ranking Member: Sherwood L. Boehlert)
** United States House Science and Technology Subcommittee on Space Science and Applications, Space Science and Applications (Chair:
Bill Nelson
Clarence William Nelson II (born September 29, 1942) is an American politician, attorney, and former astronaut who served from 2001 to 2019 as a United States Senate, United States senator from Florida and from 2021 to 2025 as the Administrator ...
; Ranking Member: Jim Sensenbrenner)
** United States House Science and Technology Subcommittee on Transportation, Aviation and Materials, Transportation, Aviation and Materials (Chair: Tim Valentine; Ranking Member:
Tom Lewis)
* United States House Committee on Small Business, Small Business (Chair: John J. LaFalce; Ranking Member: Joseph M. McDade)
** United States House Small Business Subcommittee on Antitrust, Impact of Deregulation and Privatization, Antitrust, Impact of Deregulation and Privatization (Chair: Tom Luken; Ranking Member:
David Dreier
David Timothy Dreier OAE (/ draɪər/; born July 5, 1952) is an American businessman, philanthropist, and politician who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from California from 1981 to 2013. He was one ...
)
** United States House Small Business Subcommittee on Environment and Labor, Environment and Labor (Chair: Esteban E. Torres; Ranking Member: John P. Hiler)
** United States House Small Business Subcommittee on Exports, Tax Policy and Special Problems, Exports, Tax Policy and Special Problems (Chair: Norman Sisisky; Ranking Member:
Andy Ireland
Andrew Poysell Ireland (August 23, 1930 – October 20, 2024) was an American banker and politician from Florida. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1977 to 1993. He served eight terms, first as a Democrat ...
)
** United States House Small Business Subcommittee on Procurement, Tourism and Minority Enterprise Development, Procurement, Tourism and Minority Enterprise Development (Chair: Ike Skelton; Ranking Member: Silvio O. Conte)
** United States House Small Business Subcommittee on Regulation, Business Opportunity and Energy, Regulation, Business Opportunity and Energy (Chair: Ron Wyden; Ranking Member: William S. Broomfield)
** United States House Small Business Subcommittee on SBA, the General Economy and Minority Enterprise Development, SBA, the General Economy and Minority Enterprise Development (Chair: John J. LaFalce; Ranking Member: Joseph M. McDade)
* United States House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, Standards of Official Conduct (Chair: Julian C. Dixon; Ranking Member: John T. Myers (congressman), John T. Myers)
* United States House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Veterans' Affairs (Chair: Gillespie V. Montgomery; Ranking Member:
Bob Stump
Robert Lee Stump (April 4, 1927 – June 20, 2003) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Congressman from Arizona. He served as a member from the Democratic Party from 1977 to 1983 and then later a member of the Republican Party un ...
)
** United States House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Hospitals and Health Care, Hospitals and Health Care (Chair: Sonny Montgomery; Ranking Member:
John Paul Hammerschmidt
John Paul Hammerschmidt (May 4, 1922 – April 1, 2015) was an American politician from the state of Arkansas. A Republican, Hammerschmidt served thirteen terms in the United States House of Representatives for Arkansas's 3rd congressional ...
)
** United States House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Compensation, Pension and Insurance, Compensation, Pension and Insurance (Chair: Douglas Applegate; Ranking Member: Bob McEwen)
** United States House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Oversight and Investigations (Chair: Lane Evans; Ranking Member:
Bob Stump
Robert Lee Stump (April 4, 1927 – June 20, 2003) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Congressman from Arizona. He served as a member from the Democratic Party from 1977 to 1983 and then later a member of the Republican Party un ...
)
** United States House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Education, Training and Employment, Education, Training and Employment (Chair: Tim Penny; Ranking Member: Chris Smith (New Jersey politician), Chris Smith)
** United States House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Housing and Memorial Affairs, Housing and Memorial Affairs (Chair: Harley O. Staggers; Ranking Member: Dan Burton)
* United States House Committee on Ways and Means, Ways and Means (Chair: Dan Rostenkowski; Ranking Member: Bill Archer)
** United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health, Health (Chair:
Pete Stark
Fortney Hillman "Pete" Stark Jr. (November 11, 1931 – January 24, 2020) was an American businessman and politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1973 to 2013. A Democrat from California, Stark's district ...
; Ranking Member: Willis D. Gradison Jr.)
** United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Human Resources, Human Resources (Chair: Harold Ford Sr.; Ranking Member: E. Clay Shaw Jr.)
** United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight, Oversight (Chair: J.J. Pickle; Ranking Member: Richard T. Schulze)
** United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures, Select Revenue Measures (Chair: Charles Rangel; Ranking Member:
Guy Vander Jagt
Guy Adrian Vander Jagt ( ; August 26, 1931 – June 22, 2007) was a Republican politician from Michigan. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and Chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee.
Vander Jagt was desc ...
)
** United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security, Social Security (Chair: Andrew Jacobs Jr.; Ranking Member:
Hank Brown
George Hanks "Hank" Brown (born February 12, 1940) is an American politician and lawyer from Colorado. He is a former Republican politician who served as a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator. He served as the president of the University of N ...
)
** United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade, Trade (Chair:
Sam Gibbons
Samuel Melville Gibbons (January 20, 1920 – October 10, 2012) was an American politician from the state of Florida, who served in the Florida State House of Representatives, Florida State Senate, and the U.S. House of Representatives. He repre ...
; Ranking Member: Phil Crane)
* Committee of the Whole (United States House of Representatives), Whole
Joint committees
* Joint Economic Committee, Economic (Chair: Sen.
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: Rep. Lee H. Hamilton)
* Joint Committee on Taxation, Taxation (Chair: Rep. Dan Rostenkowski; Vice Chair: Sen.
Lloyd Bentsen
Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. (February 11, 1921 – May 23, 2006) was an American politician who served as the 69th United States secretary of the treasury under President Bill Clinton from 1993 to 1994. He served as a United States senator from ...
)
* Joint Committee on the Library, The Library (Chair: Rep. Frank Annunzio; Vice Chair: Sen.
Claiborne Pell
Claiborne de Borda Pell (November 22, 1918 – January 1, 2009) was an American politician and writer who served as a U.S. Senator from Rhode Island for six terms from 1961 to 1997. He was the sponsor of the 1972 bill that reformed the Basic ...
)
* Joint Committee on Printing, Printing (Chair: Sen. Wendell H. Ford; Vice Chair: Rep. Frank Annunzio)
Employees
List of federal agencies in the United States#United States Congress, Legislative branch agency directors
* Architect of the Capitol: George Malcolm White
* Attending Physician of the United States Congress: William Narva, until 1990
** Robert Krasner, from 1990
* Comptroller General of the United States: Charles A. Bowsher
* Director of the Congressional Budget Office: James L. Blum Jr. (acting), until March 6, 1989
** Robert D. Reischauer, from March 6, 1989
* Librarian of Congress: James H. Billington
* Public Printer of the United States: vacant, until 1990
** Robert Houk, from 1990
Senate
* Chaplain of the United States Senate, Chaplain: Richard C. Halverson (Presbyterian)
* Historian of the United States Senate, Historian: Richard A. Baker (historian), Richard A. Baker
* Parliamentarian of the United States Senate, Parliamentarian: Alan Frumin
* Curator of the United States Senate, Curator: James R. Ketchum
* Secretary of the United States Senate, Secretary: Walter J. Stewart
* United States Senate Librarian, Librarian: Roger K. Haley
* Secretary for the Majority of the United States Senate, Secretary for the Majority: C. Abbott Saffold
* Secretary for the Minority of the United States Senate, Secretary for the Minority: Howard O. Greene Jr.
* Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate, Sergeant at Arms: Henry K. Giugni, until December 31, 1990; vacant thereafter
House of Representatives
* Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives, Chaplain: James David Ford (Lutheranism, Lutheran)
* Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Clerk: Donnald K. Anderson
* Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives, Doorkeeper: James T. Molloy
* Historian of the United States House of Representatives, Historian: Ray Smock
* Reading Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Reading Clerks: Meg Goetz (
Democratic) and Paul Hays along with Bob Berry (Republican Party (United States), Republican)
* Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives, Parliamentarian: William Holmes Brown, William H. Brown
* Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives, Postmaster: Robert V. Rota
* Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives, Sergeant at Arms: Jack Russ
See also
* List of new members of the 101st United States Congress
* 1988 United States elections (elections leading to this Congress)
** 1988 United States presidential election
** 1988 United States Senate elections
** 1988 United States House of Representatives elections
* 1990 United States elections (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
** 1990 United States Senate elections
** 1990 United States House of Representatives elections
Notes
References
External links
Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress*
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