The 103rd 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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The composition and ...
and the
United States House of Representatives
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. It met in
Washington, D.C.
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from January 3, 1993, to January 3, 1995, during the final weeks of
George H. W. Bush's presidency and the first two years of
Bill Clinton's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the
House of Representatives
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was based on the
Twenty-first Census of the United States in 1990.
This is the most recent Congress to have a Democratic senator from Texas,
Bob Krueger
Robert Charles Krueger (September 19, 1935 – April 30, 2022) was an American diplomat, politician, and U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Texas, a U.S. Ambassador, and a member of the Democratic Party Democratic Party most often re ...
, who lost election to finish
Lloyd Bentsen
Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. (February 11, 1921 – May 23, 2006) was an American politician who was a four-term United States Senator (1971–1993) from Texas and the Democratic Party nominee for vice president in 1988 on the Michael Dukakis ti ...
's term in 1993. Three Democratic senators from the state of Maine,
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 198 ...
, and the state of Tennessee,
Jim Sasser
James Ralph Sasser (born September 30, 1936) is an American politician, diplomat, and attorney. A Democrat, Sasser served three terms as a United States senator from Tennessee from 1977 to 1995, and was Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee. ...
and
Harlan Mathews
Harlan Mathews (January 17, 1927 – May 9, 2014) was a Democratic United States Senator from Tennessee from 1993 to 1994. He had previously served in the executive and legislative branches of state government in Tennessee for more than 40 year ...
, only Sasser lost re-election and the other two retired in 1994, respectively. In addition, a Democratic senator from the state of Oklahoma,
David Boren
David Lyle Boren (born April 21, 1941) is a retired American lawyer and politician from the state of Oklahoma. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as 21st governor of Oklahoma from 1975 to 1979 and three terms in the United States Senat ...
, resigned in the final weeks of the Congress.
Both chambers maintained a
Democratic
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*A member of a Democratic Party:
**Democratic Party (United States) (D)
**Democratic ...
majority, and with
Bill Clinton
William Jefferson Clinton (Birth name, né Blythe III; born August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He previously served as governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 ...
being sworn in as
President
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* President (education), a leader of a college or university
*President (government title)
President may also refer to:
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* Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese f ...
on January 20, 1993, this gave the Democrats an overall federal government
trifecta
Trifecta
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for the first time since the
96th Congress
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in 1979.
Major events
* January 20, 1993:
Bill Clinton
William Jefferson Clinton (Birth name, né Blythe III; born August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He previously served as governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 ...
became
42nd
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In mathematics
Four is the smallest co ...
President of the United States
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.
* February 26, 1993:
World Trade Center bombing
The 1993 World Trade Center bombing was a terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York City, U.S., carried out on February 26, 1993, when a van bomb detonated below the North Tower of the complex. The urea nitrate–hydrogen gas enh ...
: In
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the U ...
, a van bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center exploded, killing 6 and injuring over 1,000.
* February 28, 1993:
Waco siege
The Waco siege, also known as the Waco massacre, was the law enforcement siege of the compound that belonged to the religious sect Branch Davidians. It was carried out by the U.S. federal government, Texas state law enforcement, and the U.S ...
:
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE), commonly referred to as the ATF, is a domestic law enforcement agency within the United States Department of Justice. Its responsibilities include the investigation and preven ...
agents raided the
Branch Davidian
The Branch Davidians (or the General Association of Branch Davidian Seventh-day Adventists) were an apocalyptic new religious movement founded in 1955 by Benjamin Roden. They regard themselves as a continuation of the General Association of ...
compound in
Waco, Texas
Waco ( ) is the county seat of McLennan County, Texas, United States. It is situated along the Brazos River and Interstate 35, I-35, halfway between Dallas and Austin, Texas, Austin. The city had a 2020 population of 138,486, making it the List ...
, with a warrant to arrest leader
David Koresh
David Koresh (; born Vernon Wayne Howell; August 17, 1959 – April 19, 1993) was an American cult leader who played a central role in the Waco siege of 1993. As the head of the Branch Davidians, a religious sect and offshoot of the Davidian Sev ...
on federal firearms violations. Four agents and 5 Davidians died in the raid.
* April 19, 1993:
Waco siege
The Waco siege, also known as the Waco massacre, was the law enforcement siege of the compound that belonged to the religious sect Branch Davidians. It was carried out by the U.S. federal government, Texas state law enforcement, and the U.S ...
: The 51-day standoff ended with a fire that killed 76 people, including Koresh.
* October 3, 1993:
Operation Gothic Serpent
Operation Gothic Serpent was a military operation conducted in Mogadishu, Somalia, by an American force code-named ''Task Force Ranger'' during the Somali Civil War in 1993. The primary objective of the operation was to capture Mohamed Farrah ...
: In
Mogadishu, Somalia
Mogadishu (, also ; so, Muqdisho or ; ar, مقديشو ; it, Mogadiscio ), locally known as Xamar or Hamar, is the capital and most populous city of Somalia. The city has served as an important port connecting traders across the Indian Oce ...
, two
U.S. Army
The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the eight U.S. uniformed services, and is designated as the Army of the United States in the U.S. Constitution.Article II, section 2, cl ...
UH-60 Blackhawk
The Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk is a four-blade, twin-engine, medium-lift utility military helicopter manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft. Sikorsky submitted the S-70 design for the United States Army's Utility Tactical Transport Aircraft System ( ...
s were shot down and the operation left over 1000 Somalis dead and over 73 Americans WIA, 19 KIA, and 1 captured.
* January 17, 1994:
1994 Northridge earthquake
The 1994 Northridge earthquake was a moment 6.7 (), blind thrust earthquake that occurred on January 17, 1994, at 4:30:55 a.m. PST in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles.
The quake had a duration of approximately ...
: A magnitude 6.7 quake hit the
San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles at 4:31 a.m., killing 72 and leaving 26,029 homeless.
* February 22, 1994:
Aldrich Ames
Aldrich Hazen "Rick" Ames (; born May 26, 1941) is a former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer turned KGB double agent, who was convicted of espionage in 1994. He is serving a life sentence, without the possibility of parole, in the Fede ...
and his wife were arrested for spying for the
Soviet Union
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.
* February 28, 1994: 4 United States fighter jets shot down 4 Serbian jets over
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and ...
for violating
Operation Deny Flight
Operation Deny Flight was a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) operation that began on 12 April 1993 as the enforcement of a United Nations (UN) no-fly zone over Bosnia and Herzegovina. The United Nations and NATO later expanded the mi ...
and its no-fly zone.
* September 19, 1994:
Operation Uphold Democracy
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: American troops staged a bloodless invasion of
Haiti
Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...
to restore the elected president to power.
* October 1, 1994:
Palau
Palau,, officially the Republic of Palau and historically ''Belau'', ''Palaos'' or ''Pelew'', is an island country and microstate in the western Pacific. The nation has approximately 340 islands and connects the western chain of the Ca ...
achieved independence and became an
associated state
An associated state is the minor partner in a formal, free relationship between a political territory (some dependent, most fully sovereign states) and a major party—usually a larger nation.
The details of such free association are containe ...
under the
Compact of Free Association
The Compact of Free Association (COFA) is an international agreement establishing and governing the relationships of free association between the United States and the three Pacific Island sovereign states of the Federated States of Micronesia (F ...
.
* November 8, 1994:
Republican Revolution
The "Republican Revolution", "Revolution of '94", or "Gingrich Revolution" are political slogans that refer to the Republican Party (GOP) success in the 1994 U.S. mid-term elections, which resulted in a net gain of 54 seats in the House of ...
: The
Republican Party
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Republican Party may also refer to:
Africa
*Republican Party (Liberia)
*Republican Party ...
won control of both the House and the Senate in midterm congressional elections, the first time in 40 years the Republicans secured control of both houses of Congress.
Major legislation
* February 5, 1993:
Family and Medical Leave Act
The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) is a United States labor law requiring covered employers to provide employees with job-protected, unpaid leave for qualified medical and family reasons. The FMLA was a major part of President Bill C ...
, ,
* May 20, 1993:
National Voter Registration Act of 1993, ,
* August 10, 1993:
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993
The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 (or OBRA-93) was a federal law that was enacted by the 103rd United States Congress and signed into law by President Bill Clinton on August 10, 1993. It has also been unofficially referred to as the Def ...
, ,
* September 21, 1993:
AmeriCorps
AmeriCorps (officially the Corporation for National and Community Service or CNCS) is an independent agency of the United States government that engages more than five million Americans in service through a variety of stipended volunteer work pro ...
, ,
* November 16, 1993:
Religious Freedom Restoration Act
The Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, Pub. L. No. 103-141, 107 Stat. 1488 (November 16, 1993), codified at through (also known as RFRA, pronounced "rifra"), is a 1993 United States federal law that "ensures that interests in religio ...
, ,
* November 30, 1993:
Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act
The Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act ( Pub.L. 103–159, 107 Stat. 1536, enacted November 30, 1993), often referred to as the Brady Act or the Brady Bill, is an Act of the United States Congress that mandated federal background checks on f ...
(Brady Bill), , title I,
* November 30, 1993:
Don't ask, don't tell
"Don't ask, don't tell" (DADT) was the official United States policy on military service of non-heterosexual people, instituted during the Clinton administration. The policy was issued under Department of Defense Directive 1304.26 on Decembe ...
(as § 574 of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994
"Don't ask, don't tell" (DADT) was the official United States policy on military service of non-heterosexual people, instituted during the Clinton administration. The policy was issued under Department of Defense Directive 1304.26 on December ...
), ,
* December 8, 1993:
North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA ; es, Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte, TLCAN; french: Accord de libre-échange nord-américain, ALÉNA) was an agreement signed by Canada, Mexico, and the United States that crea ...
, ,
* December 17, 1993:
FRIENDSHIP Act of 1993
The FRIENDSHIP Act of 1993 was enacted as a law of the United States enhancing prior statutory provisions which govern international relations between the former Republics of the Soviet Union and United States during the Cold War. The Act of Cong ...
, ,
* March 31, 1994
The Goals 2000: Educate America Act
* May 26, 1994:
Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act
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, ,
* September 13, 1994:
Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act
The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, commonly referred to as the 1994 Crime Bill, the Clinton Crime Bill, or the Biden Crime Law, is an Act of Congress dealing with crime and law enforcement; it became law in 1994. It is ...
(including the
Violence Against Women Act
The Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (VAWA) is a United States federal law (Title IV of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, ) signed by President Bill Clinton on September 13, 1994. The Act provided $1.6 billion toward inves ...
and the
Federal Assault Weapons Ban), ,
* October 20, 1994:
Improving America's Schools Act of 1994 {{Infobox U.S. legislation
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, othershorttitles = {{unbulleted list, Alaska Native Educational Equity, Support and Assistance Act, Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship Act o ...
,
* October 25, 1994
Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act
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* October 31, 1994
California Desert Protection Act of 1994
The California Desert Protection Act of 1994 is a federal law () sponsored by Senator Dianne Feinstein, passed by the United States Congress on October 8, 1994, and signed into effect by President Bill Clinton on October 31 of the same year, that ...
,
Senate
House of Representatives
Leadership
Senate
*
President
President most commonly refers to:
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* President (education), a leader of a college or university
*President (government title)
President may also refer to:
Automobiles
* Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese f ...
:
Dan Quayle
James Danforth Quayle (; born February 4, 1947) is an American 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, Quayle served as a U.S. ...
(R), until January 20, 1993
**
Al Gore (D), from January 20, 1993
*
President pro tempore
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:
Robert Byrd
Robert Carlyle Byrd (born Cornelius Calvin Sale Jr.; November 20, 1917 – June 28, 2010) was an American politician and musician who served as a United States senator from West Virginia for over 51 years, from 1959 until his death in 2010. A ...
(D)
Majority (Democratic) leadership
*
Majority Leader
In U.S. politics (as well as in some other countries utilizing the presidential system), the majority floor leader is a partisan position in a legislative body. and
Policy Committee Chairman:
George Mitchell
*
Majority Whip
A whip is an official of a political party whose task is to ensure party discipline in a legislature. This means ensuring that members of the party vote according to the party platform, rather than according to their own individual ideology ...
:
Wendell Ford
Wendell Hampton Ford (September 8, 1924 – January 22, 2015) was an American politician from the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Kentucky. He served for twenty-four years in the United States Senate, U.S. Senate and was the List of g ...
*
Senatorial Campaign Committee Chair:
Bob Graham
Daniel Robert "Bob" Graham (born November 9, 1936) is an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as the 38th governor of Florida from 1979 to 1987 and a United States senator from Florida from 1987 to 2005. He is a member of the Dem ...
*
Democratic Caucus Secretary:
David Pryor
David Hampton Pryor (born August 29, 1934) is an American politician and former Democratic United States Representative and United States Senator from the State of Arkansas. Pryor also served as the 39th Governor of Arkansas from 1975 to 1979 ...
*
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 senator from Nevada from 1987 to 2017. He led the Senate Democratic Caucus from 2005 to 2017 and was the Sena ...
* Chief Deputy Whip:
John Breaux
John Berlinger Breaux (; born March 1, 1944) is an American lobbyist, attorney, and retired politician who was a member of the United States Senate from Louisiana from 1987 until 2005. He was also a member of the U.S. House of Representatives ...
Minority (Republican) leadership
*
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 Republican Leader of the Senate during the final 11 years of his ...
*
Minority Whip
The positions of majority leader and minority leader are held by two United States senators and members of the party leadership of the United States Senate. They serve as the chief spokespersons for their respective political parties holding ...
:
Alan Simpson
*
Republican Conference Chairman
The Senate Republican Conference is the formal organization of the Republican Senators in the United States Senate, who currently number 50. Over the last century, the mission of the conference has expanded and been shaped as a means of informi ...
:
Thad Cochran
William Thad Cochran (; December 7, 1937 – May 30, 2019) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States Senate, United States Senator for Mississippi from 1978 until his resignation due to health issues in 2018. A Repub ...
*
Policy Committee Chairman:
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 ...
*
Republican Conference Vice-Chairman:
Trent Lott
Chester Trent Lott Sr. (born October 9, 1941) is an American lawyer, author, and politician. A former United States Senator from Mississippi, Lott served in numerous leadership positions in both the United States House of Representatives and the ...
*
National Senatorial Committee Chair:
Phil Gramm
William Philip Gramm (born July 8, 1942) is an American economist and politician who represented Texas in both chambers of Congress. Though he began his political career as a Democrat, Gramm switched to the Republican Party in 1983. Gramm was a ...
House of Representatives
*
Speaker
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Society and politics
* Speaker (politics), the presiding officer in a legislative assembly
* Public speaker, one who gives a speech or lecture
* A person producing speech: the producer of a given utterance, especially:
** In ...
:
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 represent ...
(D)
Majority (Democratic) leadership
*
Majority Leader
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Dick Gephardt
Richard Andrew Gephardt (; born January 31, 1941) is an American attorney, lobbyist, and politician who served as a United States Representative from Missouri from 1977 to 2005. A member of the Democratic Party, he was House Majority Leader from ...
*
Majority Whip
A whip is an official of a political party whose task is to ensure party discipline in a legislature. This means ensuring that members of the party vote according to the party platform, rather than according to their own individual ideology ...
:
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 Dem ...
*
Democratic Caucus Chairman:
Steny Hoyer
Steny Hamilton Hoyer (born June 14, 1939) is an American politician and attorney serving as the U.S. representative for since 1981 and as House Majority Leader since 2019. A Democrat, Hoyer was first elected in a special election on May 19, 19 ...
*
Democratic Caucus Vice-Chairman:
Vic Fazio
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*
Deputy Majority Whips:
Barbara Kennelly
Barbara Bailey Kennelly (born Barbara Ann Bailey; born July 10, 1936) is an American politician. She is the former Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut.
Family and Education
Kennelly was born Barbara An ...
,
Butler Derrick
Butler Carson Derrick Jr. (September 30, 1936 – May 5, 2014) was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.
Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, he moved to his parents' home state of South Carolina in his youth and ...
,
John Lewis
John Robert Lewis (February 21, 1940 – July 17, 2020) was an American politician and civil rights activist who served in the United States House of Representatives for from 1987 until his death in 2020. He participated in the 1960 Nashvill ...
, &
Bill Richardson
William Blaine Richardson III (born November 15, 1947) is an American politician, author, and diplomat who served as the 30th governor of New Mexico from 2003 to 2011. He was also the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and Energy Secretary ...
Minority (Republican) leadership
*
Minority Leader:
Bob 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 district ...
*
Minority Whip
The positions of majority leader and minority leader are held by two United States senators and members of the party leadership of the United States Senate. They serve as the chief spokespersons for their respective political parties holding ...
:
Newt Gingrich
*
Chief Deputy Whip:
Bob Walker
*
Republican Conference Chairman
The Senate Republican Conference is the formal organization of the Republican Senators in the United States Senate, who currently number 50. Over the last century, the mission of the conference has expanded and been shaped as a means of informi ...
:
Dick Armey
Richard Keith Armey (; born July 7, 1940) is an American economist and politician. He was a U.S. Representative from Texas's (1985–2003) and House Majority Leader (1995–2003). He was one of the engineers of the "Republican Revolution" of t ...
*
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 l ...
*
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 ...
:
Tom DeLay
Thomas Dale DeLay (; born April 8, 1947) is an American author and retired politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Texas's 22nd congressional district from 1985 until 2006. He was Republic ...
*
Policy Committee Chairman:
Henry Hyde
Henry John Hyde (April 18, 1924 – November 29, 2007) was an American politician who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 2007, representing the 6th District of Illinois, an area of Chicago ...
*
Republican Campaign Committee Chairman:
Bill Paxon
Leon William Paxon (born April 29, 1954) is an American lobbyist and former member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.
Early life
Paxon was born in Akron, New York, near Buffalo. At the age of 15, Paxon volunteered fo ...
Members
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class, 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 1 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1994; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1996; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1998.
Alabama
(We dare defend our rights)
, anthem = " Alabama"
, image_map = Alabama in United States.svg
, seat = Montgomery
, LargestCity = Huntsville
, LargestCounty = Baldwin County
, LargestMetro = Greater Birmingham
, area_total_km2 = 135,7 ...
: 2.
Howell Heflin
Howell Thomas Heflin (June 19, 1921 – March 29, 2005) was an American lawyer and politician who served in the United States Senate, representing Alabama, from 1979 to 1997.
Early life
Heflin was born on June 19, 1921, in Poulan, Georgia. He ...
(D)
: 3.
Richard Shelby
Richard Craig Shelby (born May 6, 1934) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Alabama. First elected to the U.S. Senate in 1986 as a Democrat who later switched to the Republican Party in 1994, ...
(D, then R from November 9, 1994)
Alaska
Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S ...
: 2.
Ted Stevens
Theodore Fulton Stevens Sr. (November 18, 1923 – August 9, 2010) was an American politician and lawyer who served as a U.S. Senator from Alaska from 1968 to 2009. He was the longest-serving Republican Senator in history at the time he left ...
(R)
: 3.
Frank Murkowski
Frank Hughes Murkowski (born March 28, 1933) is an American politician and a member of the Republican Party. He was a United States Senator from Alaska from 1981 until 2002 and the eighth governor of Alaska from 2002 until 2006. In his 2006 re-e ...
(R)
Arizona
Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southwestern United States. It is the list of U.S. states and territories by area, 6th largest and the list of U.S. states and territories by population, 14 ...
: 1.
Dennis DeConcini
Dennis Webster DeConcini (; born May 8, 1937) is an American lawyer, philanthropist, politician and former Democratic U.S. Senator from Arizona. The son of former Arizona Supreme Court Judge Evo Anton DeConcini, he represented Arizona in the Unit ...
(D)
: 3.
John McCain (R)
Arkansas
Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the ...
: 2.
David Pryor
David Hampton Pryor (born August 29, 1934) is an American politician and former Democratic United States Representative and United States Senator from the State of Arkansas. Pryor also served as the 39th Governor of Arkansas from 1975 to 1979 ...
(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. Prior ...
(D)
California
California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the ...
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Dianne Feinstein
Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein ( ; born Dianne Emiel Goldman; June 22, 1933) is an American politician who serves as the senior United States senator from California, a seat she has held since 1992. A member of the Democratic Party, she was ...
(D)
: 3.
Barbara Boxer
Barbara Sue Boxer (née Levy; born November 11, 1940) is an American politician and lobbyist who served in the United States Senate, representing California from 1993 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served as the U. ...
(D)
Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the wes ...
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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 and U.S. Senator. He served as the 21st president of the University of Colorado system from April 2005 ...
(R)
: 3.
Ben Nighthorse Campbell
Ben Nighthorse Campbell (born April 13, 1933) is an American Cheyenne politician who represented Colorado's 3rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1987 to 1993, and as a United States Senator from Colorado ...
(D)
Connecticut
Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its cap ...
: 1.
Joe Lieberman
Joseph Isadore Lieberman (; born February 24, 1942) is an American politician, lobbyist, and attorney who served as a United States senator from Connecticut from 1989 to 2013. A former member of the Democratic Party, he was its nominee for V ...
(D)
: 3.
Chris Dodd
Christopher John Dodd (born May 27, 1944) is an American lobbyist, lawyer, and Democratic Party politician who served as a United States senator from Connecticut from 1981 to 2011. Dodd is the longest-serving senator in Connecticut's history. ...
(D)
Delaware
Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacen ...
: 1.
William Roth
William Victor Roth Jr. (July 22, 1921 – December 13, 2003) was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, Delaware. He was a veteran of World War II and a member of the Republican Party. He served from 1967 to 1970 as the lone U.S ...
(R)
: 2.
Joe Biden (D)
Florida
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, a ...
: 1.
Connie Mack III
Cornelius Alexander McGillicuddy III (born October 29, 1940), also known as Connie Mack III, is an American retired Republican politician. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Florida from 1983 to 1989 and t ...
(R)
: 3.
Bob Graham
Daniel Robert "Bob" Graham (born November 9, 1936) is an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as the 38th governor of Florida from 1979 to 1987 and a United States senator from Florida from 1987 to 2005. He is a member of the Dem ...
(D)
Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
Georgia may also refer to:
Places
Historical states and entities
* Related to t ...
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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 Initiat ...
(D)
: 3.
Paul Coverdell
Paul Douglas Coverdell (January 20, 1939 – July 18, 2000) was an American politician who served as a United States senator from Georgia, elected for the first time in 1992 and re-elected in 1998, and director of the Peace Corps from 1989 until ...
(R)
Hawaii
Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only ...
: 1.
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. A member of the Democratic Party, Akaka was the first U.S. Senator of N ...
(D)
: 3.
Daniel Inouye
Daniel Ken Inouye ( ; September 7, 1924 – December 17, 2012) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Hawaii from 1963 until his death in 2012. Beginning in 1959, he was the first U.S. representative ...
(D)
Idaho
Idaho ( ) is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. To the north, it shares a small portion of the Canada–United States border with the province of British Columbia. It borders the states of Montana and W ...
: 2.
Larry Craig
Lawrence Edwin Craig (born July 20, 1945) is an American retired politician from the state of Idaho. A Republican, he served 18 years in the United States Senate (1991–2009), preceded by 10 years in the U.S. House of Representatives, repre ...
(R)
: 3.
Dirk Kempthorne
Dirk Arthur Kempthorne (born October 29, 1951) is an American politician who served as the 49th United States Secretary of the Interior from 2006 to 2009 under President George W. Bush. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a ...
(R)
Illinois
Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolitan areas include, Peoria and Roc ...
: 2.
Paul Simon (D)
: 3.
Carol Moseley Braun
Carol Elizabeth Moseley Braun, also sometimes Moseley-Braun (born August 16, 1947), is a former U.S. Senator, an American diplomat, politician, and lawyer who represented Illinois in the United States Senate from 1993 to 1999. Prior to her Senate ...
(D)
Indiana
Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th ...
: 1.
Richard Lugar
Richard Green Lugar (April 4, 1932 – April 28, 2019) was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Indiana from 1977 to 2013. He was a member of the Republican Party.
Born in Indianapolis, Lugar graduated from De ...
(R)
: 3.
Dan Coats
Daniel Ray Coats (born May 16, 1943) is an American politician, attorney, and former 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 ...
(R)
Iowa
Iowa () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wiscon ...
: 2.
Tom Harkin
Thomas Richard Harkin (born November 19, 1939) is an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as a United States senator from Iowa from 1985 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously was the U.S. representative for Iow ...
(D)
: 3.
Chuck Grassley
Charles Ernest Grassley (born September 17, 1933) is an American politician serving as the president pro tempore emeritus of the United States Senate, and the senior United States senator from Iowa, having held the seat since 1981. In 2022, ...
(R)
Kansas
Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to ...
: 2.
Nancy Kassebaum
Nancy Jo Kassebaum Baker (née Landon; born July 29, 1932) is an American politician who represented the State of Kansas in the United States Senate from 1978 to 1997. She is the daughter of Alf Landon, who was Governor of Kansas from 1933 to 19 ...
(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 Republican Leader of the Senate during the final 11 years of his ...
(R)
Kentucky
Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virgini ...
: 2.
Mitch McConnell
Addison Mitchell McConnell III (born February 20, 1942) is an American politician and retired attorney serving as the senior United States senator from Kentucky and the Senate minority leader since 2021. Currently in his seventh term, McConn ...
(R)
: 3.
Wendell Ford
Wendell Hampton Ford (September 8, 1924 – January 22, 2015) was an American politician from the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Kentucky. He served for twenty-four years in the United States Senate, U.S. Senate and was the List of g ...
(D)
Louisiana
Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a U.S. state, state in the Deep South and South Central United States, South Central regions of the United States. It is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 20th-smal ...
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J. Bennett Johnston
John Bennett Johnston Jr. (born June 10, 1932) is a retired American attorney, politician, and later lobbyist. A member of the Democratic Party, Johnston represented Louisiana in the U.S. Senate from 1972 to 1997.
Beginning his political caree ...
(D)
: 3.
John Breaux
John Berlinger Breaux (; born March 1, 1944) is an American lobbyist, attorney, and retired politician who was a member of the United States Senate from Louisiana from 1987 until 2005. He was also a member of the U.S. House of Representatives ...
(D)
Maine
Maine () is a U.S. state, state in the New England and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Provinces and territories of Canad ...
: 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 198 ...
(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 (197 ...
(R)
Maryland
Maryland ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; ...
: 1.
Paul Sarbanes
Paul Spyros Sarbanes (; February 3, 1933 – December 6, 2020) was an American politician and attorney. A member of the Democratic Party from Maryland, he served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1971 to 1977 a ...
(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, she also served in the United States House of Repre ...
(D)
: 1.
Ted Kennedy
Edward Moore Kennedy (February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Massachusetts for almost 47 years, from 1962 until his death in 2009. A member of the Democratic ...
(D)
: 2.
John Kerry
John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is an American attorney, politician and diplomat who currently serves as the first United States special presidential envoy for climate. A member of the Forbes family and the Democratic Party (Unite ...
(D)
Michigan
Michigan () is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the List of U.S. states and ...
: 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
Donald Wa ...
(D)
: 2.
Carl Levin
Carl Milton Levin (June 28, 1934 – July 29, 2021) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator from Michigan from 1979 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the chair of the Senate Armed Services C ...
(D)
Minnesota
Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the List of U.S. states and territories by population, 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minne ...
: 1.
David Durenberger
David Ferdinand Durenberger (born August 19, 1934) is a retired American politician and attorney. Durenberger represented Minnesota in the United States Senate as a Republican from 1978 to 1995. He left the Republican Party in 2005 and has becom ...
(R)
: 2.
Paul Wellstone
Paul David Wellstone (July 21, 1944 – October 25, 2002) was an American academic, author, and politician who represented Minnesota in the United States Senate from 1991 until he was killed in a plane crash near Eveleth, Minnesota, in 2002. A m ...
(DFL)
Mississippi
Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Mis ...
: 1.
Trent Lott
Chester Trent Lott Sr. (born October 9, 1941) is an American lawyer, author, and politician. A former United States Senator from Mississippi, Lott served in numerous leadership positions in both the United States House of Representatives and the ...
(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 Senate, United States Senator for Mississippi from 1978 until his resignation due to health issues in 2018. A Repub ...
(R)
Missouri
Missouri 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 is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee ...
: 1.
John Danforth
John Claggett Danforth (born September 5, 1936) is an American politician, attorney and diplomat who began his career in 1968 as the Attorney General of Missouri and served three terms as United States Senator from Missouri. In 2004, he served b ...
(R)
: 3.
Kit Bond
Christopher Samuel "Kit" Bond (born March 6, 1939) is an American attorney, politician and former United States Senator from Missouri and a member of the Republican Party. First elected to the U.S. Senate in 1986, he defeated Democrat Harriett ...
(R)
Montana
Montana () is a U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West List of regions of the United States#Census Bureau-designated regions and divisions, division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North ...
: 1.
Conrad Burns
Conrad Ray Burns (January 25, 1935 – April 28, 2016) was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Montana and later was a lobbyist. He was only the second Republican popularly elected to represent Montana in the Senat ...
(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 longe ...
(D)
Nebraska
Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the so ...
: 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 Vietna ...
(D)
: 2.
J. James Exon
John James "Jim" Exon (August 9, 1921June 10, 2005) was an American businessman and politician who served as the 33rd Governor of Nebraska from 1971 to 1979, and as a U.S. Senator from Nebraska from 1979 to 1997. A member of the Democratic Part ...
(D)
Nevada
Nevada ( ; ) is a state in the Western region of the United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the 7th-most extensive, ...
: 1.
Richard Bryan
Richard Hudson Bryan (born July 16, 1937) is an American attorney and politician who served as a United States Senator from Nevada from 1989 to 2001. A Democrat, Bryan served as the 25th Governor of Nevada from 1983 to 1989, and before that serve ...
(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 senator from Nevada from 1987 to 2017. He led the Senate Democratic Caucus from 2005 to 2017 and was the Sena ...
(D)
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the nor ...
: 2.
Bob Smith (R)
: 3.
Judd Gregg
Judd Alan Gregg (born February 14, 1947) is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 76th governor of New Hampshire from 1989 to 1993 and was a United States senator from New Hampshire; in the Senate, Gregg served as chairman of the ...
(R)
New Jersey
New Jersey is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic States, Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York (state), New York; on the ea ...
: 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 or ...
(D)
: 2.
Bill Bradley
William Warren Bradley (born July 28, 1943) is an American politician and former professional basketball player. He served three terms as a Democratic U.S. senator from New Jersey (1979–1997). He ran for the Democratic Party's nomination fo ...
(D)
New Mexico
)
, population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano)
, seat = Santa Fe, New Mexico, Santa Fe
, LargestCity = Albuquerque, New Mexico, Albuquerque
, LargestMetro = Albuquerque metropolitan area, Tiguex
, Offi ...
: 1.
Jeff Bingaman
Jesse Francis "Jeff" Bingaman Jr. (born October 3, 1943) is an American politician who served as a United States Senator from New Mexico from 1983 to 2013, for 5 terms. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as Chairman of Committee Outreach ...
(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 the S ...
(R)
New York
New York most commonly refers to:
* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
New York may also refer to:
Film and television
* '' ...
: 1.
Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D)
: 3.
Al D'Amato
Alfonse Marcello D'Amato (born August 1, 1937) is an American politician born in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. He served as United States Senator for New York between 1981 and 1999. He subsequently founded a lobbying firm, Park Strategies.
...
(R)
North Carolina
North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia a ...
: 2.
Jesse Helms
Jesse Alexander Helms Jr. (October 18, 1921 – July 4, 2008) was an American politician. A leader in the conservative movement, he served as a senator from North Carolina from 1973 to 2003. As chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee ...
(R)
: 3.
Lauch Faircloth
Duncan McLauchlin "Lauch" Faircloth (born January 14, 1928) is an American politician who served one term as a Republican U.S. Senator from North Carolina.
Before his Senate service, Faircloth was a prominent and wealthy hog farmer. One impetu ...
(R)
North Dakota
North Dakota () is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the indigenous Dakota Sioux. North Dakota is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north and by the U.S. states of Minnesota to the east, S ...
: 1.
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 North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party, the North Dakota affiliate of the Democratic Party. First electe ...
(D-NPL)
: 3.
Byron Dorgan
Byron Leslie Dorgan (born May 14, 1942) is an American author, businessman and former politician who served as a United States Representative (1981–1992) and United States Senator (1992–2011) from North Dakota. He is member of the Democrat ...
(D-NPL)
Ohio
Ohio () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Of the List of states and territories of the United States, fifty U.S. states, it is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 34th-l ...
: 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 (D)
Oklahoma
: 2.
David Boren
David Lyle Boren (born April 21, 1941) is a retired American lawyer and politician from the state of Oklahoma. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as 21st governor of Oklahoma from 1975 to 1979 and three terms in the United States Senat ...
(D), until November 15, 1994
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Jim Inhofe
James Mountain Inhofe ( ; born November 17, 1934) is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Oklahoma, a seat he was first elected to in 1994. A member of the Republican Party, he chaired the U.S. Senate Committ ...
(R), from November 17, 1994
: 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 state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of its eastern boundary with Idah ...
: 2.
Mark Hatfield
Mark Odom Hatfield (July 12, 1922 – August 7, 2011) was an American politician and educator from the state of Oregon. A Republican, he served for 30 years as a United States senator from Oregon, and also as chairman of the Senate Approp ...
(R)
: 3.
Bob Packwood
Robert William Packwood (born September 11, 1932) is an American retired lawyer and politician from Oregon and a member of the Republican Party. He resigned from the United States Senate, under threat of expulsion, in 1995 after allegations of ...
(R)
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (; (Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, Ma ...
: 1.
Harris Wofford
Harris Llewellyn Wofford Jr. (April 9, 1926 – January 21, 2019) was an American attorney, civil rights activist, and Democratic Party politician who represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate from 1991 to 1995. A noted advocate of nat ...
(D)
: 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 (, like ''road'') is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area and the seventh-least populous, with slightly fewer than 1.1 million residents as of 2020, but i ...
: 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), he served as the 66th Governor of Rhode Island, as ...
(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
)'' Animis opibusque parati'' ( for, , Latin, Prepared in mind and resources, links=no)
, anthem = "Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind"
, Former = Province of South Carolina
, seat = Columbia
, LargestCity = Charleston
, LargestMetro = G ...
: 2.
Strom Thurmond
James Strom Thurmond Sr. (December 5, 1902June 26, 2003) was an American politician who represented South Carolina in the United States Senate from 1954 to 2003. Prior to his 48 years as a senator, he served as the 103rd governor of South Caro ...
(R)
: 3.
Fritz Hollings
Ernest Frederick "Fritz" Hollings (January 1, 1922April 6, 2019) was an American politician who served as a United States senator from South Carolina from 1966 to 2005. A conservative Democrat, he was also the 106th governor of South Carolin ...
(D)
South Dakota
South Dakota (; Sioux language, Sioux: , ) is a U.S. 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 Lakota people, Lakota and Dakota peo ...
: 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 (1975–1979) and United States Senate (1979–1997) as a Republican. He remained active in ...
(R)
: 3.
Tom Daschle
Thomas Andrew Daschle ( ; born December 9, 1947) is an American politician and lobbyist who served as a United States senator from South Dakota from 1987 to 2005. A member of the Democratic Party, he became U.S. Senate Minority Leader in 1995 an ...
(D)
Tennessee
Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to ...
: 1.
Jim Sasser
James Ralph Sasser (born September 30, 1936) is an American politician, diplomat, and attorney. A Democrat, Sasser served three terms as a United States senator from Tennessee from 1977 to 1995, and was Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee. ...
(D)
: 2.
Harlan Mathews
Harlan Mathews (January 17, 1927 – May 9, 2014) was a Democratic United States Senator from Tennessee from 1993 to 1994. He had previously served in the executive and legislative branches of state government in Tennessee for more than 40 year ...
(D), until December 1, 1994
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Fred Thompson
Freddie Dalton Thompson (August 19, 1942 – November 1, 2015) was an American politician, attorney, lobbyist, columnist, actor, and radio personality. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a United States Senator from Tennessee fr ...
(R), from December 2, 1994
Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...
: 1.
Lloyd Bentsen
Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. (February 11, 1921 – May 23, 2006) was an American politician who was a four-term United States Senator (1971–1993) from Texas and the Democratic Party nominee for vice president in 1988 on the Michael Dukakis ti ...
(D), until January 20, 1993
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Bob Krueger
Robert Charles Krueger (September 19, 1935 – April 30, 2022) was an American diplomat, politician, and U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Texas, a U.S. Ambassador, and a member of the Democratic Party Democratic Party most often re ...
(D), January 21, 1993 – June 14, 1993
::
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Kay Bailey Hutchison (born Kathryn Ann Bailey; July 22, 1943) is an American attorney, television correspondent, politician, diplomat, and was the 22nd United States Permanent Representative to NATO from 2017 until 2021. A member of the Republi ...
(R), from June 14, 1993
: 2.
Phil Gramm
William Philip Gramm (born July 8, 1942) is an American economist and politician who represented Texas in both chambers of Congress. Though he began his political career as a Democrat, Gramm switched to the Republican Party in 1983. Gramm was a ...
(R)
Utah
Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to its ...
: 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. sena ...
(R)
: 3.
Bob Bennett (R)
Vermont
Vermont () is a state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the ...
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Jim Jeffords
James Merrill Jeffords (May 11, 1934 – August 18, 2014) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. senator from Vermont. Sworn into the Senate in 1989, he served as a Republican until 2001, when he left the party to become ...
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Patrick Leahy
Patrick Joseph Leahy (; born March 31, 1940) is an American politician and attorney who is the senior United States senator from Vermont and serves as the president pro tempore of the United States Senate. A member of the Democratic Party, L ...
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Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the East Coast of the United States, Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography an ...
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Chuck Robb
Charles Spittal Robb (born June 26, 1939) is an American politician from Virginia and former officer in the United States Marine Corps. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 64th governor of Virginia from 1982 to 1986 and a United ...
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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 Republican U.S. Senator from Virginia from 1979 to 20 ...
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Washington
Washington commonly refers to:
* Washington (state), United States
* Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
** A metonym for the federal government of the United States
** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered o ...
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Slade Gorton
Thomas Slade Gorton III (January 8, 1928 – August 19, 2020) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States Senator from Washington from 1981 to 1987 and again from 1989 until 2001. A member of the Republican Party, he he ...
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Patty Murray
Patricia Lynn Murray (; born October 11, 1950) is an American politician and educator who is the senior United States senator from Washington since 1993. A member of the Democratic Party, Murray was in the Washington State Senate from 1988 to ...
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West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States while the ...
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Robert Byrd
Robert Carlyle Byrd (born Cornelius Calvin Sale Jr.; November 20, 1917 – June 28, 2010) was an American politician and musician who served as a United States senator from West Virginia for over 51 years, from 1959 until his death in 2010. A ...
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Jay Rockefeller
John Davison "Jay" Rockefeller IV (born June 18, 1937) is a retired American 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 Virgi ...
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Wisconsin
Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...
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Herb Kohl
Herbert H. Kohl (born February 7, 1935) is an American businessman and politician. Alongside his brother and father, the Kohl family created the Kohl's department stores chain, of which Kohl went on to be president and CEO. Kohl also served as a ...
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Russ Feingold
Russell Dana Feingold ( ; born March 2, 1953) is an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States Senator from Wisconsin from 1993 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, he was its nominee in the 2016 election for the same U.S. ...
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Wyoming
Wyoming () is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho to the west, Utah to the southwest, and Colorado to the sou ...
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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 Senate, United States Senator from Wyoming from 1977 to 1995. He was a member of the Republican Party (United States), ...
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Alan Simpson (R)
House of Representatives
Alabama
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Sonny Callahan
Herbert Leon "Sonny" Callahan (September 11, 1932 – June 24, 2021) was an American businessman and politician from Alabama. After being elected as a Democrat from Mobile to the state house and senate, he shifted to the Republican Party after ...
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Terry Everett
Robert Terry Everett (born February 15, 1937) is an American politician and a Republican former member of the United States House of Representatives from Alabama's 2nd congressional district. He served from 1993 to his retirement in 2009. Ever ...
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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 Democratic fifteen-term U.S. congressman who represented Alabama's 4th Congressional District and Alabama's 7th congressional district from 1967 ...
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Robert E. Cramer
Robert Edward "Bud" Cramer Jr. (born August 22, 1947) is an American politician and was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1991 to 2009, representing . On March 13, 2008, Cramer announced he would not seek r ...
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Spencer Bachus
Spencer Thomas Bachus III (born December 28, 1947) is an American politician. He is a former U.S. Representative for the state of Alabama, serving from 1993 to 2015. A member of the Republican Party, he served as ranking member (2007–2011) an ...
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Earl Hilliard
Earl Frederick Hilliard (born April 9, 1942) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Alabama who served as the U.S. representative for the state's 7th district.
Life and career
Hilliard was born in Birmingham, Alabama, and graduated fr ...
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Alaska
Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S ...
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Don Young
Donald Edwin Young (June 9, 1933 – March 18, 2022) was an American politician from the state of Alaska. At the time of his death, he was the longest-serving Republican in congressional history, having been the U.S. representative for fo ...
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Arizona
Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southwestern United States. It is the list of U.S. states and territories by area, 6th largest and the list of U.S. states and territories by population, 14 ...
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Sam Coppersmith
Samuel George Coppersmith (born May 22, 1955) is an American attorney and former politician who served as the U.S. representative for Arizona's 1st congressional district from 1993 to 1995. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Early years
Co ...
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Ed Pastor
Edward Lopez Pastor (; June 28, 1943 – November 27, 2018) was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Arizona from 1991 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Arizona' ...
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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 unti ...
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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 and again in 2018. A Republican, he held both of Arizona's Senate seats at different times, ...
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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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Karan English
Karan English (born March 23, 1949) is an American politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives of the 103rd United States Congress from 1993 to 1995.
A Democrat, English represented Arizona's 6th Congressional District, which i ...
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Arkansas
Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the ...
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Blanche Lincoln
Blanche Lambert Lincoln (born Blanche Meyers Lambert; September 30, 1960) is an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Arkansas from 1999 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, she was first elected to the Senate in ...
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Ray Thornton
Raymond Hoyt Thornton Jr. (July 16, 1928 – April 13, 2016)Arkansas CourtsA Self-Guided Tour of Justice Building Portraits(2016), p. 11. was an American attorney and politician. He was a Democratic U.S. Representative for Arkansas's 4th c ...
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Tim Hutchinson
Young Timothy Hutchinson (born August 11, 1949) is an American Republican politician, lobbyist, and former United States senator from the state of Arkansas.
Personal life
Hutchinson was born in Bentonville in northwestern Arkansas, the son o ...
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Jay Dickey
Jay Woodson Dickey Jr. (December 14, 1939 – April 20, 2017), was a Republican U.S. Representative for Arkansas's 4th congressional district from 1993 to 2001. The amendment known as the Dickey Amendment (1996) blocks the Centers for Diseas ...
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California
California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the ...
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Dan Hamburg
Daniel Hamburg (born October 6, 1948) is an American politician in Northern California who was elected as a Democratic Party Congressman in 1992, serving one term from 1993 to 1995. In 1998, he was the Green Party gubernatorial candidate in Calif ...
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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 ...
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Vic Fazio
Vic (; es, Vic or Pancracio Celdrán (2004). Diccionario de topónimos españoles y sus gentilicios (5ª edición). Madrid: Espasa Calpe. p. 843. ISBN 978-84-670-3054-9. «Vic o Vich (viquense, vigitano, vigatán, ausense, ausetano, ausonense) ...
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John Doolittle
John Taylor Doolittle (born October 30, 1950), is an attorney and an American politician. Elected to Congress in 1990, he served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1991 to 2009, representing (numbered as ...
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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 and served in the U.S. House of Representatives as the congressman for California' ...
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Lynn Woolsey
Lynn C. Woolsey (born November 3, 1937) is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for from 1993 to 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, her district included all of Marin County and most of Sonoma County.
She was a me ...
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George Miller (D)
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Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Patricia Pelosi (; ; born March 26, 1940) is an American politician who has served as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives since 2019 and previously from 2007 to 2011. She has represented in the United States House of ...
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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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William P. Baker
William Pond Baker (born June 14, 1940, in Oakland, California) is an American businessman and politician who served two terms as a United States Congressman from California from 1993 to 1997.
Biography
He attended San Jose State University, ...
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Richard Pombo
Richard William Pombo, GOIH (born January 8, 1961) is an American lobbyist for mining and water-management companies and former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, having represented California's 11th congressional ...
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Tom Lantos
Thomas Peter Lantos (born Tamás Péter Lantos; February 1, 1928 – February 11, 2008) was a Holocaust survivor and American politician who served as a U.S. representative from California from 1981 until his death in 2008. A member of the Democ ...
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Pete Stark
Fortney Hillman Stark Jr. (November 11, 1931 – January 24, 2020), known as Pete Stark, 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, S ...
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Anna Eshoo
Anna A. Eshoo ( ; née Georges; born December 13, 1942) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative from . She is a member of the Democratic Party. The district, numbered as the 14th district from 1993 to 2013, is based in Silic ...
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Norman Mineta
Norman Yoshio Mineta ( ja, 峯田 良雄, November 12, 1931 – May 3, 2022) was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, Mineta served in the United States Cabinet for Presidents Bill Clinton, a Democrat, and George W. Bush, a ...
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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
Edward ...
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Leon Panetta
Leon Edward Panetta (born June 28, 1938) is an American Democratic Party politician who has served in several different public office positions, including Secretary of Defense, CIA Director, White House Chief of Staff, Director of the Office o ...
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Sam Farr
Samuel Sharon Farr (born July 4, 1941) is an American politician who was the U.S. representative for California's 17th (1993–2013) and 20th congressional districts (2013–17). He is a member of the Democratic Party. He was elected to Con ...
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Gary Condit
Gary Adrian Condit (born April 21, 1948) is an American former politician who represented California's 18th congressional district in the House of Representatives from 1989 to 2003. He gained significant national attention for an extramarital af ...
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Richard H. Lehman
Richard Henry "Rick" Lehman (born July 20, 1948) is a former six-term member of the United States House of Representatives from California, serving from 1983 to 1995; he was previously a member of the California State Assembly.
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Cal Dooley
Calvin M. Dooley (born January 11, 1954), American politician, was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1991 to 2005, representing the 17th and 20th districts of California.
Early life and education
Born in ...
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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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Michael Huffington
Michael Huffington (born September 3, 1947), is an American politician, LGBT activist, and film producer. He was a member of the Republican Party, and a congressman for one term, 1993–1995, from California. Huffington was married to Arianna Hu ...
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Elton Gallegly
Elton William Gallegly (born March 7, 1944) is a former U.S. Representative from California. A Republican, he last represented . He previously represented the 23rd and 21st Districts, and served from 1987 to 2013. He did not seek re-election in ...
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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 un ...
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Buck McKeon
Howard Philip "Buck" McKeon (born September 9, 1938) is an American politician who served as a U.S. representative from California's 25th congressional district from 1993 to 2015. He is a member of the Republican Party. He is a former chairman o ...
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Howard Berman
Howard Lawrence Berman (born April 15, 1941) is an American attorney and retired politician who served as a U.S. representative from California from 1983 to 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented the state's 26th congressional d ...
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Carlos Moorhead
Carlos John Moorhead (May 5, 1922 – November 23, 2011) was a United States Congressman from California. Born in Long Beach, he attended the public schools of Glendale, graduated from Herbert Hoover High School (Glendale) in 1940 and earn ...
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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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Henry Waxman
Henry Arnold Waxman (born September 12, 1939) is an American politician who served as 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 city of ...
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Xavier Becerra
Xavier Becerra ( ; ; born January 26, 1958) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the 25th United States secretary of health and human services since March 2021. Becerra previously served as the attorney general of California from J ...
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Matthew G. Martínez
Matthew Gilbert "Marty" Martínez (February 14, 1929 – October 15, 2011) was a Congressional representative who was both a member of the Democratic Party and the Republican Party from California's 30th congressional district from 1982 to 1993 ...
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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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Lucille Roybal-Allard
Lucille Elsa Roybal-Allard (born June 12, 1941) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, she first entered Congress in 1993. Her district, numbered as the 33rd until 2003 a ...
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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
Torres was bo ...
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Maxine Waters
Maxine Moore Waters (née Carr; born August 15, 1938) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for since 1991. The district, numbered as the 29th district from 1991 to 1993 and as the 35th district from 1993 to 2013, inc ...
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Jane Harman
Jane Margaret Lakes Harman (born June 28, 1945) is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1993 to 1999, and from 2001 to 2011; she is a member of the Democratic Party. Harman was the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee ...
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Walter R. Tucker III (D)
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Stephen Horn
John Stephen Horn (May 31, 1931 – February 17, 2011) was President of California State University, Long Beach and later a five-term Republican United States Congressman from California from 1993 to 2003.
Early life
Horn was born on May 31, 193 ...
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Ed Royce
Edward Randall Royce (born October 12, 1951) is an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from California from 1993 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, Royce served as Chairman of the United ...
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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. As his contributions to comedy and charity made him a global figure in pop culture, Lewis was nickn ...
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Jay Kim
Jay Chang Joon Kim (; born March 27, 1939) is a Korean-American politician and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California and ambassador for Korean-American relations. He was the first Korean American to be elected to the ...
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George Brown Jr. (D)
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Ken Calvert
Kenneth Stanton Calvert (born June 8, 1953) is an American businessman and politician serving as the U.S. representative for , and previously the 44th and 43rd, serving since 1993. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district is part of ...
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Al McCandless (R)
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Dana Rohrabacher
Dana Tyrone Rohrabacher (; born June 21, 1947) is a former American politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1989 to 2019. A Republican, he represented for the last three terms of his House tenure.
Rohrabacher ran for r ...
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Bob Dornan
Robert Kenneth Dornan (born April 3, 1933) is an American politician and actor from California. A Republican, Dornan served in the United States House of Representatives from 1977 to 1983 and from 1985 to 1997. He has become well known for public ...
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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 member of the United States House of Representatives, and member of ...
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Ron Packard
Ronald C. Packard, D.M.D. (born January 19, 1931) is a retired Republican politician from California who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1983 to 2001.
Biography
Packard was born and raised in Meridian, Idaho. He attended Me ...
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Lynn Schenk
Lynn Alice Schenk (born January 5, 1945) is an American politician and lawyer from California. A Democrat, she served one term in the United States House of Representatives from 1993 to 1995.
Biography
Schenk was born in 1945, in the Bronx, ...
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Bob Filner
Robert Earl "Bob" Filner (born September 4, 1942) is an American former politician who was the 35th mayor of San Diego from December 2012 through August 2013, when he resigned amid multiple allegations of sexual harassment. He later pleaded gui ...
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Duke Cunningham
Randall Harold "Duke" Cunningham (born December 8, 1941) is a former American politician, decorated Vietnam War veteran, fighter ace, and ex-felon. Cunningham served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's ...
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Duncan L. Hunter
Duncan Lee Hunter (born May 31, 1948) is an American politician. He was a Republican member of the House of Representatives from California's 52nd, 45th and 42nd districts from 1981 to 2009.
Hunter was the chairman of the House Armed Servic ...
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Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the wes ...
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Pat Schroeder
Patricia Nell Scott Schroeder (born July 30, 1940) is an American politician who represented Colorado in the United States House of Representatives from 1973 to 1997. A member of the Democratic Party, Schroeder was the first female U.S. Rep ...
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David Skaggs
David Evans Skaggs (born February 22, 1943) is an American lawyer, politician and educator from Colorado. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the United States House of Representatives from 1987 to 1999.
Early life and education
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Scott McInnis
Stephen Scott Emory McInnis
McInnis is a member of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and is an honorary adviser for the National Student Leadership Conference.
Political career
Colorado House of Representatives
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Wayne Allard
Alan Wayne Allard (born December 2, 1943) is an American veterinarian and politician who served as a United States Representative (1991–1997) and United States Senator (1997–2009) from Colorado, as well as previously a Colorado State Senator ...
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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 Hefle ...
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Dan Schaefer
Daniel "Dan" Schaefer (January 25, 1936 – April 16, 2006) was an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Colorado's 6th congressional district from 1983 to 1999.
Early life and education
Born in Guttenberg, Iowa, he att ...
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Connecticut
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Barbara B. Kennelly
Barbara Bailey Kennelly (born Barbara Ann Bailey; born July 10, 1936) is an American politician. She is the former Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut.
Family and Education
Kennelly was born Barbara ...
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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.
Biography
Born in a displaced persons camp in Eschwege, Allied-occupied Germany, Gejdenson was the child of a Bela ...
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Rosa DeLauro
Rosa Luisa DeLauro (; born March 2, 1943) is an American politician who has been the U.S. representative for since 1991. She is a member of the Democratic Party. The district is based in New Haven and includes most of its suburbs. DeLauro is th ...
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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. He is a member of the Republican Party.
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Gary A. Franks (R)
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Nancy Johnson
Nancy Elizabeth Lee Johnson (born January 5, 1935) is an American lobbyist and politician from the state of Connecticut. Johnson was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1983 to 2007, representing the 6th di ...
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Delaware
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Mike Castle
Michael Newbold Castle (born July 2, 1939) is an American lawyer and politician who was governor of Delaware (1985–92) and the U.S. representative for (1993–2011). He is a member of the Republican Party.
The district includes the entire ...
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Florida
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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, Hutto attended Dale County public schools, ...
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Pete Peterson
Douglas Brian "Pete" Peterson (born June 26, 1935) is an American politician and diplomat. He served as a United States Air Force pilot during the Vietnam War and spent over six years as a prisoner of the North Vietnamese army after his plane w ...
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Corrine Brown
Corrine Brown (born November 11, 1946) is an American former politician who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida from 1993 to 2017 and a convicted felon. She is a member of the Democratic Party. After a court-orde ...
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Tillie Fowler
Tillie Kidd Fowler (December 23, 1942 – March 2, 2005) was an American lawyer and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from Florida's 4th congressional district from 1993 to 2001. Her father and brother served as ...
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Karen Thurman
Karen L. Thurman (born January 12, 1951) is a former U.S. Representative from Florida, serving five consecutive terms from 1993 to 2003. She is a Democrat.
Early life and education
She was born on January 12, 1951, in Rapid City, South Dakota, ...
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Cliff Stearns
Clifford Bundy Stearns Sr. (born April 16, 1941) is an American businessman and politician who was the U.S. representative for from 1989 to 2013. He is a member of the Republican Party.
On August 14, 2012, Stearns lost to veterinarian Ted Yoh ...
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John Mica
John Luigi Mica (born January 27, 1943) is an American businessman, consultant and Republican politician who represented in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1993 to 2017. He was defeated by Democrat Stephanie Murphy in the November 8, 2 ...
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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 l ...
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Michael Bilirakis
Michael Bilirakis (born July 16, 1930) is an American politician and lawyer from Florida. He was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1983 until 2007, representing the 9th District of Florida.
Early life
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Bill Young
Charles William Young (December 16, 1930 – October 18, 2013) was an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1971 until his death in 2013. A Republican from Florida, Young served as chairman of the ...
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Sam M. Gibbons (D)
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Charles T. Canady
Charles Terrance Canady (born June 22, 1954) is an American attorney and judge serving on the Supreme Court of Florida since 2008. He previously served two two-year terms as Chief Justice, from 2010 to 2012 and from 2020 to 2022.
Prior to his ap ...
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Dan Miller (R)
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Porter Goss
Porter Johnston Goss (; born November 26, 1938) is an American politician and government official who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1989 until 2004, when he became the last Director of Central Intellig ...
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Jim Bacchus
James Leonard Bacchus (born June 21, 1949) is an American lawyer, businessman, and politician who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida from 1991 to 1995. He was a founding member and twice chairman of the Appell ...
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Tom Lewis (R)
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Carrie Meek
Carrie Mae Pittman Meek (April 29, 1926November 28, 2021) was the United States Representative for Florida's 17th congressional district, from 1993 to 2003. Having been elected in the September 1992 primary with no general election opponent, she ...
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Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (; born Ileana Carmen Ros y Adato, July 15, 1952) is a 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 ...
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Harry Johnston
Sir Henry Hamilton Johnston (12 June 1858 – 31 July 1927), known as Harry Johnston, was a British explorer, botanist, artist, colonial administrator, and linguist who travelled widely in Africa and spoke many African languages. He publi ...
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Peter Deutsch
Peter R. Deutsch (born April 1, 1957) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Florida. Deutsch was a Democratic Representative from Florida's 20th congressional district from 1993 until 2005.
Background
Deutsch was born in the bor ...
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Lincoln Diaz-Balart
Lincoln most commonly refers to:
* Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), the sixteenth president of the United States
* Lincoln, England, cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England
* Lincoln, Nebraska, the capital of Nebraska, U.S.
* Lincol ...
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Clay Shaw
Clay LaVergne Shaw (March 17, 1913 – August 15, 1974) was an American businessman and military officer from New Orleans, Louisiana. Shaw is best known for being the only person brought to trial for involvement in the assassination of John F. ...
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Alcee Hastings
Alcee Lamar Hastings ( ; September 5, 1936 – April 6, 2021) was an American politician and judge from the state of Florida.
Hastings was nominated to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida by President Jimmy Cart ...
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Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
Georgia may also refer to:
Places
Historical states and entities
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Jack Kingston
John Heddens Kingston (born April 24, 1955) is an American politician who served as U.S. representative for in southeast Georgia, serving from 1993 to 2015. He is a member of the Republican Party and was part of the House leadership (2002–06) ...
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Sanford Bishop
Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. (born February 4, 1947) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for , serving since 1993. He became the dean of Georgia's congressional delegation after the death of John Lewis. A member o ...
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Mac Collins
Michael Allen "Mac" Collins (October 15, 1944 – November 20, 2018) was an American businessman and politician. He was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1993 to 2005, representing (previously from 1993 to ...
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John Linder
John Elmer Linder (born September 9, 1942) is an American politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1993 to 2011. His district was numbered the from 1993 to 1997, the from 1997 to 2003, and the from 2003 ...
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John Lewis
John Robert Lewis (February 21, 1940 – July 17, 2020) was an American politician and civil rights activist who served in the United States House of Representatives for from 1987 until his death in 2020. He participated in the 1960 Nashvill ...
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Newt Gingrich (R)
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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.
Early life
Darden was born in Hancock ...
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J. Roy Rowland
James Roy Rowland Jr. (February 3, 1926 – April 25, 2022) was an American World War II veteran, politician, and physician who served six terms as a United States representative from Georgia from 1982 to 1995.
Early life and education
Rowla ...
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Nathan Deal
John Nathan Deal (born August 25, 1942) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 82nd governor of Georgia from 2011 to 2019. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives as a member of the Democratic Party in 1992 an ...
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Don Johnson Jr.
Clete Donald Johnson Jr. (born January 30, 1948) is an American politician, diplomat, lawyer and academic from Georgia. From 1993 to 1995, he served one term in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Early life and education
Johnson, born in Atl ...
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Cynthia McKinney
Cynthia Ann McKinney (born March 17, 1955) is an American politician, academic, and conspiracy theorist. As a member of the Democratic Party, she served six terms in the United States House of Representatives. She was the first African American ...
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Hawaii
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Neil Abercrombie
Neil Abercrombie (born June 26, 1938) is an American politician who served as the seventh governor of Hawaii from 2010 to 2014. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Born in Buffalo, New York, Abercrombie is a graduate of Union College and the ...
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Patsy Mink
Patsy Matsu Mink (née Takemoto; December 6, 1927 – September 28, 2002) was an American attorney and politician from the U.S. state of Hawaii. Mink was a third-generation Japanese American, having been born and raised on the island of Maui. ...
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Idaho
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Larry LaRocco
Larry LaRocco (born August 25, 1946) is an American politician who served two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, representing the Idaho's 1st congressional district. LaRocco ran for lieutenant governorship in 2006 and the U.S. Senate i ...
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Mike Crapo
Michael Dean Crapo ( ; born May 20, 1951) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Idaho, a seat he has held since 1999. A member of the Republican Party, Crapo previously served as the U.S. repres ...
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Illinois
Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolitan areas include, Peoria and Roc ...
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Bobby Rush
Bobby Lee Rush (born November 23, 1946) is an American politician, activist and pastor who served as the U.S. representative for for three decades. A civil rights activist during the 1960s, Rush co-founded the Illinois chapter of the Black Pa ...
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Mel Reynolds
Melvin Reynolds (born January 8, 1952) is an American politician from Illinois. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the United States House of Representatives from 1993 to 1995. He resigned in October 1995 after a jury convicted him of ...
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Bill Lipinski
William Oliver Lipinski (born December 22, 1937) is an American politician and lobbyist who was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1983 to 2005, representing a district in Chicago.
Life and career
Pre-congre ...
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Luis Gutiérrez
Luis Vicente Gutiérrez (born December 10, 1953) is an American politician. He served as the U.S. representative for from 1993 to 2019. From 1986 until his election to Congress, he served as a member of the Chicago City Council representing th ...
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Dan Rostenkowski
Daniel David Rostenkowski (January 2, 1928 – August 11, 2010) was a United States Representative from Chicago, serving for 36 years, from 1959 to 1995. He became one of the most powerful legislators in Congress, especially in matters of ...
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Henry Hyde
Henry John Hyde (April 18, 1924 – November 29, 2007) was an American politician who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 2007, representing the 6th District of Illinois, an area of Chicago ...
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Cardiss Collins
Cardiss Hortense Collins (; September 24, 1931 – February 3, 2013) was an American politician from Illinois who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1973 to 1997. A member of the Democratic Party, she was the fourth Africa ...
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Phil Crane
Philip Miller Crane (November 3, 1930 – November 8, 2014) was an American politician. He was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1969 to 2005, representing the 8th District of Illinois in the northwestern s ...
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Sidney R. Yates
Sidney Richard Yates (August 27, 1909 – October 5, 2000) was an American politician from the state of Illinois. A native of Chicago, he graduated from Lake View High School in 1928. He received bachelor's (1931) and law (1933) degrees fro ...
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John Porter John Porter may refer to:
Politicians
*John Porter (portreeve), 1390–94, Member of Parliament (MP) for Taunton
*John Porter (Illinois politician) (1935–2022), Illinois politician, U.S. Representative
*John Porter (MP for Bramber) (died 1599), ...
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George E. Sangmeister (D)
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Jerry Costello
Jerry Francis Costello (born September 25, 1949) is an American politician and former U.S. Representative for . He previously represented and served in the US House from 1988 to 2013. He is a member of the Democratic Party and was the dean of Il ...
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Harris W. Fawell
Harris Walter Fawell (March 25, 1929 – November 11, 2021) was an American politician from Illinois who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1985 to 1999.
Early life and career
Fawell was a graduate o ...
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Dennis Hastert
John Dennis Hastert (; born January 2, 1942) is an American former politician and convicted felon who represented from 1987 to 2007 and served as the 51st speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1999 to 2007. The longest-se ...
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Thomas W. Ewing
Thomas William Ewing (born September 19, 1935 in Atlanta, Illinois) is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives and the Illinois State House of Representatives. Ewing was a state representative from 1974 to 199 ...
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Don Manzullo
Donald Anthony Manzullo (born March 24, 1944) is an American businessman and politician who served as the U.S. representative for , from 1993 to 2013. He is a member of the Republican Party. From 2001 to 2007 he served as Chairman of the Comm ...
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Lane Evans
Lane Allen Evans (August 4, 1951 – November 5, 2014) was an American attorney and politician who served as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1983 until 2007, representing the 17th District of Illinois. Eva ...
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Robert 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 district ...
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Glenn Poshard
Glendal William Poshard (born October 30, 1945) is an American educator and former politician who served as a Illinois State Senator and U.S. Congressman. He was also a Illinois gubernatorial candidate, and president of the Southern Illinois Uni ...
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Dick Durbin
Richard Joseph Durbin (born November 21, 1944) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Illinois, a seat he has held since 1997. A member of the Democratic Party, Durbin has served as the Senate Dem ...
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Indiana
Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th ...
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Pete Visclosky
Peter John Visclosky ( ; born August 13, 1949) is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for from 1985 until his retirement in 2021. He is a member of the Democratic Party and was the dean of the Indiana congressional de ...
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Philip Sharp (D)
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Tim Roemer
Timothy John Roemer (born October 30, 1956) is an American diplomat and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1991 to 2003 as a Democrat from Indiana's 3rd congressional district. Subsequently, he was the presid ...
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Jill L. Long
Jill Lynette Long Thompson (born July 15, 1952) is an American politician, educator, and author. A former Congresswoman from Indiana, she is the author of ''The Character of American Democracy, ''published by Indiana University Press in Septembe ...
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Steve Buyer
Stephen Earle Buyer ( ; born November 26, 1958) is an American former politician who served as the U.S. representative for , and previously the , serving from 1993 until 2011. On July 25, 2022, Buyer was arrested and charged with insider trading ...
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Dan Burton
Danny Lee Burton (born June 21, 1938) is an American politician. Burton is the former U.S. Representative for , and previously the , serving from 1983 until 2013. He is a member of the Republican Party and was part of the Tea Party Caucus.
Ea ...
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John T. Myers (R)
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Frank McCloskey
Francis Xavier McCloskey (June 12, 1939 – November 2, 2003) was an American journalist, lawyer, and politician from Indiana who served in the United States House of Representatives as a Democrat from 1983 to 1995.
Early life and education
He ...
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Lee H. Hamilton
Lee Herbert Hamilton (born April 20, 1931) is an American politician and lawyer from Indiana. He is a former member of the United States House of Representatives and a former member of the U.S. Homeland Security Advisory Council. A member of the ...
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Andrew Jacobs Jr.
Andrew Jacobs Jr. (February 24, 1932 – December 28, 2013) was an American lawyer and politician. A Democrat, he served as an Indiana state legislator and Congressman. Jacobs was a member of the United States House of Representatives for thir ...
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Iowa
Iowa () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wiscon ...
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Jim Leach
James Albert Smith Leach (born October 15, 1942) is an American academic and former politician. He served as ninth Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities from 2009 to 2013 Pogrebin, Robin"Rocco Landesman Confirmed as Chairman of the N ...
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Jim Nussle
James Allen Nussle (born June 27, 1960) is an American businessman and retired politician who has been president and chief executive officer of the Credit Union National Association since 2014. Nussle served as a Republican member of the United ...
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Jim Ross Lightfoot
James Ross Lightfoot (born September 27, 1938) is an American businessman-broadcaster who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Iowa.
Early life
Lightfoot was born in the Florence Crittenton Home for Unwed Mothers ...
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Neal Edward Smith
Neal Edward Smith (March 23, 1920 – November 2, 2021) was an American politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives for the Democratic Party from Iowa from 1959 until 1995, the longest-serving Iowan in the United St ...
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Fred Grandy
Fredrick Lawrence Grandy (born June 29, 1948) is an American actor who played "Gopher" on the sitcom ''The Love Boat'' and who later became a member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Iowa. Grandy was most recently th ...
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Kansas
Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to ...
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Pat Roberts
Charles Patrick Roberts (born April 20, 1936) is a retired American politician and journalist who served as a United States senator from Kansas from 1997 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, Roberts served 8 terms in the U.S. House of Rep ...
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Jim Slattery
James Charles Slattery (born August 4, 1948) is an American politician. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1983 to 1995 representing Kansas's 2nd congressional district as a Democrat, was the Democratic nominee for governor in 19 ...
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: . Jan Meyers (R)
: . Dan Glickman (D)
United States congressional delegations from Kentucky, Kentucky
: . Thomas Barlow (Kentucky politician), Tom Barlow (D)
: . William Natcher (D), until March 29, 1994
:: Ron Lewis (R), from May 24, 1994
: . Romano Mazzoli (D)
: . Jim Bunning (R)
: . Hal Rogers (R)
: . Scotty Baesler (D)
United States congressional delegations from Louisiana, Louisiana
: . Bob Livingston (R)
: . William J. Jefferson (D)
: . Billy Tauzin (D)
: . Cleo Fields (D)
: . Jim McCrery (R)
: . Richard Baker (American politician), Richard H. Baker (R)
: . Jimmy Hayes (D)
United States congressional delegations from Maine, Maine
: . Thomas Andrews (American politician), Thomas Andrews (D)
: . Olympia Snowe (R)
United States congressional delegations from Maryland, Maryland
: . Wayne Gilchrest (R)
: . Helen Delich Bentley (R)
: . Ben Cardin (D)
: . Albert Wynn (D)
: .
Steny Hoyer
Steny Hamilton Hoyer (born June 14, 1939) is an American politician and attorney serving as the U.S. representative for since 1981 and as House Majority Leader since 2019. A Democrat, Hoyer was first elected in a special election on May 19, 19 ...
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: . Roscoe Bartlett (R)
: . Kweisi Mfume (D)
: . Connie Morella (R)
United States congressional delegations from Massachusetts, Massachusetts
: . John Olver (D)
: . Richard Neal (D)
: . Peter I. Blute (R)
: . Barney Frank (D)
: . Marty Meehan (D)
: . Peter G. Torkildsen (R)
: . Ed Markey (D)
: . Joseph P. Kennedy II (D)
: . Joe Moakley (D)
: . Gerry Studds (D)
United States congressional delegations from Michigan, Michigan
: . Bart Stupak (D)
: . Pete Hoekstra (R)
: . Paul B. Henry (R), until July 31, 1993
:: Vern Ehlers (R), from December 7, 1993
: . Dave Camp (R)
: . James A. Barcia (D)
: . Fred Upton (R)
: . Nick Smith (American politician), Nick Smith (R)
: . Milton Robert Carr (D)
: . Dale Kildee (D)
: .
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 Dem ...
(D)
: . Joe Knollenberg (R)
: . Sander Levin (D)
: . William D. Ford (D)
: . John Conyers (D)
: . Barbara-Rose Collins (D)
: . John Dingell (D)
United States congressional delegations from Minnesota, Minnesota
: . Tim Penny (DFL)
: . David Minge (DFL)
: . Jim Ramstad (R)
: . Bruce Vento (DFL)
: . Martin Olav Sabo (DFL)
: . Rod Grams (R)
: . Collin Peterson (DFL)
: . Jim Oberstar (DFL)
United States congressional delegations from Mississippi, Mississippi
: . Jamie Whitten (D)
: . Mike Espy (D), until January 22, 1993
:: Bennie Thompson (D), from April 13, 1993
: . Sonny Montgomery (D)
: . Michael Parker (politician), Michael Parker (D)
: . Gene Taylor (Mississippi politician), Gene Taylor (D)
United States congressional delegations from Missouri, Missouri
: . Bill Clay (D)
: . Jim Talent (R)
: .
Dick Gephardt
Richard Andrew Gephardt (; born January 31, 1941) is an American attorney, lobbyist, and politician who served as a United States Representative from Missouri from 1977 to 2005. A member of the Democratic Party, he was House Majority Leader from ...
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: . Ike Skelton (D)
: . Alan Wheat (D)
: . Pat Danner (D)
: . Mel Hancock (R)
: . Bill Emerson (R)
: . Harold Volkmer (D)
United States congressional delegations from Montana, Montana
: . Pat Williams (Montana politician), Pat Williams (D)
United States congressional delegations from Nebraska, Nebraska
: . Doug Bereuter (R)
: . Peter Hoagland (D)
: . Bill Barrett (R)
United States congressional delegations from Nevada, Nevada
: . James Bilbray (D)
: . Barbara Vucanovich (R)
United States congressional delegations from New Hampshire, New Hampshire
: . Bill Zeliff (R)
: . Dick Swett (D)
United States congressional delegations from New Jersey, New Jersey
: . Rob Andrews (D)
: . William J. Hughes (D)
: . Jim Saxton (R)
: . Chris Smith (New Jersey politician), Chris Smith (R)
: . Marge Roukema (R)
: . Frank Pallone (D)
: . Bob Franks (R)
: . Herb Klein (politician), Herb Klein (D)
: . Robert Torricelli (D)
: . Donald M. Payne (D)
: . Dean Gallo (R), until November 6, 1994, vacant to end
: . Dick Zimmer (New Jersey politician), Dick Zimmer (R)
: . Bob Menendez (D)
United States congressional delegations from New Mexico, New Mexico
: . Steven Schiff (R)
: . Joe Skeen (R)
: .
Bill Richardson
William Blaine Richardson III (born November 15, 1947) is an American politician, author, and diplomat who served as the 30th governor of New Mexico from 2003 to 2011. He was also the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and Energy Secretary ...
(D)
United States congressional delegations from New York, New York
: . George J. Hochbrueckner (D)
: . Rick Lazio (R)
: . Peter T. King (R)
: . David A. Levy (R)
: . Gary Ackerman (D)
: . Floyd Flake (D)
: . Thomas J. Manton (D)
: . Jerry Nadler (D)
: . Chuck Schumer (D)
: . Edolphus Towns (D)
: . Major Owens (D)
: . Nydia Velázquez (D)
: . Susan Molinari (R)
: . Carolyn Maloney (D)
: . Charles Rangel (D)
: . José E. Serrano (D)
: . Eliot Engel (D)
: . Nita Lowey (D)
: . Hamilton Fish IV (R)
: . Benjamin Gilman (R)
: . Michael R. McNulty (D)
: . Gerald Solomon (R)
: . Sherwood Boehlert (R)
: . John M. McHugh (R)
: . James T. Walsh (R)
: . Maurice Hinchey (D)
: .
Bill Paxon
Leon William Paxon (born April 29, 1954) is an American lobbyist and former member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.
Early life
Paxon was born in Akron, New York, near Buffalo. At the age of 15, Paxon volunteered fo ...
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: . Louise Slaughter (D)
: . John J. LaFalce (D)
: . Jack Quinn (politician), Jack Quinn (R)
: . Amo Houghton (R)
United States congressional delegations from North Carolina, North Carolina
: . Eva Clayton (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)
: . Charles H. Taylor (R)
: . Mel Watt (D)
United States congressional delegations from North Dakota, North Dakota
: . Earl Pomeroy (D-NPL)
United States congressional delegations from Ohio, Ohio
: . David S. Mann (D)
: . Bill Gradison (R), until January 31, 1993
:: Rob Portman (R), from May 4, 1993
: . Tony P. Hall (D)
: . Mike Oxley (R)
: . Paul Gillmor (R)
: . Ted Strickland (D)
: . Dave Hobson (R)
: . John Boehner (R)
: . Marcy Kaptur (D)
: . Martin Hoke (R)
: . Louis Stokes (D)
: . John Kasich (R)
: . Sherrod Brown (D)
: . Thomas C. Sawyer (D)
: . Deborah Pryce (R)
: . Ralph Regula (R)
: . Jim Traficant (D)
: . Douglas Applegate (D)
: . Eric Fingerhut (D)
United States congressional delegations from Oklahoma, Oklahoma
: .
Jim Inhofe
James Mountain Inhofe ( ; born November 17, 1934) is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Oklahoma, a seat he was first elected to in 1994. A member of the Republican Party, he chaired the U.S. Senate Committ ...
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:: Steve Largent (R), from November 29, 1994
: . Mike Synar (D)
: . William K. Brewster (D)
: . Dave McCurdy (D)
: . Ernest Istook (R)
: . Glenn English (D), until January 7, 1994
:: Frank Lucas (Oklahoma politician), Frank Lucas (R), from May 10, 1994
United States congressional delegations from Oregon, Oregon
: . Elizabeth Furse (D)
: . Robert Freeman Smith (R)
: . Ron Wyden (D)
: . Peter DeFazio (D)
: . Michael J. Kopetski (D)
United States congressional delegations from Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania
: . Thomas M. Foglietta (D)
: . Lucien Blackwell (D)
: . Robert A. Borski Jr. (D)
: . Ron Klink (D)
: . William F. Clinger Jr. (R)
: . Tim Holden (D)
: . Curt Weldon (R)
: . James C. Greenwood (R)
: . Bud Shuster (R)
: . Joseph M. McDade (R)
: . Paul Kanjorski (D)
: . John Murtha (D)
: . Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky (D)
: . William J. Coyne (D)
: . Paul McHale (D)
: . Robert Smith Walker (R)
: . George Gekas (R)
: . Rick Santorum (R)
: . William F. Goodling (R)
: . Austin Murphy (D)
: . Tom Ridge (R)
United States congressional delegations from Rhode Island, Rhode Island
: . Ronald Machtley (R)
: . Jack Reed (Rhode Island politician), Jack Reed (D)
United States congressional delegations from South Carolina, South Carolina
: . Arthur Ravenel Jr. (R)
: . Floyd Spence (R)
: .
Butler Derrick
Butler Carson Derrick Jr. (September 30, 1936 – May 5, 2014) was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.
Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, he moved to his parents' home state of South Carolina in his youth and ...
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: . Bob Inglis (R)
: . John Spratt (D)
: . Jim Clyburn (D)
United States congressional delegations from South Dakota, South Dakota
: . Tim Johnson (South Dakota politician), Tim Johnson (D)
United States congressional delegations 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)
United States congressional delegations from Texas, Texas
: . Jim Chapman (congressman), Jim Chapman (D)
: . Charlie Wilson (Texas politician), Charlie Wilson (D)
: . Sam Johnson (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)
: . Chet Edwards (D)
: . Pete Geren (D)
: . Bill Sarpalius (D)
: . Greg Laughlin (D)
: . Kika de la Garza (D)
: . Ronald D. Coleman (D)
: . Charles Stenholm (D)
: . Craig Washington (D)
: . Larry Combest (R)
: . Henry B. González (D)
: . Lamar Smith (R)
: .
Tom DeLay
Thomas Dale DeLay (; born April 8, 1947) is an American author and retired politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Texas's 22nd congressional district from 1985 until 2006. He was Republic ...
(R)
: . Henry Bonilla (R)
: . Martin Frost (D)
: . Michael A. Andrews (D)
: .
Dick Armey
Richard Keith Armey (; born July 7, 1940) is an American economist and politician. He was a U.S. Representative from Texas's (1985–2003) and House Majority Leader (1995–2003). He was one of the engineers of the "Republican Revolution" of t ...
(R)
: . Solomon P. Ortiz (D)
: . Frank Tejeda (D)
: . Gene Green (D)
: . Eddie Bernice Johnson (D)
United States congressional delegations from Utah, Utah
: . James V. Hansen (R)
: . Karen Shepherd (D)
: . Bill Orton (D)
United States congressional delegations from Vermont, Vermont
: . Bernie Sanders (I)
United States congressional delegations from Virginia, Virginia
: . Herbert H. Bateman (R)
: . Owen B. Pickett (D)
: . Bobby Scott (politician), Bobby Scott (D)
: . Norman Sisisky (D)
: . Lewis F. Payne Jr. (D)
: . Bob Goodlatte (R)
: . Thomas J. Bliley Jr. (R)
: . Jim Moran (D)
: . Rick Boucher (D)
: . Frank Wolf (politician), Frank Wolf (R)
: . Leslie Byrne (D)
United States congressional delegations from Washington, Washington
: . Maria Cantwell (D)
: . Al Swift (D)
: . Jolene Unsoeld (D)
: . Jay Inslee (D)
: .
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 represent ...
(D)
: . Norm Dicks (D)
: . Jim McDermott (D)
: . Jennifer Dunn (politician), Jennifer Dunn (R)
: . Mike Kreidler (D)
United States congressional delegations from West Virginia, West Virginia
: . Alan Mollohan (D)
: . Bob Wise (D)
: . Nick Rahall (D)
United States congressional delegations from Wisconsin, Wisconsin
: . Les Aspin (D), until January 20, 1993
:: Peter W. Barca (D), from May 4, 1993
: . Scott L. Klug (R)
: . Steve Gunderson (R)
: . Jerry Kleczka (D)
: . Tom Barrett (Wisconsin politician), Tom Barrett (D)
: . Tom Petri (R)
: . Dave Obey (D)
: . Toby Roth (R)
: . Jim Sensenbrenner (R)
United States congressional delegations from Wyoming, Wyoming
: . Craig L. Thomas (R)
Non-voting members
: . Eni Faleomavaega (D)
: . Eleanor Holmes Norton (D)
: . Robert A. Underwood (D)
: . Carlos Romero Barceló (Resident Commissioner) (D)
: . Ron de Lugo (D)
Changes in membership
Senate
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Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...
(1)
, nowrap ,
Lloyd Bentsen
Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. (February 11, 1921 – May 23, 2006) was an American politician who was a four-term United States Senator (1971–1993) from Texas and the Democratic Party nominee for vice president in 1988 on the Michael Dukakis ti ...
(D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Resigned January 20, 1993, to become United States Secretary of the Treasury.
His successor was appointed.
, nowrap ,
Bob Krueger
Robert Charles Krueger (September 19, 1935 – April 30, 2022) was an American diplomat, politician, and U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Texas, a U.S. Ambassador, and a member of the Democratic Party Democratic Party most often re ...
(D)
, January 21, 1993
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Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...
(1)
, nowrap ,
Bob Krueger
Robert Charles Krueger (September 19, 1935 – April 30, 2022) was an American diplomat, politician, and U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Texas, a U.S. Ambassador, and a member of the Democratic Party Democratic Party most often re ...
(D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Interim appointee lost 1993 United States Senate special election in Texas, special election June 6, 1993.
Successor elected to finish the term.
, nowrap ,
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Kay Bailey Hutchison (born Kathryn Ann Bailey; July 22, 1943) is an American attorney, television correspondent, politician, diplomat, and was the 22nd United States Permanent Representative to NATO from 2017 until 2021. A member of the Republi ...
(R)
, June 14, 1993
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Alabama
(We dare defend our rights)
, anthem = " Alabama"
, image_map = Alabama in United States.svg
, seat = Montgomery
, LargestCity = Huntsville
, LargestCounty = Baldwin County
, LargestMetro = Greater Birmingham
, area_total_km2 = 135,7 ...
(3)
, nowrap ,
Richard Shelby
Richard Craig Shelby (born May 6, 1934) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Alabama. First elected to the U.S. Senate in 1986 as a Democrat who later switched to the Republican Party in 1994, ...
(D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Changed party November 9, 1994
, nowrap ,
Richard Shelby
Richard Craig Shelby (born May 6, 1934) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Alabama. First elected to the U.S. Senate in 1986 as a Democrat who later switched to the Republican Party in 1994, ...
(R)
, November 9, 1994
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Oklahoma(2)
, nowrap ,
David Boren
David Lyle Boren (born April 21, 1941) is a retired American lawyer and politician from the state of Oklahoma. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as 21st governor of Oklahoma from 1975 to 1979 and three terms in the United States Senat ...
(D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Resigned November 15, 1994, to become President of the University of Oklahoma.
Successor 1994 United States Senate special election in Oklahoma, elected on November 8, 1994, to finish the term.
, nowrap ,
Jim Inhofe
James Mountain Inhofe ( ; born November 17, 1934) is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Oklahoma, a seat he was first elected to in 1994. A member of the Republican Party, he chaired the U.S. Senate Committ ...
(R)
, November 17, 1994
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Tennessee
Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to ...
(2)
, nowrap ,
Harlan Mathews
Harlan Mathews (January 17, 1927 – May 9, 2014) was a Democratic United States Senator from Tennessee from 1993 to 1994. He had previously served in the executive and legislative branches of state government in Tennessee for more than 40 year ...
(D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Interim appointee did not seek election.
Successor 1994 United States Senate special election in Tennessee, elected on November 8, 1994, to finish the term.
, nowrap ,
Fred Thompson
Freddie Dalton Thompson (August 19, 1942 – November 1, 2015) was an American politician, attorney, lobbyist, columnist, actor, and radio personality. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a United States Senator from Tennessee fr ...
(R)
, December 2, 1994
House of Representatives
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, Wisconsin's 1st congressional district, Wisconsin's 1st
, , Les Aspin (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Resigned to January 20, 1993, become United States Secretary of Defense
, , Peter W. Barca (D)
, May 4, 1993
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, Mississippi's 2nd congressional district, Mississippi's 2nd
, , Mike Espy (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Resigned January 22, 1993, to become United States Secretary of Agriculture
, , Bennie Thompson (D)
, April 13, 1993
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, California's 17th congressional district, California's 17th
, ,
Leon Panetta
Leon Edward Panetta (born June 28, 1938) is an American Democratic Party politician who has served in several different public office positions, including Secretary of Defense, CIA Director, White House Chief of Staff, Director of the Office o ...
(D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Resigned January 23, 1993, to become Director of the Office of Management and Budget
, ,
Sam Farr
Samuel Sharon Farr (born July 4, 1941) is an American politician who was the U.S. representative for California's 17th (1993–2013) and 20th congressional districts (2013–17). He is a member of the Democratic Party. He was elected to Con ...
(D)
, June 8, 1993
, -
, Ohio's 2nd congressional district, Ohio 2nd
, , Bill Gradison (R)
, style="font-size:80%" , Resigned January 31, 1993, to become president of the Health Insurance Association of America
, , Rob Portman (R)
, May 4, 1993
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, Michigan's 3rd congressional district, Michigan 3rd
, , Paul B. Henry (R)
, style="font-size:80%" , Died July 31, 1993
, , Vern Ehlers (R)
, December 7, 1993
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, Oklahoma's 6th congressional district, Oklahoma's 6th
, , Glenn English (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Resigned January 7, 1994, to become CEO of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
, , Frank Lucas (Oklahoma politician), Frank Lucas (R)
, May 10, 1994
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, Kentucky's 2nd congressional district, Kentucky's 2nd
, , William Natcher (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Died March 29, 1994
, , Ron Lewis (R)
, May 24, 1994
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, New Jersey's 11th congressional district, New Jersey 11th
, , Dean Gallo (R)
, style="font-size:80%" , Died November 6, 1994
, colspan=2 , Vacant for remainder of term
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, Oklahoma's 1st congressional district, Oklahoma's 1st
, ,
Jim Inhofe
James Mountain Inhofe ( ; born November 17, 1934) is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Oklahoma, a seat he was first elected to in 1994. A member of the Republican Party, he chaired the U.S. Senate Committ ...
(R)
, style="font-size:80%" , Resigned November 15, 1994, when elected to the U.S. Senate
, , Steve Largent (R)
, November 29, 1994
Committees
Senate
* United States Senate Special Committee on Aging, Aging (Special) (
David Pryor
David Hampton Pryor (born August 29, 1934) is an American politician and former Democratic United States Representative and United States Senator from the State of Arkansas. Pryor also served as the 39th Governor of Arkansas from 1975 to 1979 ...
, chair;
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 (197 ...
, Ranking member)
* United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry (
Patrick Leahy
Patrick Joseph Leahy (; born March 31, 1940) is an American politician and attorney who is the senior United States senator from Vermont and serves as the president pro tempore of the United States Senate. A member of the Democratic Party, L ...
, chair;
Richard Lugar
Richard Green Lugar (April 4, 1932 – April 28, 2019) was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Indiana from 1977 to 2013. He was a member of the Republican Party.
Born in Indianapolis, Lugar graduated from De ...
, Ranking Member)
** Agricultural Credit (
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 North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party, the North Dakota affiliate of the Democratic Party. First electe ...
, chair;
Chuck Grassley
Charles Ernest Grassley (born September 17, 1933) is an American politician serving as the president pro tempore emeritus of the United States Senate, and the senior United States senator from Iowa, having held the seat since 1981. In 2022, ...
, Ranking Member)
** Agricultural Production and Stabilization of Prices (
David Pryor
David Hampton Pryor (born August 29, 1934) is an American politician and former Democratic United States Representative and United States Senator from the State of Arkansas. Pryor also served as the 39th Governor of Arkansas from 1975 to 1979 ...
, chair;
Jesse Helms
Jesse Alexander Helms Jr. (October 18, 1921 – July 4, 2008) was an American politician. A leader in the conservative movement, he served as a senator from North Carolina from 1973 to 2003. As chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee ...
, Ranking Member)
** Agricultural Research, Conservation, Forestry and General Legislation (
Tom Daschle
Thomas Andrew Daschle ( ; born December 9, 1947) is an American politician and lobbyist who served as a United States senator from South Dakota from 1987 to 2005. A member of the Democratic Party, he became U.S. Senate Minority Leader in 1995 an ...
, chair; Larry E. Craig, Ranking Member)
** Domestic and Foreign Marketing and Product Promotion (David L. Boren, chair;
Thad Cochran
William Thad Cochran (; December 7, 1937 – May 30, 2019) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States Senate, United States Senator for Mississippi from 1978 until his resignation due to health issues in 2018. A Repub ...
, Ranking Member)
** Nutrition and Investigations (
Tom Harkin
Thomas Richard Harkin (born November 19, 1939) is an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as a United States senator from Iowa from 1985 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously was the U.S. representative for Iow ...
, chair;
Mitch McConnell
Addison Mitchell McConnell III (born February 20, 1942) is an American politician and retired attorney serving as the senior United States senator from Kentucky and the Senate minority leader since 2021. Currently in his seventh term, McConn ...
, Ranking Member)
** Rural Development and Rural Electrification (
Howell Heflin
Howell Thomas Heflin (June 19, 1921 – March 29, 2005) was an American lawyer and politician who served in the United States Senate, representing Alabama, from 1979 to 1997.
Early life
Heflin was born on June 19, 1921, in Poulan, Georgia. He ...
, chair;
Paul Coverdell
Paul Douglas Coverdell (January 20, 1939 – July 18, 2000) was an American politician who served as a United States senator from Georgia, elected for the first time in 1992 and re-elected in 1998, and director of the Peace Corps from 1989 until ...
, Ranking Member)
* United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Robert C. Byrd, chair; Mark O. Hatfield, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development and Related Agencies, Agriculture, Rural Development and Related Agencies (
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. Prior ...
, chair;
Thad Cochran
William Thad Cochran (; December 7, 1937 – May 30, 2019) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States Senate, United States Senator for Mississippi from 1978 until his resignation due to health issues in 2018. A Repub ...
, Ranking Member)
** Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary (Ernest F. Hollings, chair;
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 the S ...
, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, Defense (Daniel K. Inouye, chair;
Ted Stevens
Theodore Fulton Stevens Sr. (November 18, 1923 – August 9, 2010) was an American politician and lawyer who served as a U.S. Senator from Alaska from 1968 to 2009. He was the longest-serving Republican Senator in history at the time he left ...
, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on District of Columbia, District of Columbia (
Herb Kohl
Herbert H. Kohl (born February 7, 1935) is an American businessman and politician. Alongside his brother and father, the Kohl family created the Kohl's department stores chain, of which Kohl went on to be president and CEO. Kohl also served as a ...
, chair;
Conrad Burns
Conrad Ray Burns (January 25, 1935 – April 28, 2016) was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Montana and later was a lobbyist. He was only the second Republican popularly elected to represent Montana in the Senat ...
, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, Energy and Water Development (
J. Bennett Johnston
John Bennett Johnston Jr. (born June 10, 1932) is a retired American attorney, politician, and later lobbyist. A member of the Democratic Party, Johnston represented Louisiana in the U.S. Senate from 1972 to 1997.
Beginning his political caree ...
, chair; Mark O. Hatfield, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Foreign Operations (
Patrick Leahy
Patrick Joseph Leahy (; born March 31, 1940) is an American politician and attorney who is the senior United States senator from Vermont and serves as the president pro tempore of the United States Senate. A member of the Democratic Party, L ...
, chair;
Mitch McConnell
Addison Mitchell McConnell III (born February 20, 1942) is an American politician and retired attorney serving as the senior United States senator from Kentucky and the Senate minority leader since 2021. Currently in his seventh term, McConn ...
, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies, Interior and Related Agencies (Robert C. Byrd, 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 ...
, Ranking Member)
** Labor, Health, Human Services and Education (
Tom Harkin
Thomas Richard Harkin (born November 19, 1939) is an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as a United States senator from Iowa from 1985 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously was the U.S. representative for Iow ...
, chair;
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 ...
, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, Legislative Branch (
Harry Reid
Harry Mason Reid Jr. (; December 2, 1939 – December 28, 2021) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Nevada from 1987 to 2017. He led the Senate Democratic Caucus from 2005 to 2017 and was the Sena ...
, chair;
Connie Mack III
Cornelius Alexander McGillicuddy III (born October 29, 1940), also known as Connie Mack III, is an American retired Republican politician. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Florida from 1983 to 1989 and t ...
, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Military Construction (
Jim Sasser
James Ralph Sasser (born September 30, 1936) is an American politician, diplomat, and attorney. A Democrat, Sasser served three terms as a United States senator from Tennessee from 1977 to 1995, and was Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee. ...
, chair;
Slade Gorton
Thomas Slade Gorton III (January 8, 1928 – August 19, 2020) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States Senator from Washington from 1981 to 1987 and again from 1989 until 2001. A member of the Republican Party, he he ...
, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation and Related Agencies, Transportation and Related Agencies (Frank R. Lautenberg, chair;
Al D'Amato
Alfonse Marcello D'Amato (born August 1, 1937) is an American politician born in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. He served as United States Senator for New York between 1981 and 1999. He subsequently founded a lobbying firm, Park Strategies.
...
, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service and General Government, Treasury, Postal Service and General Government (
Dennis DeConcini
Dennis Webster DeConcini (; born May 8, 1937) is an American lawyer, philanthropist, politician and former Democratic U.S. Senator from Arizona. The son of former Arizona Supreme Court Judge Evo Anton DeConcini, he represented Arizona in the Unit ...
, chair;
Chris Dodd
Christopher John Dodd (born May 27, 1944) is an American lobbyist, lawyer, and Democratic Party politician who served as a United States senator from Connecticut from 1981 to 2011. Dodd is the longest-serving senator in Connecticut's history. ...
, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on VA-HUD-Independent Agencies, VA-HUD-Independent Agencies (Barbara A. Mikulski, chair;
Phil Gramm
William Philip Gramm (born July 8, 1942) is an American economist and politician who represented Texas in both chambers of Congress. Though he began his political career as a Democrat, Gramm switched to the Republican Party in 1983. Gramm was a ...
, Ranking Member)
* United States Senate Committee on Armed Services, Armed Services (
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 Initiat ...
, chair;
Strom Thurmond
James Strom Thurmond Sr. (December 5, 1902June 26, 2003) was an American politician who represented South Carolina in the United States Senate from 1954 to 2003. Prior to his 48 years as a senator, he served as the 103rd governor of South Caro ...
, Ranking Member)
** Nuclear Deterrence, Arms Control and Defense Intelligence (
J. James Exon
John James "Jim" Exon (August 9, 1921June 10, 2005) was an American businessman and politician who served as the 33rd Governor of Nebraska from 1971 to 1979, and as a U.S. Senator from Nebraska from 1979 to 1997. A member of the Democratic Part ...
, chair;
Trent Lott
Chester Trent Lott Sr. (born October 9, 1941) is an American lawyer, author, and politician. A former United States Senator from Mississippi, Lott served in numerous leadership positions in both the United States House of Representatives and the ...
, Ranking Member)
** Coalition Defense and Reinforcing Forces (
Carl Levin
Carl Milton Levin (June 28, 1934 – July 29, 2021) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator from Michigan from 1979 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the chair of the Senate Armed Services C ...
, chair;
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 Republican U.S. Senator from Virginia from 1979 to 20 ...
, Ranking Member)
** Regional Defense and Contingency Forces (Edward Kennedy, chair; William S. Cohen, Ranking Member)
** Defense Technology, Acquisition and Industrial Base (
Jeff Bingaman
Jesse Francis "Jeff" Bingaman Jr. (born October 3, 1943) is an American politician who served as a United States Senator from New Mexico from 1983 to 2013, for 5 terms. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as Chairman of Committee Outreach ...
, chair; Robert C. Smith, Ranking Member)
** Military Readiness (
John Glenn, chair;
John McCain, Ranking Member)
** Force Requirements and Personnel (Richard C. Shelby, chair;
Dan Coats
Daniel Ray Coats (born May 16, 1943) is an American politician, attorney, and former 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 ...
, Ranking Member)
* United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs (Donald W. Riegle Jr., chair;
Al D'Amato
Alfonse Marcello D'Amato (born August 1, 1937) is an American politician born in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. He served as United States Senator for New York between 1981 and 1999. He subsequently founded a lobbying firm, Park Strategies.
...
, Ranking Member)
** Housing and Urban Affairs (
Paul Sarbanes
Paul Spyros Sarbanes (; February 3, 1933 – December 6, 2020) was an American politician and attorney. A member of the Democratic Party from Maryland, he served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1971 to 1977 a ...
, chair;
Kit Bond
Christopher Samuel "Kit" Bond (born March 6, 1939) is an American attorney, politician and former United States Senator from Missouri and a member of the Republican Party. First elected to the U.S. Senate in 1986, he defeated Democrat Harriett ...
, Ranking Member)
** International Finance and Monetary Policy (
Jim Sasser
James Ralph Sasser (born September 30, 1936) is an American politician, diplomat, and attorney. A Democrat, Sasser served three terms as a United States senator from Tennessee from 1977 to 1995, and was Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee. ...
, chair;
Connie Mack III
Cornelius Alexander McGillicuddy III (born October 29, 1940), also known as Connie Mack III, is an American retired Republican politician. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Florida from 1983 to 1989 and t ...
, Ranking Member)
** Securities (
Chris Dodd
Christopher John Dodd (born May 27, 1944) is an American lobbyist, lawyer, and Democratic Party politician who served as a United States senator from Connecticut from 1981 to 2011. Dodd is the longest-serving senator in Connecticut's history. ...
, chair;
Phil Gramm
William Philip Gramm (born July 8, 1942) is an American economist and politician who represented Texas in both chambers of Congress. Though he began his political career as a Democrat, Gramm switched to the Republican Party in 1983. Gramm was a ...
, Ranking Member)
** Economic Stabilization and Rural Development (
Richard Shelby
Richard Craig Shelby (born May 6, 1934) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Alabama. First elected to the U.S. Senate in 1986 as a Democrat who later switched to the Republican Party in 1994, ...
, chair;
Lauch Faircloth
Duncan McLauchlin "Lauch" Faircloth (born January 14, 1928) is an American politician who served one term as a Republican U.S. Senator from North Carolina.
Before his Senate service, Faircloth was a prominent and wealthy hog farmer. One impetu ...
, Ranking Member)
* United States Senate Committee on the Budget, Budget (
Jim Sasser
James Ralph Sasser (born September 30, 1936) is an American politician, diplomat, and attorney. A Democrat, Sasser served three terms as a United States senator from Tennessee from 1977 to 1995, and was Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee. ...
, chair;
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 the S ...
, Ranking Member)
* United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, Commerce, Science and Transportation (Ernest F. Hollings, chair;
John Danforth
John Claggett Danforth (born September 5, 1936) is an American politician, attorney and diplomat who began his career in 1968 as the Attorney General of Missouri and served three terms as United States Senator from Missouri. In 2004, he served b ...
, Ranking Member)
** Aviation (Wendell H. Ford, chair;
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 (1975–1979) and United States Senate (1979–1997) as a Republican. He remained active in ...
, Ranking Member)
** Communications (Daniel K. Inouye, chair;
Bob Packwood
Robert William Packwood (born September 11, 1932) is an American retired lawyer and politician from Oregon and a member of the Republican Party. He resigned from the United States Senate, under threat of expulsion, in 1995 after allegations of ...
, Ranking Member)
** Consumer (Richard H. Bryan, chair;
Slade Gorton
Thomas Slade Gorton III (January 8, 1928 – August 19, 2020) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States Senator from Washington from 1981 to 1987 and again from 1989 until 2001. A member of the Republican Party, he he ...
, Ranking Member)
** Foreign Commerce and Tourism (John F. Kerry, chair;
Bob Packwood
Robert William Packwood (born September 11, 1932) is an American retired lawyer and politician from Oregon and a member of the Republican Party. He resigned from the United States Senate, under threat of expulsion, in 1995 after allegations of ...
, Ranking Member)
** Merchant Marine (
John Breaux
John Berlinger Breaux (; born March 1, 1944) is an American lobbyist, attorney, and retired politician who was a member of the United States Senate from Louisiana from 1987 until 2005. He was also a member of the U.S. House of Representatives ...
, chair;
Trent Lott
Chester Trent Lott Sr. (born October 9, 1941) is an American lawyer, author, and politician. A former United States Senator from Mississippi, Lott served in numerous leadership positions in both the United States House of Representatives and the ...
, Ranking Member)
** Science, Technology and Space (John D. Rockefeller IV, chair;
Conrad Burns
Conrad Ray Burns (January 25, 1935 – April 28, 2016) was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Montana and later was a lobbyist. He was only the second Republican popularly elected to represent Montana in the Senat ...
, Ranking Member)
** Surface Transportation (
J. James Exon
John James "Jim" Exon (August 9, 1921June 10, 2005) was an American businessman and politician who served as the 33rd Governor of Nebraska from 1971 to 1979, and as a U.S. Senator from Nebraska from 1979 to 1997. A member of the Democratic Part ...
, chair;
John McCain, Ranking Member)
** National Ocean Policy Study (Ernest Hollings, chair;
Ted Stevens
Theodore Fulton Stevens Sr. (November 18, 1923 – August 9, 2010) was an American politician and lawyer who served as a U.S. Senator from Alaska from 1968 to 2009. He was the longest-serving Republican Senator in history at the time he left ...
, Ranking Member)
* United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Energy and Natural Resources (
J. Bennett Johnston
John Bennett Johnston Jr. (born June 10, 1932) is a retired American attorney, politician, and later lobbyist. A member of the Democratic Party, Johnston represented Louisiana in the U.S. Senate from 1972 to 1997.
Beginning his political caree ...
, chair;
Malcolm Wallop
Malcolm Wallop (February 27, 1933 – September 14, 2011) was an American rancher and politician. He served as a United States Senate, United States Senator from Wyoming from 1977 to 1995. He was a member of the Republican Party (United States), ...
, Ranking Member)
** Energy Research and Development (Wendell H. Ford, chair;
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 the S ...
, Ranking member)
** United States Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Mineral Resources Development and Production, Mineral Resources Development and Production (
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. A member of the Democratic Party, Akaka was the first U.S. Senator of N ...
, chair; Larry E. Craig, Ranking member)
** United States Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks and Forests, Public Lands, National Parks and Forests (
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. Prior ...
, chair;
Frank Murkowski
Frank Hughes Murkowski (born March 28, 1933) is an American politician and a member of the Republican Party. He was a United States Senator from Alaska from 1981 until 2002 and the eighth governor of Alaska from 2002 until 2006. In his 2006 re-e ...
, Ranking member)
** United States Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency and Competitiveness, Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency and Competitiveness (
Jeff Bingaman
Jesse Francis "Jeff" Bingaman Jr. (born October 3, 1943) is an American politician who served as a United States Senator from New Mexico from 1983 to 2013, for 5 terms. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as Chairman of Committee Outreach ...
, 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 ...
, Ranking member)
** United States Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power, Water and Power (
Bill Bradley
William Warren Bradley (born July 28, 1943) is an American politician and former professional basketball player. He served three terms as a Democratic U.S. senator from New Jersey (1979–1997). He ran for the Democratic Party's nomination fo ...
, chair; Robert F. Bennett, Ranking member)
* United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, Environment and Public Works (
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 longe ...
, chair; John H. Chafee, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Water Resources, Transportation, Public Buildings and Economic Development, Water Resources, Transportation, Public Buildings and Economic Development (Daniel Moynihan, chair; John W. Warner, Ranking member)
** United States Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Superfund, Recycling and Solid Waste Management, Superfund, Recycling and Solid Waste Management (
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 or ...
, chair;
David Durenberger
David Ferdinand Durenberger (born August 19, 1934) is a retired American politician and attorney. Durenberger represented Minnesota in the United States Senate as a Republican from 1978 to 1995. He left the Republican Party in 2005 and has becom ...
, Ranking member)
** United States Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Toxic Substances, Research and Development, Toxic Substances, Research and Development (
Harry Reid
Harry Mason Reid Jr. (; December 2, 1939 – December 28, 2021) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Nevada from 1987 to 2017. He led the Senate Democratic Caucus from 2005 to 2017 and was the Sena ...
, chair; Bob Smith (New Hampshire politician), Bob Smith, Ranking member)
** United States Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Water, Fisheries and Wildlife, Clean Water, Fisheries and Wildlife (
Bob Graham
Daniel Robert "Bob" Graham (born November 9, 1936) is an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as the 38th governor of Florida from 1979 to 1987 and a United States senator from Florida from 1987 to 2005. He is a member of the Dem ...
, chair;
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), he served as the 66th Governor of Rhode Island, as ...
, Ranking member)
** United States Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Regulation, Clean Air and Nuclear Regulation (
Joe Lieberman
Joseph Isadore Lieberman (; born February 24, 1942) is an American politician, lobbyist, and attorney who served as a United States senator from Connecticut from 1989 to 2013. A former member of the Democratic Party, he was its nominee for V ...
, chair; Alan K. Simpson, Ranking member)
* United States Senate Select Committee on Ethics, Ethics (Select) (
Richard Bryan
Richard Hudson Bryan (born July 16, 1937) is an American attorney and politician who served as a United States Senator from Nevada from 1989 to 2001. A Democrat, Bryan served as the 25th Governor of Nevada from 1983 to 1989, and before that serve ...
, chair;
Mitch McConnell
Addison Mitchell McConnell III (born February 20, 1942) is an American politician and retired attorney serving as the senior United States senator from Kentucky and the Senate minority leader since 2021. Currently in his seventh term, McConn ...
, Ranking member)
* United States Senate Committee on Finance, Finance (Daniel Moynihan, chair;
Bob Packwood
Robert William Packwood (born September 11, 1932) is an American retired lawyer and politician from Oregon and a member of the Republican Party. He resigned from the United States Senate, under threat of expulsion, in 1995 after allegations of ...
, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on Deficits, Debt Management and Long-Term Economic Growth, Deficits, Debt Management and Long-Term Economic Growth (
Bill Bradley
William Warren Bradley (born July 28, 1943) is an American politician and former professional basketball player. He served three terms as a Democratic U.S. senator from New Jersey (1979–1997). He ran for the Democratic Party's nomination fo ...
, chair;
Malcolm Wallop
Malcolm Wallop (February 27, 1933 – September 14, 2011) was an American rancher and politician. He served as a United States Senate, United States Senator from Wyoming from 1977 to 1995. He was a member of the Republican Party (United States), ...
, Ranking member)
** United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on Energy and Agricultural Taxation, Energy and Agricultural Taxation (
Tom Daschle
Thomas Andrew Daschle ( ; born December 9, 1947) is an American politician and lobbyist who served as a United States senator from South Dakota from 1987 to 2005. A member of the Democratic Party, he became U.S. Senate Minority Leader in 1995 an ...
, chair;
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. sena ...
, Ranking member)
** United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on Health for Families and the Uninsured, Health for Families and the Uninsured (Donald W. Riegle Jr., chair; John H. Chafee, Ranking member)
** United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on International Trade, International Trade (
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 longe ...
, chair;
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), he served as the 66th Governor of Rhode Island, as ...
, Ranking member)
** United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on Medicare and Long Term Care, Medicare and Long Term Care (
Jay Rockefeller
John Davison "Jay" Rockefeller IV (born June 18, 1937) is a retired American 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 Virgi ...
, chair;
David Durenberger
David Ferdinand Durenberger (born August 19, 1934) is a retired American politician and attorney. Durenberger represented Minnesota in the United States Senate as a Republican from 1978 to 1995. He left the Republican Party in 2005 and has becom ...
, Ranking member)
** 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 (
David Pryor
David Hampton Pryor (born August 29, 1934) is an American politician and former Democratic United States Representative and United States Senator from the State of Arkansas. Pryor also served as the 39th Governor of Arkansas from 1975 to 1979 ...
, chair;
Chuck Grassley
Charles Ernest Grassley (born September 17, 1933) is an American politician serving as the president pro tempore emeritus of the United States Senate, and the senior United States senator from Iowa, having held the seat since 1981. In 2022, ...
, Ranking member)
** United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy, Social Security and Family Policy (
John Breaux
John Berlinger Breaux (; born March 1, 1944) is an American lobbyist, attorney, and retired politician who was a member of the United States Senate from Louisiana from 1987 until 2005. He was also a member of the U.S. House of Representatives ...
, chair;
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 Republican Leader of the Senate during the final 11 years of his ...
, Ranking member)
** United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on Taxation, Taxation (David L. Boren, chair; William V. Roth Jr., Ranking member)
* United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Foreign Relations (
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 ...
, chair;
Jesse Helms
Jesse Alexander Helms Jr. (October 18, 1921 – July 4, 2008) was an American politician. A leader in the conservative movement, he served as a senator from North Carolina from 1973 to 2003. As chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee ...
, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on International Economic Policy, Trade, Oceans and Environment, International Economic Policy, Trade, Oceans and Environment (
Paul Sarbanes
Paul Spyros Sarbanes (; February 3, 1933 – December 6, 2020) was an American politician and attorney. A member of the Democratic Party from Maryland, he served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1971 to 1977 a ...
, chair;
Nancy Kassebaum
Nancy Jo Kassebaum Baker (née Landon; born July 29, 1932) is an American politician who represented the State of Kansas in the United States Senate from 1978 to 1997. She is the daughter of Alf Landon, who was Governor of Kansas from 1933 to 19 ...
, Ranking member)
** United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere and Peace Corps Affairs, Western Hemisphere and Peace Corps Affairs (
Chris Dodd
Christopher John Dodd (born May 27, 1944) is an American lobbyist, lawyer, and Democratic Party politician who served as a United States senator from Connecticut from 1981 to 2011. Dodd is the longest-serving senator in Connecticut's history. ...
, chair;
Paul Coverdell
Paul Douglas Coverdell (January 20, 1939 – July 18, 2000) was an American politician who served as a United States senator from Georgia, elected for the first time in 1992 and re-elected in 1998, and director of the Peace Corps from 1989 until ...
, Ranking member)
** United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Terrorism, Narcotics and International Communications, Terrorism, Narcotics and International Communications (
John Kerry
John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is an American attorney, politician and diplomat who currently serves as the first United States special presidential envoy for climate. A member of the Forbes family and the Democratic Party (Unite ...
, chair;
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 (1975–1979) and United States Senate (1979–1997) as a Republican. He remained active in ...
, Ranking member)
** United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs, African Affairs (
Paul Simon, chair;
Jim Jeffords
James Merrill Jeffords (May 11, 1934 – August 18, 2014) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. senator from Vermont. Sworn into the Senate in 1989, he served as a Republican until 2001, when he left the party to become ...
, Ranking member)
** United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on European Affairs, European Affairs (
Joe Biden, chair;
Richard Lugar
Richard Green Lugar (April 4, 1932 – April 28, 2019) was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Indiana from 1977 to 2013. He was a member of the Republican Party.
Born in Indianapolis, Lugar graduated from De ...
, Ranking member)
** United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs (Daniel Moynihan, chair;
Hank Brown
George Hanks "Hank" Brown (born February 12, 1940) is an American politician and lawyer from Colorado. He is a former Republican politician and U.S. Senator. He served as the 21st president of the University of Colorado system from April 2005 ...
, Ranking member)
** United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs, East Asian and Pacific Affairs (
Chuck Robb
Charles Spittal Robb (born June 26, 1939) is an American politician from Virginia and former officer in the United States Marine Corps. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 64th governor of Virginia from 1982 to 1986 and a United ...
, chair;
Frank Murkowski
Frank Hughes Murkowski (born March 28, 1933) is an American politician and a member of the Republican Party. He was a United States Senator from Alaska from 1981 until 2002 and the eighth governor of Alaska from 2002 until 2006. In his 2006 re-e ...
, Ranking member)
* United States Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, Governmental Affairs (
John Glenn, chair; William V. Roth Jr., Bill Roth, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Federal Services, Post Office and Civil Service, Federal Services, Post Office and Civil Service (
David Pryor
David Hampton Pryor (born August 29, 1934) is an American politician and former Democratic United States Representative and United States Senator from the State of Arkansas. Pryor also served as the 39th Governor of Arkansas from 1975 to 1979 ...
, chair;
Ted Stevens
Theodore Fulton Stevens Sr. (November 18, 1923 – August 9, 2010) was an American politician and lawyer who served as a U.S. Senator from Alaska from 1968 to 2009. He was the longest-serving Republican Senator in history at the time he left ...
, Ranking member)
** United States Senate Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on General Services, Federalism and the District of Columbia, General Services, Federalism and the District of Columbia (
Jim Sasser
James Ralph Sasser (born September 30, 1936) is an American politician, diplomat, and attorney. A Democrat, Sasser served three terms as a United States senator from Tennessee from 1977 to 1995, and was Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee. ...
, chair;
John McCain, Ranking member)
** United States Senate Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, Oversight of Government Management (
Carl Levin
Carl Milton Levin (June 28, 1934 – July 29, 2021) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator from Michigan from 1979 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the chair of the Senate Armed Services C ...
, chair;
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 (197 ...
, Ranking member)
** United States Senate Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (
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 Initiat ...
, chair; William V. Roth Jr., Ranking member)
** United States Senate Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Regulation and Government Information, Regulation and Government Information (
Joe Lieberman
Joseph Isadore Lieberman (; born February 24, 1942) is an American politician, lobbyist, and attorney who served as a United States senator from Connecticut from 1989 to 2013. A former member of the Democratic Party, he was its nominee for V ...
, chair;
Thad Cochran
William Thad Cochran (; December 7, 1937 – May 30, 2019) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States Senate, United States Senator for Mississippi from 1978 until his resignation due to health issues in 2018. A Repub ...
, Ranking member)
* United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, Indian Affairs (Daniel K. Inouye, chair;
John McCain, Ranking Member)
* United States Senate Committee on Judiciary, Judiciary (
Joe Biden, chair;
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. sena ...
, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Monopolies and Business Rights, Antitrust, Monopolies and Business Rights (
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 ...
, chair;
Strom Thurmond
James Strom Thurmond Sr. (December 5, 1902June 26, 2003) was an American politician who represented South Carolina in the United States Senate from 1954 to 2003. Prior to his 48 years as a senator, he served as the 103rd governor of South Caro ...
, Ranking member)
** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Constitution (
Paul Simon, chair;
Hank Brown
George Hanks "Hank" Brown (born February 12, 1940) is an American politician and lawyer from Colorado. He is a former Republican politician and U.S. Senator. He served as the 21st president of the University of Colorado system from April 2005 ...
, Ranking member)
** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts and Administration Practice, Courts and Administration Practice (
Howell Heflin
Howell Thomas Heflin (June 19, 1921 – March 29, 2005) was an American lawyer and politician who served in the United States Senate, representing Alabama, from 1979 to 1997.
Early life
Heflin was born on June 19, 1921, in Poulan, Georgia. He ...
, chair;
Chuck Grassley
Charles Ernest Grassley (born September 17, 1933) is an American politician serving as the president pro tempore emeritus of the United States Senate, and the senior United States senator from Iowa, having held the seat since 1981. In 2022, ...
, Ranking member)
** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Affairs, Immigration and Refugee Affairs (
Ted Kennedy
Edward Moore Kennedy (February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Massachusetts for almost 47 years, from 1962 until his death in 2009. A member of the Democratic ...
, chair; Alan K. Simpson, Ranking member)
** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice, Juvenile Justice (
Herb Kohl
Herbert H. Kohl (born February 7, 1935) is an American businessman and politician. Alongside his brother and father, the Kohl family created the Kohl's department stores chain, of which Kohl went on to be president and CEO. Kohl also served as a ...
, chair;
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 (197 ...
, Ranking member)
** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks (
Dennis DeConcini
Dennis Webster DeConcini (; born May 8, 1937) is an American lawyer, philanthropist, politician and former Democratic U.S. Senator from Arizona. The son of former Arizona Supreme Court Judge Evo Anton DeConcini, he represented Arizona in the Unit ...
, chair;
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. sena ...
, Ranking member)
** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Technology and the Law, Technology and the Law (
Patrick Leahy
Patrick Joseph Leahy (; born March 31, 1940) is an American politician and attorney who is the senior United States senator from Vermont and serves as the president pro tempore of the United States Senate. A member of the Democratic Party, L ...
, chair;
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 ...
, Ranking member)
* United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Intelligence (Select) (
Dennis DeConcini
Dennis Webster DeConcini (; born May 8, 1937) is an American lawyer, philanthropist, politician and former Democratic U.S. Senator from Arizona. The son of former Arizona Supreme Court Judge Evo Anton DeConcini, he represented Arizona in the Unit ...
, chair; John W. Warner, Ranking member)
* United States Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources, Labor and Human Resources (Edward M. Kennedy, chair; Nancy Landon Kassebaum, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Labor and Human Resources Subcommittee on Labor, Labor (
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 ...
, chair;
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. sena ...
, Ranking member)
** United States Senate Labor and Human Resources Subcommittee on Education, Arts and Humanities, Education, Arts and Humanities (
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 ...
, chair;
Jim Jeffords
James Merrill Jeffords (May 11, 1934 – August 18, 2014) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. senator from Vermont. Sworn into the Senate in 1989, he served as a Republican until 2001, when he left the party to become ...
, Ranking member)
** United States Senate Labor and Human Resources Subcommittee on Employment and Productivity, Employment and Productivity (
Paul Simon, chair;
Strom Thurmond
James Strom Thurmond Sr. (December 5, 1902June 26, 2003) was an American politician who represented South Carolina in the United States Senate from 1954 to 2003. Prior to his 48 years as a senator, he served as the 103rd governor of South Caro ...
, Ranking member)
** United States Senate Labor and Human Resources Subcommittee on Disability Policy, Disability Policy (
Tom Harkin
Thomas Richard Harkin (born November 19, 1939) is an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as a United States senator from Iowa from 1985 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously was the U.S. representative for Iow ...
, chair;
David Durenberger
David Ferdinand Durenberger (born August 19, 1934) is a retired American politician and attorney. Durenberger represented Minnesota in the United States Senate as a Republican from 1978 to 1995. He left the Republican Party in 2005 and has becom ...
, Ranking member)
** United States Senate Labor and Human Resources Subcommittee on Children, Family, Drugs and Alcoholism, Children, Family, Drugs and Alcoholism (
Chris Dodd
Christopher John Dodd (born May 27, 1944) is an American lobbyist, lawyer, and Democratic Party politician who served as a United States senator from Connecticut from 1981 to 2011. Dodd is the longest-serving senator in Connecticut's history. ...
, chair;
Dan Coats
Daniel Ray Coats (born May 16, 1943) is an American politician, attorney, and former 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 ...
, Ranking member)
** United States Senate Labor and Human Resources Subcommittee on Aging, Aging (
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, she also served in the United States House of Repre ...
, chair;
Judd Gregg
Judd Alan Gregg (born February 14, 1947) is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 76th governor of New Hampshire from 1989 to 1993 and was a United States senator from New Hampshire; in the Senate, Gregg served as chairman of the ...
, Ranking member)
* United States Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, Rules and Administration (Wendell H. Ford, chair;
Ted Stevens
Theodore Fulton Stevens Sr. (November 18, 1923 – August 9, 2010) was an American politician and lawyer who served as a U.S. Senator from Alaska from 1968 to 2009. He was the longest-serving Republican Senator in history at the time he left ...
, Ranking Member)
* United States Senate Committee on Small Business, Small Business (
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. Prior ...
, chair;
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 (1975–1979) and United States Senate (1979–1997) as a Republican. He remained active in ...
, Ranking Member)
** United States Senate Small Business Subcommittee on Competitiveness, Capital Formation and Economic Opportunity, Competitiveness, Capital Formation and Economic Opportunity (
Joe Lieberman
Joseph Isadore Lieberman (; born February 24, 1942) is an American politician, lobbyist, and attorney who served as a United States senator from Connecticut from 1989 to 2013. A former member of the Democratic Party, he was its nominee for V ...
, chair;
Connie Mack III
Cornelius Alexander McGillicuddy III (born October 29, 1940), also known as Connie Mack III, is an American retired Republican politician. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Florida from 1983 to 1989 and t ...
, Ranking member)
** United States Senate Small Business Subcommittee on Export Expansion and Agricultural Development, Export Expansion and Agricultural Development (
Harris Wofford
Harris Llewellyn Wofford Jr. (April 9, 1926 – January 21, 2019) was an American attorney, civil rights activist, and Democratic Party politician who represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate from 1991 to 1995. A noted advocate of nat ...
, chair;
Paul Coverdell
Paul Douglas Coverdell (January 20, 1939 – July 18, 2000) was an American politician who served as a United States senator from Georgia, elected for the first time in 1992 and re-elected in 1998, and director of the Peace Corps from 1989 until ...
, Ranking member)
** United States Senate Small Business Subcommittee on Government Contracting and Paperwork Reduction, Government Contracting and Paperwork Reduction (
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 Initiat ...
, chair;
Kit Bond
Christopher Samuel "Kit" Bond (born March 6, 1939) is an American attorney, politician and former United States Senator from Missouri and a member of the Republican Party. First elected to the U.S. Senate in 1986, he defeated Democrat Harriett ...
, Ranking member)
** United States Senate Small Business Subcommittee on Innovation, Technology and Productivity, Innovation, Technology and Productivity (
Carl Levin
Carl Milton Levin (June 28, 1934 – July 29, 2021) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator from Michigan from 1979 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the chair of the Senate Armed Services C ...
, chair;
Conrad Burns
Conrad Ray Burns (January 25, 1935 – April 28, 2016) was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Montana and later was a lobbyist. He was only the second Republican popularly elected to represent Montana in the Senat ...
, Ranking member)
** United States Senate Small Business Subcommittee on Rural Economy and Family Farming, Rural Economy and Family Farming (
Paul Wellstone
Paul David Wellstone (July 21, 1944 – October 25, 2002) was an American academic, author, and politician who represented Minnesota in the United States Senate from 1991 until he was killed in a plane crash near Eveleth, Minnesota, in 2002. A m ...
, chair;
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 (1975–1979) and United States Senate (1979–1997) as a Republican. He remained active in ...
, Ranking member)
** United States Senate Small Business Subcommittee on Urban and Minority-Owned Business Development, Urban and Minority-Owned Business Development (
John Kerry
John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is an American attorney, politician and diplomat who currently serves as the first United States special presidential envoy for climate. A member of the Forbes family and the Democratic Party (Unite ...
, chair;
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), he served as the 66th Governor of Rhode Island, as ...
, Ranking member)
* United States Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Veterans' Affairs (John D. Rockefeller IV, chair; Frank H. Murkowski, Ranking Member)
House of Representatives
* United States House Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture (Kika de la Garza, chair;
Pat Roberts
Charles Patrick Roberts (born April 20, 1936) is a retired American politician and journalist who served as a United States senator from Kansas from 1997 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, Roberts served 8 terms in the U.S. House of Rep ...
, Ranking member)
** General Farm Commodities (Tim Johnson (Illinois politician), Tim Johnson, chair; Bill Emerson, Ranking member)
** Livestock (Harold Volkmer, chair; Steve Gunderson, Ranking member)
** United States House Agriculture Subcommittee on Specialty Crops and Natural Resources, Specialty Crops and Natural Resources (Charlie Rose (politician), Charlie Rose, chair;
Tom Lewis, Ranking member)
** Department Operations and Nutrition (Charles W. Stenholm, chair; Bob Smith (New Hampshire politician), Bob Smith, Ranking member)
** Environment, Credit and Rural Development (Glenn English, chair; Larry Combest, Ranking member)
** Foreign Agriculture and Hunger (Tim Penny, chair;
Wayne Allard
Alan Wayne Allard (born December 2, 1943) is an American veterinarian and politician who served as a United States Representative (1991–1997) and United States Senator (1997–2009) from Colorado, as well as previously a Colorado State Senator ...
, Ranking member)
* United States House Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (William Huston Natcher, then Dave Obey, chair; Joseph M. McDade, Ranking member)
** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and the Judiciary, Commerce, Justice, State and the Judiciary (
Neal Edward Smith
Neal Edward Smith (March 23, 1920 – November 2, 2021) was an American politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives for the Democratic Party from Iowa from 1959 until 1995, the longest-serving Iowan in the United St ...
, chair; Hal Rogers, Ranking member)
** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, Defense (John P. Murtha, chair; Joseph McDade, Ranking member)
** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Julian C. Dixon, chair; James T. Walsh, Ranking member)
** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, Energy and Water Development (
Tom Bevill
Tom Donald Fike Bevill (March 27, 1921 – March 28, 2005) was an American attorney, politician, and Democratic fifteen-term U.S. congressman who represented Alabama's 4th Congressional District and Alabama's 7th congressional district from 1967 ...
, chair;
John T. Myers, Ranking member)
** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs, Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs (David Obey, chair; Bob Livingston, Ranking member)
** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Interior (Sidney Yates, chair; Ralph Regula, Ranking member)
** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health, Human Services, Education and Related Agencies, Labor, Health, Human Services, Education and Related Agencies (William Huston Natcher, chair; John Edward Porter, Ranking member)
** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Legislative, Legislative (
Vic Fazio
Vic (; es, Vic or Pancracio Celdrán (2004). Diccionario de topónimos españoles y sus gentilicios (5ª edición). Madrid: Espasa Calpe. p. 843. ISBN 978-84-670-3054-9. «Vic o Vich (viquense, vigitano, vigatán, ausense, ausetano, ausonense) ...
, chair;
Bill Young
Charles William Young (December 16, 1930 – October 18, 2013) was an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1971 until his death in 2013. A Republican from Florida, Young served as chairman of the ...
, Ranking member)
** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Military Construction (Bill Hefner, chair; Barbara Vucanovich, Ranking member)
** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Rural Development, Agriculture and Related Agencies, Agriculture, Rural Development and Related Agencies (Richard J. Durbin, chair; Joe Skeen, Ranking member)
** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Transportation (Milton Robert Carr, Bob Carr, chair; Frank Wolf (politician), Frank Wolf, Ranking member)
** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service and General Government, Treasury, Postal Service and General Government (
Steny Hoyer
Steny Hamilton Hoyer (born June 14, 1939) is an American politician and attorney serving as the U.S. representative for since 1981 and as House Majority Leader since 2019. A Democrat, Hoyer was first elected in a special election on May 19, 19 ...
, chair; Jim Ross Lightfoot, Jim Lightfoot, Ranking member)
** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, VA, HUD and Independent Agencies (Louis Stokes, chair;
Jerry Lewis
Jerry Lewis (born Joseph Levitch; March 16, 1926 – August 20, 2017) was an American comedian, actor, singer, filmmaker and humanitarian. As his contributions to comedy and charity made him a global figure in pop culture, Lewis was nickn ...
, Ranking member)
* United States House Committee on Armed Services, Armed Services (
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 ...
, chair; Floyd Spence, Ranking member)
** Military Acquisition (
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 ...
, chair; Floyd Spence, Ranking member)
** Research and Development (Patricia Schroeder, chair;
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 unti ...
, Ranking member)
** Readiness (
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, Hutto attended Dale County public schools, ...
, chair; John Kasich, Ranking member)
** Military Forces and Personnel (Ike Skelton, chair;
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 and again in 2018. A Republican, he held both of Arizona's Senate seats at different times, ...
, Ranking member)
** Military Installations and Facilities (Dave McCurdy, chair;
Duncan L. Hunter
Duncan Lee Hunter (born May 31, 1948) is an American politician. He was a Republican member of the House of Representatives from California's 52nd, 45th and 42nd districts from 1981 to 2009.
Hunter was the chairman of the House Armed Servic ...
, Ranking member)
** United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Oversight and Investigations (Norman Sisisky, chair; James Hansen, Ranking member)
* United States House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs (Henry B. Gonzalez, chair;
Jim Leach
James Albert Smith Leach (born October 15, 1942) is an American academic and former politician. He served as ninth Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities from 2009 to 2013 Pogrebin, Robin"Rocco Landesman Confirmed as Chairman of the N ...
, Ranking member)
** Housing and Community Development (Henry B. Gonzalez, chair; Marge Roukema, Ranking member)
** Financial Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Deposit Insurance (Stephen L. Neal, chair;
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 l ...
, Ranking member)
** International Development, Finance, Trade and Monetary Policy (Barney Frank, chair; Doug Bereuter, Ranking member)
** Economic Growth and Credit Formation (Paul Kanjorski, chair; Tom Ridge, Ranking member)
** Consumer Credit and Insurance (Joseph P. Kennedy II, chair;
Al McCandless, Ranking member)
** General Oversight, Investigations and the Resolution of Failed Financial Institutions (Floyd H. Flake, chair; Toby Roth, Ranking member)
* United States House Committee on the Budget, Budget (Martin Olav Sabo, chair; John Kasich, Ranking member)
* United States House Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (
Pete Stark
Fortney Hillman Stark Jr. (November 11, 1931 – January 24, 2020), known as Pete Stark, 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, S ...
, chair; John Kasich, Ranking member)
** United States House District of Columbia Subcommittee on Fiscal Affairs and Health, Fiscal Affairs and Health (Jim McDermott, chair; Cass Ballenger, Ranking member)
** United States House District of Columbia Subcommittee on Government Operations and Metropolitan Affairs, Government Operations and Metropolitan Affairs (Alan Wheat, chair; Jim Saxton, Ranking member)
** United States House District of Columbia Subcommittee on Judiciary and Education, Judiciary and Education (Eleanor Holmes Norton, chair;
Dana Rohrabacher
Dana Tyrone Rohrabacher (; born June 21, 1947) is a former American politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1989 to 2019. A Republican, he represented for the last three terms of his House tenure.
Rohrabacher ran for r ...
, Ranking member)
* United States House Committee on Education and Labor, Education and Labor (William D. Ford, chair; Bill Goodling, Ranking member)
** United States House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Postsecondary Education and Training (William D. Ford, chair; Tom Petri, Ranking member)
** United States House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Labor Standards, Occupational Health and Safety, Labor Standards, Occupational Health and Safety (Austin J. Murphy, chair;
Harris W. Fawell
Harris Walter Fawell (March 25, 1929 – November 11, 2021) was an American politician from Illinois who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1985 to 1999.
Early life and career
Fawell was a graduate o ...
, Ranking member)
** United States House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education, Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education (Dale Kildee, chair; William F. Goodling, Ranking member)
** United States House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations, Labor-Management Relations (Pat Williams (Montana politician), Pat Williams, chair; Marge Roukema, Ranking member)
** United States House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Human Resources, Human Resources (Matthew G. Martinez, chair; Paul B. Henry, Ranking member)
** United States House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Select Education and Rights, Select Education and Rights (Major R. Owens, chair; Cass Ballenger, Ranking member)
* United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Energy and Commerce (John Dingell, chair; Carlos J. Moorhead, Ranking member)
** United States House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Oversight and Investigations (John D. Dingell, chair;
Dan Schaefer
Daniel "Dan" Schaefer (January 25, 1936 – April 16, 2006) was an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Colorado's 6th congressional district from 1983 to 1999.
Early life and education
Born in Guttenberg, Iowa, he att ...
, Ranking member)
** United States House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health and the Environment, Health and the Environment (
Henry Waxman
Henry Arnold Waxman (born September 12, 1939) is an American politician who served as 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 city of ...
, chair; Thomas J. Bliley Jr., Ranking member)
** United States House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power, Energy and Power (
Philip Sharp, chair;
Michael Bilirakis
Michael Bilirakis (born July 16, 1930) is an American politician and lawyer from Florida. He was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1983 until 2007, representing the 9th District of Florida.
Early life
Th ...
, Ranking member)
** United States House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance, Telecommunications and Finance (Ed Markey, chair; Jack Fields, Ranking member)
** United States House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials, Transportation and Hazardous Materials (Al Swift, chair; , Ranking member)
** United States House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and Competitiveness, Commerce, Transportation and Competitiveness (
Cardiss Collins
Cardiss Hortense Collins (; September 24, 1931 – February 3, 2013) was an American politician from Illinois who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1973 to 1997. A member of the Democratic Party, she was the fourth Africa ...
, chair;
Cliff Stearns
Clifford Bundy Stearns Sr. (born April 16, 1941) is an American businessman and politician who was the U.S. representative for from 1989 to 2013. He is a member of the Republican Party.
On August 14, 2012, Stearns lost to veterinarian Ted Yoh ...
, Ranking member)
* United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs (
Lee H. Hamilton
Lee Herbert Hamilton (born April 20, 1931) is an American politician and lawyer from Indiana. He is a former member of the United States House of Representatives and a former member of the U.S. Homeland Security Advisory Council. A member of the ...
, chair; Benjamin A. Gilman, Ranking member)
** United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East, Europe and the Middle East (
Lee H. Hamilton
Lee Herbert Hamilton (born April 20, 1931) is an American politician and lawyer from Indiana. He is a former member of the United States House of Representatives and a former member of the U.S. Homeland Security Advisory Council. A member of the ...
, chair; Benjamin A. Gilman, Ranking member)
** United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Policy, Trade and Environment, Economic Policy, Trade and Environment (
Sam Gejdenson
Samuel Gejdenson (born May 20, 1948) is a former United States Representative for the 2nd Congressional District of Connecticut.
Biography
Born in a displaced persons camp in Eschwege, Allied-occupied Germany, Gejdenson was the child of a Bela ...
, chair; Toby Roth, Ranking member)
** United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Security, International Organizations and Human Rights, International Security, International Organizations and Human Rights (
Tom Lantos
Thomas Peter Lantos (born Tamás Péter Lantos; February 1, 1928 – February 11, 2008) was a Holocaust survivor and American politician who served as a U.S. representative from California from 1981 until his death in 2008. A member of the Democ ...
, chair; Doug Bereuter, Ranking member)
** United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs, Western Hemisphere Affairs (Robert Torricelli, chair; Chris Smith (New Jersey politician), Chris Smith, Ranking member)
** United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Operations, International Operations (
Howard Berman
Howard Lawrence Berman (born April 15, 1941) is an American attorney and retired politician who served as a U.S. representative from California from 1983 to 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented the state's 26th congressional d ...
, chair; Olympia J. Snowe, Ranking member)
** United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, Asia and the Pacific (Gary L. Ackerman, chair;
Jim Leach
James Albert Smith Leach (born October 15, 1942) is an American academic and former politician. He served as ninth Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities from 2009 to 2013 Pogrebin, Robin"Rocco Landesman Confirmed as Chairman of the N ...
, Ranking member)
** United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Africa (Harry Johnston, chair;
Dan Burton
Danny Lee Burton (born June 21, 1938) is an American politician. Burton is the former U.S. Representative for , and previously the , serving from 1983 until 2013. He is a member of the Republican Party and was part of the Tea Party Caucus.
Ea ...
, Ranking member)
* United States House Committee on Government Operations, Government Operations (John Conyers, chair; William F. Clinger, Ranking member)
** United States House Government Operations Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security, Legislation and National Security (John Conyers, chair;
Al McCandless, Ranking member)
** United States House Government Operations Subcommittee on Environment, Energy and Natural Resources, Environment, Energy and Natural Resources (Mike Synar, chair;
Dennis Hastert
John Dennis Hastert (; born January 2, 1942) is an American former politician and convicted felon who represented from 1987 to 2007 and served as the 51st speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1999 to 2007. The longest-se ...
, Ranking member)
** United States House Government Operations Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations, Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations (Edolphus Towns, chair; Steven Schiff, Ranking member)
** United States House Government Operations Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer and Monetary Affairs, Commerce, Consumer and Monetary Affairs (John M. Spratt, chair;
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 member of the United States House of Representatives, and member of ...
, Ranking member)
** United States House Government Operations Subcommittee on Information, Justice, Transportation and Agriculture, Information, Justice, Transportation and Agriculture (
Gary Condit
Gary Adrian Condit (born April 21, 1948) is an American former politician who represented California's 18th congressional district in the House of Representatives from 1989 to 2003. He gained significant national attention for an extramarital af ...
, chair; Craig L. Thomas, Ranking member)
** United States House Government Operations Subcommittee on Employment, Housing and Aviation, Employment, Housing and Aviation (Collin C. Peterson, chair; Ronald K. Machtley, Ranking member)
* United States House Committee on House Administration, House Administration (Charlie Rose (congressman), Charlie Rose, chair;
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 ...
, Ranking member)
** United States House Administration Subcommittee on Elections, Elections (Al Swift, chair; Bob Livingston, Ranking member)
** United States House Administration Subcommittee on Libraries and Memorials, Libraries and Memorials (Bill Clay, chair; Bill Barrett, Ranking member)
** United States House Administration Subcommittee on Office Systems, Office Systems (
Sam Gejdenson
Samuel Gejdenson (born May 20, 1948) is a former United States Representative for the 2nd Congressional District of Connecticut.
Biography
Born in a displaced persons camp in Eschwege, Allied-occupied Germany, Gejdenson was the child of a Bela ...
, chair; John Boehner, Ranking member)
** United States House Administration Subcommittee on Accounts, Accounts (Martin Frost, chair;
Pat Roberts
Charles Patrick Roberts (born April 20, 1936) is a retired American politician and journalist who served as a United States senator from Kansas from 1997 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, Roberts served 8 terms in the U.S. House of Rep ...
, Ranking member)
** United States House Administration Subcommittee on Personnel and Police, Personnel and Police (Thomas J. Manton, chair; Jennifer Dunn (politician), Jennifer Dunn, Ranking member)
** United States House Administration Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight, Administrative Oversight (Charlie Rose (congressman), Charlie Rose, chair;
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 ...
, Ranking member)
* United States House Committee on Judiciary, Judiciary (Jack Brooks (American politician), Jack Brooks, chair; Hamilton Fish, Ranking member)
** United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law, Economic and Commercial Law (Jack Brooks (American politician), Jack Brooks, chair; Hamilton Fish IV, Hamilton Fish Jr., Ranking member)
** United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights, Civil and Constitutional Rights (
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
Edward ...
, chair; Henry J. Hyde, Ranking member)
** United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property and Judicial Administration, Intellectual Property and Judicial Administration (William J. Hughes, chair; Carlos J. Moorhead, Ranking member)
** United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Criminal Justice, Crime and Criminal Justice (Chuck Schumer, chair; Jim Sensenbrenner, Ranking member)
** United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations, Administrative Law and Governmental Relations (John Wiley Bryant, John Bryant, chair; George Gekas, Ranking member)
* United States House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Gerry Studds, chair; Jack Fields, Ranking member)
** United States House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Subcommittee on Merchant Marine, Merchant Marine (
Bill Lipinski
William Oliver Lipinski (born December 22, 1937) is an American politician and lobbyist who was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1983 to 2005, representing a district in Chicago.
Life and career
Pre-congre ...
, chair; Herbert Bateman, Ranking member)
** United States House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Subcommittee on Environment and Natural Resources, Environment and Natural Resources (Gerry E. Studds, chair; Jim Saxton, Ranking member)
** United States House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Subcommittee on Fisheries Management, Fisheries Management (Thomas J. Manton, chair;
Don Young
Donald Edwin Young (June 9, 1933 – March 18, 2022) was an American politician from the state of Alaska. At the time of his death, he was the longest-serving Republican in congressional history, having been the U.S. representative for fo ...
, Ranking member)
** United States House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Subcommittee on Oceanography, Gulf of Mexico and the Outer Continental Shelf, Oceanography, Gulf of Mexico and the Outer Continental Shelf (Solomon P. Ortiz, chair; Curt Weldon, Ranking member)
** United States House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Navigation, Coast Guard and Navigation (Billy Tauzin, chair; Howard Coble, Ranking member)
* United States House Committee on Natural Resources, Natural Resources (
George Miller, chair;
Don Young
Donald Edwin Young (June 9, 1933 – March 18, 2022) was an American politician from the state of Alaska. At the time of his death, he was the longest-serving Republican in congressional history, having been the U.S. representative for fo ...
, Ranking member)
** United States House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Oversight and Investigations (
George Miller, chair; Bob Smith (New Hampshire politician), Bob Smith, Ranking member)
** United States House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Native American Affairs, Native American Affairs (
Bill Richardson
William Blaine Richardson III (born November 15, 1947) is an American politician, author, and diplomat who served as the 30th governor of New Mexico from 2003 to 2011. He was also the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and Energy Secretary ...
, chair; Bob Smith (New Hampshire politician), Bob Smith, Ranking member)
** United States House Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands, National Parks, Forests and Public Lands (Bruce Vento, chair; Jim Hansen, Ranking member)
** United States House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Insular and International Affairs, Insular and International Affairs (Ron de Lugo, chair;
Elton Gallegly
Elton William Gallegly (born March 7, 1944) is a former U.S. Representative from California. A Republican, he last represented . He previously represented the 23rd and 21st Districts, and served from 1987 to 2013. He did not seek re-election in ...
, Ranking member)
** United States House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, Energy and Mineral Resources (
Richard H. Lehman
Richard Henry "Rick" Lehman (born July 20, 1948) is a former six-term member of the United States House of Representatives from California, serving from 1983 to 1995; he was previously a member of the California State Assembly.
Life and career ...
, chair; Barbara Vucanovich, Ranking member)
* United States House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, Post Office and Civil Service (Bill Clay, chair;
John T. Myers, Ranking member)
** United States House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Oversight and Investigations (Bill Clay, chair; Sherwood Boehlert, Ranking member)
** United States House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Civil Service, Civil Service (
Frank McCloskey
Francis Xavier McCloskey (June 12, 1939 – November 2, 2003) was an American journalist, lawyer, and politician from Indiana who served in the United States House of Representatives as a Democrat from 1983 to 1995.
Early life and education
He ...
, chair;
Dan Burton
Danny Lee Burton (born June 21, 1938) is an American politician. Burton is the former U.S. Representative for , and previously the , serving from 1983 until 2013. He is a member of the Republican Party and was part of the Tea Party Caucus.
Ea ...
, Ranking member)
** United States House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Census, Statistics and Portal Personnel, Census, Statistics and Portal Personnel (Thomas C. Sawyer, chair; Tom Petri, Ranking member)
** United States House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Compensation and Employee Benefits, Compensation and Employee Benefits (Eleanor Holmes Norton, chair; Constance Morella, Ranking member)
** United States House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Postal Operations and Services, Postal Operations and Services (Barbara-Rose Collins, chair;
Don Young
Donald Edwin Young (June 9, 1933 – March 18, 2022) was an American politician from the state of Alaska. At the time of his death, he was the longest-serving Republican in congressional history, having been the U.S. representative for fo ...
, Ranking member)
* United States House Committee on Public Works and Transportation, Public Works and Transportation (
Norman Mineta
Norman Yoshio Mineta ( ja, 峯田 良雄, November 12, 1931 – May 3, 2022) was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, Mineta served in the United States Cabinet for Presidents Bill Clinton, a Democrat, and George W. Bush, a ...
, chair; Bud Shuster, Ranking member)
** United States House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Aviation, Aviation (Jim Oberstar, chair; Bill Clinger, Ranking member)
** United States House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Economic Development, Economic Development (Bob Wise, chair; Susan Molinari, Ranking member)
** United States House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, Investigations and Oversight (Robert Borski, chair;
Jim Inhofe
James Mountain Inhofe ( ; born November 17, 1934) is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Oklahoma, a seat he was first elected to in 1994. A member of the Republican Party, he chaired the U.S. Senate Committ ...
, Ranking member)
** United States House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Grounds, Public Buildings and Grounds (James Traficant, chair; Jimmy Duncan (politician), John Duncan, Ranking member)
** United States House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, Surface Transportation (Nick Rahall, chair; Tom Petri, Ranking member)
** United States House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, Water Resources and Environment (Douglas Applegate, chair; Sherwood Boehlert, Ranking member)
* United States House Committee on Rules, Rules (Joe Moakley, chair; Gerald B.H. Solomon, Ranking member)
** United States House Rules Subcommittee on the Rules of the House, Rules of the House (
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 un ...
, chair;
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 ...
, Ranking member)
** United States House Rules Subcommittee on the Legislative Process, Legislative Process (
Butler Derrick
Butler Carson Derrick Jr. (September 30, 1936 – May 5, 2014) was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.
Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, he moved to his parents' home state of South Carolina in his youth and ...
, chair; Jimmy Quillen, Ranking member)
* United States House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, Science, Space and Technology (
George Brown Jr., chair; Robert S. Walker, Ranking member)
** United States House Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on Energy, Energy (Marilyn Lloyd, chair; Harris Fawell, Ranking member)
** United States House Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on Space, Space (Ralph Hall, chair; Jim Sensenbrenner, Ranking member)
** United States House Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on Technology, Environment and Aviation, Technology, Environment and Aviation (Tim Valentine, chair;
Tom Lewis, Ranking member)
** United States House Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on Science, Science (Rick Boucher, chair; Sherwood Boehlert, Ranking member)
** United States House Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, Investigations and Oversight (Jimmy Hayes, chair; Paul B. Henry, Ranking member)
* United States House Committee on Small Business, Small Business (John J. LaFalce, chair; Jan Meyers, Ranking member)
** United States House Small Business Subcommittee on SBA Legislation and the General Economy, SBA Legislation and the General Economy (John J. LaFalce, chair; Jan Meyers, Ranking member)
** United States House Small Business Subcommittee on Regulation, Business Opportunities and Technology, Regulation, Business Opportunities and Technology (Ron Wyden, chair; Larry Combest, Ranking member)
** United States House Small Business Subcommittee on Procurement, Taxation and Tourism, Procurement, Taxation and Tourism (James H. Bilbray, chair; Richard Baker (U.S. politician), Richard Baker, Ranking member)
** United States House Small Business Subcommittee on Minority Enterprise, Finance and Urban Development, Minority Enterprise, Finance and Urban Development (Kweisi Mfume, chair; Ronald K. Machtley, Ranking member)
** United States House Small Business Subcommittee on Rural Enterprises, Exports and the Environment, Rural Enterprises, Exports and the Environment (Bill Sarpalius, chair;
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 Hefle ...
, Ranking member)
* United States House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, Standards of Official Conduct (Jim McDermott, chair;
Fred Grandy
Fredrick Lawrence Grandy (born June 29, 1948) is an American actor who played "Gopher" on the sitcom ''The Love Boat'' and who later became a member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Iowa. Grandy was most recently th ...
, Ranking member)
* United States House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Veterans' Affairs (Gillespie V. Montgomery, chair;
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 unti ...
, Ranking member)
** United States House Small Business Subcommittee on Education, Training and Employment, Education, Training and Employment (Sonny Montgomery, chair;
Tim Hutchinson
Young Timothy Hutchinson (born August 11, 1949) is an American Republican politician, lobbyist, and former United States senator from the state of Arkansas.
Personal life
Hutchinson was born in Bentonville in northwestern Arkansas, the son o ...
, Ranking member)
** United States House Small Business Subcommittee on Compensation, Pension and Insurance, Compensation, Pension and Insurance (
Jim Slattery
James Charles Slattery (born August 4, 1948) is an American politician. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1983 to 1995 representing Kansas's 2nd congressional district as a Democrat, was the Democratic nominee for governor in 19 ...
, chair;
Michael Bilirakis
Michael Bilirakis (born July 16, 1930) is an American politician and lawyer from Florida. He was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1983 until 2007, representing the 9th District of Florida.
Early life
Th ...
, Ranking member)
** United States House Small Business Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Oversight and Investigations (
Lane Evans
Lane Allen Evans (August 4, 1951 – November 5, 2014) was an American attorney and politician who served as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1983 until 2007, representing the 17th District of Illinois. Eva ...
, chair; Tom Ridge, Ranking member)
** United States House Small Business Subcommittee on Hospitals and Health Care, Hospitals and Health Care (
J. Roy Rowland
James Roy Rowland Jr. (February 3, 1926 – April 25, 2022) was an American World War II veteran, politician, and physician who served six terms as a United States representative from Georgia from 1982 to 1995.
Early life and education
Rowla ...
, chair; Chris Smith (New Jersey politician), Chris Smith, Ranking member)
** United States House Small Business Subcommittee on Housing and Memorial Affairs, Housing and Memorial Affairs (
George E. Sangmeister, chair;
Dan Burton
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Ea ...
, Ranking member)
* United States House Committee on Ways and Means, Ways and Means (
Dan Rostenkowski
Daniel David Rostenkowski (January 2, 1928 – August 11, 2010) was a United States Representative from Chicago, serving for 36 years, from 1959 to 1995. He became one of the most powerful legislators in Congress, especially in matters of ...
, chair, Sam Gibbons, acting; Bill Archer, Ranking member)
** United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade, Trade (Sam Gibbons, chair;
Phil Crane
Philip Miller Crane (November 3, 1930 – November 8, 2014) was an American politician. He was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1969 to 2005, representing the 8th District of Illinois in the northwestern s ...
, Ranking member)
** United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight, Oversight (J.J. Pickle, chair; Amo Houghton, Ranking member)
** United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures, Select Revenue Measures (Charles Rangel, chair; Mel Hancock, Ranking member)
** United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health, Health (
Pete Stark
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, chair;
Bill Thomas
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, Ranking member)
** United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security, Social Security (
Andrew Jacobs Jr.
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, chair; Jim Bunning, Ranking member)
** United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Human Resources, Human Resources (Harold Ford Sr., chair; Rick Santorum, Ranking member)
* Committee of the Whole (United States House of Representatives), Whole
Joint
* Joint Economic Committee, Economic (Rep. Dave Obey, chair; Sen.
Paul Sarbanes
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, Vice Chair)
* Joint Committee on Taxation, Taxation (Rep.
Dan Rostenkowski
Daniel David Rostenkowski (January 2, 1928 – August 11, 2010) was a United States Representative from Chicago, serving for 36 years, from 1959 to 1995. He became one of the most powerful legislators in Congress, especially in matters of ...
, chair; Sen. Daniel P. Moynihan, Vice Chair)
* Joint Committee on the Library, The Library (Rep. Charlie Rose, chair; Sen.
Claiborne Pell
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, Vice Chair)
* Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress, Organization of Congress (Sen. David L. Boren, Co-Chair; Rep.
Lee H. Hamilton
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, Co-Chair)
* Joint Committee on Printing, Printing (Sen.
Wendell Ford
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, chair; Rep. Charlie Rose, Vice Chair)
Caucuses
* Armenian Caucus
* Biomedical Research Caucus
* Blue Dog Coalition
* Congressional Arts Caucus
* Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus
* Congressional Automotive Caucus
* Congressional Black Caucus
* Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans
* Congressional Caucus on Korea
* Congressional Fire Services Caucus
* Friends of Ireland (U.S. Congress), Congressional Friends of Ireland Caucus
* Congressional Hispanic Caucus
* Congressional Pediatric & Adult Hydrocephalus Caucus
* Congressional Progressive Caucus
* Congressional Travel & Tourism Caucus
* Congressional Western Caucus
* Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues, Congresswomen's Caucus
* House Democratic Caucus
* Law Enforcement Caucus
* Northern Border Caucus
* Senate Democratic Caucus
Employees
List of federal agencies in the United States#Legislative branch, Legislative branch agency directors
* Architect of the Capitol: George M. White
* Attending Physician of the United States Congress: Robert Krasner, until 1994
** John Francis Eisold, John F. Eisold, from 1994
* Comptroller General of the United States: Charles A. Bowsher
* Director of the Congressional Budget Office: Robert D. Reischauer
* Librarian of Congress: James H. Billington
* Public Printer of the United States: Robert Houk, until 1993
** Michael F. DiMario, from 1993
Senate
* Chaplain of the United States Senate, Chaplain: Richard C. Halverson (Presbyterian)
* Curator of the United States Senate, Curator: James R. Ketchum
* Historian of the United States Senate, Historian: Richard A. Baker (historian), Richard A. Baker
* Parliamentarian of the United States Senate, Parliamentarian: Alan Frumin
* Secretary of the United States Senate, Secretary: Walter J. Stewart, until April 15, 1994
** Martha S. Pope, from April 15, 1994
* 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: Martha S. Pope, until April 14, 1994
** Robert L. Benoit, from April 15, 1994
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
* Director of Non-Legislative and Financial Services: Leonard P. Wishart III, until January 1994
** Randall B. Medlock, from January 1994
* 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 (D)
** Bob Berry (reading clerk), Bob Berry along with Paul Hays (R)
* Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives, Parliamentarian: William Holmes Brown, William H. Brown, until September 16, 1994
** Charles W. Johnson III, from September 16, 1994
* Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives, Sergeant at Arms: Werner W. Brandt
* Inspector General: John W. Lainhart IV
See also
* List of new members of the 103rd United States Congress
* 1992 United States elections (elections leading to this Congress)
** 1992 United States presidential election
** 1992 United States Senate elections
** 1992 United States House of Representatives elections
* 1994 United States elections (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
** 1994 United States Senate elections
** 1994 United States House of Representatives elections
Notes
External links
Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress*
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