The 92nd United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the

United States Senate The United States Senate is a chamber of the Bicameralism, bicameral United States Congress; it is the upper house, with the United States House of Representatives, U.S. House of Representatives being the lower house. Together, the Senate and ...

and the

United States House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives is a chamber of the Bicameralism, bicameral United States Congress; it is the lower house, with the U.S. Senate being the upper house. Together, the House and Senate have the authority under Artic ...

. It met in

Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States. The city is on the Potomac River, across from Virginia, and shares land borders with ...

, from January 3, 1971, to January 3, 1973, during the third and fourth years of Richard Nixon's presidency. The apportionment of seats in this

House of Representatives House of Representatives is the name of legislative bodies in many countries and sub-national entities. In many countries, the House of Representatives is the lower house of a bicameral legislature, with the corresponding upper house often ...

was based on the

1960 census The 1960 United States census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States to be 179,323,175, an increase of 19 percent over the 151,325,798 persons enumerated during the 1950 census. This was the fi ...

. Both chambers maintained a Democratic majority.

Major events

Passing legislation on revenue-sharing was a key event of the congress.

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television *'' Præsident ...

Richard Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 until Resignation of Richard Nixon, his resignation in 1974. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican ...

had it listed on his list of top policies to cover for the year. Nixon signed the bill into law at

Independence Hall Independence Hall is a historic civic building in Philadelphia, where both the United States Declaration of Independence, Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States were debated and adopted by the Founding Fathers of ...

Philadelphia Philadelphia ( ), colloquially referred to as Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania, most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the List of United States cities by population, sixth-most populous city in the Unit ...

. The law gained support from many state and local officials including:

San Francisco San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, Financial District, San Francisco, financial, and Culture of San Francisco, cultural center of Northern California. With a population of 827,526 residents as of ...

Mayor

Joseph Alioto Joseph Lawrence Alioto (February 12, 1916 – January 29, 1998) was an American politician who served as the 36th mayor of San Francisco, California, from 1968 to 1976. Biography Alioto was born in San Francisco in 1916. His father, Giuseppe A ...

whose city received $27 million in revenue-sharing money in the first year. Alioto said that many projects that would not have been possible could now be done, "That will effectively enable us to meet those programs which up to now because of very tough budgeting we've had to trench.""1972 congress"
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Major legislation

* December 18, 1971:

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) was signed into law by U.S. President, President Richard Nixon on December 18, 1971, constituting what is still the largest land claims settlement in United States history. ANCSA was intended to reso ...

, , * December 23, 1971:

National Cancer Act The "war on cancer" was launched in 1971 by President Richard Nixon to find a cure for cancer by increased research. The goals were to improve the understanding of cancer biology and to develop more effective cancer treatments, such as targeted ...

, , * February 7, 1972:

Federal Election Campaign Act The Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA, , ''et seq.'') is the primary United States federal law regulating political campaign fundraising and spending. The law originally focused on creating limits for campaign spending on communicati ...

, , * March 24, 1972:

Equal Employment Opportunity Act The Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972 is a United States federal law which amends Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (the "1964 Act") to strengthen protections against employment discrimination. It prohibits discrimination in the ...

, , * June 23, 1972: Title IX Amendment of the Higher Education Act, , * October 6, 1972:

Federal Advisory Committee Act The Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (), is a United States federal law which governs the behavior of federal advisory committees. In particular, it has special emphasis on open meetings, chartering, public involvement, and reporting. It was ...

, , * October 18, 1972:

Federal Water Pollution Control Amendments of 1972 The Clean Water Act (CWA) is the primary federal law in the United States governing water pollution. Its objective is to restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the nation's waters; recognizing the primary respo ...

, , * October 21, 1972:

Marine Mammal Protection Act The Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) was the first act of the United States Congress to call specifically for an ecosystem approach to wildlife management. Authority MMPA was signed into law on October 21, 1972, by President Richard Nixon ...

, , * October 27, 1972:

Consumer Product Safety Act The Consumer Safety Act (CPSA) was enacted on October 27, 1972, by the United States Congress. The act should not be confused with an earlier Senate Joint Resolution 33 of November 20, 1967, which merely established a temporary National Commissi ...

, , * October 27, 1972:

Noise Control Act The Noise Pollution and Abatement Act of 1972 is a statute of the United States initiating a federal program of regulating noise pollution with the intent of protecting human health and minimizing annoyance of noise to the general public. The Act ...

, , * October 27, 1972:

Coastal Zone Management Act The Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (CZMA; , , Chapter 33) is an Act of Congress passed in 1972 to encourage coastal states to develop and implement coastal zone management plans (CZMPs). This act was established as a United States National ...

, ,

Constitutional amendments

* March 23, 1971: Approved an amendment to the

United States Constitution The Constitution of the United States is the Supremacy Clause, supreme law of the United States, United States of America. It superseded the Articles of Confederation, the nation's first constitution, on March 4, 1789. Originally includi ...

prohibiting the states and the federal government from using age as a reason for denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States who are at least eighteen years old, and submitted it to the state legislatures for ratification ** July 1, 1971: The

Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution The Twenty-sixth Amendment (Amendment XXVI) to the United States Constitution establishes a nationally standardized minimum age of 18 for participation in state and federal elections. It was proposed by Congress on March 23, 1971, and three-four ...

was ratified by the requisite number of states (38) to become part of the Constitution * March 22, 1972: Approved an amendment to the Constitution designed to guarantee

equal rights for women Women's rights are the rights and entitlements claimed for women and girls worldwide. They formed the basis for the women's rights movement in the 19th century and the feminist movements during the 20th and 21st centuries. In some countries, ...

, and submitted it to the state legislatures for ratification ** This amendment, commonly known as the

Equal Rights Amendment The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was a proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States, United States Constitution that would explicitly prohibit sex discrimination. It is not currently a part of the Constitution, though its Ratifi ...

, was later rendered inoperative, as it was not ratified within the seven–year time frame set by Congress (nor the later time extension granted)

Party summary

The count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this Congress, and includes members from vacancies and newly admitted states, when they were first seated. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the Changes in membership section.

Senate

House of Representatives

Leadership

Senate

Spiro Agnew Spiro Theodore Agnew (; November 9, 1918 – September 17, 1996) was the 39th vice president of the United States, serving from 1969 until his resignation in 1973. He is the second of two vice presidents to resign, the first being John C. ...

(R) * President pro tempore: **

Richard Russell Jr. Richard Brevard Russell Jr. (November 2, 1897 – January 21, 1971) was an American politician. A Southern Democrat, he served as the 66th Governor of Georgia from 1931 to 1933 before serving in the United States Senate for almost 40 years, f ...

(D), until January 21, 1971 ** Allen J. Ellender (D), January 22, 1971 – July 27, 1972 **

James Eastland James Oliver Eastland (November 28, 1904 February 19, 1986) was an American attorney, plantation owner, and politician from Mississippi. A Democrat, he served in the United States Senate in 1941 and again from 1943 until his resignation in late ...

(D), from July 28, 1972 * Permanent Acting President pro tempore:

Lee Metcalf Lee Warren Metcalf (January 28, 1911 – January 12, 1978) was an American lawyer, judge, and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a U.S. Representative (1953–1961) and a U.S. Senator (1961–1978) from Montana. He was the ...

(D)

Majority (Democratic) leadership

* Majority Leader:

Mike Mansfield Michael Joseph Mansfield (March 16, 1903 – October 5, 2001) was an American Democratic Party politician and diplomat who represented Montana in the United States House of Representatives from 1943 to 1953 and United States Senate from 1953 t ...

Majority Whip A whip is an official of a political party whose task is to ensure party discipline (that members of the party vote according to the party platform rather than their constituents, individual conscience or donors) in a legislature. Whips a ...

Robert Byrd Robert Carlyle Byrd (born Cornelius Calvin Sale Jr.; November 20, 1917 – June 28, 2010) was an American politician who served as a United States senator from West Virginia for over 51 years, from 1959 until his death in 2010. A Democratic Pa ...

* Caucus Secretary:

Frank Moss Frank Edward "Ted" Moss (September 23, 1911 – January 29, 2003) was an American lawyer and politician. A Democrat, from 1959 to 1977 he served as a United States Senator from Utah, and is currently the last Democrat to do so. Early life a ...

Minority (Republican) leadership

* Minority Leader:

Hugh Scott Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. (November 11, 1900 – July 21, 1994) was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, he represented Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1941 to 1945 and from 1947 to 1959 and in the ...

Minority Whip A whip is an official of a political party whose task is to ensure party discipline (that members of the party vote according to the party platform rather than their constituents, individual conscience or donors) in a legislature. Whips ...

: Robert P. Griffin *

Republican Conference Chairman The Senate Republican Conference is the formal organization of the Republican senators in the United States Senate. Over the last century, the mission of the conference has expanded and been shaped as a means of informing the media of the opin ...

Margaret Chase Smith Margaret Madeline Chase Smith (née Chase; December 14, 1897 – May 29, 1995) was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, she served as a U.S. representative (1940–1949) and a U.S. senator (1949–1973) from Maine. She was th ...

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 ...

Norris Cotton Norris Henry Cotton (May 11, 1900 – February 24, 1989) was an American politician from the state of New Hampshire. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a U.S. Representative and subsequently as a U.S. Senator. Early life Cotton was b ...

* National Senatorial Committee Chair:

Peter H. Dominick Peter Hoyt Dominick (July 7, 1915 – March 18, 1981) was an American diplomat, politician and lawyer from Colorado. A member of the Republican Party, he served in the United States Senate from 1963 to 1975. His uncle, Howard Alexander Smith, ...

* Policy Committee Chairman: Gordon Allott

House of Representatives

Speaker Speaker most commonly refers to: * Speaker, a person who produces speech * Loudspeaker, a device that produces sound ** Computer speakers Speaker, Speakers, or The Speaker may also refer to: Arts and entertainment * "Speaker" (song), by David ...

Carl Albert Carl Bert Albert (May 10, 1908 – February 4, 2000) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 46th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1971 to 1977 and represented Oklahoma's 3rd congressional district as a ...

(D)

Majority (Democratic) leadership

* Majority Leader:

Hale Boggs Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. (February 15, 1914 – disappeared October 16, 1972; declared dead December 29, 1972) was an American Democratic Party politician and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Orleans, Louisiana. He was the H ...

Tip O'Neill Thomas Phillip "Tip" O'Neill Jr. (December 9, 1912 – January 5, 1994) was an American Democratic Party politician from Massachusetts who served as the 47th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1977 to 1987, the third-l ...

* Democratic Caucus Chairman: Olin E. Teague * Democratic Caucus Secretary:

Leonor Sullivan Leonor Kretzer Sullivan (August 21, 1902 – September 1, 1988) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri. She was a Democrat and the first woman in Congress from Missouri. Biography Born Leonor Kretzer in St. Lo ...

* Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Tip O'Neill

Minority (Republican) leadership

* Minority Leader:

Gerald Ford Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King Jr.; July 14, 1913December 26, 2006) was the 38th president of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, Ford assumed the p ...

: Leslie C. Arends *

John B. Anderson John Bayard Anderson (February 15, 1922 – December 3, 2017) was an American lawyer and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives, representing Illinois's 16th congressional district from 1961 to 1981. A member of ...

* Republican Conference Vice-Chairman:

Robert Stafford Robert Theodore Stafford (August 8, 1913 – December 23, 2006) was an American politician from Vermont. In his lengthy political career, he served as the 71st governor of Vermont, a United States representative, and a U.S. Senator. A Republi ...

then Samuel L. Devine *

: Richard H. Poff then Jack Edwards * Policy Committee Chairman:

John Jacob Rhodes John Jacob Rhodes Jr. (September 18, 1916 – August 24, 2003) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Republican Party, Rhodes served as a U.S. Representative from Arizona for thirty years from 1953 to 1983. He was the mino ...

* Republican Campaign Committee Chairman:

Bob Wilson Bob Wilson may refer to: Association footballers *Bob Wilson (footballer, born 1867) (1867–?), Irish international footballer of the 1880s *Bob Wilson (footballer, born September 1898) 1920s, Scottish footballer with Third Lanark and Fall Ri ...

Caucuses

Congressional Black Caucus The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) is made up of Black members of the United States Congress. Representative Yvette Clarke from New York, the current chairperson, succeeded Steven Horsford from Nevada in 2025. Although most members belong ...

House Democratic Caucus The House Democratic Caucus is a congressional caucus composed of all Democratic representatives in the United States House of Representatives, voting and non-voting, and is responsible for nominating and electing the Democratic Party leadersh ...

Senate Democratic Caucus The Democratic Caucus of the United States Senate, sometimes referred to as the Democratic Conference, is the formal organization of all senators who are part of the Democratic Party in the United States Senate. For the makeup of the 119th Co ...

Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of 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. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1976; Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1972; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1974.

Alabama Alabama ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South, Deep Southern regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gu ...

: 2. John J. Sparkman (D) : 3. James Allen (D)

Alaska Alaska ( ) is a non-contiguous U.S. state on the northwest extremity of North America. Part of the Western United States region, it is one of the two non-contiguous U.S. states, alongside Hawaii. Alaska is also considered to be the north ...

: 2.

Ted Stevens Theodore Fulton Stevens Sr. (November 18, 1923 – August 9, 2010) was an American politician and lawyer who served as a United States Senate, U.S. Senator from Alaska from 1968 to 2009. He was the longest-serving Republican Party (United St ...

(R) : 3.

Mike Gravel Maurice Robert "Mike" Gravel ( ; May 13, 1930 – June 26, 2021) was an American politician and writer who represented Alaska in the United States Senate from 1969 to 1981 as a member of the Democratic Party. He ran for president twice: in 200 ...

(D)

Arizona Arizona is a U.S. state, state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States, sharing the Four Corners region of the western United States with Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. It also borders Nevada to the nort ...

: 1.

Paul Fannin Paul Jones Fannin (January 29, 1907January 13, 2002) was an American businessman and politician. A Republican, he served as a U.S. Senator from Arizona from 1965 to 1977. He previously served as the 11th governor of Arizona from 1959 to 1965. Ea ...

(R) : 3.

Barry Goldwater Barry Morris Goldwater (January 2, 1909 – May 29, 1998) was an American politician and major general in the United States Air Force, Air Force Reserve who served as a United States senator from 1953 to 1965 and 1969 to 1987, and was the Re ...

(R)

Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the West South Central region of the Southern United States. It borders Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, Texas to the southwest, and Oklahoma ...

: 2.

John L. McClellan John Little McClellan (February 25, 1896 – November 28, 1977) was an American lawyer and segregationist politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a U.S. Representative (1935–1939) and a U.S. Senator (1943–1977) from ...

(D) : 3.

J. William Fulbright James William Fulbright (April 9, 1905 – February 9, 1995) was an American politician, academic, and statesman who represented Arkansas in the United States Senate from 1945 until his resignation in 1974. , Fulbright is the longest-serving chair ...

(D)

California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...

: 1.

John V. Tunney John Varick Tunney (June 26, 1934 – January 12, 2018) was an American politician who served as a United States Senator and Representative from the state of California in the 1960s and 1970s. A Democrat, Tunney was known for his focus on a ...

(D) : 3.

Alan Cranston Alan MacGregor Cranston (June 19, 1914 – December 31, 2000) was an American politician and journalist who served as a United States Senate, United States Senator from California from 1969 to 1993, and as President of the Citizens for Global S ...

(D)

Colorado Colorado is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States. It is one of the Mountain states, sharing the Four Corners region with Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. It is also bordered by Wyoming to the north, Nebraska to the northeast, Kansas ...

: 2. Gordon Allott (R) : 3.

(R)

Connecticut Connecticut ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York (state), New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. ...

: 1.

Lowell Weicker Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. (; May 16, 1931 – June 28, 2023) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator, and the 85th Governor of Connecticut. Weicker unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for presi ...

(R) : 3.

Abraham Ribicoff Abraham Alexander Ribicoff (April 9, 1910 – February 22, 1998) was an American politician from the state of Connecticut. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Connecticut in the United States House of Representatives and Senate ...

(D)

Delaware Delaware ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic states, South Atlantic regions of the United States. It borders Maryland to its south and west, Pennsylvania to its north, New Jersey ...

: 1.

William Roth William Victor Roth Jr. (July 22, 1921 – December 13, 2003) was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, Delaware, Wilmington, Delaware. He was a veteran of World War II and a member of the Republican Party (United States), Republi ...

(R) : 2.

J. Caleb Boggs James Caleb Boggs (May 15, 1909 – March 26, 1993) was an American lawyer and politician from Claymont, Delaware. A Republican, he was commonly known by his middle name, Caleb, frequently shortened to Cale. * * * * He was a veteran ...

(R)

Florida Florida ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders the Gulf of Mexico to the west, Alabama to the northwest, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the north, the Atlantic ...

: 1.

Lawton Chiles Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. (April 3, 1930 – December 12, 1998) was an American politician and military officer. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he served as a United States Senate, United States senator fr ...

(D) : 3.

Edward Gurney Edward John Gurney Jr. (January 12, 1914 – May 14, 1996) was an American politician, attorney, and U.S. Army officer who represented the state of Florida in the United States Congress, first in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1963 to 1 ...

(R)

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States Georgia may also refer to: People and fictional characters * Georgia (name), a list of pe ...

: 2.

(D), until January 21, 1971 ::

David H. Gambrell David Henry Gambrell (December 20, 1929 – May 6, 2021) was an American attorney who represented Georgia in the United States Senate from 1971 through 1972. Education and legal career Gambrell was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on December 20, 192 ...

(D), February 1, 1971 – November 7, 1972 ::

Sam Nunn Samuel Augustus Nunn Jr. (born September 8, 1938) is an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Georgia (1972–1997) as a member of the Democratic Party. After leaving Congress, Nunn co-founded the Nuclear Threat Initi ...

(D), from November 7, 1972 : 3.

Herman Talmadge Herman Eugene Talmadge (August 9, 1913 – March 21, 2002) was a U.S. politician who served as governor of Georgia in 1947 and from 1948 to 1955 and as a U.S. senator from Georgia from 1957 to 1981. A Democrat, Talmadge served during a time o ...

(D)

Hawaii Hawaii ( ; ) is an island U.S. state, state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about southwest of the U.S. mainland. One of the two Non-contiguous United States, non-contiguous U.S. states (along with Alaska), it is the only sta ...

: 1.

Hiram Fong Hiram Leong Fong (born Yau Leong Fong; October 15, 1906 – August 18, 2004) was an American businessman, lawyer, and politician from Hawaii. Born to a Cantonese immigrant sugar plantation worker, Fong was one of the first two senators for Hawai ...

(R) : 3.

Daniel Inouye Daniel Ken Inouye ( , , September 7, 1924 – December 17, 2012) was an American attorney, soldier, and statesman who served as a United States Senate, United States senator from Hawaii from 1963 until his death in 2012. A Medal of Honor recipi ...

(D)

Idaho Idaho ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest and Mountain states, Mountain West subregions of the Western United States. It borders Montana and Wyoming to the east, Nevada and Utah to the south, and Washington (state), ...

: 2.

Leonard B. Jordan Leonard Beck Jordan (May 15, 1899June 30, 1983) was an American politician who served as the 23rd governor of Idaho and a United States Senator for over ten years. Early life and education Born in Mount Pleasant, Utah, Jordan's father was a cou ...

(R) : 3.

Frank Church Frank Forrester Church III (July 25, 1924 – April 7, 1984) was an American politician and lawyer. A Democrat, from 1957 to 1981 he served as a U.S. Senator from Idaho, and is currently the last Democrat to do so. He was the longest serving De ...

(D)

Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. It borders on Lake Michigan to its northeast, the Mississippi River to its west, and the Wabash River, Wabash and Ohio River, Ohio rivers to its ...

: 2.

Charles H. Percy Charles Harting Percy (September 27, 1919 – September 17, 2011), also known as Chuck Percy, was an American businessman and politician. He was president of the Bell & Howell Corporation from 1949 to 1964, and served as a Republican U.S. sen ...

(R) : 3.

Adlai Stevenson III Adlai Ewing Stevenson III (October 10, 1930 – September 6, 2021) was an American attorney and politician from Illinois. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a member of the United States Senate from 1970 to 1981. A member of the prom ...

(D)

Indiana Indiana ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north and northeast, Ohio to the east, the Ohio River and Kentucky to the s ...

: 1.

Vance Hartke Rupert Vance Hartke (May 31, 1919July 27, 2003) was an American politician who served as a Democratic United States Senator from Indiana from 1959 until 1977. Hartke was elected to the Senate after serving as the mayor of Evansville, Indiana. In ...

(D) : 3.

Birch Bayh Birch Evans Bayh Jr. (; January 22, 1928 – March 14, 2019) was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he served as a member of United States Senate from 1963 to 1981. He was first elected t ...

(D)

Iowa Iowa ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the upper Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west; Wisconsin to the northeast, Ill ...

: 2. Jack Miller (R) : 3.

Harold Hughes Harold Everett Hughes (February 10, 1922 – October 23, 1996) was an American politician who served as the 36th Governor of Iowa from 1963 until 1969, and a United States senator from Iowa from 1969 until 1975. He began his political career as ...

(D)

Kansas Kansas ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the west. Kansas is named a ...

: 2.

James B. Pearson James Blackwood Pearson (May 7, 1920January 13, 2009) was an American politician from Kansas who served as a member of the United States Senate from 1962 to 1978. Biography James Pearson was born in 1920 in Nashville, Tennessee, the son of a Me ...

(R) : 3.

Bob Dole Robert Joseph Dole (July 22, 1923 – December 5, 2021) was an American politician and attorney who represented Kansas in the United States Senate from 1969 to 1996. He was the Party leaders of the United States Senate, Republican Leader of th ...

(R)

Kentucky Kentucky (, ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north, West Virginia to the ...

: 2.

John Sherman Cooper John Sherman Cooper (August 23, 1901 – February 21, 1991) was an American politician, jurist, and diplomat from the United States. He served three non-consecutive, partial terms in the United States Senate before being elected to two fu ...

(R) : 3.

Marlow Cook Marlow Webster Cook (July 27, 1926 – February 4, 2016) was an American politician from Kentucky who served as a member of the United States Senate from his appointment in December 1968 to his resignation in December 1974. He was a moderate Re ...

(R)

Louisiana Louisiana ( ; ; ) is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It borders Texas to the west, Arkansas to the north, and Mississippi to the east. Of the 50 U.S. states, it ranks 31st in area and 25 ...

: 2. Allen J. Ellender (D), until July 27, 1972 ::

Elaine Edwards Elaine Lucille Edwards (née Schwartzenburg; March 8, 1929 – May 14, 2018) was an American politician from Louisiana. Edwards was a Democratic member of the United States Senate in 1972 appointed by her husband, Louisiana Governor Edwin Edward ...

(D), August 1, 1972 – November 13, 1972 :: J. Bennett Johnston (D), from November 14, 1972 : 3.

Russell B. Long Russell Billiu Long (November 3, 1918 – May 9, 2003) was an American Democratic politician and United States Senator from Louisiana from 1948 until 1987. Because of his seniority, he advanced to chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, servi ...

(D)

Maine Maine ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the United States, and the northeasternmost state in the Contiguous United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Provinces and ...

: 1.

Edmund Muskie Edmund Sixtus Muskie (March 28, 1914March 26, 1996) was an American statesman and political leader who served as the 58th United States Secretary of State under President Jimmy Carter from 1980 to 1981, a United States Senator from Maine from 1 ...

(D) : 2.

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Maryland Maryland ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It borders the states of Virginia to its south, West Virginia to its west, Pennsylvania to its north, and Delaware to its east ...

: 1.

J. Glenn Beall Jr. John Glenn Beall Jr. (June 19, 1927March 24, 2006) was an American politician and businessman from the U.S. state of Maryland. A member of the Republican Party, he served in both chambers of the United States Congress for one term each, a membe ...

(R) : 3.

Charles Mathias Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. (July 24, 1922 – January 25, 2010) was an American politician and attorney from the U.S. state of Maryland. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he served in both chambers of the Unit ...

(R)

Massachusetts Massachusetts ( ; ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine to its east, Connecticut and Rhode ...

: 1.

Ted Kennedy Edward Moore Kennedy (February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009) was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts who served as a member of the United States Senate from 1962 to his death in 2009. A member of the Democratic Party and ...

(D) : 2.

Edward Brooke Edward William Brooke III (October 26, 1919 – January 3, 2015) was an American lawyer and Republican Party politician who represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1967 to 1979. He was the first African American elected to t ...

(R)

Michigan Michigan ( ) is a peninsular U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, Upper Midwestern United States. It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, ...

: 1.

Philip Hart Philip Aloysius Hart (December 10, 1912December 26, 1976) was an American lawyer and politician. A Democrat, he served as a United States Senator from Michigan from 1959 until his death from cancer in Washington, D.C. in 1976. He was known as ...

(D) : 2. Robert P. Griffin (R)

Minnesota Minnesota ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the so ...

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Hubert Humphrey Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. (May 27, 1911 – January 13, 1978) was an American politician who served from 1965 to 1969 as the 38th vice president of the United States. He twice served in the United States Senate, representing Minnesota from 19 ...

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Walter Mondale Walter Frederick "Fritz" Mondale (January 5, 1928April 19, 2021) was the 42nd vice president of the United States serving from 1977 to 1981 under President Jimmy Carter. He previously served as a U.S. senator from Minnesota from 1964 to 1976. ...

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Mississippi Mississippi ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Alabama to the east, the Gulf of Mexico to the south, Louisiana to the s ...

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John C. Stennis John Cornelius Stennis (August 3, 1901 – April 23, 1995) was an American politician who served as a U.S. senator from the state of Mississippi. He was a Democrat who served in the Senate for over 41 years, becoming its most senior member f ...

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Missouri Missouri (''see #Etymology and pronunciation, pronunciation'') is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it border ...

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Stuart Symington William Stuart Symington III ( ; June 26, 1901 – December 14, 1988) was an American businessman and Democratic politician from Missouri. He served as the first secretary of the Air Force from 1947 to 1950 and was a United States senator from ...

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Thomas Eagleton Thomas Francis Eagleton (September 4, 1929 – March 4, 2007) was an American lawyer who served as a United States senator from Missouri from 1968 to 1987. He was briefly the Democratic vice presidential nominee under George McGovern in 1972. H ...

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Montana Montana ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota to the east, South Dakota to the southeast, Wyoming to the south, an ...

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Nebraska Nebraska ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Ka ...

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Roman Hruska Roman Lee Hruska () (August 16, 1904April 25, 1999) was an American attorney and politician who served as a Republican U.S. senator from the state of Nebraska. Hruska was known as one of the most vocal conservatives in the Senate during the 196 ...

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Carl Curtis Carl Thomas Curtis (March 15, 1905 – January 24, 2000) was an American attorney and politician from the U.S. state of Nebraska. He served as a Republican in the United States House of Representatives (1939–1954) and later the United States Se ...

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Nevada Nevada ( ; ) is a landlocked state in the Western United States. It borders Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the seventh-most extensive, th ...

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Howard Cannon Howard Walter Cannon (January 26, 1912 – March 5, 2002) was an American politician from Nevada. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he served four terms in the United States Senate representing Nevada from 1959 ...

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Alan Bible Alan Harvey Bible (November 20, 1909 – September 12, 1988) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States Senator from Nevada from 1954 to 1974. He previously served as Attorney Genera ...

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New Hampshire New Hampshire ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...

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New Jersey New Jersey is a U.S. state, state located in both the Mid-Atlantic States, Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. Located at the geographic hub of the urban area, heavily urbanized Northeas ...

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Harrison A. Williams Harrison Arlington "Pete" Williams Jr. (December 10, 1919November 17, 2001) was an American politician and lawyer. He was a Democrat who represented New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives (1953–1957) and the United States Se ...

(D) : 2. Clifford P. Case (R)

New Mexico New Mexico is a state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States. It is one of the Mountain States of the southern Rocky Mountains, sharing the Four Corners region with Utah, Colorado, and Arizona. It also ...

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Joseph Montoya Joseph Manuel Montoya (September 24, 1915June 5, 1978) was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served as the lieutenant governor of New Mexico (1947–1951 and 1955–1957), in the U.S. House of Representatives (1957 ...

(D) : 2. Clinton P. Anderson (D)

New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York New York may also refer to: Places United Kingdom * ...

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James L. Buckley James Lane Buckley (March 9, 1923 – August 18, 2023) was an American politician, jurist, diplomat, and author. Buckley served in the United States Senate as a member of the Conservative Party of New York State, held multiple positions within ...

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Jacob Javits Jacob Koppel Javits ( ; May 18, 1904 – March 7, 1986) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. During his time in politics, he served in both chambers of the United States Congress, a member of the United States House of Representa ...

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North Carolina North Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, South Carolina to the south, Georgia (U.S. stat ...

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B. Everett Jordan Benjamin Everett Jordan (September 8, 1896 – March 15, 1974) was an American businessman and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States Senator from North Carolina from 1958 to 1973. Early life and education Th ...

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Sam Ervin Samuel James Ervin Jr. (September 27, 1896April 23, 1985) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Senator from North Carolina from 1954 to 1974. A Southern Democrat, he liked to call himself a " country lawyer", and often told humorous ...

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North Dakota North Dakota ( ) is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the indigenous Dakota people, Dakota and Sioux peoples. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north and by the U.S. states of Minneso ...

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Quentin Burdick Quentin Northrup Burdick (June 19, 1908 – September 8, 1992) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party, he represented North Dakota in the U.S. House of Representatives (1959–1960) and the U.S ...

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Milton Young Milton Ruben Young (December 6, 1897 – May 31, 1983) was an American politician, most notable for representing North Dakota in the United States Senate from 1945 until 1981. At the time of his retirement, he was the most senior Republican in ...

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Ohio Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the ...

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William B. Saxbe William Bart Saxbe ( ; June 24, 1916 – August 24, 2010) was an American diplomat and politician affiliated with the Republican Party, who served as a U.S. Senator for Ohio, and was the Attorney General for Presidents Richard M. Nixon and ...

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Robert Taft Jr. Robert Alphonso Taft Jr. (February 26, 1917 – December 7, 1993) was an American politician. He was a member of the Taft family who served as a Republican Representative from Ohio between 1963 and 1965, as well as between 1967 and 1971. Taf ...

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Oklahoma Oklahoma ( ; Choctaw language, Choctaw: , ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Texas to the south and west, Kansas to the north, Missouri to the northea ...

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Fred R. Harris Fred Roy Harris (November 13, 1930 – November 23, 2024) was an American politician from Oklahoma who served from 1957 to 1964 as a member of the Oklahoma Senate and from 1964 to 1973 as a member of the United States Senate. Harris was electe ...

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Henry Bellmon Henry Louis Bellmon (September 3, 1921 – September 29, 2009) was an American Republican politician from the U.S. State of Oklahoma. A member of the Oklahoma Legislature, he went on to become both the 18th and 23rd governor of Oklahoma, mai ...

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Oregon Oregon ( , ) is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is a part of the Western U.S., with the Columbia River delineating much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while t ...

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Mark Hatfield Mark Odom Hatfield (July 12, 1922 – August 7, 2011) was an American politician and educator from the state of Oregon. A Factions in the Republican Party (United States)#Moderates, moderate Republican Party (United States), Republican, he se ...

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Bob Packwood Robert William Packwood (born September 11, 1932) is an American retired lawyer and politician from Oregon who served as a member of the United States Senate from 1969 to 1995. He resigned from the U.S. Senate under threat of expulsion, in 1995 ...

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Pennsylvania Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a U.S. state, state spanning the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern United States, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes region, Great Lakes regions o ...

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Richard Schweiker Richard Schultz Schweiker (June 1, 1926 – July 31, 2015) was an American businessman and politician who served as the 14th United States secretary of health and human services under President Ronald Reagan from 1981 to 1983. A member of the R ...

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Rhode Island Rhode Island ( ) is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Connecticut to its west; Massachusetts to its north and east; and the Atlantic Ocean to its south via Rhode Island Sound and Block Is ...

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John Pastore John Orlando Pastore (March 17, 1907July 15, 2000) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States Senator from Rhode Island from 1950 to 1976 and as the 61st governor of Rhode Island from ...

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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 ...

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South Carolina South Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders North Carolina to the north and northeast, the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, and Georgia (U.S. state), Georg ...

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Strom Thurmond James Strom Thurmond Sr. (December 5, 1902 – June 26, 2003) was an American politician who represented South Carolina in the United States Senate from 1954 to 2003. Before his 49 years as a senator, he served as the 103rd governor of South ...

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Fritz Hollings Ernest Frederick "Fritz" Hollings (January 1, 1922April 6, 2019) was an American politician from the U.S. state of South Carolina. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he served as a member of the South Carolina Ho ...

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South Dakota South Dakota (; Sioux language, Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state, state in the West North Central states, North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Dakota people, Dakota Sioux ...

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George McGovern George Stanley McGovern (July 19, 1922 – October 21, 2012) was an American politician, diplomat, and historian who was a U.S. representative and three-term U.S. senator from South Dakota, and the Democratic Party (United States), Democ ...

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Tennessee Tennessee (, ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Kentucky to the north, Virginia to the northeast, North Carolina t ...

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Bill Brock William Emerson Brock III (November 23, 1930 – March 25, 2021) was an American politician from the state of Tennessee. A member of Republican Party, he served in both chambers of the United States Congress. He was a member of the U.S. House ...

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Howard Baker Howard Henry Baker Jr. (November 15, 1925 June 26, 2014) was an American politician, diplomat and photographer who served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1967 to 1985. During his tenure, he rose to the rank of Senate Minority Le ...

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Texas Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the we ...

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Lloyd Bentsen Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. (February 11, 1921 – May 23, 2006) was an American politician who served as the 69th United States secretary of the treasury under President Bill Clinton from 1993 to 1994. He served as a United States senator from ...

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John Tower John Goodwin Tower (September 29, 1925 – April 5, 1991) was an American politician and military veteran who represented Texas in the United States Senate from 1961 to 1985. He was the first Republican elected to the U.S. Senate from Texas si ...

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Utah Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is one of the Four Corners states, sharing a border with Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. It also borders Wyoming to the northea ...

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(D) : 3. Wallace F. Bennett (R)

Vermont Vermont () is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, New York (state), New York to the west, and the Provinces and territories of Ca ...

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George Aiken George David Aiken (August 20, 1892 – November 19, 1984) was an American politician and horticulturist. A member of the Republican Party, he was the 64th governor of Vermont (1937–1941) before serving in the United States Senate for 34 ye ...

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Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the East Coast of the United States ...

: 1. Harry F. Byrd Jr. (ID) : 2. William B. Spong Jr. (D)

Washington Washington most commonly refers to: * George Washington (1732–1799), the first president of the United States * Washington (state), a state in the Pacific Northwest of the United States * Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States ** A ...

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Henry M. Jackson Henry Martin "Scoop" Jackson (May 31, 1912 – September 1, 1983) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. representative (1941–1953) and U.S. senator (1953–1983) from the state of Washington (state), Washington. A Cold W ...

(D) : 3. Warren G. Magnuson (D)

West Virginia West Virginia is a mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.The United States Census Bureau, Census Bureau and the Association of American ...

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Jennings Randolph Jennings Randolph (March 8, 1902May 8, 1998) was an American politician from West Virginia. A Democrat, he was most notable for his service in the United States House of Representatives from 1933 to 1947 and the United States Senate from 1958 to ...

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Wisconsin Wisconsin ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest of the United States. It borders Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michig ...

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William Proxmire Edward William Proxmire (November 11, 1915 – December 15, 2005) was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he served as a United States Senate, United States Senator from Wisconsin from 1957 ...

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Gaylord Nelson Gaylord Anton Nelson (June 4, 1916July 3, 2005) was an American politician from Wisconsin who served as a United States senator and governor. He was a member of the Democratic Party and the founder of Earth Day, which launched a new wave of en ...

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Wyoming Wyoming ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States, Western United States. It borders Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho t ...

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Gale W. McGee Gale William McGee (March 17, 1915April 9, 1992) was an American politician, diplomat and historian who was a United States Senate, United States senator from Wyoming from 1959 to 1977, and List of ambassadors of the United States to the Organiz ...

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Clifford Hansen Clifford Peter Hansen (October 16, 1912October 20, 2009) was an American politician from the state of Wyoming. A Republican, he served as the 26th governor of Wyoming from 1963 to 1967 and subsequently as a United States senator from 1967 to 1 ...

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Alabama Alabama ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South, Deep Southern regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gu ...

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George W. Andrews George William Andrews (December 12, 1906 – December 25, 1971) was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from Alabama, and the husband of Elizabeth B. Andrews. Andrews is known for objecting to the Supreme Court decisions banning ...

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Bill Nichols William or Bill Nichols may refer to: * William Nichols (English priest), Dean of Chester, 1644–1657 *William Nichols, secretary of John Fell, 17th century clergyman * William Nichols (mariner) (fl. 1758–1780), English sea captain * William Nic ...

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Walter Flowers Walter Winkler Flowers, Jr. (April 12, 1933 – April 12, 1984) was an American Democratic politician who represented Alabama's 5th congressional district and Alabama's 7th congressional district in the United States House of Representati ...

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Tom Bevill Tom Donald Fike Bevill (March 27, 1921 – March 28, 2005) was an American attorney, politician, and United States Democratic Party, Democratic fifteen-term United States House of Representatives, U.S. congressman who represented Alabama's 4th Co ...

(D) : . Robert E. Jones Jr. (D)

Alaska Alaska ( ) is a non-contiguous U.S. state on the northwest extremity of North America. Part of the Western United States region, it is one of the two non-contiguous U.S. states, alongside Hawaii. Alaska is also considered to be the north ...

(1 Democrat) : . Nick Begich (D), until December 29, 1972

Arizona Arizona is a U.S. state, state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States, sharing the Four Corners region of the western United States with Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. It also borders Nevada to the nort ...

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Mo Udall Morris King Udall (June 15, 1922 – December 12, 1998) was an American attorney and Democratic politician who served as a U.S. representative from Arizona from May 2, 1961, to May 4, 1991. He was a leading contender for the 1976 Democratic pr ...

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Sam Steiger Samuel Steiger (March 10, 1929September 26, 2012) was an American politician, journalist, political pundit. He served five terms as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, two terms in the Arizona State Senate, and one term as mayor of Pr ...

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Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the West South Central region of the Southern United States. It borders Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, Texas to the southwest, and Oklahoma ...

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William Vollie Alexander Jr. William Vollie Alexander Jr. (born January 16, 1934) is an American retired politician who represented the U.S. state of Arkansas in the United States House of Representatives from 1969 to 1993, rising to the post of Chief Deputy Majority Whip. ...

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Wilbur Mills Wilbur Daigh Mills (May 24, 1909 – May 2, 1992) was an American Democratic politician and lawyer who represented in the United States House of Representatives from 1939 until his retirement in 1977. As chairman of the House Ways and Means Co ...

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John Paul Hammerschmidt John Paul Hammerschmidt (May 4, 1922 – April 1, 2015) was an American politician from the state of Arkansas. A Republican, Hammerschmidt served thirteen terms in the United States House of Representatives for Arkansas's 3rd congressional ...

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David Pryor David Hampton Pryor (August 29, 1934 – April 20, 2024) was an American politician who served as a representative for Arkansas's 4th congressional district from 1966 until 1973 and as a senator from Arkansas from 1979 until 1997. A member of t ...

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California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...

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Donald H. Clausen Donald Holst Clausen (April 27, 1923 – February 7, 2015) was an American businessman, World War II veteran, and politician who served ten terms as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from California from 1963 to 1983. ...

(R) : . Harold T. Johnson (D) : .

John E. Moss John Emerson Moss (April 13, 1915 – December 5, 1997) was an American World War II veteran and politician of the Democratic Party, noted for his championing of the federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) through multiple sessions of the Un ...

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Robert L. Leggett Robert Louis Leggett (July 26, 1926 – August 13, 1997) was an American lawyer and politician who served eight terms as a U.S. Representative from California from 1963 to 1979. Early life Born in Richmond, California, Leggett attended the pu ...

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Phillip Burton Phillip Burton (June 1, 1926 – April 10, 1983) was an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from California from 1964 until his death in 1983. He was a member of the Democratic Party and represented Cali ...

(D) : . William S. Mailliard (R) : .

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 ...

(D) : . George P. Miller (D) : .

Don Edwards William Donlon Edwards (January 6, 1915 – October 1, 2015) was an American politician of the Democratic Party and a member of the United States House of Representatives from California for 32 years in the late 20th century. Early life Edwar ...

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Charles Gubser Charles Samuel Gubser (February 1, 1916 – August 20, 2011) was an American educator, farmer and politician who served 11 terms as a member of the United States House of Representatives from California from 1953 to 1974. Early life and educati ...

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Pete McCloskey Paul Norton "Pete" McCloskey Jr. (September 29, 1927 – May 8, 2024) was an American politician who represented San Mateo County, California, as a Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1967 to 1983. Born in Loma Linda, Californi ...

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Burt Talcott Burt Lacklen Talcott (February 22, 1920 – July 29, 2016) was an American World War II veteran and politician who served seven terms as a member of the United States Congress from the State of California from 1963 to 1977. Military career Born i ...

(R) : . Charles M. Teague (R) : .

Jerome Waldie Jerome Russell Waldie (February 15, 1925 – April 3, 2009) was an American politician. He served five terms in the United States House of Representatives from California from 1966 to 1975. Early life Born in Antioch, California on February ...

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John J. McFall John Joseph McFall (February 20, 1918 – March 7, 2006) was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, representing the state of California, rising to the position of House Majority Whip. Early life and career McFall was ...

(D) : . B. F. Sisk (D) : . Glenn M. Anderson (D) : .

Bob Mathias Robert Bruce Mathias (November 17, 1930 – September 2, 2006) was an American decathlete, politician, and actor. Representing the United States, he won two Olympic gold medals in the Decathlon, at the 1948 and the 1952 Summer Games. As a Re ...

(R) : . Chester E. Holifield (D) : .

H. Allen Smith Harry Allen Wolfgang Smith
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Augustus Hawkins Augustus Freeman Hawkins (August 31, 1907 – November 10, 2007) was an American politician of the Democratic Party who served in the California State Assembly from 1935 to 1963 and the U.S. House Of Representatives from 1963 to 1991. Over the c ...

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James C. Corman James Charles Corman (October 20, 1920 – December 30, 2000) was an American politician who served as a member of the Los Angeles City Council from 1957 to 1961 and as a member of the United States House of Representatives between 1961 and 1981. ...

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Del M. Clawson Delwin Morgan Clawson (January 11, 1914 – May 5, 1992) was an American politician. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. He also served as mayor of Compton, California. Biography Clawson was born in Thatcher, Arizona, and a ...

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John H. Rousselot John Harbin Rousselot (November 1, 1927 – May 11, 2003) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from southern California. Although the territory he represented was generally the same, in eastern Los Angeles County ...

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Charles E. Wiggins Charles Edward Wiggins (December 3, 1927 – March 2, 2000) was a United States representative from California, and later a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He was initially elected to Cali ...

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Thomas M. Rees Thomas Mankell "Tom" Rees (March 26, 1925 – December 9, 2003) was an American lawyer and politician who served six terms as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from California from 1965 to 1977. Early life and car ...

(D) : . Barry Goldwater Jr. (R) : . Alphonzo E. Bell Jr. (R) : .

George E. Danielson George Elmore Danielson (February 20, 1915 – September 12, 1998) was an American Democratic politician and judge from California. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1971 to 1982. Early life and career Born in Wausa ...

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Edward R. Roybal Edward Ross Roybal (February 10, 1916 – October 24, 2005) was a Mexican-American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first Latino American to be elected to the Los Angeles City Council, serving from 1949 to 1962. He la ...

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Charles H. Wilson Charles Herbert Wilson (February 15, 1917 – July 21, 1984) was a 20th-century American banker, businessman and California Democratic politician from the Los Angeles area. For nine terms he was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives fro ...

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Craig Hosmer Chester Craig Hosmer (May 6, 1915 – October 11, 1982) was an American lawyer and politician who served eleven terms as a United States representative from California from 1953 to 1974. Early life and career Hosmer was born in Brea, California ...

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Jerry Pettis Jerry Lyle Pettis (July 18, 1916 – February 14, 1975) was an American politician and a four-term Congressman from California from 1967 to 1975. He was also a rancher, teacher, aviator, religious leader, and businessman. Pettis was the first ...

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Richard T. Hanna Richard Thomas Hanna (June 9, 1914 – June 9, 2001) was an American lawyer and politician who served six terms as a U.S. Representative from California from 1963 to 1974. He became involved in a scandal dubbed Koreagate by accepting bribes fro ...

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John G. Schmitz John George Schmitz (August 12, 1930 – January 10, 2001) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives and California State Senate from Orange County, California. He was also a member of the John Birch Society. In 19 ...

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Lionel Van Deerlin Lionel Van Deerlin (July 25, 1914 – May 17, 2008) was an American journalist and politician who served nine terms as a Democratic United States Representative from California from 1963 to 1981, representing a San Diego area district. Biograph ...

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Victor Veysey Victor Vincent Veysey (April 14, 1915 – February 13, 2001) was an American Republican politician who represented California in the United States House of Representatives for two terms from 1971 to 1975. From 1975 to 1977, he served as Assistan ...

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Colorado Colorado is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States. It is one of the Mountain states, sharing the Four Corners region with Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. It is also bordered by Wyoming to the north, Nebraska to the northeast, Kansas ...

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Mike McKevitt James Douglas "Mike" McKevitt (October 26, 1928 – September 28, 2000) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Colorado from 1971 to 1973. Early life and education Born in Spokane, Washingto ...

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Donald G. Brotzman Donald Glenn Brotzman (June 28, 1922 – September 15, 2004) was a U.S. Representative from Colorado. As of 2025, he remains the last republican to have represented Colorado's 2nd district in the House of Representatives. History Brotzman was bo ...

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Wayne N. Aspinall Wayne Norviel Aspinall (April 3, 1896 – October 9, 1983) was an American lawyer and politician from Colorado. He is largely known for his tenure in the United States House of Representatives, serving twelve terms as a Democrat from 1949 to ...

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Connecticut Connecticut ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York (state), New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. ...

(4–2 Democratic) : . William R. Cotter (D) : .

Robert H. Steele Robert Hampton Steele (born November 3, 1938) is a retired American politician and author from the state of Connecticut. A Republican Party (United States), Republican, Steele served in the United States House of Representatives, U.S. House of Re ...

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Robert Giaimo Robert Nicholas Giaimo (October 15, 1919 – May 24, 2006) was a Democratic US Representative from Connecticut. He co-sponsored the legislation creating the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities. He help ...

(D) : . Stewart McKinney (R) : . John S. Monagan (D) : .

Ella Grasso Ella Rosa Giovianna Oliva Grasso (née Tambussi; May 10, 1919 – February 5, 1981) was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served as the 83rd governor of Connecticut from January 8, 1975, to December 31, 1980, after r ...

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Delaware Delaware ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic states, South Atlantic regions of the United States. It borders Maryland to its south and west, Pennsylvania to its north, New Jersey ...

(1 Republican) : .

Pete du Pont Pierre Samuel "Pete" du Pont IV (January 22, 1935 – May 8, 2021) was an American attorney, businessman, and politician who served as the 68th governor of Delaware from 1977 to 1985. A member of the Republican Party, he was the United State ...

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Florida Florida ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders the Gulf of Mexico to the west, Alabama to the northwest, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the north, the Atlantic ...

(9–3 Democratic) : .

Robert L. F. Sikes Robert Lee Fulton Sikes (June 3, 1906September 28, 1994) was an American politician of the Democratic Party who represented the Florida Panhandle in the United States House of Representatives from 1941 to 1979, with a brief break in 1944 and 194 ...

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Don Fuqua John Donald Fuqua (born August 20, 1933) is a former U.S. Democratic politician from Florida. He represented Florida in the United States House of Representatives from 1963 to 1987. Early years and education Fuqua was born in Jacksonville, Duv ...

(D) : . Charles E. Bennett (D) : .

Bill Chappell William Venroe Chappell Jr. (February 3, 1922 – March 30, 1989) was an American World War II veteran and Democratic politician from Florida who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1969 to 1989. Early life, education and milit ...

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Louis Frey Jr. Louis Frey Jr. (January 11, 1934 – October 14, 2019) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1969 until 1979. He represented Florida's 5th congressional distri ...

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Sam Gibbons Samuel Melville Gibbons (January 20, 1920 – October 10, 2012) was an American politician from the state of Florida, who served in the Florida State House of Representatives, Florida State Senate, and the U.S. House of Representatives. He repre ...

(D) : . James A. Haley (D) : .

Bill Young William, Will, Bill or Billy Young may refer to: Arts and entertainment * William Young (composer) (died 1662), English composer and viola da gambist * William Young (architect) (1843–1900), Scottish architect, designer of Glasgow City Chambe ...

(R) : . Paul Rogers (D) : .

J. Herbert Burke J. Herbert Burke (January 14, 1913 – June 16, 1993) was a Republican U.S. Representative from Florida who served from 1967 to 1979. History He was born in Chicago, Illinois, where he attended the public schools, the defunct Central YMCA ...

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Claude Pepper Claude Denson Pepper (September 8, 1900 – May 30, 1989) was an American politician of the Democratic Party. He represented Florida in the United States Senate from 1936 to 1951, and the Miami area in the United States House of Representatives ...

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Dante Fascell Dante Bruno Fascell (March 9, 1917 – November 28, 1998) was an American politician who represented Florida as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1955 to 1993. He served as chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committe ...

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Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States Georgia may also refer to: People and fictional characters * Georgia (name), a list of pe ...

(8–2 Democratic) : . George Elliott Hagan (D) : . Dawson Mathis (D) : .

Jack Brinkley Jack Thomas Brinkley (December 22, 1930 – January 23, 2019) was an American politician, educator and lawyer. He served as a Democratic member for the 3rd district of Georgia of the United States House of Representatives. Early life Brinkl ...

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Benjamin B. Blackburn Benjamin Bentley Blackburn III (February 14, 1927 – December 3, 2024) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Georgia. A member of the Republican Party, he served as member of the United States House of Representatives for four term ...

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Fletcher Thompson Standish Fletcher Thompson (February 5, 1925 – September 13, 2022) was an American lawyer, World War II veteran and Republican politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1967 to 1973 from the 5th Cong ...

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John Flynt John James Flynt Jr. (November 8, 1914 – June 24, 2007) was an American Democratic Party politician who served in the United States House of Representatives for two congressional districts in Georgia from 1954 to 1979. Upon his retiremen ...

(D) : . John William Davis (D) : . W. S. Stuckey Jr. (D) : . Phillip M. Landrum (D) : . Robert Grier Stephens Jr. (D)

Hawaii Hawaii ( ; ) is an island U.S. state, state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about southwest of the U.S. mainland. One of the two Non-contiguous United States, non-contiguous U.S. states (along with Alaska), it is the only sta ...

(2 Democrats) : .

Spark Matsunaga Spark Masayuki Matsunaga (, October 8, 1916April 15, 1990) was an American politician and attorney who served as United States Senate, United States Senator for Hawaii from 1977 until his death in 1990. Matsunaga also represented Hawaii in the U ...

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Patsy Mink Patsy Matsu Mink ( Takemoto; , December 6, 1927 – September 28, 2002) was an American attorney and politician from the U.S. state of Hawaii who served in the United States House of Representatives for 24 years as a member of the Democratic ...

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Idaho Idaho ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest and Mountain states, Mountain West subregions of the Western United States. It borders Montana and Wyoming to the east, Nevada and Utah to the south, and Washington (state), ...

(2 Republicans) : . James A. McClure (R) : . Orval H. Hansen (R)

Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. It borders on Lake Michigan to its northeast, the Mississippi River to its west, and the Wabash River, Wabash and Ohio River, Ohio rivers to its ...

(12–12 split) : .

Ralph Metcalfe Ralph Harold Metcalfe Sr. (May 29, 1910 – October 10, 1978) was an American track and field sprinter and politician. He jointly held the world record in the 100-meter dash and placed second in that event in two Olympics, first to Eddie Tola ...

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Abner J. Mikva Abner Joseph Mikva ( ; January 21, 1926 – July 4, 2016) was an American politician, federal judge, and legal scholar. He was a member of the Democratic Party. After serving in the Illinois House of Representatives, Mikva ran for congress in 19 ...

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Morgan F. Murphy Morgan Francis Murphy (April 16, 1932 – March 4, 2016) was an American attorney and United States Representative from Illinois. Murphy attended Chicago parochial schools. He received a Bachelor of Science from Northwestern University in 1955 a ...

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Ed Derwinski Edward Joseph Derwinski (September 15, 1926 – January 15, 2012) was an American politician who served as the first Cabinet-level United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs, serving under President George H. W. Bush from March 15, 1989 to Septe ...

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John C. Kluczynski John Carl Kluczynski (February 15, 1896 – January 26, 1975) was an American World War I veteran who served 13 terms as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Illinois, representing the Illinois's 5th congression ...

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George W. Collins George Washington Collins (March 5, 1925 – December 8, 1972) was an American politician. Collins was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois. Collins served from November 1970 until he was killed in a plane ...

(D), until December 8, 1972 : .

Frank Annunzio Frank Annunzio (January 12, 1915 – April 8, 2001) was an American politician from Chicago, Illinois. Annunzio, an Italian-American, was born in Chicago, where he remained for his entire childhood and much of his adult life. He attended Cra ...

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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 t ...

(D) : .

Sidney R. Yates Sidney Richard Yates (August 27, 1909 – October 5, 2000) was an American attorney and Democratic Party politician who represented the state of Illinois in the United States House of Representatives for twenty-four terms from 1949 to 1963 a ...

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Harold R. Collier Harold Reginald Collier (December 12, 1915 – January 17, 2006) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois. Collier was born and raised in Lansing, Michigan. He attended and graduated from Morton Colle ...

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Roman Pucinski Roman Conrad Pucinski (May 13, 1919 – September 25, 2002) was an American Democratic Party (United States), Democratic politician from Chicago, Illinois. He was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from 1959 to 1973 ...

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Robert McClory Robert McClory (January 31, 1908 – July 24, 1988) was an American politician and United States House of Representatives, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois. Born in Riverside, Illinois, McClory attended the public sch ...

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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 ...

(R) : .

John N. Erlenborn John Neal Erlenborn (February 8, 1927 – October 30, 2005) was an American lawyer and Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the U.S. Congressional Delegations from Illinois, representing the 14th (then after United States Cong ...

(R) : . Charlotte Thompson Reid (R), until October 7, 1971 :: Cliffard D. Carlson (R), from April 4, 1972 : .

(R) : . Leslie C. Arends (R) : .

Robert H. Michel Robert Henry Michel (; March 2, 1923 – February 17, 2017) was an American Republican Party politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives for 38 years. He represented central Illinois' 18th congressional distric ...

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Tom Railsback Thomas Fisher Railsback (January 22, 1932 – January 20, 2020) was an American politician and lawyer who served eight terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1967 to 1983 for . A member of the Republican Party, he sat on the Hou ...

(R) : .

Paul Findley Paul Augustus Findley (June 23, 1921 – August 9, 2019) was an American writer and politician. He served as United States Representative from Illinois, representing its 20th District. A Republican, he was first elected in 1960. A moderate Repu ...

(R) : .

Kenneth J. Gray Kenneth James Gray (November 14, 1924 – July 12, 2014) was an American businessman and politician. He was a veteran of World War II, and represented Illinois in the United States House of Representatives from 1955 to 1974, and again from 1985 ...

(D) : . William L. Springer (R) : .

George E. Shipley George Edward Shipley (April 21, 1927 – June 28, 2003) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Born in Richland County, near Olney, Illinois, Shipley attended East Richland High School in Olney, Illinois. He graduated from Olney High School ...

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Melvin Price Charles Melvin Price (January 1, 1905 – April 22, 1988) was a member of the United States House of Representatives for over 40 years, from 1945 to his death. He represented Metro East, the Illinois portion of the St. Louis metropolitan a ...

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Indiana Indiana ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north and northeast, Ohio to the east, the Ohio River and Kentucky to the s ...

(6–5 Republican) : .

Ray Madden Ray John Madden (February 25, 1892 – September 28, 1987) was an American lawyer and World War I veteran who served 17 terms as a United States representative from Indiana from 1943 to 1977. Early life and education He was born in Waseca, Mi ...

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Earl Landgrebe Earl Fredrick Landgrebe (January 21, 1916 – June 29, 1986) was an American politician and businessman who served as a Republican senator in the Indiana Senate and member of the United States House of Representatives. During the Watergate sca ...

(R) : .

John Brademas Stephen John Brademas Jr. (March 2, 1927 – July 11, 2016) was an American politician and educator originally from Indiana. He served as Majority Whip of the United States House of Representatives for the Democratic Party from 1977 to 1981 a ...

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J. Edward Roush John Edward Roush (September 12, 1920 – March 26, 2004) was an American lawyer and World War II veteran who served eight terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1959 to 1969, and again from 1971 to 1977. Early life and career Born i ...

(D) : . Elwood Hillis (R) : .

William G. Bray William Gilmer Bray (June 17, 1903 – June 4, 1979) was an American lawyer and World War II veteran who served twelve terms as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana from 1951 to 1975. Early life W ...

(R) : . John T. Myers (R) : .

Roger H. Zion Roger Herschel Zion (September 17, 1921 – September 24, 2019) was an American World War II veteran and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from Indiana from 1967 through 1975. Biography Roger Zion was born in ...

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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 th ...

(D) : . David W. Dennis (R) : . Andrew Jacobs Jr. (D)

Iowa Iowa ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the upper Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west; Wisconsin to the northeast, Ill ...

(5–2 Republican) : .

Fred Schwengel Frederick Delbert Schwengel (May 28, 1906April 1, 1993) was a Republican U.S. Representative from southeastern Iowa. Personal background Born on a farm near Sheffield, Iowa, to German immigrants, Schwengel attended the rural schools in West For ...

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John Culver John Chester Culver (August 8, 1932 – December 26, 2018) was an American politician, writer, and lawyer who was elected to both the United States House of Representatives (1965–1975) and United States Senate (1975–1981) from Iowa. He w ...

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H. R. Gross Harold Royce Gross (June 30, 1899 – September 22, 1987) was a Republican Party (United States), Republican United States Representative from Iowa's 3rd congressional district for thirteen terms. The role he played on the House floor, objecting t ...

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John Henry Kyl John Henry Kyl (May 9, 1919 – December 23, 2002) was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Iowa's 4th congressional district from 1959 to 1965 and again from 1967 to 1973. ...

(R) : .

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 (United States), Democratic Party from Iowa from 1959 until 1995, the long ...

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Wiley Mayne Wiley Mayne (January 19, 1917 – May 27, 2007) was an American attorney who served as a four-term United States Republican Party, Republican United States House of Representatives, United States Congressman from Iowa's Iowa's 6th congression ...

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William J. Scherle William Joseph Scherle (March 14, 1923August 27, 2003) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Southwestern Iowa from 1967 to 1975. He was a member of the Republican Party. Early life Born in Little Falls, New York, ...

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Kansas Kansas ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the west. Kansas is named a ...

(4–1 Republican) : .

Keith Sebelius Keith George Sebelius (September 10, 1916 – August 5, 1982) was an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives as a Republican. He became active in politics following World War II and was later appointed to ...

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William R. Roy William Robert Roy (February 23, 1926 – May 26, 2014), also known as Bill Roy, was a United States representative from Kansas, a physician, and a columnist for ''The Topeka Capital-Journal''. He was the Democratic nominee for U.S Senator from ...

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Larry Winn Edward Lawrence Winn Jr. (August 22, 1919 – December 31, 2017) was an American politician and member of the U.S. House of Representatives representing Kansas's 3rd district from 1967 to 1985. He was a member of the Republican Party. Born in ...

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Garner E. Shriver Garner Edward Shriver (July 6, 1912 – March 1, 1998) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas. Biography Born in Towanda, Kansas, Shriver attended the public schools of Towanda and Wichita. He moved to Wichita, Kansas, in 1925. He was in the Univ ...

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Joe Skubitz Joe Skubitz (May 6, 1906 – September 11, 2000) was an American politician and United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Kansas. Early life Skubitz was born in Frontenac, Kansas, Frontenac, Crawford County, Kansa ...

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Kentucky Kentucky (, ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north, West Virginia to the ...

(5–2 Democratic) : .

Frank Stubblefield Frank Albert Stubblefield (April 5, 1907 – October 14, 1977), a Democrat, represented Kentucky in the United States House of Representatives. Stubblefield was born and schooled in Kentucky and attended the University of Arizona for one yea ...

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William Natcher William Huston Natcher (September 11, 1909 – March 29, 1994) was a Democratic congressman, serving in the United States House of Representatives from 1953 until his death from heart failure in Bethesda, Maryland in 1994. He is the second lo ...

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Romano Mazzoli Romano Louis "Ron" Mazzoli (November 2, 1932 – November 1, 2022) was an American politician and lawyer from Kentucky. He represented Louisville, Kentucky, and its suburbs in the United States House of Representatives from 1971 through 1995 as ...

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Gene Snyder Marion Eugene Snyder (January 26, 1928 – February 16, 2007) was an American politician elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives from two different districts in his native Kentucky. Background Snyder was born ...

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Tim Lee Carter Tim Lee Carter (September 2, 1910 – March 27, 1987) was an American politician serving as a Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth o ...

(R) : . John C. Watts (D), until September 24, 1971 :: William P. Curlin Jr. (D), from December 4, 1971 : . Carl D. Perkins (D)

Louisiana Louisiana ( ; ; ) is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It borders Texas to the west, Arkansas to the north, and Mississippi to the east. Of the 50 U.S. states, it ranks 31st in area and 25 ...

(8 Democrats) : . F. Edward Hébert (D) : .

(D), until December 29, 1972 : . Patrick T. Caffery (D) : . Joe Waggonner (D) : .

Otto Passman Otto Ernest Passman (June 27, 1900 – August 13, 1988) was an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives for Louisiana's 5th congressional district from 1947 until 1977. As a congressman, Passman chaired the Ho ...

(D) : .

John Rarick John Richard Rarick (January 29, 1924 – September 14, 2009) was an American lawyer, jurist, and World War II veteran who served four terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, serving Louisiana's 6th congressional district from 1967 to 1975 ...

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Edwin Edwards Edwin Washington Edwards (August 7, 1927 – July 12, 2021) was an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for from 1965 to 1972 and as the 50th governor of Louisiana for four terms (1972–1980, 1984–1988, and 1992–1996 ...

(D), until May 9, 1972 ::

John Breaux John Berlinger Breaux (; born March 1, 1944) is an American lobbyist, attorney, and retired politician from Louisiana. He served in the United States House of Representatives, U.S. House of Representatives from 1972 to 1987 and as a United State ...

(D), from September 30, 1972 : .

Speedy Long Speedy Oteria Long (June 16, 1928 – October 5, 2006) was an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives for Louisiana's 8th congressional district from January 3, 1965, until January 3, 1973. He was a member of ...

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Maine Maine ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the United States, and the northeasternmost state in the Contiguous United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Provinces and ...

(2 Democrats) : .

Peter Kyros Peter Nicholas Kyros (July 11, 1925 – July 10, 2012) was an American attorney, politician, and lobbyist who served as a Democratic U.S. representative from Maine from 1967 to 1975. Early life and education Born in Portland, Maine, to Greek ...

(D) : .

William Hathaway William Dodd Hathaway (February 21, 1924June 24, 2013) was an American politician and lawyer from Maine. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States senator for Maine from 1973 to 1979, as the U.S. representative for Maine's ...

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Maryland Maryland ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It borders the states of Virginia to its south, West Virginia to its west, Pennsylvania to its north, and Delaware to its east ...

(5–3 Democratic) : .

Rogers Morton Rogers Clark Ballard Morton (September 19, 1914 – April 19, 1979) was an American politician who served as the U.S. Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of Commerce during the administrations of presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, ...

(R), until January 29, 1971 ::

William Oswald Mills William Oswald Mills Sr. (August 12, 1924 – May 24, 1973), was a Republican U.S. congressman who represented the 1st Congressional district of Maryland from May 25, 1971, until his death in Easton, Maryland, on May 24, 1973. Life and ca ...

(R), from May 25, 1971 : .

Clarence Long Clarence Dickinson "Doc" Long Jr. (December 11, 1908 – September 18, 1994) was a Democratic U.S. Congressman who represented the 2nd congressional district of Maryland from January 3, 1963, to January 3, 1985. Long was born in South Bend, ...

(D) : .

Edward Garmatz Edward Alexander Garmatz (February 7, 1903 – July 22, 1986), a Democrat, was a U.S. Congressman who represented the 3rd congressional district of Maryland from 1947 to 1973. Early life and career Born in Baltimore, Maryland; his father and ...

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Paul Sarbanes Paul Spyros Sarbanes (; February 3, 1933 – December 6, 2020) was an American politician and attorney from Maryland. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he served in both chambers of the United States Congr ...

(D) : .

Lawrence Hogan Lawrence Joseph Hogan Sr. (September 30, 1928 – April 20, 2017) was an American politician who served as a Republican U.S. representative for the 5th congressional district of Maryland from January 3, 1969, to January 3, 1975. In 1974, he w ...

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Goodloe Byron Goodloe Edgar Byron (June 22, 1929 – October 11, 1978) was an American Democratic Party (United States), Democratic politician who was the member of the United States House of Representatives for Maryland's 6th congressional district from ...

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Parren Mitchell Parren James Mitchell (April 29, 1922 – May 28, 2007) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Congressman affiliated with the Democratic Party representing the 7th congressional district of Maryland from January 3, 1971, to January ...

(D) : .

Gilbert Gude Gilbert Gude (March 9, 1923 – June 7, 2007) was an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Maryland's 8th congressional district from 1967 to 1977. He was a member of the Republican Party. Early life and career Gude was ...

(R)

Massachusetts Massachusetts ( ; ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine to its east, Connecticut and Rhode ...

(8–4 Democratic) : .

Silvio O. Conte Silvio Ottavio Conte (November 9, 1921 – February 8, 1991) was an American lawyer and politician. He was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for 16 terms, representing the 1st Congressional District of Massachuset ...

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Edward Boland Edward Patrick Boland (October 1, 1911 – November 4, 2001) was an American politician from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. A Democrat, he was a representative from Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district. Early life and education Bola ...

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Robert Drinan Robert Frederick Drinan (November 15, 1920 – January 28, 2007) was an American Jesuit priest, lawyer, activist, and Democratic U.S. Representative from Massachusetts. He left office in 1981 to obey Pope John Paul II's prohibition on priests h ...

(D) : . Harold Donohue (D) : . F. Bradford Morse (R), until May 1, 1972 : .

Michael J. Harrington Michael Joseph "Mike" Harrington (born September 2, 1936) is an American politician, lawyer and a former U.S. Representative from Massachusetts. Life and career Harrington is the son of former State Senator, Salem mayor, and judge Joseph B. H ...

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Torbert Macdonald Torbert Hart Macdonald (June 6, 1917 – May 21, 1976) was an American Democratic politician from Massachusetts. He represented the northern suburbs of Boston, including his home town of Malden, in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1955 u ...

(D) : .

Louise Day Hicks Anna Louise Day Hicks (October 16, 1916 – October 21, 2003) was an American politician and lawyer from Boston, Massachusetts, best known for her staunch opposition to desegregation in Boston public schools, and especially to court-ordered ...

(D) : .

Margaret Heckler Margaret Mary Heckler (née O'Shaughnessy; June 21, 1931 – August 6, 2018) was an American politician and diplomat who represented in the United States House of Representatives from 1967 until 1983. A member of the Republican Party, she al ...

(R) : . James A. Burke (D) : .

Hastings Keith Hastings Keith (November 22, 1915 – July 19, 2005) was a United States representative from Massachusetts. Keith was born in Brockton, Massachusetts on November 22, 1915. He graduated from Brockton High School, Deerfield Academy, and the Unive ...

(R)

Michigan Michigan ( ) is a peninsular U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, Upper Midwestern United States. It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, ...

(12–7 Republican) : .

John Conyers John James Conyers Jr. (May 16, 1929October 27, 2019) was an American politician of the Democratic Party who served as a U.S. representative from Michigan from 1965 to 2017. Conyers was the sixth-longest serving member of Congress and the lo ...

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Marvin L. Esch Marvin Leonel Esch (August 4, 1927 – June 19, 2010) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Michigan and a member of the Republican Party. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1967 to 1977 before unsuccessfully seeking ...

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Garry E. Brown Garry Eldridge Brown (August 12, 1923 – August 27, 1998) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He served six terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1967 to 1979. Biography Brown was born in Schoolcraft, Mich ...

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J. Edward Hutchinson J. Edward Hutchinson (October 13, 1914 – July 22, 1985) was an American lawyer and politician from the U.S. state, state of Michigan. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he represented Michigan's 4th congressio ...

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Charles E. Chamberlain Charles Ernest Chamberlain (July 22, 1917 – November 25, 2002) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. Life and career Chamberlain was born in Locke Township, Michigan and after graduating from Lansing Central High School in Lans ...

(R) : . Donald Riegle (R) : . R. James Harvey (R) : . Guy Vander Jagt (R) : . Elford Albin Cederberg (R) : . Philip Ruppe (R) : . James G. O'Hara (D) : . Charles Diggs (D) : . Lucien Nedzi (D) : . William D. Ford (D) : . John D. Dingell Jr. (D) : . Martha Griffiths (D) : . William Broomfield (R) : . Jack H. McDonald (R)

List of United States representatives from Minnesota, Minnesota

(4–4 split) : . Al Quie (R) : . Ancher Nelsen (R) : . Bill Frenzel (R) : . Joseph Karth (DFL) : . Donald M. Fraser (DFL) : . John M. Zwach (R) : . Robert Bergland (DFL) : . John Blatnik (DFL)

List of United States representatives from Mississippi, Mississippi

(5 Democrats) : . Thomas Abernethy (politician), Thomas Abernethy (D) : . Jamie L. Whitten (D) : . Charles H. Griffin (D) : . Sonny Montgomery (D) : . William M. Colmer (D)

List of United States representatives from Missouri, Missouri

(9–1 Democratic) : . Bill Clay (D) : . James W. Symington (D) : .

(D) : . William J. Randall (D) : . Richard Walker Bolling (D) : . William Raleigh Hull Jr. (D) : . Durward Gorham Hall (R) : . Richard Howard Ichord Jr. (D) : . William L. Hungate (D) : . Bill Burlison (D)

List of United States representatives from Montana, Montana

(1–1 split) : . Richard G. Shoup (R) : . John Melcher (D)

List of United States representatives from Nebraska, Nebraska

(3 Republicans) : . Charles Thone (R) : . John Y. McCollister (R) : . David Martin (Nebraska politician), David Martin (R)

List of United States representatives from Nevada, Nevada

(1 Democrat) : . Walter S. Baring Jr. (D)

List of United States representatives from New Hampshire, New Hampshire

(2 Republicans) : . Louis C. Wyman (R) : . James Colgate Cleveland (R)

List of United States representatives from New Jersey, New Jersey

(9–6 Democratic) : . John E. Hunt (R) : . Charles W. Sandman Jr. (R) : . James J. Howard (D) : . Frank Thompson (D) : . Peter Frelinghuysen Jr. (R) : . Edwin B. Forsythe (R) : . William B. Widnall (R) : . Robert A. Roe (D) : . Henry Helstoski (D) : . Peter W. Rodino (D) : . Joseph Minish (D) : . Florence P. Dwyer (R) : . Cornelius Gallagher (American politician), Cornelius Gallagher (D) : . Dominick V. Daniels (D) : . Edward J. Patten (D)

List of United States representatives from New Mexico, New Mexico

(1–1 split) : . Manuel Lujan Jr. (R) : . Harold L. Runnels (D)

List of United States representatives from New York, New York

(24–17 Democratic) : . Otis G. Pike (D) : . James R. Grover Jr. (R) : . Lester L. Wolff (D) : . John W. Wydler (R) : . Norman F. Lent (R) : . Seymour Halpern (R) : . Joseph P. Addabbo (D) : . Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal (D) : . James J. Delaney (D) : . Emanuel Celler (D) : . Frank J. Brasco (D) : . Shirley Chisholm (D) : . Bertram L. Podell (D) : . John J. Rooney (politician), John J. Rooney (D) : . Hugh Carey (D) : . John M. Murphy (New York politician), John M. Murphy (D) : . Ed Koch (D) : . Charles Rangel (D) : . Bella Abzug (D) : . William Fitts Ryan (D), until September 17, 1972 : . James H. Scheuer (D) : . Herman Badillo (D) : . Jonathan Brewster Bingham (D) : . Mario Biaggi (D) : . Peter A. Peyser (R) : . Ogden Reid (R) to (D), March 22, 1972 : . John G. Dow (D) : . Hamilton Fish IV (R) : . Samuel S. Stratton (D) : . Carleton J. King (R) : . Robert C. McEwen (R) : . Alexander Pirnie (R) : . Howard W. Robison (R) : . John H. Terry (R) : . James M. Hanley (D) : . Frank Horton (New York politician), Frank Horton (R) : . Barber Conable (R) : . James F. Hastings (R) : . Jack Kemp (R) : . Henry P. Smith III (R) : . Thaddeus J. Dulski (D)

List of United States representatives from North Carolina, North Carolina

(7–4 Democratic) : . Walter B. Jones Sr. (D) : . Lawrence H. Fountain (D) : . David N. Henderson (D) : . Nick Galifianakis (politician), Nick Galifianakis (D) : . Wilmer Mizell (R) : . L. Richardson Preyer (D) : . Alton Lennon (D) : . Earl B. Ruth (R) : . Charles R. Jonas (R) : . Jim Broyhill (R) : . Roy A. Taylor (D)

List of United States representatives from North Dakota, North Dakota

(1–1 split) : . Mark Andrews (politician), Mark Andrews (R) : . Arthur A. Link (D-NPL)

List of United States representatives from Ohio, Ohio

(17–7 Republican) : . William J. Keating (R) : . Donald D. Clancy (R) : . Charles W. Whalen Jr. (R) : . William Moore McCulloch (R) : . Del Latta (R) : . Bill Harsha (R) : . Bud Brown (politician), Bud Brown (R) : . Jackson Edward Betts (R) : . Thomas L. Ashley (D) : . Clarence E. Miller (R) : . J. William Stanton (R) : . Samuel L. Devine (R) : . Charles Adams Mosher (R) : . John F. Seiberling (D) : . Chalmers Wylie (R) : . Frank T. Bow (R), until November 13, 1972 : . John M. Ashbrook (R) : . Wayne Hays (D) : . Charles J. Carney (D) : . James V. Stanton (D) : . Louis Stokes (D) : . Charles Vanik (D) : . William Edwin Minshall Jr. (R) : . Walter E. Powell (R)

List of United States representatives from Oklahoma, Oklahoma

(4–2 Democratic) : . Page Belcher (R) : . Ed Edmondson (politician), Ed Edmondson (D) : .

(D) : . Tom Steed (D) : . John Jarman (D) : . John Newbold Camp (R)

List of United States representatives from Oregon, Oregon

(2–2 split) : . Wendell Wyatt (R) : . Al Ullman (D) : . Edith Green (D) : . John R. Dellenback (R)

List of United States representatives from Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania

(14–13 Democratic) : . William A. Barrett (D) : . Robert N. C. Nix Sr. (D) : . James A. Byrne (D) : . Joshua Eilberg (D) : . William J. Green III (D) : . Gus Yatron (D) : . Lawrence G. Williams (R) : . Edward G. Biester Jr. (R) : . John H. Ware III (R) : . Joseph M. McDade (R) : . Dan Flood (D) : . J. Irving Whalley (R) : . Lawrence Coughlin (R) : . William S. Moorhead (D) : . Fred B. Rooney (D) : . Edwin Duing Eshleman (R) : . Herman T. Schneebeli (R) : . Robert J. Corbett (R), until April 25, 1971 :: John Heinz (R), from November 2, 1971 : . George Atlee Goodling (R) : . Joseph M. Gaydos (D) : . John Herman Dent (D) : . John P. Saylor (R) : . Albert W. Johnson (R) : . Joseph P. Vigorito (D) : . Frank M. Clark (D) : . Thomas E. Morgan (D) : . James G. Fulton (R), until October 6, 1971 :: William Sheldrick Conover (R), from April 25, 1972

List of United States representatives from Rhode Island, Rhode Island

(2 Democrats) : . Fernand St Germain (D) : . Robert Tiernan (D)

List of United States representatives from South Carolina, South Carolina

(5–1 Democratic) : . Mendel Jackson Davis (D), from April 27, 1971 : . Floyd Spence (R) : . William Jennings Bryan Dorn (D) : . James Mann (South Carolina politician), James Mann (D) : . Thomas S. Gettys (D) : . John L. McMillan (D)

List of United States representatives from South Dakota, South Dakota

(2 Democrats) : . Frank E. Denholm (D) : . James Abourezk (D)

List of United States representatives from Tennessee, Tennessee

(5–4 Democratic) : . Jimmy Quillen (R) : . John Duncan Sr. (R) : . LaMar Baker (R) : . Joe L. Evins (D) : . Richard Fulton (D) : . William Anderson (naval officer), William Anderson (D) : . Ray Blanton (D) : . Ed Jones (Tennessee politician), Ed Jones (D) : . Dan Kuykendall (R)

List of United States representatives from Texas, Texas

(20–3 Democratic) : . Wright Patman (D) : . John Dowdy (D) : . James M. Collins (R) : . Ray Roberts (politician), Ray Roberts (D) : . Earle Cabell (D) : . Olin E. Teague (D) : . Bill Archer (R) : . Robert C. Eckhardt (D) : . Jack Brooks (American politician), Jack Brooks (D) : . J. J. Pickle (D) : . William R. Poage (D) : . Jim Wright (D) : . Graham B. Purcell Jr. (D) : . John Andrew Young (D) : . Kika de la Garza (D) : . Richard Crawford White (D) : . Omar Burleson (D) : . Bob Price (Texas politician), Bob Price (R) : . George H. Mahon (D) : . Henry B. González (D) : . O. C. Fisher (D) : . Robert R. Casey (D) : . Abraham Kazen (D)

List of United States representatives from Utah, Utah

(1–1 split) : . K. Gunn McKay (D) : . Sherman P. Lloyd (R)

List of United States representatives from Vermont, Vermont

(1 Republican) : .

(R), until September 16, 1971 :: Richard W. Mallary (R), from January 7, 1972

List of United States representatives from Virginia, Virginia

(6–4 Republican) : . Thomas N. Downing (D) : . G. William Whitehurst (R) : . David E. Satterfield III (D) : . Watkins Moorman Abbitt (D) : . Dan Daniel (politician), Dan Daniel (D) : . Richard Harding Poff (R), until August 29, 1972 :: M. Caldwell Butler (R), from November 7, 1972 : . J. Kenneth Robinson (R) : . William L. Scott (R) : . William C. Wampler (R) : . Joel Broyhill (R)

List of United States representatives from Washington, Washington

(6–1 Democratic) : . Thomas Pelly (R) : . Lloyd Meeds (D) : . Julia Butler Hansen (D) : . Mike McCormack (politician), Mike McCormack (D) : . Tom Foley (D) : . Floyd Hicks (D) : . Brock Adams (D)

List of United States representatives from West Virginia, West Virginia

(5 Democrats) : . Bob Mollohan (D) : . Harley Orrin Staggers (D) : . John M. Slack Jr. (D) : . Ken Hechler (D) : . James Kee (D)

List of United States representatives from Wisconsin, Wisconsin

(5–5 split) : . Les Aspin (D) : . Robert Kastenmeier (D) : . Vernon Wallace Thomson (R) : . Clement J. Zablocki (D) : . Henry S. Reuss (D) : . William A. Steiger (R) : . Dave Obey (D) : . John W. Byrnes (R) : . Glenn Robert Davis (R) : . Alvin O'Konski (R)

List of United States representatives from Wyoming, Wyoming

(1 Democrat) : . Teno Roncalio (D)

Non-voting members

(2 Democrats) : . Walter Fauntroy (D), from March 23, 1971 : . Jorge Luis Córdova (Resident Commissioner) (PNP)

Changes in membership

The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.

Senate

* Replacements: 5 ** Democratic: no net change ** Republican Party (United States), Republican: no net change * Deaths: 3 * Resignations: 0 *Total seats with changes: 3 , - ,

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(1) , , Winston L. Prouty (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died September 10, 1971 , ,

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House of Representatives

* Replacements: 10 ** Democratic: no net loss ** Republican Party (United States), Republican: no net gain * Deaths: 8 * Resignations: 6 *Total seats with changes: 16 , - , nowrap , , Vacant , style="font-size:80%" , District elected first delegate since the seat was re-established during previous congress , , Walter Fauntroy (D) , March 23, 1971 , - , nowrap , , Vacant , style="font-size:80%" , Rep. L. Mendel Rivers died during previous congress , , Mendel Jackson Davis (D) , April 27, 1971 , - , , nowrap,

(R) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned January 29, 1971, after being appointed United States Secretary of the Interior , nowrap ,

(R) , May 25, 1971 , - , , nowrap, Robert J. Corbett (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died April 25, 1971 , nowrap , John Heinz (R) , November 2, 1971 , - , , nowrap,

(R) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned after being appointed to the US Senate September 16, 1971 , nowrap , Richard W. Mallary (R) , January 7, 1972 , - , , , John C. Watts (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died September 24, 1971 , , William P. Curlin Jr. (D) , December 4, 1971 , - , , nowrap, James G. Fulton (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died October 6, 1971 , nowrap , William Sheldrick Conover (R) , April 25, 1972 , - , , nowrap, Charlotte Thompson Reid (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned October 7, 1971, after being appointed to the Federal Communications Commission , nowrap , Cliffard D. Carlson (R) , April 4, 1972 , - , , ,

(D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died December 25, 1971 , , Elizabeth B. Andrews (D) , April 4, 1972 , - , , , F. Bradford Morse (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned May 1, 1972, after being appointed Undersecretary General for Political and General Assembly Affairs at the United Nations , Vacant , Not filled this congress , - , , ,

(D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned after being elected Governor of Louisiana May 9, 1972 , ,

(D) , September 30, 1972 , - , , , Richard Harding Poff (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned after being appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court of Virginia , , M. Caldwell Butler (R) , November 7, 1972 , - , , , William Fitts Ryan (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died September 17, 1972. , rowspan=4 , Vacant , rowspan=4 , Not filled this congress , - , , , Frank T. Bow (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died November 13, 1972. , - , , ,

(D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died in a plane crash December 8, 1972. , - , , , Nick Begich (D) , style="font-size:80%" , He and

were lost in a plane crash October 16, 1972. Presumptive death certificate for Rep. Begich was issued December 29, 1972.

Committees

Senate

* United States Senate Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences, Aeronautical and Space Sciences (Chair: Clinton P. Anderson; Ranking Member: Carl T. Curtis) * United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture and Forestry (Chair: Herman E. Talmadge; Ranking Member: Jack Miller) * United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chair: Allen J. Ellender; Ranking Member: Milton R. Young) * United States Senate Committee on Armed Services, Armed Services (Chair:

; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Currency, Banking, Housing and Currency (Chair: John J. Sparkman; Ranking Member: John G. Tower) * United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Commerce (Chair: Warren G. Magnuson; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chair: Thomas F. Eagleton; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Select Committee on Equal Educational Opportunity, Equal Educational Opportunity (Select) (Chair:

) * United States Senate Committee on Finance, Finance (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Wallace F. Bennett) * United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Foreign Relations (Chair:

; Ranking Member: George D. Aiken) * United States Senate Committee on Government Operations, Government Operations (Chair: John Little McClellan; Ranking Member: Karl E. Mundt) * United States Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, Interior and Insular Affairs (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Gordon Allott) * United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Judiciary (Chair: James O. Eastland; Ranking Member: Roman L. Hruska) * United States Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, Labor and Public Welfare (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Jacob K. Javits) * United States Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs, Nutrition and Human Needs (Select) (Chair:

) * United States Senate Committee on Post Office and Civil Services, Post Office and Civil Services (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Hiram L. Fong) * United States Senate Committee on Public Works, Public Works (Chair:

; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, Rules and Administration (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Winston L. Prouty) * United States Senate Special Committee on Secret and Confidential Government Documents, Secret and Confidential Government Documents (Special) (Chair: ; Ranking Member: ) * United States Senate Select Committee on Small Business, Small Business (Select) (Chair:

) * United States Senate Select Committee on Standards and Conduct, Standards and Conduct (Select) (Chair:

; Vice Chair: Wallace F. Bennett) * United States Senate Subcommittee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Veterans' Affairs (Chair:

; Ranking Member:

) * Committee of the whole, Whole

House of Representatives

* United States House Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture (Chair: William R. Poage; Ranking Member: Page Belcher) * United States House Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chair: George H. Mahon; Ranking Member: Frank T. Bow) * United States House Committee on Armed Services, Armed Services (Chair: F. Edward Hebert; Ranking Member: Leslie C. Arends) * United States House Committee on Banking and Currency, Banking and Currency (Chair: Wright Patman; Ranking Member: William B. Widnall) * United States House Select Committee on Crime, Crime (Select) (Chair:

) * United States House Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chair: John L. McMillan; Ranking Member: Ancher Nelsen) * United States House Committee on Education, Education and Labor (Chair: Carl D. Perkins; Ranking Member: Al Quie) * United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs (Chair: Thomas E. Morgan; Ranking Member: William S. Mailliard) * United States House Committee on Government Operations, Government Operations (Chair: Chet Holifield; Ranking Member: Florence P. Dwyer) * United States House Committee on House Administration, House Administration (Chair: Wayne L. Hays; Ranking Member: Samuel L. Devine) * United States House Select Committee on the House Beauty Shop, House Beauty Shop (Select) (Chair: Martha W. Griffiths) * United States House Select Committee on the House Restaurant, House Restaurant (Select) (Chair:

) * United States House Committee on Insular Affairs, Interior and Insular Affairs (Chair:

; Ranking Member: John P. Saylor) * United States House Committee on Internal Security, Internal Security (Chair: Richard H. Ichord; Ranking Member: John M. Ashbrook) * United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chair: Harley O. Staggers; Ranking Member: William L. Springer) * United States House Committee on Judiciary, Judiciary (Chair: Emanuel Celler; Ranking Member: William M. McCulloch) * United States House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chair: Emanuel Celler; Ranking Member: Thomas M. Pelly) * United States House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, Post Office and Civil Service (Chair: Edward A. Garmatz; Ranking Member: Robert J. Corbett) * United States House Committee on Public Works, Public Works (Chair: John A. Blatnik; Ranking Member: Bill Harsha) * United States House Select Committee on Small Business, Regulate Parking (Select) (Chair: B.F. Sisk) * United States House Committee on Rules, Rules (Chair: William M. Colmer; Ranking Member:

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) * United States House Committee on Science and Astronautics, Science and Astronautics (Chair: George P. Miller; Ranking Member: James G. Fulton) * United States House Select Committee on Small Business, Small Business (Select) (Chair: Joe L. Evins) * United States House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, Standards of Official Conduct (Chair: Charles Melvin Price; Ranking Member: Jackson E. Betts) * United States House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Veterans' Affairs (Chair: Olin E. Teague; Ranking Member: Charles M. Teague) * United States House Committee on Ways and Means, Ways and Means (Chair: Wilbur D. Mills; Ranking Member: John W. Byrnes) * Committee of the Whole (United States House of Representatives), Whole

Joint committees

* United States Congress Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, Atomic Energy (Chair: Sen. John O. Pastore; Vice Chair: Rep. Charles Melvin Price) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Congressional Operations, Congressional Operations (Chair: Rep. Jack Brooks (American politician), Jack Brooks; Vice Chair: Sen.

) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Defense Production, Defense Production (Chair: Rep. Wright Patman; Vice Chair: Sen. John J. Sparkman) * Joint Economic Committee, Economic (Chair: Sen.

; Vice Chair: Rep. Wright Patman) * United States Congress Joint Committee on the Library, The Library (Chair: Rep. Wayne L. Hays; Vice Chair: Sen.

) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Navajo-Hopi Indian Administration, Navajo-Hopi Indian Administration * United States Congress Joint Committee on Printing, Printing (Chair: N/A) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures, Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures (Chair: Rep. George H. Mahon) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Taxation, Taxation (Chair: Rep. Wilbur D. Mills; Vice Chair: Sen.

)

Employees

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* Architect of the Capitol: George Malcolm White, appointed January 27, 1971 * Attending Physician of the United States Congress: Rufus Pearson * Comptroller General of the United States: Elmer B. Staats * Librarian of Congress: Lawrence Quincy Mumford * Public Printer of the United States: Adolphus N. Spence, until 1972

Senate

* Chaplain of the United States Senate, Chaplain: Edward L.R. Elson (Presbyterian) * Curator of the United States Senate, Curator: James R. Ketchum * Parliamentarian of the United States Senate, Parliamentarian: Floyd Riddick * Secretary of the United States Senate, Secretary: Francis R. Valeo * United States Senate Librarian, Librarian: Richard D. Hupman * Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party Secretary: Joseph Stanley Kimmitt, J. Stanley Kimmitt * Republican Party (United States), Republican Party Secretary: J. Mark Trice * Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate, Sergeant at Arms: Robert G. Dunphy, until June 30, 1972 (resigned) ** William H. Wannall, from July 1, 1972

House of Representatives

* Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Clerk: W. Pat Jennings * Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives, Sergeant at Arms: Zeake W. Johnson Jr., January 21, 1971 – September 30, 1972 (resigned) ** Kenneth R. Harding, from October 1, 1972 * Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives, Doorkeeper: Fishbait Miller, William M. Miller * Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives, Postmaster: H. H. Morris, January 21, 1971 – June 30, 1972 (resigned) ** Robert V. Rota, from July 1, 1972 * Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives, Parliamentarian: Lewis Deschler * Reading Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Reading Clerks: ** Joe Bartlett (until 1971) (R), Bob Berry (starting 1971) (R) ** Charles W. Hackney Jr. (D) * Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives, Chaplain: Edward G. Latch (Methodism, Methodist)

Footnotes

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Notes

References

Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress

External links

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