The 97th 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, 1981, to January 3, 1983, during the final weeks of Jimmy Carter's presidency and the first two years of Ronald Reagan's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the

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

1970 United States census The 1970 United States census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States to be 203,392,031, an increase of 13.4 percent over the 179,323,175 persons enumerated during the 1960 census. This was t ...

. While the House of Representatives retained a Democratic majority (albeit reduced from the

96th Congress The 96th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from January 3, 1979 ...

), the Republicans gained control of the Senate, marking the first time that they had control of either chamber of Congress since the 83rd Congress in 1953.

Major events

Early 1980s recession The early 1980s recession was a severe economic recession that affected much of the world between approximately the start of 1980 and 1982. Long-term effects of the early 1980s recession contributed to the Latin American debt crisis, long-lastin ...

* January 20, 1981: Inauguration of President

Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He was a member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party a ...

* January 20, 1981:

Iran hostage crisis The Iran hostage crisis () began on November 4, 1979, when 66 Americans, including diplomats and other civilian personnel, were taken hostage at the Embassy of the United States in Tehran, with 52 of them being held until January 20, 1981. Th ...

ended * February 18, 1981: President Reagan addressed a joint session of Congress * March 30, 1981:

Reagan assassination attempt On March 30, 1981, Ronald Reagan, the President of the United States, was shot and wounded by John Hinckley Jr. in Washington, D.C., as Reagan was returning to his limousine after a speaking engagement at the Washington Hilton hotel. Hinckle ...

* April 12, 1981: First space shuttle launched * June 5, 1981: First recognized case of

AIDS The HIV, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus that attacks the immune system. Without treatment, it can lead to a spectrum of conditions including acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). It is a Preventive healthcare, pr ...

* August 5, 1981: President Reagan fired the air traffic controllers * September 21, 1981: Senate confirmed the first female

United States Supreme Court The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal court cases, and over state court cases that turn on question ...

justice,

Sandra Day O'Connor Sandra Day O'Connor (March 26, 1930 – December 1, 2023) was an American attorney, politician, and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1981 to 2006. Nominated by President Ronald Reagan, O' ...

* April 21, 1982: Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands addressed a joint meeting of Congress. * November 2, 1982: United States general elections; Republicans retained Senate and Democrats increased control in House.

Major legislation

* August 13, 1981:

Economic Recovery Tax Act The Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 (ERTA), or Kemp–Roth Tax Cut, was an Act that introduced a major tax cut, which was designed to encourage economic growth. The Act was enacted by the 97th Congress and signed into law by U.S. President R ...

(ERTA or Kemp-Roth Tax Cut), , * August 13, 1981: Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, , * September 3, 1982:

Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 The Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 (), also known as TEFRA, is a United States federal law that rescinded some of the effects of the Kemp-Roth Act passed the year before. Between summer 1981 and summer 1982, tax revenue fell b ...

, , * September 8, 1982: Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act (USFSPA), , * September 13, 1982: Codification of Title 31 of the United States Code, "Money and Finance", , * September 20, 1982: Bus Regulatory Reform Act, , * October 13, 1982: Job Training Partnership Act of 1982, , * October 15, 1982:

Garn–St. Germain Depository Institutions Act The Garn–St Germain Depository Institutions Act of 1982 (, , enacted October 15, 1982) is an Act of Congress that deregulation, deregulated savings and loan associations and allowed banks to provide adjustable-rate mortgage, adjustable-rate mor ...

, ,

Special or select committees

* Senate Select Committee on Small Business — Became a standing committee on March 25, 1981 * United States Senate Select Committee on Law Enforcement Undercover Activities of the Justice Department — March 24, 1982 – December 15, 1982

Party summary

Senate

House of Representatives

Leadership

Senate

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 ...

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. ...

(D), until January 20, 1981 **

George H. W. Bush George Herbert Walker BushBefore the outcome of the 2000 United States presidential election, he was usually referred to simply as "George Bush" but became more commonly known as "George H. W. Bush", "Bush Senior," "Bush 41," and even "Bush th ...

(R), from January 20, 1981 * President pro tempore:

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

(R)

Majority (Republican) leadership

* Majority Leader:

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 ...

* Majority Whip:

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 ...

* Republican Conference Chairman: James A. McClure *

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 ...

Jake Garn Edwin Jacob "Jake" Garn (born October 12, 1932) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Utah. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he served as a member of the United States Senate from 1974 to 1993. Garn ...

* National Senatorial Committee Chair:

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 ...

* Policy Committee Chairman:

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 ...

Minority (Democratic) leadership

* Minority Leader:

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

* Democratic Caucus Secretary:

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 ...

* Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman:

Wendell Ford Wendell Hampton Ford (September 8, 1924 – January 22, 2015) was an American politician from Kentucky. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as Governor of Kentucky from 1971 to 1974, and as a member of the United States Senate for 24 ye ...

House of Representatives

* Speaker:

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 ...

(D)

Majority (Democratic) leadership

* Majority Leader:

Jim Wright James Claude Wright Jr. (December 22, 1922 – May 6, 2015) was an American politician who served as the 48th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1987 to 1989. He represented Texas' 12th congressional district as a ...

* Majority Whip: Tom Foley * Chief Deputy Majority Whip: William Vollie Alexander Jr. * Democratic Caucus Chairman: Gillis William Long * Democratic Caucus Secretary:

Geraldine Ferraro Geraldine Anne Ferraro (August 26, 1935 March 26, 2011) was an American politician, diplomat, and attorney. She served in the United States House of Representatives from 1979 to 1985, and was the Democratic Party's nominee for vice presiden ...

* Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Tony Coelho

Minority (Republican) leadership

* Minority Leader:

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

Trent Lott Chester Trent Lott Sr. (born October 9, 1941) is an American lobbyist, lawyer, author, and politician who represented Mississippi in the United States House of Representatives from 1973 to 1989 and in the United States Senate from 1989 to 2007. ...

* Chief Deputy Whip: David F. Emery * Republican Conference Chairman:

Jack Kemp Jack French Kemp (July 13, 1935 – May 2, 2009) was an American politician, professional Gridiron football, football player, and U.S. Army veteran. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party from New York, he served a ...

* Republican Conference Vice-Chairman: Jack Edwards *

: Clair Burgener * Policy Committee Chairman:

Dick Cheney Richard Bruce Cheney ( ; born January 30, 1941) is an American former politician and businessman who served as the 46th vice president of the United States from 2001 to 2009 under President George W. Bush. He has been called vice presidency o ...

* Republican Campaign Committee Chairman:

Guy Vander Jagt Guy Adrian Vander Jagt ( ; August 26, 1931 – June 22, 2007) was a Republican politician from Michigan. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and Chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee. Vander Jagt was desc ...

Caucuses

* Congressional Arts Caucus *

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

* Congressional Friends of Ireland Caucus *

Congressional Hispanic Caucus The Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) is an organization of 38 Democratic members of the United States Congress of Hispanic and Latino descent. The Caucus focuses on issues affecting Hispanics and Latinos in the United States. The CHC was fo ...

* Congressional Travel & Tourism Caucus * Congresswomen's Caucus *

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 by class, and representatives are listed by district.

Senate

Senators are popularly elected statewide every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress, In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1982; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1984; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1986.

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

: 2. Howell Heflin (D) : 3. Jeremiah Denton (R)

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.

(R) : 3. Frank Murkowski (R)

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

: 1.

Dennis DeConcini Dennis Webster DeConcini (; born May 8, 1937) is an American lawyer, philanthropist, politician and former U.S. senator from Arizona. The son of former Arizona Supreme Court judge Evo Anton DeConcini, he represented Arizona in the Senate as a D ...

(D) : 3.

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. David Pryor (D) : 3.

Dale Bumpers Dale Leon Bumpers (August 12, 1925 – January 1, 2016) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 38th Governor of Arkansas (1971–1975) and in the United States Senate (1975–1999). He was a member of the Democratic Party. He w ...

(D)

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

: 1. S. I. Hayakawa (R) : 3.

(D)

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

: 2. William L. Armstrong (R) : 3.

Gary Hart Gary Warren Hart (''né'' Hartpence; born November 28, 1936) is an American politician, diplomat, and lawyer. He was the front-runner for the 1984 and 1988 Democratic presidential nominations, until in 1988, he dropped out amid revelations of ex ...

(D)

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

: 1.

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.

Chris Dodd Christopher John Dodd (born May 27, 1944) is an American lobbyist, lawyer, and Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party politician who served as a United States senator from Connecticut from 1981 to 2011. Dodd is the List of United Sta ...

(D)

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

: 1.

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

(R) : 2.

Joe Biden Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. (born November 20, 1942) is an American politician who was the 46th president of the United States from 2021 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he served as the 47th vice p ...

(D)

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

: 1.

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. Paula Hawkins (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.

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) : 3. Mack Mattingly (R)

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

: 1.

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

(D) : 3.

(D)

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

: 2. James A. McClure (R) : 3.

Steve Symms Steven Douglas Symms (April 23, 1938 – August 8, 2024) was an American politician and lobbyist who served as a four-term congressman (1973–1981) and two-term U.S. Senator (1981–1993), representing Idaho. He later became a partner at Parr ...

(R)

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

: 2. Charles H. Percy (R) : 3. Alan J. Dixon (D)

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

: 1.

Richard Lugar Richard Green Lugar ( ; April 4, 1932 – April 28, 2019) was an American politician who served as a United States Senate, United States Senator from Indiana from 1977 to 2013. He was a member of the Republican Party (United States), Republ ...

(R) : 3.

Dan Quayle James Danforth Quayle (; born February 4, 1947) is an American retired politician who served as the 44th vice president of the United States from 1989 to 1993 under President George H. W. Bush. A member of the Republican Party (United States), ...

(R)

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. Roger Jepsen (R) : 3.

Chuck Grassley Charles Ernest Grassley (born September 17, 1933) is an American politician serving as the president pro tempore of the United States Senate since 2025, a role he also held from 2019 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Re ...

(R)

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

: 2.

Nancy Kassebaum Nancy Josephine Kassebaum Baker (; born July 29, 1932) is an American retired politician from Kansas who served as a member of the United States Senate from 1978 to 1997. She is the daughter of Alf Landon, who was Governor of Kansas from 1933 t ...

(R) : 3.

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

(R)

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

: 2.

Walter Dee Huddleston Walter Darlington "Dee" Huddleston (April 15, 1926 – October 16, 2018) was an American commercial broadcaster and politician from Kentucky. A member of the Democratic Party, he served two terms as a member of the United States Senate from 1973 ...

(D) : 3.

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

: 2. J. Bennett Johnston (D) : 3. Russell B. Long (D)

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

: 1.

George J. Mitchell George John Mitchell Jr. (born August 20, 1933) is an American politician, diplomat, and lawyer. A leading member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States senator from Maine from 1980 to 1995, and as Senate Majority Leader from 19 ...

(D) : 2. William Cohen (R)

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

: 1.

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

(D) : 3.

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.

Paul Tsongas Paul Efthemios Tsongas ( ; February 14, 1941 – January 18, 1997) was an American politician who represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1979 until 1985 and in the United States House of Representatives from 1975 until 1 ...

(D)

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

: 1. Donald Riegle (D) : 2.

Carl Levin Carl Milton Levin (June 28, 1934 – July 29, 2021) was an American attorney and politician who served as a List of United States senators from Michigan, United States senator from Michigan from 1979 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party (U ...

(D)

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

: 1. David Durenberger (I-R) : 2. Rudy Boschwitz (I-R)

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

: 1. John C. Stennis (D) : 2. Thad Cochran (R)

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

: 1.

John Danforth John Claggett Danforth (born September 5, 1936) is an American politician, attorney, diplomat, and Episcopal priest who served as the Attorney General of Missouri from 1969 to 1976 and as a United States Senator from 1976 to 1995. A member of the ...

(R) : 3.

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 ...

(D)

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

: 1.

John Melcher John David Melcher (September 6, 1924 – April 12, 2018) was an American politician of the Democratic Party who represented Montana for four terms as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1969 to 1977 and as a United Sta ...

(D) : 2.

Max Baucus Maxwell Sieben Baucus ( Enke; born December 11, 1941) is an American politician who served as a United States senator from Montana from 1978 to 2014. A member of the Democratic Party, he was a U.S. senator for over 35 years, making him the long ...

(D)

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

: 1. Edward Zorinsky (D) : 2. J. James Exon (D)

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

: 1.

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 ...

(D) : 3. Paul Laxalt (R)

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

: 2. Gordon J. Humphrey (R) : 3.

Warren Rudman Warren Bruce Rudman (May 18, 1930November 19, 2012) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States Senator from New Hampshire from 1980 to 1993. A member of the Republican Party, he was known as a moderate centrist, to su ...

(R)

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

: 1. Harrison A. Williams (D), until March 11, 1982 :: Nicholas F. Brady (R), from April 27, 1982, until December 27, 1982 :: Frank Lautenberg (D), from December 27, 1982 : 2.

Bill Bradley William Warren Bradley (born July 28, 1943) is an American politician and former professional basketball player. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he was a United States Senate, United States senator from New ...

(D)

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

: 1.

Harrison Schmitt Harrison Hagan "Jack" Schmitt (born July 3, 1935) is an American geologist, former NASA astronaut, university professor, former U.S. senator from New Mexico. He is the most recent living person—and only person without a background in military a ...

(R) : 2.

Pete Domenici Pietro Vichi "Pete" Domenici ( ; May 7, 1932 – September 13, 2017) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States Senator from New Mexico from 1973 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, he served six terms in ...

(R)

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

: 1.

Daniel Patrick Moynihan Daniel Patrick Moynihan (; March 16, 1927 – March 26, 2003) was an American politician, diplomat and social scientist. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he represented New York (state), New York in the ...

(D) : 3.

Al D'Amato Alfonse Marcello D'Amato (born August 1, 1937) is an American attorney, lobbyist, and Republican politician who represented the state of New York in the United States Senate from 1981 to 1999. From 1995 to 1999, he chaired the Senate Banking C ...

(R)

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

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Jesse Helms Jesse Alexander Helms Jr. (October 18, 1921 – July 4, 2008) was an American politician. A leader in the Conservatism in the United States, conservative movement, he served as a senator from North Carolina from 1973 to 2003. As chairman of the ...

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John Porter East John Porter East (May 5, 1931 – June 29, 1986) was an American politician, attorney, and academic. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a U.S. senator from North Carolina from 1981 to 1986. Born in Springfield, Illinois, East serv ...

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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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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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John Glenn John Herschel Glenn Jr. (July 18, 1921 – December 8, 2016) was an American Marine Corps aviator, astronaut, businessman, and politician. He was the third American in space and the first to orbit the Earth, circling it three times in 1 ...

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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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David Boren David Lyle Boren (April 21, 1941 – February 20, 2025) was an American lawyer and politician from Oklahoma. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he served as the 21st governor of Oklahoma from 1975 to 1979 and thr ...

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Don Nickles Donald Lee Nickles (born December 6, 1948) is an American politician and lobbyist who was a Republican United States Senator from Oklahoma from 1981 to 2005. He was considered both a fiscal and social conservative. After retiring from the Sen ...

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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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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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John Heinz Henry John Heinz III (October 23, 1938 – April 4, 1991) was an American businessman and politician who served as a United States Senate, United States senator from Pennsylvania from 1977 until Merion air disaster, his death in 1991. An he ...

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Arlen Specter Arlen Specter (February 12, 1930 – October 14, 2012) was an American lawyer, author and politician who served as a United States Senator from Pennsylvania from 1981 to 2011. Specter was a Democrat from 1951 to 1965, then a Republican fr ...

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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 Chafee John Lester Hubbard Chafee ( ; October 22, 1922 – October 24, 1999) was an American politician and officer in the United States Marine Corps. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he served as the 66th Governor o ...

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

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Orrin Hatch Orrin Grant Hatch (March 22, 1934 – April 23, 2022) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator from Utah from 1977 to 2019. Hatch's 42-year Senate tenure made him the longest-serving Republican U.S. senat ...

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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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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 ...

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Patrick Leahy Patrick Joseph Leahy ( ; born March 31, 1940) is an American politician and attorney who represented Vermont in the United States Senate from 1975 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he also was the pr ...

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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 ...

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John Warner John William Warner III (February 18, 1927 – May 25, 2021) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the United States Secretary of the Navy from 1972 to 1974 and as a five-term United States Republican Party, Republican United Stat ...

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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 ...

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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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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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Bob Kasten Robert Walter Kasten Jr. (born June 19, 1942) is an American Republican politician from the state of Wisconsin who served as a U.S. Representative from 1975 to 1979 and as a United States Senator from 1981 to 1993. Background Kasten was born ...

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

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Richard Shelby Richard Craig Shelby (born May 6, 1934) is an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Alabama from 1987 to 2023. First elected to the U.S. Senate in 1986 as a Democrat, Shelby switched to the Republican Party i ...

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

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Don Young Donald Edwin Young (June 9, 1933 – March 18, 2022) was an American politician from Alaska. He is the List of members of the United States Congress by longevity of service, longest-serving Republican Party (United States), Republican in House ...

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

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John Jacob Rhodes 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 ...

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

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Bob Stump Robert Lee Stump (April 4, 1927 – June 20, 2003) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Congressman from Arizona. He served as a member from the Democratic Party from 1977 to 1983 and then later a member of the Republican Party un ...

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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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Ed Bethune Edwin Ruthvin Bethune Jr. (born December 19, 1935), known as Ed Bethune, is an American lawyer, lobbyist, and novelist in Little Rock, Arkansas, who was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Arkansas from 1979–1 ...

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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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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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Bob Matsui Robert Takeo Matsui (, September 17, 1941 – January 1, 2005) was an American politician from the state of California. Matsui was a member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party and served in the United States House of Represe ...

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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 ...

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Ron Dellums Ronald Vernie Dellums (November 24, 1935 – July 30, 2018) was an American politician who served as Mayor of Oakland from 2007 to 2011. He had previously served thirteen terms as a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California ...

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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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Tom Lantos Thomas Peter Lantos (born Tamás Péter Lantos; February 1, 1928 – February 11, 2008) was a Hungarian-born American politician who served as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative from California from 1981 until his deat ...

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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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Norman Mineta Norman Yoshio Mineta (, November 12, 1931 – May 3, 2022) was an American politician from California. A member of the Democratic Party, Mineta served in the cabinet of the United States for US Presidents Bill Clinton, a Democrat, and George W. ...

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Leon Panetta Leon Edward Panetta (born June 28, 1938) is an American retired politician and government official who has served under several Democratic administrations as secretary of defense (2011–2013), director of the CIA (2009–2011), White House chi ...

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Carlos Moorhead Carlos John Moorhead (May 5, 1922 – November 23, 2011) was an American lawyer and politician who served twelve terms as a United States Congressman from California from 1973 to 1997. Early life and education Born in Long Beach, he att ...

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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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Dan Lungren Daniel Edward Lungren (born September 22, 1946) is an American lawyer, lobbyist, and former politician. A native of Long Beach, California, his career as an elected official began when he was elected to the United States House of Representatives ...

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George Brown Jr. George Edward Brown Jr. (March 6, 1920 – July 15, 1999) was an American Democratic Party (United States), Democratic politician from California. He represented suburban portions of Los Angeles County, California, Los Angeles County in the United ...

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Jerry Lewis Jerry Lewis (born Joseph Levitch; March 16, 1926 – August 20, 2017) was an American comedian, actor, singer, filmmaker and humanitarian, with a career spanning seven decades in film, stage, television and radio. Famously nicknamed as "Th ...

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

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

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

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Bill McCollum Ira William McCollum Jr. (born July 12, 1944) is an American lawyer and Republican Party politician. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1981 to 2001, representing Florida's 5th congressional district, which was ...

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

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Andy Ireland Andrew Poysell Ireland (August 23, 1930 – October 20, 2024) was an American banker and politician from Florida. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1977 to 1993. He served eight terms, first as a Democrat ...

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Bill Nelson Clarence William Nelson II (born September 29, 1942) is an American politician, attorney, and former astronaut who served from 2001 to 2019 as a United States Senate, United States senator from Florida and from 2021 to 2025 as the Administrator ...

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Clay Shaw Clay LaVergne Shaw (March 17, 1913 – August 15, 1974) was an American businessman, military officer, and part-time contact of the Domestic Contact Service (DCS) of the CIA. Shaw is best known for being the only person brought to trial for in ...

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

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Newt Gingrich Newton Leroy Gingrich (; né McPherson; born June 17, 1943) is an American politician and author who served as the List of speakers of the United States House of Representatives, 50th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1 ...

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

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Daniel Akaka Daniel Kahikina Akaka (; September 11, 1924 – April 6, 2018) was an American educator and politician who served as a United States Senator from Hawaii from 1990 to 2013. He was a member of the Democratic Party. Born in Honolulu, he served in ...

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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), ...

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

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Harold Washington Harold Lee Washington (April 15, 1922 – November 25, 1987) was an American lawyer and politician who was the 51st mayor of Chicago. In April 1983, Washington became the first African American to be elected as the city’s mayor at the age of ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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Edward Rell Madigan Edward Rell "Ed" Madigan (January 13, 1936 – December 7, 1994) was a businessman and a Republican Party politician from Lincoln, Illinois. He served almost twenty years in the United States House of Representatives and was U.S. secretary ...

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Paul Simon Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter known for his solo work and his collaborations with Art Garfunkel. He and Garfunkel, whom he met in elementary school in 1953, came to prominence in the 1960s as Sim ...

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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 ...

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Dan Coats Daniel Ray Coats (born May 16, 1943) is an American politician, attorney, and diplomat. From 2017 to 2019, he served as the Director of National Intelligence in the Trump administration. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a Unite ...

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

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Jim Leach James Albert Smith Leach (October 15, 1942 – December 11, 2024) was an American academic and politician. He served as ninth Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities from 2009 to 2013 and was a member of the U.S. House of Representat ...

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Neal Edward Smith Neal Edward Smith (March 23, 1920 – November 2, 2021) was an American politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives for the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party from Iowa from 1959 until 1995, the long ...

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Tom Harkin Thomas Richard Harkin (born November 19, 1939) is an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as a United States Senate, United States senator from Iowa from 1985 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Pa ...

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Berkley Bedell Berkley Warren Bedell (March 5, 1921 – December 7, 2019) was an American Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party politician and businessman who served as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for Iowa's 6th ...

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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 ...

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Pat Roberts Charles Patrick Roberts (born April 20, 1936) is a retired American politician and journalist who served as a United States senator from Kansas from 1997 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, Roberts served 8 terms in the U.S. House of R ...

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Dan Glickman Daniel Robert Glickman (born November 24, 1944) is an American politician, lawyer, lobbyist, and nonprofit leader. He served as the United States secretary of agriculture from 1995 until 2001 in the Clinton administration. He previously represen ...

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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 ...

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Hal Rogers Harold Dallas Rogers (born December 31, 1937) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for since 1981. He is a member of the Republican Party. Upon Don Young's death in 2022, Rogers became the dean of the Hous ...

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

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Bob Livingston Robert Linlithgow Livingston Jr. (born April 30, 1943) is an American lobbyist and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Louisiana from 1977 to 1999. A Republican, he was chosen as Newt Gingrich's successor as Speaker of the U.S. ...

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Lindy Boggs Marie Corinne Morrison Claiborne Boggs (March 13, 1916 – July 27, 2013) was a politician who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and later as United States Ambassador to the Holy See. She was the first woman elected to Cong ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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Olympia Snowe Olympia Jean Snowe (; born February 21, 1947) is an American businesswoman and politician who was a United States Senate, United States Senator, representing Maine for three terms from 1995 to 2013. A lifelong member of the Republican Party (Unit ...

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

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Barbara Mikulski Barbara Ann Mikulski ( ; born July 20, 1936) is an American politician and social worker who served as a United States senator from Maryland from 1987 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, she also served i ...

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Steny Hoyer Steny Hamilton Hoyer ( ; born June 14, 1939) is an American politician and retired attorney who has served as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for since 1981. He also served as House Majority Leader from 2007 to 20 ...

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

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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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Barney Frank Barnett Frank (born March 31, 1940) is a retired American politician. He served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts from 1981 to 2013. A Democratic Party (United States), Democrat, Frank served as chairman of th ...

(D) : . James Shannon (D) : . Nicholas Mavroules (D) : .

Ed Markey Edward John Markey (born July 11, 1946) is an American politician serving as the Seniority in the United States Senate, junior United States Senate, United States senator from the state of Massachusetts, a seat he has held since 2013. A member of ...

(D) : .

Joe Moakley John Joseph Moakley (April 27, 1927 – May 28, 2001) was an American politician who served as the United States representative for Massachusetts's 9th congressional district from 1973 until his death in 2001. Moakley won the seat from incumbent ...

(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) : . Brian J. Donnelly (D) : . Gerry Studds (D)

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

: .

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 ...

(D) : . Carl Pursell (R) : . Howard Wolpe (D) : . David Stockman (R), until January 27, 1981 :: Mark D. Siljander (R), from April 21, 1981 : . Harold S. Sawyer (R) : . James Whitney Dunn (R) : . Dale Kildee (D) : . J. Bob Traxler (D) : .

(R) : . Donald J. Albosta (D) : . Robert William Davis (R) : . David Bonior (D) : . George Crockett Jr. (D) : . Dennis Hertel (D) : . William D. Ford (D) : . John D. Dingell Jr. (D) : . William M. Brodhead (D) : .

James Blanchard James Johnston Blanchard (born August 8, 1942) is an American attorney, diplomat, and politician who served as the 45th governor of Michigan from 1983 to 1991. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, Blanchard previo ...

(D) : . William Broomfield (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 ...

: . Arlen Erdahl (I-R) : . Tom Hagedorn (I-R) : . Bill Frenzel (I-R) : . Bruce Vento (DFL) : .

Martin Olav Sabo Martin Olav Sabo (February 28, 1938 – March 13, 2016) was an American politician who served as United States House of Representatives, United States Representative for , which includes Minneapolis; the district is one of eight Minnesota Congre ...

(DFL) : .

Vin Weber John Vincent Weber (born July 24, 1952) is an American politician and lobbyist from Minnesota. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1981 to 1993. Early life and education W ...

(R) : .

Arlan Stangeland Arlan Inghart Stangeland (February 8, 1930 – July 2, 2013) was an American politician from Minnesota. As a Republican, Stangeland served in the United States House of Representatives from February 22, 1977 to January 3, 1991. He lost his camp ...

(R) : .

Jim Oberstar James Louis Oberstar (September 10, 1934 – May 3, 2014) was an American politician and Congressman who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 2011. Hailing from Minnesota and a member of the state's local Minnes ...

(DFL)

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

: . Jamie L. Whitten (D) : . David R. Bowen (D) : . Sonny Montgomery (D) : . Jon Hinson (R), until April 13, 1981 ::

Wayne Dowdy Charles Wayne Dowdy (born July 27, 1943) is an American politician, lawyer and jurist from Mississippi. He was first elected in a Mississippi's 4th congressional district special election, 1981, 1981 special election and served four terms in the U ...

(D), from July 7, 1981 : .

(R)

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

: . Bill Clay (D) : . Robert A. Young (D) : .

Dick Gephardt Richard Andrew Gephardt (; born January 31, 1941) is an American attorney, lobbyist, and politician who represented in the United States House of Representatives from 1977 to 2005. A member of the Democratic Party, he was House majority lead ...

(D) : . Ike Skelton (D) : . Richard Walker Bolling (D) : . Tom Coleman (R) : . Gene Taylor (R) : . Wendell Bailey (R) : . Harold Volkmer (D) : . Bill Emerson (R)

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

: . Pat Williams (D) : . Ron Marlenee (R)

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 ...

: . Doug Bereuter (R) : . Hal Daub (R) : . Virginia D. Smith (R)

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

: . James David Santini (D)

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

: . Norman D'Amours (D) : .

Judd Gregg Judd Alan Gregg (born February 14, 1947) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 76th governor of New Hampshire from 1989 to 1993 and a United States senator from New Hampshire from 1993 to 2011 where he was Chairman of the Heal ...

(R)

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

: .

James Florio James Joseph Florio (August 29, 1937 – September 25, 2022) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 49th governor of New Jersey from 1990 to 1994. He was previously the U.S. representative for New Jersey's 1st congressional dist ...

(D) : . William J. Hughes (D) : .

James J. Howard James John Howard (July 24, 1927 – March 25, 1988) was an American educator and Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party politician who represented in the United States House of Representatives from 1965 until his death from a h ...

(D) : . Chris Smith (R) : . Millicent Fenwick (R) : . Edwin B. Forsythe (R) : . Marge Roukema (R) : . Robert A. Roe (D) : . Harold C. Hollenbeck (R) : . Peter W. Rodino (D) : . Joseph Minish (D) : . Matthew John Rinaldo (R) : . Jim Courter (R) : . Frank Joseph Guarini (D) : . Bernard J. Dwyer (D)

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

: . Manuel Lujan Jr. (R) : . Joe Skeen (R)

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

: . William Carney (C) : . Thomas Downey (D) : . Gregory W. Carman (R) : . Norman F. Lent (R) : . Raymond J. McGrath (R) : . John LeBoutillier (R) : . Joseph P. Addabbo (D) : . Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal (D) : .

(D) : . Mario Biaggi (D) : . James H. Scheuer (D) : .

Shirley Chisholm Shirley Anita Chisholm ( ; ; November 30, 1924 – January 1, 2005) was an American politician who, in 1968, became the first black woman to be elected to the United States Congress. Chisholm represented New York's 12th congressional dist ...

(D) : .

Stephen Solarz Stephen Joshua Solarz (; September 12, 1940 – November 29, 2010) was an American educator and politician who served as a United States representative from New York until his political career ended in the wake of the House banking scandal in 1 ...

(D) : . Fred Richmond (D), until August 25, 1982 : . Leo C. Zeferetti (D) : .

Chuck Schumer Charles Ellis Schumer ( ; born November 23, 1950) is an American politician serving as the Seniority in the United States Senate, senior United States Senate, United States senator from New York (state), New York, a seat he has held since 1999. ...

(D) : . Guy Molinari (R) : . Bill Green (R) : .

Charles Rangel Charles Bernard Rangel ( ; June 11, 1930 – May 26, 2025) was an American politician who served as United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for districts in New York City for 46 years. A member of the Democratic Party (Unite ...

(D) : . Theodore S. Weiss (D) : . Robert Garcia (D) : . Jonathan Brewster Bingham (D) : . Peter A. Peyser (D) : . Richard Ottinger (D) : . Hamilton Fish IV (R) : .

Benjamin Gilman Benjamin Arthur Gilman (December 6, 1922 – December 17, 2016) was an American politician and Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Middletown, New York, from January 3, 1973, to January 3, 2003. Early life Gil ...

(R) : . Matthew F. McHugh (D) : . Samuel S. Stratton (D) : . Gerald Solomon (R) : . David O'Brien Martin (R) : . Donald J. Mitchell (R) : . George C. Wortley (R) : . Gary A. Lee (R) : . Frank Horton (R) : . Barber Conable (R) : . John J. LaFalce (D) : . Henry J. Nowak (D) : .

(R) : . Stan Lundine (D)

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 ...

: . Walter B. Jones Sr. (D) : . Lawrence H. Fountain (D) : . Charles Orville Whitley (D) : . Ike Franklin Andrews (D) : . Stephen L. Neal (D) : . Walter E. Johnston III (R) : . Charlie Rose (politician), Charlie Rose (D) : . Bill Hefner (D) : . James G. Martin (R) : . Jim Broyhill (R) : . Bill Hendon (R)

List of United States representatives from North Dakota, North Dakota

: . Byron Dorgan (D-NPL)

List of United States representatives from Ohio, Ohio

: . Bill Gradison (R) : . Tom Luken (D) : . Tony P. Hall (D) : . Tennyson Guyer (R), until April 12, 1981 :: Mike Oxley (R), from June 25, 1981 : . Del Latta (R) : . Bob McEwen (R) : . Bud Brown (politician), Bud Brown (R) : . Tom Kindness (R) : . Ed Weber (R) : . Clarence E. Miller (R) : . J. William Stanton (R) : . Bob Shamansky (D) : . Donald J. Pease (D) : . John F. Seiberling (D) : . Chalmers Wylie (R) : . Ralph Regula (R) : . John M. Ashbrook (R), until April 24, 1982 :: Jean Spencer Ashbrook (R), from June 29, 1982 : . Douglas Applegate (D) : . Lyle Williams (R) : . Mary Rose Oakar (D) : . Louis Stokes (D) : . Dennis E. Eckart (D) : . Ronald M. Mottl (D)

List of United States representatives from Oklahoma, Oklahoma

: . James R. Jones (D) : . Mike Synar (D) : . Wes Watkins (D) : . Dave McCurdy (D) : . Mickey Edwards (R) : . Glenn English (D)

List of United States representatives from Oregon, Oregon

: . Les AuCoin (D) : . Denny Smith (R) : . Ron Wyden (D) : . Jim Weaver (Oregon politician), Jim Weaver (D)

List of United States representatives from Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania

: . Thomas M. Foglietta (D) : . William H. Gray III (D) : . Raymond Lederer (D), until April 29, 1981 :: Joseph F. Smith (Pennsylvania politician), Joseph F. Smith (D), from July 21, 1981 : . Charles F. Dougherty (R) : . Richard T. Schulze (R) : . Gus Yatron (D) : . Robert W. Edgar (D) : . James K. Coyne III (R) : . Bud Shuster (R) : . Joseph M. McDade (R) : . James Nelligan (R) : . John Murtha (D) : . Lawrence Coughlin (R) : . William J. Coyne (D) : . Donald L. Ritter (R) : . Robert Smith Walker (R) : . Allen E. Ertel (D) : . Doug Walgren (D) : . William F. Goodling (R) : . Joseph M. Gaydos (D) : . Donald A. Bailey (D) : . Austin Murphy (D) : . William F. Clinger Jr. (R) : . Marc L. Marks (R) : . Eugene Atkinson (D), changed to (R) October 14, 1981

List of United States representatives from Rhode Island, Rhode Island

: . Fernand St Germain (D) : . Claudine Schneider (R)

List of United States representatives from South Carolina, South Carolina

: . Thomas F. Hartnett (R) : . Floyd Spence (R) : . Butler Derrick (D) : . Carroll A. Campbell Jr. (R) : . Kenneth Lamar Holland (D) : . John Light Napier (R)

List of United States representatives from South Dakota, South Dakota

: . Tom Daschle (D) : . Clint Roberts (politician), Clint Roberts (R)

List of United States representatives from Tennessee, Tennessee

: . Jimmy Quillen (R) : . John Duncan Sr. (R) : . Marilyn Lloyd (D) : . Al Gore, Albert Gore Jr. (D) : . Bill Boner (D) : . Robin Beard (R) : . Ed Jones (Tennessee politician), Ed Jones (D) : . Harold Ford Sr. (D)

List of United States representatives from Texas, Texas

: . Sam B. Hall Jr. (D) : . Charlie Wilson (Texas politician), Charlie Wilson (D) : . James M. Collins (R) : . Ralph Hall (D) : . Jim Mattox (D) : . Phil Gramm (D) : . Bill Archer (R) : . Jack Fields (R) : . Jack Brooks (American politician), Jack Brooks (D) : . J. J. Pickle (D) : . Marvin Leath (D) : .

(D) : . Jack Hightower (D) : . William Neff Patman (D) : . Kika de la Garza (D) : . Richard Crawford White (D) : . Charles Stenholm (D) : . Mickey Leland (D) : . Kent Hance (D) : . Henry B. González (D) : . Tom Loeffler (R) : . Ron Paul (R) : . Abraham Kazen (D) : . Martin Frost (D)

List of United States representatives from Utah, Utah

: . James V. Hansen, Jim Hansen (R) : . David Daniel Marriott (R)

List of United States representatives from Vermont, Vermont

: . Jim Jeffords (R)

List of United States representatives from Virginia, Virginia

: . Paul Trible (R) : . G. William Whitehurst (R) : . Thomas J. Bliley Jr. (R) : . Robert Daniel (R) : . Dan Daniel (politician), Dan Daniel (D) : . M. Caldwell Butler (R) : . J. Kenneth Robinson (R) : . Stanford Parris (R) : . William C. Wampler (R) : . Frank Wolf (politician), Frank Wolf (R)

List of United States representatives from Washington, Washington

: . Joel Pritchard (R) : . Al Swift (D) : . Don Bonker (D) : . Sid Morrison (R) : . Tom Foley (D) : . Norm Dicks (D) : . Mike Lowry (D)

List of United States representatives from West Virginia, West Virginia

: . Bob Mollohan (D) : . Cleve Benedict (R) : . Mick Staton (R) : . Nick Rahall (D)

List of United States representatives from Wisconsin, Wisconsin

: . Les Aspin (D) : . Robert Kastenmeier (D) : . Steve Gunderson (R) : . Clement J. Zablocki (D) : . Henry S. Reuss (D) : . Tom Petri (R) : . Dave Obey (D) : . Toby Roth (R) : . Jim Sensenbrenner (R)

List of United States representatives from Wyoming, Wyoming

: .

(R)

Non-voting members

: . Fofó Iosefa Fiti Sunia (D) : . Walter Fauntroy (D) : . Antonio Borja Won Pat (D) : . Ron de Lugo (D) : . Baltasar Corrada del Rio (PNP)

Changes in membership

Senate

There were 2 resignations. , - , nowrap ,

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 ...

(Class 1) , nowrap , Harrison A. Williams
(D) , Incumbent resigned March 11, 1982, before a planned expulsion vote, having been convicted of bribery in the Abscam sting operation.
A successor was appointed April 12, 1982, to finish the term. , nowrap , Nicholas F. Brady
(R) , April 12, 1982 , - , nowrap ,

(Class 1) , nowrap , Nicholas F. Brady
(R) , Incumbent resigned December 27, 1982, so his elected successor could be appointed for preferential seniority.
A successor was appointed December 27, 1982, to finish the term. , nowrap , Frank Lautenberg
(D) , December 27, 1982

House of Representatives

There were 4 deaths, 4 resignations, one declared vacancy, and one party change. , - , , nowrap , David Stockman (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned January 27, 1981, after being appointed Director of the Office of Management and Budget , nowrap , Mark D. Siljander (R) , April 21, 1981 , - , , nowrap , Gladys Spellman (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Incapacitated since last Congress and seat declared vacant February 24, 1981 , nowrap ,

(D) , May 19, 1981 , - , , nowrap , Tennyson Guyer (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died April 12, 1981 , nowrap , Mike Oxley (R) , June 25, 1981 , - , , nowrap , Jon Hinson (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned April 13, 1981 , nowrap ,

(D) , July 7, 1981 , - , , nowrap , Raymond Lederer (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned April 29, 1981, before a planned expulsion vote, having been convicted of bribery in the Abscam sting operation , nowrap , Joseph F. Smith (Pennsylvania politician), Joseph F. Smith (D) , July 21, 1981 , - , , nowrap , William R. Cotter (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died September 8, 1981 , nowrap , Barbara B. Kennelly (D) , January 12, 1982 , - , , nowrap , Eugene Atkinson (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Changed parties October 14, 1981 , nowrap , Eugene Atkinson (R) , October 14, 1981 , - , , nowrap , George E. Danielson (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned March 9, 1982, after being appointed associate justice of the California Courts of Appeal , nowrap , Matthew G. Martínez (D) , July 13, 1982 , - , , nowrap , John M. Ashbrook (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died April 24, 1982 , nowrap , Jean Spencer Ashbrook (R) , June 29, 1982 , - , , nowrap , Fred Richmond (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned August 25, 1982 , colspan=2 , Vacant until end of Congress , - , , nowrap , Adam Benjamin Jr. (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died September 7, 1982 , nowrap , Katie Hall (D) , November 2, 1982

Committees

Senate

* United States Senate Special Committee on Aging, Aging (Special) (Chair: H. John Heinz III) * United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Howell Heflin) ** Soil and Water Conservation (Chair: Roger W. Jepsen; Ranking Member: Edward Zorinsky) ** Agricultural Credit and Rural Electrification (Chair: Paula Hawkins; Ranking Member: Walter D. Huddleston) ** Agricultural Production, Marketing and Stabilization of Prices (Chair: Thad Cochran; Ranking Member: David L. Boren) ** Agricultural Research and General Legislation (Chair: Richard G. Lugar; Ranking Member: Alan J. Dixon) ** Rural Development, Oversight and Investigations (Chair: Mark Andrews; Ranking Member: Edward Zorinsky) ** Foreign Agricultural Policy (Chair: Rudy Boschwitz; Ranking Member: Alan J. Dixon) ** Nutrition (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Patrick J. Leahy) ** Foreign, Water Resources and Environment (Chair: S.I. Hayakawa; Ranking Member:

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

; Ranking Member:

) ** Agriculture and Related Agencies (Chair: Thad Cochran; Ranking Member: Thomas F. Eagleton) ** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, Defense (Chair:

; Ranking Member: John C. Stennis) ** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Patrick J. Leahy) ** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, Energy and Water Development (Chair:

; Ranking Member: J. Bennett Johnston) ** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Foreign Operations (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Daniel K. Inouye) ** HUD-Independent Agencies (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Walter D. Huddleston) ** Interior (Chair: James A. McClure; Ranking Member: Robert C. Byrd) ** Labor-Health, Education and Welfare (Chair:

; Ranking Member:

) ** Legislative (Chair: Mack Mattingly; Ranking Member:

) ** Military Construction (Chair: Paul Laxalt; Ranking Member: Jim Sasser) ** State, Justice, Commerce and Judiciary (Chair: Lowell P. Weicker; Ranking Member: Ernest F. Hollings) ** Transportation (Chair: Mark Andrews; Ranking Member:

) ** Treasury, Postal Service and General Government (Chair: James Abdnor; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee on Armed Services, Armed Services (Chair:

; Ranking Member: John C. Stennis) ** United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Construction, Military Construction (Chair:

; Ranking Member:

) ** United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Tactical Warfare, Tactical Warfare (Chair:

; Ranking Member:

) ** United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic and Theater Nuclear Forces, Strategic and Theater Nuclear Forces (Chair: John W. Warner; Ranking Member:

) ** United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Preparedness, Preparedness (Chair: Gordon J. Humphrey; Ranking Member:

) ** United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Sea Power and Force Projection, Sea Power and Force Projection (Chair: William S. Cohen; Ranking Member: Harry F. Byrd Jr.) ** United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Manpower and Personnel, Manpower and Personnel (Chair: Roger W. Jepsen; Ranking Member: J. James Exon) * United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Harrison A. Williams Jr.) ** United States Senate Banking Subcommittee on Housing and Urban Affairs, Housing and Urban Affairs (Chair: Richard G. Lugar; Ranking Member: Harrison A. Williams Jr.) ** United States Senate Banking Subcommittee on Financial Institutions, Financial Institutions (Chair:

; Ranking Member:

) ** United States Senate Banking Subcommittee on International Finance and Monetary Policy, International Finance and Monetary Policy (Chair: H. John Heinz III; Ranking Member:

) ** United States Senate Banking Subcommittee on Economic Policy, Economic Policy (Chair: William L. Armstrong; Ranking Member: Donald W. Riegle Jr.) ** Securities (Chair:

; Ranking Member:

) ** Rural Housing and Development (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Alan J. Dixon, Alan Dixon) ** Consumer Affairs (Chair: John H. Chafee; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee on the Budget, Budget (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Ernest F. Hollings) * United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, Commerce, Science and Transportation (Chair:

; Ranking Member:

) ** Aviation (Chair: Nancy L. Kassebaum; Ranking Member:

) ** Business, Trade and Tourism (Chair: Larry Pressler; Ranking Member: J. James Exon) ** Communications (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Ernest F. Hollings) ** Consumer (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Wendell H. Ford) ** Merchant Marine (Chair: Slade Gorton; Ranking Member: Daniel K. Inouye) ** Science, Technology and Space (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Donald W. Riegle Jr.) ** Surface Transportation (Chair: John C. Danforth; Ranking Member: Russell B. Long) * United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Energy and Natural Resources (Chair: James A. McClure; Ranking Member:

) ** United States Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Energy Conservation and Supply, Energy Conservation and Supply (Chair: Lowell P. Weicker; Ranking Member: Howard M. Metzenbaum) ** United States Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Energy Regulation, Energy Regulation (Chair: Gordon J. Humphrey; Ranking Member: J. Bennett Johnston) ** United States Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Energy Research and Development, Energy Research and Development (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Wendell H. Ford) ** United States Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Energy and Mineral Resources, Energy and Mineral Resources (Chair: John W. Warner; Ranking Member: Spark M. Matsunaga) ** United States Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Water and Power, Water and Power (Chair: Frank H. Murkowski; Ranking Member:

) ** United States Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Public Lands and Reserved Water, Public Lands and Reserved Water (Chair: Malcolm Wallop; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, Environment and Public Works (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Jennings Randolph) ** United States Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Environmental Pollution, Environmental Pollution (Chair: John H. Chafee; Ranking Member: Jennings Randolph) ** United States Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Nuclear Regulation, Nuclear Regulation (Chair: Alan K. Simpson; Ranking Member:

) ** United States Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Water Resources, Water Resources (Chair: James Abdnor; Ranking Member:

) ** United States Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Transportation, Transportation (Chair:

; Ranking Member:

) ** United States Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Toxic Substances and Environmental Oversight, Toxic Substances and Environmental Oversight (Chair: Slade Gorton; Ranking Member:

) ** United States Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Regional and Community Development, Regional and Community Development (Chair: Frank H. Murkowski; Ranking Member: Quentin N. Burdick) * United States Senate Select Committee on Ethics, Ethics (Select) (Chair: Malcolm Wallop; Vice Chairman: Howell Heflin) * United States Senate Committee on Finance, Finance (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Harry F. Byrd Jr.) ** United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on Taxation and Debt Management, Taxation and Debt Management (Chair:

; Ranking Member:

) ** United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on International Trade, International Trade (Chair: John C. Danforth; Ranking Member:

) ** United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on Savings, Pensions and Investment Policy, Savings, Pensions and Investment Policy (Chair: John H. Chafee; Ranking Member:

) ** United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Employment and Revenue Sharing, Economic Growth, Employment and Revenue Sharing (Chair: H. John Heinz III; Ranking Member:

) ** United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on Energy and Agricultural Taxation, Energy and Agricultural Taxation (Chair: Malcolm Wallop; Ranking Member:

) ** United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on Estate and Gift Taxation, Estate and Gift Taxation (Chair:

; Ranking Member: David L. Boren) ** United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on Oversight of the Internal Revenue Service, Oversight of the Internal Revenue Service (Chair:

; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Foreign Relations (Chair: Charles H. Percy; Ranking Member:

) ** United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on International Economic Policy, International Economic Policy (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Edward Zorinsky) ** United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Arms Control, Oceans, International Operations and Environment, Arms Control, Oceans, International Operations and Environment (Chair: S.I. Hayakawa; Ranking Member:

) ** United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs, Western Hemisphere Affairs (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Edward Zorinsky) ** United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs, East Asian and Pacific Affairs (Chair: S.I. Hayakawa; Ranking Member:

) ** United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on European Affairs, European Affairs (Chair: Richard G. Lugar; Ranking Member:

) ** United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on International Economic Policy, International Economic Policy (Chair:

; Ranking Member:

) ** United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs, African Affairs (Chair:

; Ranking Member:

) ** United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs (Chair: Rudy Boschwitz; Ranking Member:

) ** United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Arms Control, Oceans, International Operations and Environment, Arms Control, Oceans, International Operations and Environment (Chair: Larry Pressler; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, Governmental Affairs (Chair: Bill Roth (politician), Bill Roth; Ranking Member: Thomas F. Eagleton) ** Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (Chair: William V. Roth; Ranking Member:

) ** Intergovernmental Relations (Chair: David Durenberger; Ranking Member: Jim Sasser) ** Governmental Efficiency and the District of Columbia (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Thomas F. Eagleton) ** Energy, Nuclear Proliferation and Federal Services (Chair: Charles H. Percy; Ranking Member:

) ** Federal Expenditures, Research and Rules (Chair: John C. Danforth; Ranking Member:

) ** Civil Service, Post Office and General Services (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Jim Sasser) ** Oversight of Government Management (Chair: William S. Cohen; Ranking Member:

) ** Congressional Operations and Oversight (Chair: Mack Mattingly; Ranking Member: David Pryor) * United States Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs, Indian Affairs (Select) (Chair: William Cohen) * United States Senate Committee on Judiciary, Judiciary (Chair:

; Ranking Member:

) ** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Criminal Law, Criminal Law (Chair:

; Ranking Member:

) ** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Regulatory Reform (Chair: Paul Laxalt; Ranking Member: Patrick J. Leahy) ** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Constitution (Chair:

; Ranking Member:

) ** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Courts (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Howell Heflin) ** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy, Immigration and Refugee Policy (Chair: Alan K. Simpson; Ranking Member:

) ** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Separation of Powers, Separation of Powers (Chair: John P. East; Ranking Member:

) ** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Agency Administration, Agency Administration (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Howard M. Metzenbaum) ** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Security and Terrorism, Security and Terrorism (Chair: Jeremiah Denton; Ranking Member:

) ** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice, Juvenile Justice (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Howard M. Metzenbaum) * United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Intelligence (Select) (Chair:

; Vice Chairman: Daniel Moynihan) * United States Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources, Labor and Human Resources (Chair:

; Ranking Member:

) ** United States Senate Labor and Human Resources Subcommittee on Labor, Labor (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Harrison A. Williams) ** United States Senate Labor and Human Resources Subcommittee on Education, Arts and Humanities, Education, Arts and Humanities (Chair:

; Ranking Member:

) ** United States Senate Labor and Human Resources Subcommittee on Employment and Productivity, Employment and Productivity (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Howard M. Metzenbaum) ** United States Senate Labor and Human Resources Subcommittee on the Handicapped, Handicapped (Chair: Lowell P. Weicker; Ranking Member: Jennings Randolph) ** United States Senate Labor and Human Resources Subcommittee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, Alcoholism and Drug Abuse (Chair: Gordon J. Humphrey; Ranking Member: Donald W. Riegle Jr.) ** United States Senate Labor and Human Resources Subcommittee on Aging, Family and Human Services, Aging, Family and Human Services (Chair: Jeremiah Denton; Ranking Member: Thomas F. Eagleton) ** United States Senate Labor and Human Resources Subcommittee on Investigations and General Oversight, Investigations and General Oversight (Chair: Paula Hawkins; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs, Nutrition and Human Needs (Select) (Chair: ; Ranking Member: ) * United States Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, Rules and Administration (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Wendell H. Ford) * United States Senate Committee on Small Business, Small Business (Chair: Lowell P. Weicker Jr.; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Small Business Subcommittee on Capital Formation and Retention, Capital Formation and Retention (Chair:

; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Small Business Subcommittee on Government Regulation and Paperwork, Government Regulation and Paperwork (Chair: Orrin G. Hatch; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Small Business Subcommittee on Urban and Rural Economic Development, Urban and Rural Economic Development (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Alan J. Dixon) * United States Senate Small Business Subcommittee on Government Procurement, Government Procurement (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Jim Sasser) * United States Senate Small Business Subcommittee on Productivity and Competition, Productivity and Competition (Chair: Slade Gorton; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Small Business Subcommittee on Innovation and Technology, Innovation and Technology (Chair:

; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Small Business Subcommittee on Export Promotion and Market Development, Export Promotion and Market Development (Chair: Rudy Boschwitz; Ranking Member: Walter D. Huddleston) * United States Senate Small Business Subcommittee on Advocacy and Future of Small Business, Advocacy and Future of Small Business (Chair: S.I. Hayakawa; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Veterans' Affairs (Chair: Alan K. Simpson; Ranking Member:

) * Committee of the whole, Whole

House of Representatives

* United States House Select Committee on Aging, Aging (Select) (Chair: Claude Pepper) * United States House Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture (Chair: Kika de la Garza; Ranking Member: William C. Wampler) ** Cotton, Rice and Sugar (Chair: David R. Bowen; Ranking Member: Bill Thomas) ** United States House Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy and Poultry, Livestock, Dairy and Poultry (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Tom Hagedorn) ** Tobacco and Peanuts (Chair: Charlie Rose (politician), Charlie Rose; Ranking Member: Larry J. Hopkins) ** Wheat, Soybeans and Feed Grains (Chair: Tom Foley; Ranking Member: Paul Findley) ** Conservation Credit and Rural Development (Chair: Ed Jones (Tennessee politician), Ed Jones; Ranking Member: Jim Jeffords) ** Department Operations Research and Foreign Agriculture (Chair: George E. Brown Jr.; Ranking Member: William C. Wampler) ** Domestic Marketing, Consumer Relations and Nutrition (Chair: Frederick W. Richmond; Ranking Member: Ron Marlenee) ** Forests, Family Farms and Energy (Chair: Jim Weaver (Oregon politician), Jim Weaver; Ranking Member: Jim Weaver (Oregon politician), Jim Weaver) * United States House Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chair: Jamie L. Whitten; Ranking Member: Silvio O. Conte) ** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development and Related Agencies, Agriculture, Rural Development and Related Agencies (Chair: Jamie L. Whitten; Ranking Member: Virginia D. Smith, Virginia Smith) ** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, Defense (Chair: Joseph P. Addabbo; Ranking Member: Jack Edwards) ** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chair: Julian C. Dixon; Ranking Member: Lawrence Coughlin) ** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Power, Energy and Power (Chair:

; Ranking Member: John T. Myers) ** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Foreign Operations (Chair: Clarence D. Long; Ranking Member: Jack F. Kemp) ** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies, HUD-Independent Agencies (Chair: Edward P. Boland; Ranking Member: Bill Green) ** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Interior (Chair: Sidney R. Yates; Ranking Member: Joseph M. McDade) ** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor-Health and Human Services, Labor-Health and Human Services (Chair: William Huston Natcher; Ranking Member: Silvio O. Conte) ** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Legislative, Legislative (Chair: Vic Fazio; Ranking Member: Clair W. Burgener) ** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Military Construction (Chair: Bo Ginn; Ranking Member: Ralph Regula) ** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and the Judiciary, Commerce, Justice, State and the Judiciary (Chair:

; Ranking Member: George M. O'Brien) ** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Transportation (Chair: Adam Benjamin Jr.; Ranking Member: Lawrence Coughlin) ** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service and General Government, Treasury, Postal Service and General Government (Chair: Edward Roybal; Ranking Member: Clarence E. Miller) * United States House Committee on Armed Services, Armed Services (Chair: Charles Melvin Price; Ranking Member: William Louis Dickinson, William L. Dickinson) ** United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Research and Development, Research and Development (Chair: Charles Melvin Price; Ranking Member: William Louis Dickinson, William L. Dickinson) ** United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower, Strategic and Critical Materials, Seapower, Strategic and Critical Materials (Chair: Charles Edward Bennett; Ranking Member: Floyd Spence) ** United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear Systems, Procurement and Military Nuclear Systems (Chair: Samuel S. Stratton; Ranking Member: Marjorie S. Holt) ** United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Investigations, Investigations (Chair: Richard Crawford White; Ranking Member: Robin Beard) ** United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel and Compensation, Military Personnel and Compensation (Chair: Bill Nichols; Ranking Member: Donald J. Mitchell) ** United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Installations and Facilities, Military Installations and Facilities (Chair: Jack Brinkley; Ranking Member: Paul S. Trible) ** United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness, Readiness (Chair: Dan Daniel (politician), Dan Daniel; Ranking Member: G. William Whitehurst) * United States House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs (Chair: Fernand St. Germain; Ranking Member: J. William Stanton) ** Financial Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance (Chair: Fernand St. Germain; Ranking Member: Chalmers P. Wylie) ** Housing and Community Development (Chair: Henry B. Gonzalez; Ranking Member: J. William Stanton) ** General Oversight and Renegotiation (Chair: Joseph G. Minish; Ranking Member: Ron Paul) ** Consumer Affairs and Coinage (Chair: Frank Annunzio; Ranking Member: Thomas B. Evans Jr.) ** International Development Institutions and Finance (Chair: Jerry M. Patterson; Ranking Member: Henry J. Hyde) ** Domestic Monetary Policy (Chair: Walter E. Fauntroy; Ranking Member: George V. Hansen) ** International Trade, Investment and Monetary Policy (Chair: Stephen L. Neal; Ranking Member:

) ** Economic Stabilization (Chair: James J. Blanchard; Ranking Member: Stewart B. McKinney) * United States House Committee on the Budget, Budget (Chair: James R. Jones; Ranking Member: Del Latta) * United States House Committee on District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Stewart B. McKinney) ** United States House District of Columbia Subcommittee on Fiscal Affairs and Health, Fiscal Affairs and Health (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Stewart B. McKinney) ** United States House District of Columbia Subcommittee on Government Operations and Metropolitan Affairs, Government Operations and Metropolitan Affairs (Chair: William H. Gray III; Ranking Member: Stanford Parris) ** United States House District of Columbia Subcommittee on Judiciary and Education, Judiciary and Education (Chair: Mervyn M. Dymally; Ranking Member: Thomas J. Bliley Jr.) * United States House Committee on Education and Labor, Education and Labor (Chair: Carl D. Perkins; Ranking Member: John M. Ashbrook) ** United States House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education, Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education (Chair: Carl D. Perkins; Ranking Member: William F. Goodling) ** United States House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities, Employment Opportunities (Chair: Augustus F. Hawkins; Ranking Member: Jim Jeffords) ** United States House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations, Labor-Management Relations (Chair:

; Ranking Member: John M. Ashbrook) ** United States House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Health and Safety, Health and Safety (Chair: Joseph M. Gaydos; Ranking Member: Ken Kramer) ** United States House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Human Resources, Human Resources (Chair: Ike Andrews; Ranking Member: Tom Petri) ** United States House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Postsecondary Education (Chair:

; Ranking Member: E. Thomas Coleman) ** United States House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Labor Standards, Labor Standards (Chair: George Miller; Ranking Member: E. Thomas Coleman) ** United States House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Select Education, Select Education (Chair: Austin J. Murphy; Ranking Member: Arlen Erdahl) * United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Energy and Commerce (Chair: John Dingell; Ranking Member: Jim Broyhill) ** United States House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Oversight and Investigations (Chair: John D. Dingell; Ranking Member: Marc L. Marks) ** United States House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy Conservation and Power, Energy Conservation and Power (Chair: Richard L. Ottinger; Ranking Member: Carlos J. Moorhead) ** United States House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health and the Environment, Health and the Environment (Chair: Henry Waxman; Ranking Member: Edward R. Madigan) ** United States House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer Protection and Finance, Telecommunications, Consumer Protection and Finance (Chair: Timothy E. Wirth; Ranking Member: James M. Collins) ** United States House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Fossil and Synthetic Fuels, Fossil and Synthetic Fuels (Chair: Philip R. Sharp; Ranking Member: Clarence J. Brown) ** United States House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and Tourism, Commerce, Transportation and Tourism (Chair: James J. Florio; Ranking Member: Norman F. Lent) * United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs (Chair: Clement J. Zablocki; Ranking Member: William S. Broomfield) ** United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Security and Scientific Affairs, International Security and Scientific Affairs (Chair: Clement J. Zablocki; Ranking Member: William S. Broomfield) ** United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Operations, International Operations (Chair: Dante B. Fascell; Ranking Member: Edward J. Derwinski) ** United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East, Europe and the Middle East (Chair: Lee H. Hamilton; Ranking Member: Paul Findley) ** United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs, Asian and Pacific Affairs (Chair: Stephen J. Solarz; Ranking Member: N/A) ** United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade, International Economic Policy and Trade (Chair: Jonathan B. Bingham; Ranking Member: Robert J. Lagomarsino) ** United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations, Human Rights and International Organizations (Chair: Stephen J. Solarz; Ranking Member:

) ** United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Africa (Chair: Howard Wolpe; Ranking Member: William F. Goodling) ** United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Inter-American Affairs, Inter-American Affairs (Chair: Michael D. Barnes; Ranking Member: Benjamin A. Gilman) * United States House Committee on Government Operations, Government Operations (Chair: Jack Brooks (American politician), Jack Brooks; Ranking Member: Frank Horton) ** United States House Government Operations Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security, Legislation and National Security (Chair: Jack Brooks (American politician), Jack Brooks; Ranking Member: Frank Horton) ** United States House Government Operations Subcommittee on Ingovernmental Relations and Human Resources, Ingovernmental Relations and Human Resources (Chair: Lawrence H. Fountain; Ranking Member: Clarence J. Brown) ** United States House Government Operations Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer and Monetary Affairs, Commerce, Consumer and Monetary Affairs (Chair: Benjamin S. Rosenthal; Ranking Member: Lyle Williams) ** United States House Government Operations Subcommittee on Manpower and Housing, Manpower and Housing (Chair: Cardiss Collins; Ranking Member: Paul N. McCloskey Jr.) ** United States House Government Operations Subcommittee on Government Activities and Transportation, Government Activities and Transportation (Chair: John L. Burton; Ranking Member: Robert S. Walker) ** United States House Government Operations Subcommittee on Government Information and Individual Rights, Government Information and Individual Rights (Chair: Glenn English; Ranking Member: Thomas N. Kindness) ** United States House Government Operations Subcommittee on Environment, Energy and Natural Resources, Environment, Energy and Natural Resources (Chair: Toby Moffett; Ranking Member: H. Joel Deckard) * United States House Committee on House Administration, House Administration (Chair: Augustus F. Hawkins; Ranking Member: Bill Frenzel) ** United States House Administration Subcommittee on Accounts, Accounts (Chair: Frank Annunzio; Ranking Member: Robert E. Badham) ** United States House Administration Subcommittee on Contracts and Printing, Contracts and Printing (Chair: Joseph M. Gaydos; Ranking Member:

) ** United States House Administration Subcommittee on Services, Services (Chair: Ed Jones (Tennessee politician), Ed Jones; Ranking Member: William Louis Dickinson, William L. Dickinson) ** United States House Administration Subcommittee on Office Systems, Office Systems (Chair: Bob Mollohan; Ranking Member: Bill Thomas) ** United States House Administration Subcommittee on Personnel and Police, Personnel and Police (Chair: Joseph G. Minish; Ranking Member: Gary A. Lee, Gary Lee) ** United States House Administration Subcommittee on Policy Group on Information and Computers, Policy Group on Information and Computers (Chair: Charlie Rose (politician), Charlie Rose; Ranking Member: James K. Coyne) * United States House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, Insular Affairs (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Manuel Lujan Jr.) ** United States House Interior and Insular Affairs Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment, Energy and the Environment (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Manuel Lujan Jr.) ** United States House Interior and Insular Affairs Subcommittee on Water and Power Resources, Water and Power Resources (Chair: Abraham Kazen Jr.; Ranking Member: Don H. Clausen) ** United States House Interior and Insular Affairs Subcommittee on Public Lands and National Parks, Public Lands and National Lands (Chair: John Seiberling; Ranking Member:

) ** United States House Interior and Insular Affairs Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Insular Affairs (Chair: Antonio B. Won Pat; Ranking Member: Robert J. Lagomarsino) ** United States House Interior and Insular Affairs Subcommittee on Mines and Mining, Mines and Mining (Chair: Jim Santini; Ranking Member: Dan Marriott) ** United States House Interior and Insular Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Oversight and Investigations (Chair: Edward J. Markey; Ranking Member: Ron Marlenee) * United States House Committee on Judiciary, Judiciary (Chair: Peter W. Rodino; Ranking Member: Robert McClory) ** United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Rufugees and International Law, Immigration, Refugees and International Law (Chair: Romano L. Mazzoli; Ranking Member: Hamilton Fish IV) ** United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations, Administrative Law and Governmental Relations (Chair: George E. Danielson; Ranking Member: Carlos J. Moorhead) ** United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties and the Administration of Justice, Courts, Civil Liberties and the Administration of Justice (Chair: Robert W. Kastenmeier; Ranking Member: Thomas Railsback) ** United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights, Civil and Constitutional Rights (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Henry J. Hyde) ** United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law, Monopolies and Commercial Law (Chair: Peter W. Rodino; Ranking Member: Robert McClory) ** United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Crime (Chair: William J. Hughes; Ranking Member: John M. Ashbrook) ** United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice (Chair:

; Ranking Member: James Sensenbrenner) * United States House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chair: Walter B. Jones Sr.; Ranking Member: Gene Snyder) ** United States House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Subcommittee on Merchant Marine, Merchant Marine (Chair: Mario Biaggi; Ranking Member: Paul N. McCloskey Jr.) ** United States House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife Conservation and the Environment, Fisheries, Wildlife Conservation and the Environment (Chair: John B. Breaux; Ranking Member: Edwin B. Forsythe) ** United States House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Navigation, Coast Guard and Navigation (Chair: Gerry E. Studds; Ranking Member:

) ** United States House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Subcommittee on Oceangraphy, Oceangraphy (Chair: Norman D'Amours; Ranking Member: Joel Pritchard) ** United States House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Subcommittee on Panama Canal and Outer Continental Stuff, Panama Canal and Outer Continental Stuff (Chair: Carroll Hubbard Jr.; Ranking Member: Norman F. Lent) * United States House Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control, Narcotics Abuse and Control (Select) (Chair: Leo C. Zeferetti) * United States House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, Post Office and Civil Service (Chair: William D. Ford; Ranking Member: Edward J. Derwinski) ** United States House Post Office and Civil Service Subcommittee on Investigations, Investigations (Chair: William D. Ford; Ranking Member: Edward J. Derwinski) ** United States House Post Office and Civil Service Subcommittee on Postal Operations and Services, Postal Operations and Services (Chair: Bill Clay; Ranking Member: Gene Taylor) ** United States House Post Office and Civil Service Subcommittee on Civil Service, Civil Service (Chair: Patricia Schroeder; Ranking Member: Chip Pashayan) ** United States House Post Office and Civil Service Subcommittee on Compensation and Employee Benefits, Compensation and Employee Benefits (Chair: Mary Rose Oakar; Ranking Member: William E. Dannemeyer) ** United States House Post Office and Civil Service Subcommittee on Census and Population, Census and Population (Chair: Robert Garcia; Ranking Member: Jim Courter) ** United States House Post Office and Civil Service Subcommittee on Postal Personnel and Modernization, Postal Personnel and Modernization (Chair: Mickey Leland; Ranking Member: Benjamin A. Gilman) ** United States House Post Office and Civil Service Subcommittee on Human Resources, Human Resources (Chair: Geraldine A. Ferraro; Ranking Member: Tom Corcoran) * United States House Committee on Public Works and Transportation, Public Works and Transportation (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Don H. Clausen) ** United States House Public Works and Transportation Subcommittee on Aviation, Aviation (Chair: Norman Y. Mineta; Ranking Member: Gene Snyder) ** United States House Public Works and Transportation Subcommittee on Economic Development, Economic Development (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Tom Hagedorn) ** United States House Public Works and Transportation Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, Investigations and Oversight (Chair: Elliott H. Levitas; Ranking Member: Barry M. Goldwater) ** United States House Public Works and Transportation Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Grounds, Public Buildings and Grounds (Chair: John G. Fary; Ranking Member:

) ** United States House Public Works and Transportation Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, Surface Transportation (Chair: Glenn M. Anderson; Ranking Member: Bud Shuster) ** United States House Public Works and Transportation Subcommittee on Water Resources, Water Resources (Chair: Robert A. Roe; Ranking Member:

) * United States House Committee on Rules, Rules (Chair: Richard Walker Bolling; Ranking Member: Jimmy Quillen) ** United States House Rules Subcommittee on The Legislative Process, The Legislative Process (Chair: Gillis W. Long; Ranking Member:

) ** United States House Rules Subcommittee on Rules of the House, Rules of the House (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Gene Taylor) * United States House Committee on Science and Technology, Science and Technology (Chair: Don Fuqua; Ranking Member: Larry Winn Jr.) ** United States House Science and Technology Subcommittee on Energy Development and Applications, Energy Development and Applications (Chair: Don Fuqua; Ranking Member: Hamilton Fish IV) ** United States House Science and Technology Subcommittee on Natural Resources, Agriculture Research and Environment, Natural Resources, Agriculture Research and Environment (Chair: James H. Scheuer; Ranking Member: William Carney) ** United States House Science and Technology Subcommittee on Energy Research and Production, Energy Research and Production (Chair: Marilyn Lloyd; Ranking Member: Manuel Lujan Jr.) ** United States House Science and Technology Subcommittee on Science, Research and Technology, Science, Research and Technology (Chair: Doug Walgren; Ranking Member: Margaret M. Heckler) ** United States House Science and Technology Subcommittee on Space Science and Applications, Space Science and Applications (Chair: Ronnie G. Flippo; Ranking Member: Harold C. Hollenbeck) ** United States House Science and Technology Subcommittee on Transportation, Aviation and Materials, Transportation, Aviation and Materials (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Barry M. Goldwater) ** United States House Science and Technology Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, Investigations and Oversight (Chair: Al Gore; Ranking Member: Robert S. Walker) * United States House Committee on Small Business, Small Business (Chair: Parren Mitchell; Ranking Member: Joseph M. McDade) ** United States House Small Business Subcommittee on SBA and SBIC Authority, Minority Enterprise and General Small Business Problems, SBA and SBIC Authority, Minority Enterprise and General Small Business Problems (Chair: Parren J. Mitchell; Ranking Member: Joseph M. McDade) ** United States House Small Business Subcommittee on General Oversight, General Oversight (Chair: John J. LaFalce; Ranking Member: J. William Stanton) ** United States House Small Business Subcommittee on Antitrust and Restraint of Trade Activities affecting Small Business, Antitrust and Restraint of Trade Activities affecting Small Business (Chair: Tom Luken; Ranking Member: Lyle Williams) ** United States House Small Business Subcommittee on Energy, Environment and Safety Issues affecting Small Business, Energy, Environment and Safety Issues affecting Small Business (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Silvio O. Conte) ** United States House Small Business Subcommittee on Tax, Access to Equity Capital and Business Opportunities, Tax, Access to Equity Capital and Business Opportunities (Chair: Henry Nowak; Ranking Member: Dan Marriott) ** United States House Small Business Subcommittee on Export Opportunities and Special Small Business Problems, Export Opportunities and Special Small Business Problems (Chair:

; Ranking Member: William S. Broomfield) * United States House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, Standards of Official Conduct (Chair: Louis Stokes; Ranking Member: Floyd D. Spence) * United States House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Veterans' Affairs (Chair: Gillespie V. Montgomery; Ranking Member:

) ** United States House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Oversight and Investigations (Chair: Gillespie V. Montgomery; Ranking Member: Elwood Hillis) ** United States House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Hospitals and Health Care, Hospitals and Health Care (Chair: Ronald M. Mottl; Ranking Member:

) ** United States House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Education, Training and Employment, Education, Training and Employment (Chair: Bob Edgar; Ranking Member: Margaret M. Heckler) ** United States House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Compensation, Pension and Insurance, Compensation, Pension and Insurance (Chair: Sam B. Hall; Ranking Member: Chalmers P. Wylie) ** United States House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Housing and Memorial Affairs, Housing and Memorial Affairs (Chair: Marvin Leath; Ranking Member: N/A) * United States House Committee on Ways and Means, Ways and Means (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Barber B. Conable) ** United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade, Trade (Chair: Sam Gibbons; Ranking Member:

) ** United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security, Social Security (Chair: J.J. Pickle; Ranking Member: Bill Archer) ** United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight, Oversight (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Phil Crane) ** United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures, Select Revenue Measures (Chair: William R. Cotter (politician), William Cotter; Ranking Member: John Duncan Sr.) ** United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Public Assistance and Unemployment Compensation, Public Assistance and Unemployment Compensation (Chair: Pete Stark; Ranking Member: Skip Bafalis) ** United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health, Health (Chair: Andrew Jacobs Jr.; Ranking Member: Bill Gradison) * Committee of the Whole (United States House of Representatives), Whole

Joint committees

* Joint Economic Committee, Economic (Chair: Rep. Henry S. Reuss; Vice Chair: Sen. Roger W. Jepsen) * Joint Committee on Taxation, Taxation (Chair: Rep.

; Vice Chair: Sen.

) * Joint Committee on the Library, The Library (Chair: Rep. Augustus F. Hawkins; Vice Chair: Sen.

) * Joint Committee on Printing, Printing (Chair: Sen.

; Vice Chair: Rep. Augustus F. Hawkins)

Employees

List of federal agencies in the United States#United States, Legislative branch agency directors

* Architect of the Capitol: George Malcolm White * Attending Physician of the United States Congress: Freeman H. Cary * Comptroller General of the United States: Elmer B. Staats, until March 3, 1981 ** Charles A. Bowsher, starting date unknown in 1981 * Director of the Congressional Budget Office: Alice M. Rivlin * Librarian of Congress: Daniel J. Boorstin * Public Printer of the United States: Danford L. Sawyer Jr.

Senate

*Chaplain of the United States Senate, Chaplain: Edward L.R. Elson (Presbyterian), until February 9, 1981 ** Richard C. Halverson (Presbyterian), from February 9, 1981 *Curator of the United States Senate, Curator: James R. Ketchum *Historian of the United States Senate, Historian: Richard A. Baker (historian), Richard A. Baker *Parliamentarian of the United States Senate, Parliamentarian: Robert Dove *Secretary of the United States Senate, Secretary: William Hildenbrand *United States Senate Librarian, Librarian: Roger K. Haley *Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate, Sergeant at Arms: Howard S. Liebengood *Secretary for the Majority of the United States Senate, Secretary for the Majority: Howard O. Greene Jr. *Secretary for the Minority of the United States Senate, Secretary for the Minority: Walter J. Stewart, until September 1, 1981 ** Terrence E. Sauvain, from September 1, 1981

House of Representatives

* Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives, Chaplain: James D. Ford (Lutheranism, Lutheran) * Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Clerk: Edmund L. Henshaw Jr. * Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives, Doorkeeper: James T. Molloy * Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives, Parliamentarian: William Holmes Brown * Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives, Postmaster: Robert V. Rota * Reading Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Reading Clerks: Meg Goetz (D) and Bob Berry (R) * Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives, Sergeant at Arms: Benjamin J. Guthrie

Notes

References

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External links

Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress

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