The 96th 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, 1979, to January 3, 1981, during the last two years of

Jimmy Carter James Earl Carter Jr. (October 1, 1924December 29, 2024) was an American politician and humanitarian who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party ...

presidency A presidency is an administration or the executive, the collective administrative and governmental entity that exists around an office of president of a state or nation. Although often the executive branch of government, and often personified b ...

. The apportionment of seats in this

House of Representatives 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 census. Both chambers retained a Democratic majority (though downgraded from the

supermajority A supermajority is a requirement for a proposal to gain a specified level of support which is greater than the threshold of one-half used for a simple majority. Supermajority rules in a democracy can help to prevent a majority from eroding fun ...

status in the previous Congress), and with President Carter, maintained an overall federal government

trifecta Trifecta A trifecta is a parimutuel bet placed on a horse race in which the bettor must predict which horses will finish first, second, and third, in the exact order. Known as a trifecta in the US and Australia, this is known as a tricast in ...

. This is the last Congress in which the Democrats retained a trifecta for more than one term. This is the most recent Congress to feature a Democratic senator from Idaho,

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

, who lost re-election in 1980.

Major events

* March 28, 1979: Partial nuclear meltdown at Three Mile Island * July 11, 1979:

Skylab Skylab was the United States' first space station, launched by NASA, occupied for about 24 weeks between May 1973 and February 1974. It was operated by three trios of astronaut crews: Skylab 2, Skylab 3, and Skylab 4. Skylab was constructe ...

began its return to Earth * November 4, 1979:

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 ...

began *

1979 energy crisis A drop in oil production in the wake of the Iranian revolution led to an energy crisis in 1979. Although the global oil supply only decreased by approximately four percent, the oil markets' reaction raised the price of crude oil drastically ...

* February 2, 1980:

Abscam Abscam, sometimes written ABSCAM, was a Federal Bureau of Investigation sting operation in the late 1970s and early 1980s that led to the convictions of seven members from both chambers of the United States Congress and others for bribery and co ...

became public * April 7, 1980: End of Iran-United States

diplomatic relations Diplomacy is the communication by representatives of state, intergovernmental, or non-governmental institutions intended to influence events in the international system.Ronald Peter Barston, ''Modern Diplomacy'', Pearson Education, 2006, p. ...

* May 18, 1980: Mount St. Helens erupted *

1980 United States heat wave The 1980 United States heat wave was a period of intense heat and drought that wreaked havoc on much of the Midwestern United States and Southern Plains throughout the summer of 1980. It was among the most destructive and deadliest natural disast ...

* November 4, 1980: United States elections: Reagan/Bush defeated Carter/Mondale. Republicans gain control of the Senate; the first time Republicans gain control of either chamber since 1954.

Major legislation

* April 10, 1979:

Taiwan Relations Act The Taiwan Relations Act (TRA; ) is an Act of Congress, act of the United States Congress. Since the Joint Communiqué on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations, formal recognition of the China, People's Republic of China, the Act has defined ...

, * September 9, 1979: Panama Canal Act of 1979, , * October 17, 1979:

Department of Education Organization Act The Department of Education Organization Act is a United States federal law enacted in 1979, which created the Department of Education. The new department was split off from the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, which the Act also r ...

, , * March 17, 1980:

Refugee Act of 1980 The United States Refugee Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-212) is an amendment to the earlier Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 and the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962, and was created to provide a permanent and systematic proced ...

, , * March 30, 1980:

Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act The Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act of 1980 (, ) (often abbreviated DIDMCA or MCA) is a United States federal financial statute passed in 1980 and signed by President Jimmy Carter on March 31. Purposes DIDMCA gave ...

* September 19, 1980:

Regulatory Flexibility Act The Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) is perhaps the most comprehensive effort by the US federal government to balance the social goals of federal regulations with the needs and capabilities of small businesses and other small entities in Americ ...

, , * September 29, 1980: Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act of 1980, , * October 7, 1980:

Mental Health Systems Act of 1980 The Mental Health Systems Act of 1980 (MHSA) was legislation signed by American President Jimmy Carter which provided grants to community mental health centers. In 1981 President Ronald Reagan, who had made major efforts during his governorship ...

* October 14, 1980:

Staggers Rail Act of 1980 The Staggers Rail Act of 1980 is a United States federal law that deregulated the American railroad industry to a significant extent, and it replaced the regulatory structure that had existed since the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887. Backgrou ...

, , * October 15, 1980:

Classified Information Procedures Act The Classified Information Procedures Act or CIPA ( through ) is codified as the third appendix to Title 18 of the U.S. Code, the title concerning crimes and criminal procedures. The U.S. Code citation i18 U.S.C. App. III. Sections 1-16 Legislat ...

, , * December 2, 1980:

Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act The Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) is a United States federal law signed by President Jimmy Carter on December 2, 1980. ANILCA provided varying degrees of special protection to over of land, including national parks, n ...

, , * December 11, 1980:

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act Superfund is a United States federal environmental remediation program established by the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA). The program is administered by the Environmental Protection Agenc ...

(CERCLA or

Superfund Superfund is a United States federal environmental remediation program established by the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA). The program is administered by the United States Environmental Pro ...

), , * December 11, 1980:

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 (Pub. L. No. 96-511, 94 Stat. 2812, codified at ) is a United States federal law enacted in 1980 designed to reduce the total amount of paperwork burden the federal government imposes on private businesses an ...

, , * December 12, 1980:

Defense Officer Personnel Management Act The Defense Officer Personnel Management Act (DOPMA) () is a United States federal law passed in 1980 that for the first-time standardized officer personnel management across the United States Armed Forces. It established ceilings on the number o ...

, * December 12, 1980:

Bayh–Dole Act The Bayh–Dole Act or Patent and Trademark Law Amendments Act (Public law, Pub. L. 96-517, December 12, 1980) is U.S. legislation permitting ownership by contractors of inventions arising from Research funding#Government-funded research, federa ...

, , * December 22, 1980:

Nuclear Safety, Research, Demonstration, and Development Act of 1980 Nuclear Safety, Research, Demonstration, and Development Act of 1980, 42 U.S.C. § 9701, established nuclear safety policy for nuclear power plants supplying electric energy and electricity generation within the United States. The Act authorized ...

, ,

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) * President pro tempore:

Warren Magnuson Warren Grant Magnuson (April 12, 1905May 20, 1989) was an American lawyer and politician who represented the Washington (state), state of Washington in United States Congress, Congress for 44 years, first as a United States House of Representativ ...

(D) **

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

(R), for just for one day: December 5, 1980

Majority (Democratic) leadership

* Majority 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 ...

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

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 ...

Minority (Republican) leadership

* Minority 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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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:

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 ...

* 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 ...

House of Representatives

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

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 ...

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

* Chief Deputy Majority Whip:

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 ...

* Democratic Caucus Chairman:

Tom Foley Thomas Stephen Foley (March 6, 1929 – October 18, 2013) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 49th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1989 to 1995. A member of the Democratic Party, Foley represente ...

* Democratic Caucus Secretary:

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 ...

* Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman:

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

Minority (Republican) leadership

* Minority Leader:

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 ...

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 ...

: Samuel L. Devine * Republican Conference Vice-Chairman: Jack Edwards *

Clair Burgener Clair Walter Burgener (December 5, 1921 – September 9, 2006) was an American politician who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1973 to 1983. Early life Clair Burgener was born in Vernal, Utah, and grew up ...

* Policy Committee Chairman:

Bud Shuster Elmer Greinert "Bud" Shuster ( ; January 23, 1932 – April 19, 2023) was an American politician who represented Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives as a Republican from 1973 to 2001. He was ...

* 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 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 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 *

Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues The Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues is a bipartisan membership organization within the House of Representatives committed to advancing women's interests in Congress. It was founded by fifteen Congresswomen on April 19, 1977, and was ori ...

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

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

Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and representatives are listed by district.

Senate

Senators are popularly elected statewide every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress, In this Congress, Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1980; Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1982; and Class 2 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1984.

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

: 2.

Howell Heflin Howell Thomas Heflin (June 19, 1921 – March 29, 2005) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Alabama in the United States Senate from 1979 to 1997. Early life Heflin was born on June 19, 1921, i ...

(D) : 3. Donald Stewart (D), until January 2, 1981 ::

Jeremiah Denton Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. (July 15, 1924 – March 28, 2014) was an American politician and United States Navy two-star admiral who served as a U.S. Senator representing Alabama from 1981 to 1987. He was the first Republican to be popularly ...

(R), from January 2, 1981

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.

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

(D)

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

: 1.

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

(D) : 3.

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

(D)

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

: 1.

S. I. Hayakawa Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa (July 18, 1906 – February 27, 1992) was a Canadian-born American academic and politician of Japanese ancestry. A professor of English, he served as president of San Francisco State University and then as U.S. Senator f ...

(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 William Lester Armstrong Jr. (March 16, 1937 – July 5, 2016) was an American businessman, administrator, and politician. He was a member of the Republican Party and served as a United States representative and Senator from Colorado. Early l ...

(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.

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

(D)

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

: 1.

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

(R) : 2.

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.

Richard Stone Sir John Richard Nicholas Stone (30 August 1913 – 6 December 1991) was an eminent British economist. He was educated at Gonville and Caius College and King's College at the University of Cambridge. In 1984, he was awarded the Nobel Memori ...

(D), until December 30, 1980 :: Paula Hawkins (R), from January 1, 1981

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.

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

(D)

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

: 1.

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.

(D)

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

: 2.

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

(R) : 3.

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

(D)

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

: 1.

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.

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

(D)

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

: 2.

Roger Jepsen Roger William Jepsen (December 23, 1928 – November 13, 2020) was an American politician from Iowa. A member of the Republican Party, he served as Lieutenant Governor of Iowa from 1969 to 1973 and a member of the United States Senate for one te ...

(R) : 3.

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

(D)

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

: 2.

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.

(D)

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

: 2. J. Bennett Johnston (D) : 3.

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

(D)

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

: 1.

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

(D), until May 7, 1980 ::

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), from May 19, 1980 : 2.

William Cohen William Sebastian Cohen (born August 28, 1940) is an American lawyer, author, and politician from the U.S. state of Maine. A Republican, Cohen served as both a member of the United States House of Representatives (1973–1979) and Senate (1979� ...

(R)

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

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

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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 ...

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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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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 ...

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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 ...

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

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Donald Riegle Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. ( ; born February 4, 1938) is an American politician, author, and businessman from Michigan. He served for five terms as a Representative and for three terms as a Senator in the U.S. Congress. Early life and family Donal ...

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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 ...

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

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David Durenberger David Ferdinand Durenberger (August 19, 1934 – January 31, 2023) was an American politician and attorney from Minnesota who served as a Republican member of the United States Senate from 1978 to 1995. He left the Republican Party in 2005 and ...

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Rudy Boschwitz Rudolph Ely “Rudy” Boschwitz (born November 7, 1930) is an American politician and businessman from the state of Minnesota. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a member of the United States Senate from 1978 to 1991. From 1987 to ...

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

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

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Thad Cochran William Thad Cochran ( ; December 7, 1937 – May 30, 2019) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator for Mississippi from 1978 to 2018. A Republican, he previously served in the U.S. House of Representative ...

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

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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 ...

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

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

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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 ...

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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 ...

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

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Edward Zorinsky Edward Zorinsky (November 11, 1928March 6, 1987) was an American businessman and politician who served as a Democrat in the U.S. Senate from 1976 until his death in 1987. He represented Nebraska and had previously served as mayor of Omaha, elect ...

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J. James Exon John James Exon (August 9, 1921June 10, 2005) was an American businessman and politician who served as the 33rd Governor of Nebraska from 1971 to 1979, and as a U.S. Senator from Nebraska from 1979 to 1997. A member of the Democratic Party, Ex ...

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

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

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Paul Laxalt Paul Dominique Laxalt ( ; August 2, 1922 – August 6, 2018) was an American attorney and politician who served as the 22nd governor of Nevada from 1967 to 1971 and a United States senator representing Nevada from 1974 until 1987. A member ...

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

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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 ...

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

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

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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 ...

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

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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 ...

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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 ...

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

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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 ...

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

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

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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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Robert Burren Morgan Robert Burren Morgan (October 5, 1925 – July 16, 2016) was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, Morgan served as United States Senator for North Carolina from 1975 to 1981, for a single term. Life and career Born in Lill ...

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

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

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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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Howard Metzenbaum Howard Morton Metzenbaum (June 4, 1917March 12, 2008) was an American politician and businessman who served for almost 20 years as a Democratic member of the U.S. Senate from Ohio (1974, 1976–1995). He also served in the Ohio House ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Larry Pressler Larry Lee Pressler (born March 29, 1942) is an American lawyer and politician from South Dakota who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 1979, and United States Senate from 1979 to 1997, as a Republican. He remained ...

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

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

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Jim Sasser James Ralph Sasser (September 30, 1936 – September 10, 2024) was an American politician, diplomat, and attorney from Tennessee. A member of the Democratic Party, he served three terms as a member of the United States Senate from 1977 to 1995, ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Malcolm Wallop Malcolm Wallop (February 27, 1933 – September 14, 2011) was an American rancher and politician. He served as a United States Senator from Wyoming from 1977 to 1995. He was a member of the Republican Party. Early years Wallop was born at Doct ...

(R) : 2. Alan Simpson (R) 96th United States Congress Senators

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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 ...

(4–3 Democratic) : . Jack Edwards (R) : . William Louis Dickinson (R) : .

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

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

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Ronnie Flippo Ronnie Gene Flippo (born August 15, 1937) is an American politician and accountant who served seven terms as a United States Congressman from Alabama from 1977 to 1991. Early life and education Flippo was born August 15, 1937, in Florence, Al ...

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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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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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Eldon Rudd Eldon Dean Rudd (July 15, 1920February 8, 2002) was a U.S. Republican politician. Early life Rudd was born in Camp Verde, Arizona. A 1939 graduate of Clarkdale High School in Clarkdale, Arizona, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in ...

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

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

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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 ...

(R) : . Beryl Anthony Jr. (D)

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

(25–18 Democratic) : . Harold T. Johnson (D) : .

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

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

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Vic Fazio Victor Herbert Fazio Jr. (October 11, 1942 – March 16, 2022) was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for California from 1979 to 1999. Early life and education Fazio was born in Winc ...

(D) : . John Burton (D) : .

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

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

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

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Pete Stark Fortney Hillman "Pete" Stark Jr. (November 11, 1931 – January 24, 2020) was an American businessman and politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1973 to 2013. A Democrat from California, Stark's district ...

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

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William Royer William Howard Royer (April 11, 1920 – April 8, 2013) was an American politician and a member of the Republican Party. He served as a U.S. Representative from the 11th Congressional District of California from 1979 until 1981. Early life ...

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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. ...

(D) : . Norman D. Shumway (R) : .

Tony Coelho Anthony Lee Coelho (born June 15, 1942) is an American politician from California who served in the United States House of Representatives. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the primary sponsor of the Americans with Disabilities Act and is ...

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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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Bill Thomas William Marshall Thomas (born December 6, 1941) is an American politician. He was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1979 to 2007, finishing his tenure representing California's 22nd congressional district an ...

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Robert J. Lagomarsino Robert John Lagomarsino (September 4, 1926 – February 7, 2021) was an American politician and lawyer from California who served in the United States House of Representatives. A Republican, he began his service in the United States House of Rep ...

(R) : . Barry Goldwater Jr. (R) : .

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

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Anthony Beilenson Anthony Charles Beilenson (October 26, 1932 – March 5, 2017) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a Democratic Congressman from Southern California. He served ten terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1977 unt ...

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Henry Waxman Henry Arnold Waxman (born September 12, 1939) is an American politician and lobbyist who was a U.S. representative from California from 1975 to 2015. He is a member of the Democratic Party. His district included much of the western part of the ...

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

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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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Bob Dornan Robert Kenneth Dornan (born April 3, 1933) is an American actor, radio talk show host, combat veteran, and Republican politician from California. Dornan represented two Southern California districts in the United States House of Representatives fr ...

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Julian Dixon Julian Carey Dixon (August 8, 1934 – December 8, 2000) was an American Democratic politician from California who was a member of the California State Assembly from 1973 to 1978 and then a member of the United States House of Representative ...

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

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

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

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Wayne R. Grisham Wayne Richard Grisham (January 10, 1923 – January 19, 2011) was a two-term member of the United States House of Representatives from California from 1979 to 1983. Biography Born in Lamar, Colorado, Grisham graduated from Jordan High School in ...

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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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James F. Lloyd James Fredrick Lloyd (September 27, 1922 – February 2, 2012) was an American military officer, businessman, and politician who served three terms as Democratic United States Representative from 1975 to 1981. Career Born in Helena, Montana, Ll ...

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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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Jerry M. Patterson Jerry Mumford Patterson (October 25, 1934 – November 8, 2024) was an American lawyer in California and the District of Columbia, educator and politician, who was a five-term United States Representative from California, serving from 1975 to 198 ...

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Robert Badham Robert Edward Badham (June 9, 1929 – October 21, 2005) was an American politician from California. He served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from the Orange County-based 40th district from 1977 to 1989. ...

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

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

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

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Pat Schroeder Patricia Nell Scott Schroeder (July 30, 1940 – March 13, 2023) was an American politician who represented Colorado's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1973 to 1997. A member of the Democratic Party, ...

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Tim Wirth Timothy Endicott Wirth (born September 22, 1939) is an American politician from Colorado who served as a Democrat in both the United States Senate (1987–1993) and the United States House of Representatives (1975–1987). He also served in se ...

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Ray Kogovsek Raymond Peter Kogovsek (; August 19, 1941 – April 30, 2017) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Colorado for three terms from 1979 to 1985. Early life and education Born in Pueblo, Colorado, Kogovsek graduate ...

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Ken Kramer Kenneth Bentley Kramer (born February 19, 1942) is an American lawyer, politician, and jurist from Colorado. He is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, serving four consecutive terms from 1979 to 1987. E ...

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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. ...

(5–1 Democratic) : . William R. Cotter (D) : .

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 ...

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

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William R. Ratchford William Richard Ratchford (May 24, 1934 – January 2, 2011) was an American politician from Connecticut. He served six terms in the Connecticut House of Representatives, including two as speaker, and three terms in the United States House of Rep ...

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Toby Moffett Anthony John (Toby) Moffett, Jr. (born August 18, 1944) is an American former politician from the state of Connecticut. A Democrat, he served in the United States House of Representatives as the member from Connecticut's 6th congressional distri ...

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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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Thomas B. Evans Jr. Thomas Beverley Evans Jr. (born November 5, 1931) is an American lawyer and politician from Delaware. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for three terms from 1977 to 1983. Ear ...

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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 ...

(12–3 Democratic) : .

Earl Hutto Earl Dewitt Hutto (May 12, 1926 – December 14, 2020) was an American politician who served as U.S. Representative from Florida's 1st congressional district. Early life Born in Midland City, Alabama, to Lemmie and Ellie (nee Mathis) Hutto, Ear ...

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

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

(D) : . Richard Kelly (R) : .

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

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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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Skip Bafalis Louis Arthur "Skip" Bafalis (September 28, 1929 – March 10, 2023) was an American businessman and politician who served as the U.S. representative for Florida's 10th congressional district from 1973 to 1983. A member of the Republican Party, ...

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Dan Mica Daniel Mica (born February 4, 1944) is an American politician who was a U.S. representative from the state of Florida. Education Daniel Mica attended the University of Florida, but received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Florida Atlantic Unive ...

(D) : . Edward J. Stack (D) : . William Lehman (D) : .

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

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

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

(9–1 Democratic) : . Bo Ginn (D) : . Dawson Mathis (D) : .

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

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Elliott H. Levitas Elliott Harris Levitas (December 26, 1930 – December 16, 2022) was an American politician and lawyer from Georgia. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for five consecutive term ...

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Wyche Fowler William Wyche Fowler Jr. (; born October 6, 1940) is an American attorney, politician, and diplomat. He is a member of the Democratic Party and served as a U.S. Senator from Georgia from 1987 to 1993. He had previously served in the U.S. House ...

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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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Larry McDonald Lawrence Patton McDonald (April 1, 1935 – September 1, 1983) was an American physician, politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Georgia's 7th congressional district as a Democrat from 1975 until ...

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Billy Lee Evans Billy Lee Evans (born November 10, 1941) is an American politician who served in both the Georgia House of Representatives (1969–1977) and the U.S. House of Representatives (1977 to 1983). Early life and education Evans was born in Tifton, ...

(D) : . Ed Jenkins (D) : . Doug Barnard Jr. (D)

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

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Cecil Heftel Cecil Landau Heftel (September 30, 1924 – February 4, 2010) was an American politician and businessman from Hawai'i. A Democrat, He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1977 to 1986 for the First Congressional District, enc ...

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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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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) : . George V. Hansen (R)

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

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Bennett Stewart Bennett McVey Stewart (August 6, 1912 – April 26, 1988) was an American politician who as a part of the Democratic party served as a U.S. representative from Illinois (1979–1981) and as a member of the Chicago City Council (1971–1979) ...

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

(D) : . Marty Russo (D) : .

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

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John G. Fary John G. Fary (April 11, 1911 – June 7, 1984) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Illinois. He represented the Illinois's 5th congressional district Biography Fary was born in Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, o ...

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Henry Hyde Henry John Hyde (April 18, 1924 – November 29, 2007) was an American politician who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 2007, representing the 6th District of Illinois, an area of Chicago' ...

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Cardiss Collins Cardiss Hortense Collins (; September 24, 1931 – February 3, 2013) was an American politician from Illinois who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1973 to 1997. A member of the Democratic Party, she was the fourth Afric ...

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

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

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

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Phil Crane Philip Miller Crane (November 3, 1930 – November 8, 2014) was an American politician. He was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1969 to 2005, representing the 8th District of Illinois in the northwestern s ...

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

(R) : . John N. Erlenborn (R) : . Tom Corcoran (politician), Tom Corcoran (R) : . John B. Anderson (R) : . George M. O'Brien (R) : .

(R) : . Tom Railsback (R) : . Paul Findley (R) : . Edward Rell Madigan (R) : . Dan Crane (R) : . Melvin Price (D) : . Paul Simon (politician), Paul Simon (D)

List of United States representatives from Indiana, Indiana

(7–4 Democratic) : . Adam Benjamin Jr. (D) : . Floyd Fithian (D) : .

(D) : . Dan Quayle (R) : . Elwood Hillis (R) : . David W. Evans (D) : . John T. Myers (congressman), John T. Myers (R) : . H. Joel Deckard (R) : . Lee H. Hamilton (D) : . Philip Sharp (politician), Philip Sharp (D) : . Andrew Jacobs Jr. (D)

List of United States representatives from Iowa, Iowa

(3–3 split) : . Jim Leach (R) : . Tom Tauke (R) : . Chuck Grassley (R) : . Neal Edward Smith (D) : . Tom Harkin (D) : . Berkley Bedell (D)

List of United States representatives from Kansas, Kansas

(4-1 Republican) : . Keith Sebelius (R) : . James Edmund Jeffries (R) : . Larry Winn (R) : . Dan Glickman (D) : . Bob Whittaker (R)

List of United States representatives from Kentucky, Kentucky

(4–3 Democratic) : . Carroll Hubbard (D) : . William Natcher (D) : . Romano Mazzoli (D) : . Gene Snyder (R) : . Tim Lee Carter (R) : . Larry J. Hopkins (R) : . Carl D. Perkins (D)

List of United States representatives from Louisiana, Louisiana

(5–3 Democratic) : . Bob Livingston (R) : . Lindy Boggs (D) : . Dave Treen (R), until March 10, 1980 :: Billy Tauzin (D), from May 22, 1980 : . Buddy Leach (D) : . Jerry Huckaby (D) : . Henson Moore (R) : . John Breaux (D) : . Gillis William Long (D)

List of United States representatives from Maine, Maine

(2 Republicans) : . David F. Emery (R) : . Olympia Snowe (R)

List of United States representatives from Maryland, Maryland

(6–2 Democratic) : . Robert Bauman (R) : . Clarence Long (D) : . Barbara Mikulski (D) : . Marjorie Holt (R) : . Gladys Spellman (D) : . Beverly Byron (D) : . Parren Mitchell (D) : . Michael D. Barnes (D)

List of United States representatives from Massachusetts, Massachusetts

(10–2 Democratic) : . Silvio O. Conte (R) : . Edward Boland (D) : . Joseph D. Early (D) : . Robert Drinan (D) : . James Shannon (Massachusetts politician), James Shannon (D) : . Nicholas Mavroules (D) : . Ed Markey (D) : .

(D) : . Joe Moakley (D) : . Margaret Heckler (R) : . Brian J. Donnelly (D) : . Gerry Studds (D)

List of United States representatives from Michigan, Michigan

(13–6 Democratic) : . John Conyers (D) : . Carl Pursell (R) : . Howard Wolpe (D) : . David Stockman (R) : . Harold S. Sawyer (R) : . Milton Robert Carr (D) : . Dale Kildee (D) : . J. Bob Traxler (D) : .

(R) : . Donald J. Albosta (D) : . Robert William Davis (R) : . David Bonior (D) : . Charles Diggs (D), until June 3, 1980 :: George Crockett Jr. (D), from November 4, 1980 : . Lucien Nedzi (D) : . William D. Ford (D) : . John D. Dingell Jr. (D) : . William M. Brodhead (D) : . James Blanchard (D) : . William Broomfield (R)

List of United States representatives from Minnesota, Minnesota

(4–4 split) : . Arlen Erdahl (I-R) : . Tom Hagedorn (I-R) : . Bill Frenzel (I-R) : . Bruce Vento (DFL) : . Martin Olav Sabo (DFL) : . Rick Nolan (DFL) : . Arlan Stangeland (I-R) : . Jim Oberstar (DFL)

List of United States representatives from Mississippi, Mississippi

(3–2 Democratic) : . Jamie L. Whitten (D) : . David R. Bowen (D) : . Sonny Montgomery (D) : . Jon Hinson (R) : . Trent Lott (R)

List of United States representatives from Missouri, Missouri

(8–2 Democratic) : . Bill Clay (D) : . Robert A. Young (D) : . Dick Gephardt (D) : . Ike Skelton (D) : . Richard Walker Bolling (D) : . Tom Coleman (Missouri politician), Tom Coleman (R) : . Gene Taylor (Missouri politician), Gene Taylor (R) : . Richard Howard Ichord Jr. (D) : . Harold Volkmer (D) : . Bill Burlison (D)

List of United States representatives from Montana, Montana

(1–1 split) : . Pat Williams (Montana politician), Pat Williams (D) : . Ron Marlenee (R)

List of United States representatives from Nebraska, Nebraska

(2–1 Republican) : . Doug Bereuter (R) : . John Joseph Cavanaugh III (D) : . Virginia D. Smith (R)

List of United States representatives from Nevada, Nevada

(1 Democrat) : . James David Santini (D)

List of United States representatives from New Hampshire, New Hampshire

(1–1 split) : . Norman D'Amours (D) : . James Colgate Cleveland (R)

List of United States representatives from New Jersey, New Jersey

(10–5 Democratic) : . James Florio (D) : . William J. Hughes (D) : . James J. Howard (D) : . Frank Thompson (D), until December 29, 1980 : . Millicent Fenwick (R) : . Edwin B. Forsythe (R) : . Andrew Maguire (politician), Andrew Maguire (D) : . 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) : . Edward J. Patten (D)

List of United States representatives from New Mexico, New Mexico

(1–1 split) : . Manuel Lujan Jr. (R) : . Harold L. Runnels (D), until August 5, 1980

List of United States representatives from New York, New York

(26–13 Democratic) : . William Carney (politician), William Carney (C) : . Thomas Downey (D) : . Jerome Ambro (D) : . Norman F. Lent (R) : . John W. Wydler (R) : . Lester L. Wolff (D) : . Joseph P. Addabbo (D) : . Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal (D) : . Geraldine Ferraro (D) : . Mario Biaggi (D) : . James H. Scheuer (D) : .

(D) : . Stephen Solarz (D) : . Fred Richmond (D) : . Leo C. Zeferetti (D) : . Elizabeth Holtzman (D) : . John M. Murphy (New York politician), John M. Murphy (D) : . Bill Green (New York politician), Bill Green (R) : . Charles Rangel (D) : . Theodore S. Weiss (D) : . Robert Garcia (New York politician), Robert Garcia (D) : . Jonathan Brewster Bingham (D) : . Peter A. Peyser (D) : . Richard Ottinger (D) : . Hamilton Fish IV (R) : . Benjamin Gilman (R) : . Matthew F. McHugh (D) : . Samuel S. Stratton (D) : . Gerald Solomon (R) : . Robert C. McEwen (R) : . Donald J. Mitchell (R) : . James M. Hanley (D) : . Gary A. Lee (R) : . Frank Horton (New York politician), Frank Horton (R) : . Barber Conable (R) : . John J. LaFalce (D) : . Henry J. Nowak (D) : . Jack Kemp (R) : . Stan Lundine (D)

List of United States representatives from North Carolina, North Carolina

(9–2 Democratic) : . Walter B. Jones Sr. (D) : . Lawrence H. Fountain (D) : . Charles Orville Whitley (D) : . Ike Franklin Andrews (D) : . Stephen L. Neal (D) : . L. Richardson Preyer (D) : . Charlie Rose (politician), Charlie Rose (D) : . Bill Hefner (D) : . James G. Martin (R) : . Jim Broyhill (R) : . V. Lamar Gudger (D)

List of United States representatives from North Dakota, North Dakota

(1 Republican) : . Mark Andrews (politician), Mark Andrews (R)

List of United States representatives from Ohio, Ohio

(13–10 Republican) : . Bill Gradison (R) : . Tom Luken (D) : . Tony P. Hall (D) : . Tennyson Guyer (R) : . Del Latta (R) : . Bill Harsha (R) : . Bud Brown (politician), Bud Brown (R) : . Tom Kindness (R) : . Thomas L. Ashley (D) : . Clarence E. Miller (R) : . J. William Stanton (R) : . Samuel L. Devine (R) : . Donald J. Pease (D) : . John F. Seiberling (D) : . Chalmers Wylie (R) : . Ralph Regula (R) : . John M. Ashbrook (R) : . Douglas Applegate (D) : . Lyle Williams (R) : . Mary Rose Oakar (D) : . Louis Stokes (D) : . Charles Vanik (D) : . Ronald M. Mottl (D)

List of United States representatives from Oklahoma, Oklahoma

(5–1 Democratic) : . James R. Jones (D) : . Mike Synar (D) : . Wes Watkins (D) : . Tom Steed (D) : . Mickey Edwards (R) : . Glenn English (D)

List of United States representatives from Oregon, Oregon

(4 Democrats) : . Les AuCoin (D) : . Al Ullman (D) : . Robert B. Duncan (D) : . Jim Weaver (Oregon politician), Jim Weaver (D)

List of United States representatives from Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania

(15–10 Democratic) : . Michael Myers (Pennsylvania politician), Michael Myers (D), until October 2, 1980 : . William H. Gray III (D) : . Raymond Lederer (D) : . Charles F. Dougherty (R) : . Richard T. Schulze (R) : . Gus Yatron (D) : . Robert W. Edgar (D) : . Peter H. Kostmayer (D) : .

(R) : . Joseph M. McDade (R) : . Dan Flood (D), until January 31, 1980 :: Ray Musto (D), from April 9, 1980 : . John Murtha (D) : . Lawrence Coughlin (R) : . William S. Moorhead (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)

List of United States representatives from Rhode Island, Rhode Island

(2 Democrats) : . Fernand St Germain (D) : . Edward Beard (D)

List of United States representatives from South Carolina, South Carolina

(4–2 Democratic) : . Mendel Jackson Davis (D) : . Floyd Spence (R) : . Butler Derrick (D) : . Carroll A. Campbell Jr. (R) : . Kenneth Lamar Holland (D) : . John Jenrette (D), until December 10, 1980

List of United States representatives from South Dakota, South Dakota

(1–1 split) : . Tom Daschle (D) : . James Abdnor (R)

List of United States representatives from Tennessee, Tennessee

(5–3 Democratic) : . 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

(20–4 Democratic) : . Sam B. Hall Jr. (D) : . Charlie Wilson (Texas politician), Charlie Wilson (D) : . James M. Collins (R) : . Ray Roberts (politician), Ray Roberts (D) : . Jim Mattox (D) : . Phil Gramm (D) : . Bill Archer (R) : . Robert C. Eckhardt (D) : . Jack Brooks (American politician), Jack Brooks (D) : . J. J. Pickle (D) : . Marvin Leath (D) : .

(D) : . Jack Hightower (D) : . Joseph P. Wyatt Jr. (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

(1–1 split) : . K. Gunn McKay (D) : . David Daniel Marriott (R)

List of United States representatives from Vermont, Vermont

(1 Republican) : . Jim Jeffords (R)

List of United States representatives from Virginia, Virginia

(6–4 Republican) : . Paul Trible (R) : . G. William Whitehurst (R) : . David E. Satterfield III (D) : . Robert Daniel (R) : . Dan Daniel (politician), Dan Daniel (D) : . M. Caldwell Butler (R) : . J. Kenneth Robinson (R) : . Herbert Harris (D) : . William C. Wampler (R) : . Joseph L. Fisher (D)

List of United States representatives from Washington, Washington

(6–1 Democratic) : . Joel Pritchard (R) : . Al Swift (D) : . Don Bonker (D) : . Mike McCormack (politician), Mike McCormack (D) : .

(D) : . Norm Dicks (D) : . Mike Lowry (D)

List of United States representatives from West Virginia, West Virginia

(4 Democrats) : . Bob Mollohan (D) : . Harley Orrin Staggers (D) : . John M. Slack Jr. (D), until March 17, 1980 :: John G. Hutchinson (D), from June 30, 1980 : . Nick Rahall (D)

List of United States representatives from Wisconsin, Wisconsin

(6–3 Democratic) : . Les Aspin (D) : . Robert Kastenmeier (D) : . Alvin Baldus (D) : . Clement J. Zablocki (D) : . Henry S. Reuss (D) : . Tom Petri (R), from April 3, 1979 : . Dave Obey (D) : . Toby Roth (R) : . Jim Sensenbrenner (R)

List of United States representatives from Wyoming, Wyoming

(1 Republican) : . Dick Cheney (R)

Non-voting members

(3–1 Democratic) : . Walter Fauntroy (D) : . Antonio Borja Won Pat (D) : . Baltasar Corrada del Rio (PNP) : . Melvin H. Evans (R)

Changes in membership

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

Senate

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

(Class 3) , nowrap , John A. Durkin
(D) , Resigned December 29, 1980 to give successor priority in seniority.
Successor appointed, having already been 1980 United States Senate election in New Hampshire, elected to the next term. , nowrap ,

(R) , December 29, 1980 , - , nowrap ,

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 ...

(Class 3) , nowrap ,

(D) , Resigned December 30, 1980 to give successor priority in seniority.
Successor appointed, having already been 1980 United States Senate election in Florida, elected to the next term. , nowrap , Paula Hawkins
(R) , January 1, 1981 , - , nowrap ,

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 ...

(Class 3) , nowrap , Donald Stewart
(D) , Resigned January 2, 1981 to give successor priority in seniority.
Successor appointed, having already been 1980 United States Senate election in Alabama, elected to the next term. , nowrap ,

(R) , January 2, 1981

House of Representatives

* Replacements: 7 ** Democratic: 0 seat net loss ** Republican Party (United States), Republican: 0 seat net gain * Deaths: 1 * Resignations: 4 * Expulsion: 1 * Contested election: *Total seats with changes: 10 , - , , Vacant , style="font-size:80%" , Rep. Leo Ryan died during previous congress , nowrap ,

(R) , April 3, 1979 , - , , Vacant , style="font-size:80%" , Rep. William A. Steiger died during previous congress , nowrap , Tom Petri (R) , April 3, 1979 , - , , nowrap , Abner Mikva (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned September 26, 1979, after being appointed judge of U.S. Court of Appeals , nowrap , John Porter (R) , January 22, 1980 , - , , nowrap , Dan Flood (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned January 31, 1980 , nowrap , Ray Musto (D) , April 9, 1980 , - , , nowrap , Dave Treen (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned March 10, 1980, after being elected Governor of Louisiana , nowrap , Billy Tauzin (D) , May 22, 1980 , - , , nowrap , John M. Slack Jr. (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died March 17, 1980 , nowrap , John G. Hutchinson (D) , June 30, 1980 , - , , nowrap , Charles Diggs (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned June 3, 1980 , nowrap , George Crockett Jr. (D) , November 4, 1980 , - , , nowrap , Harold L. Runnels (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died August 5, 1980 , rowspan=4 , Vacant , rowspan=4 , Not filled this term , - , , nowrap , Michael Myers (Pennsylvania politician), Michael Myers (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Expelled October 2, 1980 , - , , nowrap , John Jenrette (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 10, 1980 , - , , nowrap , Frank Thompson (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 29, 1980, after being censured by the House of Representatives

Committees

Senate

* United States Senate Special Committee on Aging, Aging (Special) (Chair:

) * United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry (Chair:

; Ranking Member:

) ** Agricultural Research and General Legislation (Chair: Donald Stewart; Ranking Member: Richard G. Lugar) ** Rural Development (Chair:

; Ranking Member:

) ** Foreign Agricultural Policy (Chair:

; Ranking Member:

) ** United States House Agriculture Subcommittee on Nutrition, Nutrition (Chair:

; Ranking Member:

) ** Environment, Soil Conservation and Forestry (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Roger W. Jepsen) ** Agricultural Credit and Rural Electrification (Chair:

; Ranking Member: S.I. Hayakawa) ** Agricultural Production, Marketing and Stabilization of Prices (Chair: Walter "Dee" Huddleston; Ranking Member:

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

; Ranking Member:

) ** Agriculture and Related Agencies (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Thomas F. Eagleton) ** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, Defense (Chair:

; Ranking Member:

) ** District of Columbia (Chair:

; Ranking Member:

) ** Foreign Operations (Chair:

; Ranking Member:

) ** HUD-Independent Agencies (Chair:

; Ranking Member:

) ** Interior (Chair:

; Ranking Member:

) ** Labor-Health, Education and Welfare (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Richard S. Schweiker) ** Legislative (Chair:

; Ranking Member:

) ** Military Construction (Chair: Walter "Dee" Huddleston; Ranking Member:

) ** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, Energy and Water Development (Chair: J. Bennett Johnston; Ranking Member: Mark O. Hatfield) ** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Justice, Commerce and Judiciary, State, Justice, Commerce and Judiciary (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Lowell P. Weicker Jr.) ** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Transportation (Chair:

; Ranking Member: James A. McClure) ** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service and General Government, Treasury, Postal Service and General Government (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Harrison H. Schmitt) * United States Senate Committee on Armed Services, Armed Services (Chair:

; Ranking Member:

) ** United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Arms Control, Arms Control (Chair:

; Ranking Member: William S. Cohen) ** United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on General Procurement, General Procurement (Chair: Harry F. Byrd Jr.; Ranking Member:

) ** United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Manpower and Personnel, Manpower and Personnel (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Roger W. Jepsen) ** United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Research and Investigations, Research and Investigations (Chair:

; Ranking Member: John W. Warner) ** United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Construction and Stockfiles, Military Construction and Stockfiles (Chair:

; Ranking Member:

) ** United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Procurement Policy and Reprogramming, Procurement Policy and Reprogramming (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Gordon J. Humphrey) * United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs (Chair:

; Ranking Member:

) ** United States House Banking Subcommittee on Housing and Urban Affairs, Housing and Urban Affairs (Chair:

; Ranking Member:

) ** United States House Banking Subcommittee on Financial Institutions, Financial Institutions (Chair:

; Ranking Member:

) ** United States House Banking Subcommittee on International Finance, International Finance (Chair:

; Ranking Member: H. John Heinz III) ** United States House Banking Subcommittee on Rural Housing and Development, Rural Housing and Development (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Nancy L. Kassebaum) ** United States House Banking Subcommittee on Economic Stabilization, Economic Stabilization (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Richard G. Lugar) ** United States House Banking Subcommittee on Securities, Securities (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Richard G. Lugar) ** United States House Banking Subcommittee on Insurance, Insurance (Chair: Donald Stewart; Ranking Member:

) ** United States House Banking Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, Consumer Affairs (Chair:

; Ranking Member:

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

, then

; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, Commerce, Science and Transportation (Chair:

; Ranking Member:

) ** United States Senate Commerce Subommittee on Aviation, Aviation (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Nancy L. Kassebaum) ** United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Communications (Chair:

; Ranking Member:

) ** United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer, Consumer (Chair:

; Ranking Member: John C. Danforth) ** United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Merchant Marine and Tourism, Merchant Marine and Tourism (Chair:

; Ranking Member: John W. Warner) ** United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Science, Technology and Space, Science, Technology and Space (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Harrison H. Schmitt) ** United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, Surface Transportation (Chair:

; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Energy and Natural Resources (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Mark O. Hatfield) ** United States Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy R&D, Energy R&D (Chair:

; Ranking Member: James A. McClure) ** United States Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy Regulation, Energy Regulation (Chair: J. Bennett Johnston; Ranking Member:

) ** United States Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy Conservation and Supply, Energy Conservation and Supply (Chair: John A. Durkin; Ranking Member:

) ** United States Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy Resources and Materials Production, Energy Resources and Materials Production (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Lowell P. Weicker) ** United States Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Parks, Recreations and Renewable Resources, Parks, Recreations and Renewable Resources (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Mark O. Hatfield) * United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, Environment and Public Works (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Robert T. Stafford) ** United States Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Environmental Pollution, Environmental Pollution (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Robert T. Stafford) ** United States Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Water Resources, Water Resources (Chair:

; Ranking Member:

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

; Ranking Member:

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

; Ranking Member: John H. Chafee) ** United States Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Resource Protection, Resource Protection (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Howard H. Baker Jr.) ** United States Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Nuclear Regulation, Nuclear Regulation (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Alan K. Simpson) * United States Senate Select Committee on Ethics, Ethics (Select) (Chair:

, then

; Ranking Member: Harrison H. Schmitt) * United States Senate Committee on Finance, Finance (Chair:

; Ranking Member:

) ** United States Finance Subcommittee on Health, Health (Chair:

; Ranking Member:

) ** United States Finance Subcommittee on International Trade, International Trade (Chair:

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

) ** United States Finance Subcommittee on Social Security, Social Security (Chair:

; Ranking Member: John C. Danforth) ** United States Finance Subcommittee on Energy and Foundations, Energy and Foundations (Chair:

; Ranking Member:

) ** United States Finance Subcommittee on Private Pension Plans and Employee Fringe Benefits, Private Pension Plans and Employee Fringe Benefits (Chair:

; Ranking Member:

) ** United States Finance Subcommittee on Tourism and Sugar, Tourism and Sugar (Chair:

; Ranking Member:

) ** United States Finance Subcommittee on Public Assistance, Public Assistance (Chair:

; Ranking Member: H. John Heinz III) ** United States Finance Subcommittee on Oversight of the Internal Revenue Service, Oversight of the Internal Revenue Service (Chair:

; Ranking Member: H. John Heinz III) ** United States Finance Subcommittee on Unemployment and Related Programs, Unemployment and Related Programs (Chair:

; Ranking Member: John H. Chafee) ** United States Finance Subcommittee on Revenue Sharing, Ingovernmental Revenue Impact and Economic Problems, Revenue Sharing, Ingovernmental Revenue Impact and Economic Problems (Chair:

; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Foreign Relations (Chair:

; 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 Arms Control, Oceans, International Operations and Environment, Arms Control, Oceans, International Operations and Environment (Chair:

; Ranking Member:

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

; Ranking Member: S.I. Hayakawa) ** United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on European Affairs, European Affairs (Chair:

; Ranking Member:

) ** United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs, East Asian and Pacific Affairs (Chair:

; Ranking Member:

) ** United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs (Chair:

; Ranking Member:

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

; Ranking Member: Richard G. Lugar) * United States Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, Governmental Affairs (Chair:

; Ranking Member:

) ** United States Senate Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (Chair:

; Ranking Member:

) ** United States Senate Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations, Intergovernmental Relations (Chair:

; Ranking Member: William V. Roth Jr.) ** United States Senate Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Governmental Efficiency and the District of Columbia, Governmental Efficiency and the District of Columbia (Chair:

; Ranking Member:

) ** United States Senate Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Energy, Nuclear Proliferation and Federal Services, Energy, Nuclear Proliferation and Federal Services (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Jacob K. Javits) ** United States Senate Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Civil Service and General Services, Civil Service and General Services (Chair:

; Ranking Member:

) ** United States Senate Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, Oversight of Government Management (Chair:

; Ranking Member: William S. Cohen) * United States Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs, Indian Affairs (Select) (Chair:

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

; Ranking Member:

) ** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, The Constitution (Chair:

; Ranking Member:

) ** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Monopoly and Business Rights, Antitrust, Monopoly and Business Rights (Chair:

; Ranking Member:

) ** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Improvements in Judicial Machinery, Improvements in Judicial Machinery (Chair:

; Ranking Member:

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

; Ranking Member:

) ** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Administrative Practice and Procedure, Administrative Practice and Procedure (Chair:

; Ranking Member:

) ** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Limitations of Contracted and Delegated Authority, Limitations of Contracted and Delegated Authority (Chair:

; Ranking Member:

) ** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Jurisprudence and Governmental Relations, Jurisprudence and Governmental Relations (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Alan K. Simpson) * United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Intelligence (Select) (Chair:

; Ranking Member:

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

; Ranking Member: Richard S. Schweiker) ** United States Senate Labor and Human Resources Subcommittee on Handicapped, Handicapped (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Robert T. Stafford) ** United States Senate Labor and Human Resources Subcommittee on Education, Arts and the Humanities, Education, Arts and the Humanities (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Robert T. Stafford) ** United States Senate Labor and Human Resources Subcommittee on Health and Scientific Research, Health and Scientific Research (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Richard S. Schweiker) ** United States Senate Labor and Human Resources Subcommittee on Employment, Poverty and Migratory Labor, Employment, Poverty and Migratory Labor (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Jacob K. Javits) ** United States Senate Labor and Human Resources Subcommittee on Aging, Aging (Chair:

; Ranking Member:

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

; Ranking Member: Gordon J. Humphrey) ** United States Senate Labor and Human Resources Subcommittee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, Alcoholism and Drug Abuse (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Orrin G. Hatch) * 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: Mark O. Hatfield) * United States Senate Select Committee on Small Business, Small Business (Select) (Chair:

) * United States Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Veterans' Affairs (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Alan K. Simpson) * Committee of the whole, Whole

House of Representatives

* United States House Select Committee on Aging, Aging (Select) (Chair:

) * United States House Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture (Chair:

; Ranking Member: William C. Wampler) ** Cotton (Chair: David R. Bowen; Ranking Member: Margaret M. Heckler) ** Dairy and Poultry (Chair: Alvin Baldus; Ranking Member: Jim Jeffords) ** Forests (Chair: Jim Weaver (Oregon politician), Jim Weaver; Ranking Member: James P. Johnson) ** Livestock and Grains (Chair: Charlie Rose (politician), Charlie Rose; Ranking Member: Keith G. Sebelius) ** Oilseeds and Rice (Chair: Dawson Mathis; Ranking Member: Paul Findley) ** Tobacco (Chair: Walter B. Jones Sr.; Ranking Member: Richard Kelly) ** Conservation and Credit (Chair: Ed Jones (Tennessee politician), Ed Jones; Ranking Member: Edward Madigan) ** Department Investigations, Oversight and Research (Chair: Kika de la Garza; Ranking Member: William C. Wampler) ** Domestic Marketing, Consumer Relations and Nutrition (Chair: Fred Richmond; Ranking Member:

) ** Family Farms, Rural Development and Special Studies (Chair: Rick Nolan; Ranking Member: Chuck Grassley) * United States House Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chair: Jamie Whitten; Ranking Member: Silvio O. Conte) ** Agriculture, Rural Development and Related Agencies (Chair: Jamie Whitten; Ranking Member: Mark Andrews (politician), Mark Andrews) ** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, Defense (Chair: Joseph P. Addabbo; Ranking Member: Jack Edwards) ** District of Columbia (Chair: Charlie Wilson (Texas politician), Charlie Wilson; Ranking Member: Carl D. Pursell) ** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, Energy and Water Development (Chair:

; Ranking Member: John T. Myers (congressman), John T. Myers) ** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Foreign Operations (Chair: Clarence Long; Ranking Member:

) ** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on HUD-Independent Agencies, HUD-Independent Agencies (Chair: Edward Boland; Ranking Member: Lawrence Coughlin) ** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Interior (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Joseph M. McDade) ** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor-Health, Education and Welfare, Labor-Health, Education and Welfare (Chair: William Natcher; Ranking Member:

) ** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Legislative, Legislative (Chair: Adam Benjamin Jr.; Ranking Member:

) ** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Military Construction (Chair: K. Gunn McKay; Ranking Member: Robert C. McEwen) ** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Justice, Commerce and Judiciary, State, Justice, Commerce and Judiciary (Chair: K. Gunn McKay; Ranking Member: George M. O'Brien) ** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Transportation (Chair: Robert B. Duncan; Ranking Member: Silvio O. Conte) ** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service and General Government, Treasury, Postal Service and General Government (Chair: Tom Steed; Ranking Member: Clarence E. Miller) * United States House Committee on Armed Services, Armed Services (Chair: Melvin Price; Ranking Member:

) ** United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear Systems, Procurement and Military Nuclear Systems (Chair: Melvin Price; Ranking Member:

) ** United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower, Strategic and Critical Materials, Seapower, Strategic and Critical Materials (Chair: Charles E. Bennett; Ranking Member: Floyd D. Spence) ** United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Research and Development, Research and Development (Chair: Richard Howard Ichord Jr.; Ranking Member: William Louis Dickinson, William L. Dickinson) ** United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel, Military Personnel (Chair: Richard Crawford White; Ranking Member: Marjorie S. Holt) ** United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Investigations, Investigations (Chair: Samuel S. Stratton; Ranking Member: Robin Beard) ** United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Installations and Facilities, Military Installations and Facilities (Chair: Melvin Price; Ranking Member: G. William Whitehurst) ** United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Compensation, Military Compensation (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Donald J. Mitchell) ** United States House Armed Services Special Subcommittee on Nato Standardization, Interoperability and Readiness, Nato Standardization, Interoperability and Readiness (Chair: Dan Daniel (politician), Dan Daniel; Ranking Member: William Louis Dickinson, William L. Dickinson) * United States House Select Committee on Assassinations, Assassinations (Select) (Chair: ; Ranking Member: ) * United States House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs (Chair: Henry S. Reuss; Ranking Member: J. William Stanton) ** United States House Banking Subcommittee on The City, The City (Chair: Henry S. Reuss; Ranking Member: Richard Kelly) ** United States House Banking Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development, Housing and Community Development (Chair: Thomas L. Ashley; Ranking Member: J. William Stanton) ** United States House Banking Subcommittee on Economic Stabilization, Economic Stabilization (Chair: William S. Moorhead; Ranking Member: Stewart B. McKinney) ** United States House Banking Subcommittee on Financial Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance, Financial Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance (Chair: Fernand St. Germain; Ranking Member: Chalmers P. Wylie) ** United States House Banking Subcommittee on International Development Institutions and Finance, International Development Institutions and Finance (Chair: Henry B. González; Ranking Member: Henry J. Hyde) ** United States House Banking Subcommittee on General Oversight and Renegotiation, General Oversight and Renegotiation (Chair: Joseph Minish; Ranking Member: Bill Green (New York politician), Bill Green) ** United States House Banking Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, Consumer Affairs (Chair:

; Ranking Member:

) ** United States House Banking Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy, Domestic Monetary Policy (Chair: Parren Mitchell; Ranking Member: George V. Hansen) ** United States House Banking Subcommittee on Historic Preservation and Coinage, Historic Preservation and Coinage (Chair: Stephen L. Neal; Ranking Member: N/A) ** United States House Banking Subcommittee on International Trade, Investment and Monetary Policy, International Trade, Investment and Monetary Policy (Chair: Stephen L. Neal; Ranking Member: Jim Leach) * United States House Committee on the Budget, Budget (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Del Latta) ** United States House Budget Subcommittee on Task Forces, Task Forces (Chair: N/A; Ranking Member: N/A) ** United States House Budget Subcommittee on Economic Policy, Projections and Productivity, Economic Policy, Projections and Productivity (Chair: Thomas L. Ashley; Ranking Member: Jim Broyhill) ** United States House Budget Subcommittee on State and Local Governments, State and Local Governments (Chair: Elizabeth Holtzman; Ranking Member: Marjorie S. Holt) ** United States House Budget Subcommittee on Regulations and Spending Limitations, Regulations and Spending Limitations (Chair: Dave Obey; Ranking Member: Del Latta) ** United States House Budget Subcommittee on Inflation, Inflation (Chair: Paul Simon (politician), Paul Simon; Ranking Member:

) ** United States House Budget Subcommittee on Budget Process, Budget Process (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Barber B. Conable Jr.) ** United States House Budget Subcommittee on Defense and International Affairs, Defense and International Affairs (Chair: Jim Mattox; Ranking Member: Del Latta) ** United States House Budget Subcommittee on Tax Expenditures and Tax Policy, Tax Expenditures and Tax Policy (Chair: James R. Jones; Ranking Member: Jim Broyhill) ** United States House Budget Subcommittee on Human and Community Resources, Human and Community Resources (Chair: Louis Stokes; Ranking Member: Marjorie S. Holt) ** United States House Budget Subcommittee on Legislative Savings, Legislative Savings (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Del Latta) * United States House Select Committee on Committees, Committees (Select) (Chair: ; Ranking Member: ) * United States House Select Committee on Congressional Operations, Congressional Operations (Select) (Chair: Jack Brooks (American politician), Jack Brooks) * United States House Select Committee on Crime, Crime (Select) (Chair: ; Ranking Member: ) * 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 Governmental Affairs and Budget, Governmental Affairs and Budget (Chair: Walter Fauntroy; Ranking Member: Robert W. Daniel Jr.) ** United States House District of Columbia Subcommittee on Judiciary, Manpower and Education, Judiciary, Manpower and Education (Chair: Romano Mazzoli; Ranking Member: Marc L. Marks) ** United States House District of Columbia Subcommittee on Metropolitan Affairs, Metropolitan Affairs (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Stewart B. McKinney) * 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 Labor-Management Relations, Labor-Management Relations (Chair: Frank Thompson; Ranking Member: John M. Ashbrook) ** United States House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities, Employment Opportunities (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Jim Jeffords) ** United States House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Postsecondary Education (Chair: William D. Ford; Ranking Member: John Buchanan (American politician), John Buchanan) ** United States House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Health and Safety, Health and Safety (Chair: Joseph M. Gaydos; Ranking Member: Mickey Edwards) ** United States House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Human Resources, Human Resources (Chair: Ike Franklin Andrews; Ranking Member: E. Thomas Coleman) ** United States House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Select Education, Select Education (Chair: Paul Simon (politician), Paul Simon; Ranking Member:

) ** United States House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Labor Standards, Labor Standards (Chair: Edward Beard; Ranking Member: John N. Erlenborn) * United States House Select Committee on Ethics, Ethics (Select) (Chair: ; Ranking Member: ) * 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:

; Ranking Member: John Buchanan (American politician), John Buchanan) ** United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East, Europe and the Middle East (Chair: Lester L. Wolff; Ranking Member: Paul Findley) ** United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs, Asian and Pacific Affairs (Chair: Lester L. Wolff; Ranking Member: Tennyson Guyer) ** United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade, International Economic Policy and Trade (Chair: Jonathan Brewster Bingham; Ranking Member:

) ** United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Inter-American Affairs, Inter-American Affairs (Chair: Gus Yatron; Ranking Member: Benjamin A. Gilman) ** United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Africa (Chair: Stephen Solarz; Ranking Member: William F. Goodling) ** United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Organizations, International Organizations (Chair: Don Bonker; Ranking Member: Edward J. Derwinski) * United States House Committee on Government Operations, Government Operations (Chair: Jack Brooks (American politician), Jack Brooks; Ranking Member: Frank Horton (New York politician), 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 (New York politician), 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: John W. Wydler) ** United States House Government Operations Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer and Monetary Affairs, Commerce, Consumer and Monetary Affairs (Chair: Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal; Ranking Member: Lyle Williams) ** United States House Government Operations Subcommittee on Manpower and Housing, Manpower and Housing (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Wayne Grisham) ** United States House Government Operations Subcommittee on Government Activities and Transportation, Government Activities and Transportation (Chair: John Burton; Ranking Member: Robert S. Walker) ** United States House Government Operations Subcommittee on Government Information and Individual Rights, Government Information and Individual Rights (Chair: L. Richardson Preyer; Ranking Member: Thomas N. Kindness) ** United States House Government Operations Subcommittee on Environment, Energy and Natural Resources, Environment, Energy and Natural Resources (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Paul N. McCloskey) * United States House Committee on House Administration, House Administration (Chair: Frank Thompson, then Lucien Nedzi; Ranking Member: William Louis Dickinson, William L. Dickinson) ** United States House Administration Subcommittee on Accounts, Accounts (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Samuel L. Devine) ** United States House Administration Subcommittee on Libraries and Memorials, Libraries and Memorials (Chair: Lucien Nedzi; Ranking Member: Bill Frenzel) ** United States House Administration Subcommittee on Printing, Printing (Chair:

; Ranking Member: James C. Cleveland) ** United States House Administration Subcommittee on Personnel and Police, Personnel and Police (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Samuel L. Devine) ** United States House Administration Subcommittee on Contracts, Contracts (Chair: Joseph M. Gaydos; Ranking Member: James C. Cleveland) ** 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: David Stockman) * United States House Select Committee on the House Beauty Shop, House Beauty Shop (Select) (Chair: ; Ranking Member: ) * United States House Select Committee on Intelligence, Intelligence (Select) (Chair: Edward Boland; Ranking Member: ) * United States House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, Insular Affairs (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Don H. Clausen) ** United States House Interior and Insular Affairs Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment, Energy and the Environment (Chair:

; Ranking Member:

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

; Ranking Member: Keith G. Sebelius) ** United States House Interior and Insular Affairs Subcommittee on Mines and Mining, Mines and Mining (Chair: James David Santini; Ranking Member:

) ** United States House Interior and Insular Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight/Special Investigations, Oversight/Special Investigations (Chair: Harold L. Runnels; Ranking Member: Don H. Clausen) ** United States House Interior and Insular Affairs Subcommittee on Pacific Affairs, Pacific Affairs (Chair: Antonio Borja Won Pat; Ranking Member:

) * United States House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chair: Harley Orrin Staggers; Ranking Member: Samuel L. Devine) ** United States House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power, Energy and Power (Chair: John Dingell; Ranking Member: Clarence J. Brown) ** United States House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Communications (Chair:

; Ranking Member: James M. Collins) ** United States House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Oversight and Investigations (Chair: Robert C. Eckhardt; Ranking Member: Norman F. Lent) ** United States House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Finance, Consumer Protection and Finance (Chair: James H. Scheuer; Ranking Member: Jim Broyhill) ** United States House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Subcommittee on Health and the Environment, Health and the Environment (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Tim Lee Carter) ** United States House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Subcommittee on Transportation and Commerce, Transportation and Commerce (Chair: James Florio; Ranking Member: Edward R. Madigan) * United States House Committee on Judiciary, Judiciary (Chair: Peter W. Rodino; Ranking Member:

) ** United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Rufugees and International Law, Immigration, Citizenship and International Law (Chair: Elizabeth Holtzman; Ranking Member: Hamilton Fish IV) ** United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations, Administrative Law and Governmental Relations (Chair:

; 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 Kastenmeier; Ranking Member: Thomas F. 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:

) ** United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Crime (Chair: John Conyers; Ranking Member: John M. Ashbrook) ** United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice (Chair: Robert Drinan; Ranking Member: Thomas N. Kindness) * United States House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chair: John M. Murphy (New York politician), John M. Murphy, then Thomas L. Ashley; Ranking Member: Paul N. McCloskey Jr.) ** United States House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Subcommittee on Merchant Marine, Merchant Marine (Chair: John M. Murphy (New York politician), John M. Murphy; Ranking Member: Gene Snyder) ** United States House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife Conservation and the Environment, Fisheries, Wildlife Conservation and the Environment (Chair: John Breaux; Ranking Member: Edwin B. Forsythe) ** United States House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Navigation, Coast Guard and Navigation (Chair: Mario Biaggi; Ranking Member: David C. Treen) ** United States House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Subcommittee on Oceangraphy, Oceangraphy (Chair: Gerry Studds; Ranking Member: Joel Pritchard) ** United States House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Subcommittee on Panama Canal, Panama Canal (Chair: Carroll Hubbard; Ranking Member: Robert E. Bauman) * United States House Special Committee on Modernization of House Gallery Facilities, Modernization of House Gallery Facilities (Special) (Chair: ; Ranking Member: ) * United States House Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control, Narcotics Abuse and Control (Select) (Chair: Lester L. Wolff) * United States House Select Committee on Outer Continental Shelf, Outer Continental Shelf (Ad Hoc/Select) (Chair: John M. Murphy (New York politician), John M. Murphy) * United States House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, Post Office and Civil Service (Chair: James M. Hanley; Ranking Member: Edward J. Derwinski) ** United States House Post Office and Civil Service Subcommittee on Investigations, Investigations (Chair: James M. Hanley; Ranking Member: Gene Taylor (Missouri politician), Gene Taylor) ** United States House Post Office and Civil Service Subcommittee on Postal Operations and Services, Postal Operations and Services (Chair: Charlie Wilson (Texas politician), Charlie Wilson; Ranking Member: Edward J. Derwinski) ** United States House Post Office and Civil Service Subcommittee on Postal Personnel and Modernization, Postal Personnel and Modernization (Chair: Bill Clay; Ranking Member: Benjamin A. Gilman) ** United States House Post Office and Civil Service Subcommittee on Civil Service, Civil Service (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Jim Leach) ** United States House Post Office and Civil Service Subcommittee on Compensations and Employee Benefits, Compensations and Employee Benefits (Chair: Gladys Spellman; Ranking Member: Tom Corcoran (politician), Tom Corcoran) ** United States House Post Office and Civil Service Subcommittee on Census and Population, Census and Population (Chair: Robert Garcia (New York politician), Robert Garcia; Ranking Member: Jim Courter) ** United States House Post Office and Civil Service Subcommittee on Human Resources, Human Resources (Chair: Herbert Harris; Ranking Member: Benjamin A. Gilman) * United States House Committee on Public Works and Transportation, Public Works and Transportation (Chair: Harold T. Johnson; Ranking Member: Bill Harsha) ** United States House Public Works and Transportation Subcommittee on Aviation, Aviation (Chair: Glenn M. Anderson; Ranking Member: Gene Snyder) ** United States House Public Works and Transportation Subcommittee on Economic Development, Economic Development (Chair: Robert A. Roe; Ranking Member:

) ** United States House Public Works and Transportation Subcommittee on Oversight and Review, Oversight and Review (Chair:

; Ranking Member: James C. Cleveland) ** United States House Public Works and Transportation Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Grounds, Public Buildings and Grounds (Chair:

; Ranking Member: James Abdnor) ** United States House Public Works and Transportation Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, Surface Transportation (Chair: James J. Howard; Ranking Member:

) ** United States House Public Works and Transportation Subcommittee on Water Resources, Water Resources (Chair: Ray Roberts (politician), Ray Roberts; Ranking Member: Don H. Clausen) * 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 William Long; Ranking Member: Trent Lott) ** United States House Rules Subcommittee on Rules of the House, Rules of the House (Chair: Joe Moakley; Ranking Member: John B. Anderson) * United States House Committee on Science and Technology, Science and Technology (Chair:

; Ranking Member: John W. Wydler) ** United States House Science and Technology Subcommittee on Space Science and Applications, Space Science and Applications (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Larry Winn Jr.) ** United States House Science and Technology Subcommittee on Energy Research and Development, Energy Research and Development (Chair: Mike McCormack (politician), Mike McCormack; Ranking Member: John W. Wydler) ** United States House Science and Technology Subcommittee on Science, Research and Technology, Science, Research and Technology (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Harold C. Hollenbeck) ** United States House Science and Technology Subcommittee on Energy Development and Applications, Energy Development and Applications (Chair: Richard Ottinger; Ranking Member: Hamilton Fish IV) ** United States House Science and Technology Subcommittee on Transportation, Aviation and Communication, Transportation, Aviation and Communication (Chair: Tom Harkin; Ranking Member: Barry M. Goldwater) ** United States House Science and Technology Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, Investigations and Oversight (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Manuel Lujan Jr.) ** United States House Science and Technology Subcommittee on Natural Resources and Environment, Natural Resources and Environment (Chair: Jerome Ambro; Ranking Member: Robert S. Walker) * United States House Committee on Small Business, Small Business (Chair: Neal Edward Smith; Ranking Member: Joseph M. McDade) ** United States House Small Business Subcommittee on SBA and SBIC Authority and General Small Business, SBA and SBIC Authority and General Small Business (Chair: Neal Edward Smith; Ranking Member: Joseph M. McDade) ** United States House Small Business Subcommittee on General Oversight and Minority Enterprise, General Oversight and Minority Enterprise (Chair: John J. LaFalce; Ranking Member: Tim Lee Carter) ** United States House Small Business Subcommittee on Antitrust and Restraint of Trade Activities affecting Small Businesses, Antitrust and Restraint of Trade Activities affecting Small Businesses (Chair: Berkley Bedell; Ranking Member: Dan Quayle) ** United States House Small Business Subcommittee on Impact of Energy Programs, Environment, Safety Requirements and Government Research on Small Business, Impact of Energy Programs, Environment, Safety Requirements and Government Research on Small Business (Chair: Tom Luken; Ranking Member: Silvio O. Conte) ** United States House Small Business Subcommittee on Access to Equity Capital and Business Opportunities, Access to Equity Capital and Business Opportunities (Chair: Henry Nowak; Ranking Member: J. William Stanton) ** United States House Small Business Subcommittee on Special Small Business Problems, Special Small Business Problems (Chair: Marty Russo; Ranking Member: William S. Broomfield) * United States House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, Standards of Official Conduct (Chair: Charles E. Bennett; Ranking Member: Floyd Spence) * United States House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Veterans' Affairs (Chair: Ray Roberts (politician), Ray Roberts; Ranking Member:

) ** United States House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Medical Facilities and Benefits, Medical Facilities and Benefits (Chair: David E. Satterfield III; Ranking Member:

) ** United States House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Compensation, Pension and Insurance, Compensation, Pension and Insurance (Chair: Sonny Montgomery; Ranking Member: Chalmers P. Wylie) ** United States House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Housing, Housing (Chair:

; Ranking Member: James Abdnor) ** United States House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Education, Training and Employment, Education, Training and Employment (Chair: Bill Hefner; Ranking Member: Margaret M. Heckler) ** United States House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Special Investigations, Special Investigations (Chair: Ronald M. Mottl; Ranking Member: Elwood Hillis) * United States House Committee on Ways and Means, Ways and Means (Chair: Al Ullman; Ranking Member: Barber B. Conable Jr.) ** United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures, Select Revenue Measures (Chair:

; Ranking Member: John Duncan Sr.) ** 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 Health, Health (Chair: Charles Rangel; Ranking Member:

) ** United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade, Trade (Chair: Charles Vanik; Ranking Member:

) ** United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Public Assistance and Unemployment Compensation, Public Assistance and Unemployment Compensation (Chair:

; Ranking Member:

) ** United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight, Oversight (Chair:

; Ranking Member: Willis D. Gradison Jr.) ** United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security, Social Security (Chair: J. J. Pickle; Ranking Member: Bill Archer) * Committee of the Whole (United States House of Representatives), Whole

Joint committees

* Joint Economic Committee, Economic (Chair: Sen.

; Vice Chair: Rep. Richard Walker Bolling) * Joint Committee on Taxation, Taxation (Chair: Rep. Al Ullman; Vice Chair: Sen.

) * Joint Committee on the Library, The Library (Chair: Sen.

; Vice Chair: Rep. Lucien N. Nedzi) * Joint Committee on Printing, Printing (Chair: Rep. Frank Thompson; Vice Chair: Sen.

)

Employees

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

* Architect of the Capitol: George Malcolm White * Attending Physician of the United States Congress: Freeman H. Cary * Comptroller General of the United States: Elmer B. Staats * Director of the Congressional Budget Office: Alice Rivlin * Librarian of Congress: Daniel J. Boorstin * Public Printer of the United States: John J. Boyle (Public Printer), John J. Boyle, until 1980

Senate

*Chaplain of the United States Senate, Chaplain: Edward L. R. Elson (Presbyterian) *Curator of the United States Senate, Curator: James R. Ketchum *Historian of the United States Senate, Historian: Richard A. Baker (historian), Richard A. Baker *Parliamentarian of the United States Senate, Parliamentarian: Murray Zweben *Secretary of the United States Senate, Secretary: Joseph Stanley Kimmitt, J. Stanley Kimmitt *United States Senate Librarian, Librarian: Roger K. Haley *Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate, Sergeant at Arms: Frank "Nordy" Hoffman *Secretary for the Majority of the United States Senate, Secretary for the Majority: Walter J. Stewart *Secretary for the Minority of the United States Senate, Secretary for the Minority: William Hildenbrand

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 * Reading Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Reading Clerks: Bob Berry (R), Charles W. Hackney Jr. (D) *Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives, Postmaster: Robert V. Rota *Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives, Sergeant at Arms: Kenneth R. Harding, until February 29, 1980 ** Benjamin J. Guthrie, from March 1, 1980

Notes

References

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External links

Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress

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