92nd United States Congress
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The Ninety-second United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate
and the United States House of Representatives
. It met in Washington, DC from January 3, 1971 to January 3, 1973, during the third and fourth years of Richard Nixon
's presidency
.
The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives
was based on the 1960 Census
. Both chambers had a Democratic
majority.
Richard Nixon
had it listed on his list of top policies to cover for the year. Nixon signed the bill into law at Independence Hall
in Philadelphia. The law gained support from many state and local officials including: San Francisco Mayor Joseph Alioto
whose city received $27 million in revenue-sharing money in the first year. Alito said that many projects that would not have been possible could now be done, "That will effectively enable us to meet those programs which up to now because of very tough budgeting we've had to trench."
TOTAL members: 100
TOTAL members: 435
, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1976; Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1972; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1974.
(D), until December 25, 1971
(D), until December 29, 1972
(R). Mo Udall
(D). Sam Steiger
(R)
(D). John Paul Hammerschmidt
(R). David Pryor
(D)
(R). Harold T. Johnson
(D). John E. Moss
(D). Robert L. Leggett
(D). Phillip Burton
(D). William S. Mailliard
(R). Ronald V. Dellums (D). George P. Miller (D). W. Donlon Edwards
(D). Charles S. Gubser
(R). Paul N. (Pete) McCloskey, Jr.
(R). Burt L. Talcott
(R). Charles M. Teague
(R). Jerome R. Waldie
(D). John J. McFall
(D). Bernice F. Sisk (D). Glenn M. Anderson
(D). Bob Mathias
(R). Chester E. Holifield
(D). H. Allen Smith
(R). Augustus F. Hawkins
(D). James C. Corman
(D). Del M. Clawson
(R). John H. Rousselot
(R). Charles E. Wiggins
(R). Thomas M. Rees
(D). Barry Goldwater, Jr.
(R). Alphonzo E. Bell, Jr.
(R). George E. Danielson
(D). Edward R. Roybal
(D). Charles H. Wilson
(D). Craig Hosmer
(R). Jerry Pettis
(R). Richard T. Hanna
(D). John G. Schmitz
(R). Robert C. Wilson
(R). Lionel Van Deerlin
(D). Victor V. Veysey (R)
(R). Frank E. Evans
(D). Wayne N. Aspinall
(D)
(R). Robert Giaimo
(D). Stewart McKinney (R). John S. Monagan
(D). Ella T. Grasso
(D)
(R)
(D). Don Fuqua
(D). Charles E. Bennett
(D). William V. Chappell, Jr.
(D). Louis Frey, Jr.
(R). Sam Gibbons
(D). James A. Haley
(D). Bill Young
(R). Paul G. Rogers
(D). J. Herbert Burke
(R). Claude Pepper
(D). Dante Fascell
(D)
(D). Dawson Mathis
(D). Jack Thomas Brinkley
(D). Benjamin B. Blackburn
(R). Fletcher Thompson
(R). John James Flynt, Jr.
(D). John W. Davis
(D). Williamson S. Stuckey, Jr.
(D). Phillip M. Landrum
(D). Robert G. Stephens, Jr.
(D)
(D). Patsy Mink
(D)
(R). Orval H. Hansen
(R)
(D). Abner J. Mikva
(D). Morgan F. Murphy
(D). Ed Derwinski
(R). John C. Kluczynski
(D). George W. Collins
(D), until December 8, 1972. Frank Annunzio
(D). Dan Rostenkowski
(D). Sidney R. Yates
(D). Harold R. Collier
(R). Roman C. Pucinski
(D). Robert McClory
(R). Philip M. Crane (R). John N. Erlenborn
(R). Charlotte T. Reid
(R), until October 7, 1971
(D). Earl F. Landgrebe
(R). John Brademas
(D). J. Edward Roush
(D). Elwood Hillis
(R). William G. Bray
(R). John T. Myers
(R). Roger H. Zion
(R). Lee H. Hamilton
(D). David W. Dennis
(R). Andrew Jacobs, Jr.
(D)
(R). John Culver
(D). Harold R. Gross
(R). John Henry Kyl
(R). Neal E. Smith
(D). Wiley Mayne
(R). William J. Scherle
(R)
(R). Bill Roy (D). Larry Winn
(R). Garner E. Shriver
(R). Joe Skubitz, Jr. (R)
(D). William H. Natcher
(D). Romano L. Mazzoli
(D). Gene Snyder
(R). Tim Lee Carter
(R). John C. Watts
(D), until September 24, 1971
(D). Hale Boggs
(D). Patrick T. Caffery
(D). Joseph D. Waggonner, Jr.
(D). Otto Passman
(D). John Rarick
(D). Edwin Edwards
(D), until May 9, 1972
(D). William Hathaway
(D)
(R), until January 29, 1971
(R). Edward Boland
(D). Robert Drinan
(D). Harold Donohue
(D). F. Bradford Morse
(R), until May 1, 1972. Michael J. Harrington
(D). Torbert Macdonald
(D). Tip O'Neill
(D). Louise Day Hicks
(D). Margaret Heckler
(R). James A. Burke
(D). Hastings Keith
(R)
(D). Marvin L. Esch
(R). Garry Brown
(R). J. Edward Hutchinson (R). Gerald Ford
(R). Charles E. Chamberlain
(R). Donald W. Riegle, Jr.
(R). R. James Harvey (R). Guy A. Vander Jagt
(R). Elford A. Cederberg
(R). Philip E. Ruppe (R). James G. O'Hara
(D). Charles C. Diggs, Jr.
(D). Lucien N. Nedzi
(D). William D. Ford
(D). John D. Dingell, Jr.
(D). Martha W. Griffiths
(D). William S. Broomfield
(R). Jack H. McDonald
(R)
(R). Ancher Nelsen
(R). Bill Frenzel
(R). Joseph E. Karth
(DFL). Donald M. Fraser
(DFL). John M. Zwach
(R). Robert Bergland
(DFL). John Blatnik
(DFL)
(D). Jamie L. Whitten
(D). Charles H. Griffin
(D). Gillespie V. Montgomery
(D). William M. Colmer
(D)
(D). Leonor K. Sullivan
(D). William J. Randall
(D). Richard W. Bolling (D). William R. Hull, Jr. (D). Durward G. Hall
(R). Richard H. Ichord, II
(D). William L. Hungate
(D). William Dean Burlison (D)
(R). John Melcher
(D)
(R). John Y. McCollister
(R). David T. Martin
(R)
(D)
(R). James C. Cleveland
(R)
(R). Charles W. Sandman, Jr.
(R). James J. Howard
(D). Frank Thompson, Jr.
(D). Peter H. B. Frelinghuysen, Jr. (R). Edwin B. Forsythe
(R). William B. Widnall
(R). Robert A. Roe
(D). Henry Helstoski
(D). Peter W. Rodino
(D). Joseph Minish
(D). Florence P. Dwyer
(R). Cornelius E. Gallagher
(D). Dominick V. Daniels
(D). Edward J. Patten
(D)
(D)
(D). James R. Grover, Jr.
(R). Lester L. Wolff
(D). John W. Wydler
(R). Norman F. Lent
(R). Seymour Halpern
(R). Joseph P. Addabbo
(D). Benjamin S. Rosenthal
(D). James Delaney
(D). Emanuel Celler
(D). Frank J. Brasco
(D). Shirley Chisholm
(D). Bertram L. Podell
(D). John J. Rooney
(D). Hugh L. Carey
(D). John M. Murphy
(D). Edward I. Koch (D). Charles B. Rangel
(D). Bella Abzug
(D). William Fitts Ryan (D), until September 17, 1972. James H. Scheuer
(D-L
). Herman Badillo
(D). Jonathan B. Bingham
(D). Mario Biaggi
(D). Peter A. Peyser
(R). Ogden R. Reid
(R). John G. Dow
(D). Hamilton Fish IV
(R). Samuel S. Stratton (D). Carleton J. King
(R). Robert C. McEwen
(R). Alexander Pirnie
(R). Howard W. Robison
(R). John H. Terry
(R). James M. Hanley
(D). Frank Horton (R). Barber Conable
(R). James F. Hastings
(R). Jack Kemp
(R). Henry P. Smith, III
(R). Thaddeus J. Dulski
(D)
(D). Lawrence H. Fountain
(D). David N. Henderson
(D). Nick Galifianakis
(D). Wilmer D. Mizell (R). L. Richardson Preyer
(D). Alton Asa Lennon
(D). Earl B. Ruth
(R). Charles R. Jonas
(R). James T. Broyhill (R). Roy A. Taylor
(D)
(DNPL)
(R). Donald D. Clancy
(R). Charles W. Whalen, Jr.
(R). William M. McCulloch
(R). Del Latta
(R). Bill Harsha
(R). Clarence J. Brown, Jr. (R). Jackson E. Betts
(R). Thomas W. L. Ashley
(D). Clarence E. Miller
(R). J. William Stanton
(R). Samuel L. Devine
(R). Charles A. Mosher
(R). John F. Seiberling
(D). Chalmers Wylie
(R). Frank T. Bow
(R), until November 13, 1972. John M. Ashbrook
(R). Wayne Hays
(D). Charles J. Carney
(D). James V. Stanton
(D). Louis Stokes
(D). Charles A. Vanik (D). William E. Minshall, Jr.
(R). Walter E. Powell
(R)
(R). Edmond A. Edmondson
(D). Carl Albert
(D). Thomas J. Steed
(D). John Jarman
(D). John Newbold Camp
(R)
(R). Al Ullman
(D). Edith Green
(D). John R. Dellenback
(R)
(D). Robert N.C. Nix, Sr.
(D). James A. Byrne
(D). Joshua Eilberg
(D). William J. Green, III
(D). Gus Yatron
(D). Lawrence G. Williams
(R). Edward G. Biester, Jr.
(R). John H. Ware III (R). Joseph M. McDade
(R). Daniel J. Flood
(D). J. Irving Whalley
(R). R. Lawrence Coughlin (R). William S. Moorhead
(D). Fred B. Rooney
(D). Edwin D. Eshleman
(R). Herman T. Schneebeli
(R). Robert J. Corbett
(R), until April 25, 1971
(D). Robert Tiernan
(D)
(R). W. J. Bryan Dorn
(D). James R. Mann
(D). Thomas S. Gettys
(D). John L. McMillan
(D)
(D). James Abourezk
(D)
(R). John J. Duncan, Sr.
(R). LaMar Baker
(R). Joe L. Evins
(D). Richard Fulton
(D). William R. Anderson
(D). Ray Blanton
(D). Ed Jones
(D). Dan Kuykendall
(R)
(D). John Dowdy
(D). James M. Collins
(R). H. Ray Roberts
(D). Earle Cabell
(D). Olin E. Teague
(D). William Reynolds Archer, Jr.
(R). Robert C. Eckhardt
(D). Jack B. Brooks
(D). James J. (Jake) Pickle (D). William R. Poage
(D). James C. Wright, Jr.
(D). Graham B. Purcell, Jr.
(D). John A. Young
(D). Eligio (Kika) de la Garza, II
(D). Richard C. White (D). Omar T. Burleson (D). Robert D. Price (R). George H. Mahon
(D). Henry B. González
(D). O. Clark Fisher
(D). Robert R. Casey
(D). Abraham Kazen
(D)
(D). Sherman P. Lloyd
(R)
(R), until September 16, 1971
(D). G. William Whitehurst
(R). David E. Satterfield III
(D). Watkins M. Abbitt
(D). Dan Daniel
(D). Richard H. Poff
(R), until August 29, 1972
(R). Lloyd Meeds
(D). Julia B. Hansen
(D). Mike McCormack
(D). Tom Foley
(D). Floyd V. Hicks (D). Brock Adams
(D)
(D). John M. Slack (D). Kenneth W. Hechler
(D). James Kee
(D)
(D). Robert W. Kastenmeier
(D). Vernon W. Thomson
(R). Clement J. Zablocki
(D). Henry S. Reuss
(D). William A. Steiger
(R). Dave Obey
(D). John W. Byrnes
(R). Glenn R. Davis
(R). Alvin O'Konski
(R)
(D), from March 23, 1971. Jorge Luis Cordova
(PNP)
|-
| Georgia
(2)
| | Richard Russell, Jr.
(D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died January 21, 1971
| | David H. Gambrell
(D)
| February 1, 1971
|-
| Vermont
(1)
| | Winston L. Prouty
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died September 10, 1971
| | Robert Stafford
(R)
| September 16, 1971
|-
| Louisiana
(2)
| | Allen J. Ellender
(D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died July 27, 1972
| | Elaine S. Edwards
(D)
| August 1, 1972
|-
| Georgia
(2)
| | David H. Gambrell
(D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Successor elected November 7, 1972
| | Sam Nunn
(D)
| November 7, 1972
|-
| Louisiana
(2)
| | Elaine S. Edwards
(D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Successor elected November 13, 1972
| | Bennett Johnston, Jr. (D)
| November 14, 1972
|}
|-
| nowrap |
| Vacant
| style="font-size:80%" | District elected first delegate since the seat was re-established during previous congress
| | Walter E. Fauntroy
(D)
| March 23, 1971
|-
| nowrap |
| Vacant
| style="font-size:80%" | Rep. L. Mendel Rivers
died during previous congress
| | Mendel J. Davis
(D)
| April 27, 1971
|-
|
| nowrap| Rogers Morton
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 29, 1971 after being appointed United States Secretary of the Interior
| nowrap | William O. Mills (R)
| May 25, 1971
|-
|
| nowrap| Robert J. Corbett
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died April 25, 1971
| nowrap | H. John Heinz III
(R)
| November 2, 1971
|-
|
| nowrap| Robert Stafford
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned after being appointed to the US Senate September 16, 1971
| nowrap | Richard W. Mallary
(R)
| January 7, 1972
|-
|
| | John C. Watts
(D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died September 24, 1971
| | William P. Curlin, Jr.
(D)
| December 4, 1971
|-
|
| nowrap| James G. Fulton
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died October 6, 1971
| nowrap | William S. Conover
(R)
| April 25, 1972
|-
|
| nowrap| Charlotte T. Reid
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned October 7, 1971 after being appointed to the Federal Communication Commission
| nowrap | Cliffard D. Carlson
(R)
| April 4, 1972
|-
|
| | George W. Andrews
(D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died December 25, 1971
| | Elizabeth B. Andrews
(D)
| April 4, 1972
|-
|
| | Frank B. Morse (R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned May 1, 1972 after being appointed Undersecretary General for Political and General Assembly Affairs at the United Nations
| Vacant
| Not filled this congress
|-
|
| | Edwin Edwards
(D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned after being elected Governor of Louisiana May 9, 1972
| | John Breaux
(D)
| September 30, 1972
|-
|
| | Richard H. Poff
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned after being appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court of Virginia
| | M. Caldwell Butler
(R)
| November 7, 1972
|-
|
| | William Fitts Ryan (D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died September 17, 1972.
| Vacant
| Not filled this congress
|-
|
| | Frank T. Bow
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died November 13, 1972.
| Vacant
| Not filled this congress
|-
|
| | George W. Collins
(D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died in a plane crash December 8, 1972.
| Vacant
| Not filled this congress
|-
|
| | Nick Begich
(D)
| style="font-size:80%" | He and Hale Boggs
were lost in a plane crash October 16, 1972. Presumptive death dertificate for Rep. Begich was issued December 29, 1972.
| Vacant
| Not filled this congress
|}
United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each...
and the United States House of Representatives
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
. It met in Washington, DC from January 3, 1971 to January 3, 1973, during the third and fourth years of Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. The only president to resign the office, Nixon had previously served as a US representative and senator from California and as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961 under...
's presidency
President of the United States
The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....
.
The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
was based on the 1960 Census
United States Census, 1960
The Eighteenth United States Census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States to be 179,323,175, an increase of 18.5 percent over the 151,325,798 persons enumerated during the 1950 Census.-Census questions:...
. Both chambers had a Democratic
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
majority.
Major events
Passing legislation on revenue-sharing was a key event of the congress. PresidentPresident
A president is a leader of an organization, company, trade union, university, or country.Etymologically, a president is one who presides, who sits in leadership...
Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. The only president to resign the office, Nixon had previously served as a US representative and senator from California and as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961 under...
had it listed on his list of top policies to cover for the year. Nixon signed the bill into law at Independence Hall
Independence Hall
Independence Hall is the centerpiece of Independence National Historical Park located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, on Chestnut Street between 5th and 6th Streets...
in Philadelphia. The law gained support from many state and local officials including: San Francisco Mayor Joseph Alioto
Joseph Alioto
Joseph Lawrence Alioto was the 36th mayor of San Francisco, California, from 1968 to 1976.-Biography:...
whose city received $27 million in revenue-sharing money in the first year. Alito said that many projects that would not have been possible could now be done, "That will effectively enable us to meet those programs which up to now because of very tough budgeting we've had to trench."
Major legislation
- December 18, 1971: Alaska Native Claims Settlement ActAlaska Native Claims Settlement ActThe Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, commonly abbreviated ANCSA, was signed into law by President Richard M. Nixon on December 23, 1971, the largest land claims settlement in United States history. ANCSA was intended to resolve the long-standing issues surrounding aboriginal land claims in...
, , - December 23, 1971: National Cancer Act, ,
- February 7, 1972: Federal Election Campaign ActFederal Election Campaign ActThe Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 is a United States federal law which increased disclosure of contributions for federal campaigns. It was amended in 1974 to place legal limits on the campaign contributions...
, , - March 24, 1972: Equal Employment Opportunity Act, ,
- June 23, 1972: Title IX Amendment of the Higher Education ActTitle IXTitle IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 is a United States law, enacted on June 23, 1972, that amended Title IX of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In 2002 it was renamed the Patsy T. Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act, in honor of its principal author Congresswoman Mink, but is most...
, , - October 6, 1972: Federal Advisory Committee ActFederal Advisory Committee ActThe Federal Advisory Committee Act is a United States federal law , which governs the behavior of federal advisory committees. There are now approximately 1,000 such committees...
, , - October 18, 1972: Federal Water Pollution Control Amendments of 1972Clean Water ActThe Clean Water Act is the primary federal law in the United States governing water pollution. Commonly abbreviated as the CWA, the act established the goals of eliminating releases of high amounts of toxic substances into water, eliminating additional water pollution by 1985, and ensuring that...
, , - October 21, 1972: Marine Mammal Protection ActMarine Mammal Protection ActThe Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 was the first article of legislation to call specifically for an ecosystem approach to natural resource management and conservation. MMPA prohibits the taking of marine mammals, and enacts a moratorium on the import, export, and sale of any marine mammal,...
, , - October 27, 1972: Consumer Product Safety ActConsumer Product Safety ActThe Consumer Product Safety Act was enacted in 1972 by the United States Congress. It established the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission as an independent agency of the United States federal government and defined its basic authority...
, , - October 27, 1972: Noise Control ActNoise Control ActThe Noise Pollution and Abatement Act of 1972 is a statute of the United States initiating a federal program of regulating noise pollution with the intent of protecting human health and minimizing annoyance of noise to the general public....
, , - October 27, 1972: Coastal Zone Management ActCoastal Zone Management ActThe Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 is an Act of Congress passed in 1972 to encourage coastal states to develop and implement coastal zone management plans...
, ,
Party summary
The count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this Congress, and includes members from vacancies and newly admitted states, when they were first seated. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the Changes in membership section.Senate
- DemocraticDemocratic Party (United States)The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
: 54 (majority) - RepublicanRepublican Party (United States)The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
: 44 - ConservativeConservative Party of New YorkThe Conservative Party of New York State is an American political party active in the state of New York. It is not part of any nationwide party, nor is it affiliated with the American Conservative Party, which it predates by over 40 years....
: 1 - Independent: 1
TOTAL members: 100
House of Representatives
- DemocraticDemocratic Party (United States)The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
: 255 (58.6%)(majority) - RepublicanRepublican Party (United States)The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
: 180 (41.4%)
TOTAL members: 435
Senate
- President of the SenateVice President of the United StatesThe Vice President of the United States is the holder of a public office created by the United States Constitution. The Vice President, together with the President of the United States, is indirectly elected by the people, through the Electoral College, to a four-year term...
: Spiro AgnewSpiro AgnewSpiro Theodore Agnew was the 39th Vice President of the United States , serving under President Richard Nixon, and the 55th Governor of Maryland...
(R) - President pro temporePresident pro tempore of the United States SenateThe President pro tempore is the second-highest-ranking official of the United States Senate. The United States Constitution states that the Vice President of the United States is the President of the Senate and the highest-ranking official of the Senate despite not being a member of the body...
:- Richard Russell, Jr.Richard Russell, Jr.Richard Brevard Russell, Jr. was a Democratic Party politician from the southeastern state of Georgia. He served as state governor from 1931 to 1933 and United States senator from 1933 to 1971....
(D), until January 21, 1971 - Allen J. EllenderAllen J. EllenderAllen Joseph Ellender was a popular U.S. senator from Houma, Louisiana , who served from 1937 until his death. He was a Democrat who was originally allied with the legendary Huey Pierce Long, Jr.. As Senator he compiled a generally conservative record, voting 77% of the time with the Conservative...
(D), January 22, 1971 – July 27, 1972 - James EastlandJames EastlandJames Oliver Eastland was an American politician from Mississippi who briefly served in the United States Senate as a Democrat in 1941; and again from 1943 until his resignation December 27, 1978. From 1947 to 1978, he served alongside John Stennis, also a Democrat...
(D), from July 28, 1972
- Richard Russell, Jr.
Majority (Democratic) leadership
- Majority LeaderParty leaders of the United States SenateThe Senate Majority and Minority Leaders are two United States Senators who are elected by the party conferences that hold the majority and the minority respectively. These leaders serve as the chief Senate spokespeople for their parties and manage and schedule the legislative and executive...
: Mike MansfieldMike MansfieldMichael Joseph Mansfield was an American Democratic politician and the longest-serving Majority Leader of the United States Senate, serving from 1961 to 1977. He also served as United States Ambassador to Japan for over ten years... - Majority WhipAssistant party leaders of the United States SenateThe Assistant Majority and Minority Leaders of the United States Senate are the second-ranking members of the party leadership of the United States Senate....
: Robert ByrdRobert ByrdRobert Carlyle Byrd was a United States Senator from West Virginia. A member of the Democratic Party, Byrd served as a U.S. Representative from 1953 until 1959 and as a U.S. Senator from 1959 to 2010...
Minority (Republican) leadership
- Minority LeaderParty leaders of the United States SenateThe Senate Majority and Minority Leaders are two United States Senators who are elected by the party conferences that hold the majority and the minority respectively. These leaders serve as the chief Senate spokespeople for their parties and manage and schedule the legislative and executive...
: Hugh ScottHugh ScottHugh Doggett Scott, Jr. was a politician from Pennsylvania who served in both the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate, and who also served as Chairman of the Republican National Committee.- Early life :He was born in Fredericksburg, Virginia, on November 11, 1900... - Minority WhipAssistant party leaders of the United States SenateThe Assistant Majority and Minority Leaders of the United States Senate are the second-ranking members of the party leadership of the United States Senate....
: Robert P. GriffinRobert P. GriffinRobert Paul Griffin was a U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan and Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court....
House of Representatives
- SpeakerSpeaker of the United States House of RepresentativesThe Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, or Speaker of the House, is the presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives...
: Carl AlbertCarl AlbertCarl Bert Albert was a lawyer and a Democratic American politician from Oklahoma.Albert represented the southeastern portion of Oklahoma as a Democrat for 30 years, starting in 1947. He is best known for his service as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1971 to 1977...
(D)
Majority (Democratic) leadership
- Majority LeaderParty leaders of the United States House of RepresentativesParty leaders of the United States House of Representatives are elected by their respective parties in a closed-door caucus by secret ballot and are also known as floor leaders. The U.S. House of Representatives does not officially use the term "Minority Leader", although the media frequently does...
: Hale BoggsHale BoggsThomas Hale Boggs Sr. , was an American Democratic politician and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Orleans, Louisiana... - Majority WhipParty whips of the United States House of RepresentativesA whip in the United States House of Representatives manages his party's legislative program on the House floor. The Whip keeps track of all legislation and ensures that all party members are present when important measures are to be voted upon....
: Tip O'NeillTip O'NeillThomas Phillip "Tip" O'Neill, Jr. was an American politician. O'Neill was an outspoken liberal Democrat and influential member of the U.S. Congress, serving in the House of Representatives for 34 years and representing two congressional districts in Massachusetts...
Minority (Republican) leadership
- Minority LeaderParty leaders of the United States House of RepresentativesParty leaders of the United States House of Representatives are elected by their respective parties in a closed-door caucus by secret ballot and are also known as floor leaders. The U.S. House of Representatives does not officially use the term "Minority Leader", although the media frequently does...
: Gerald FordGerald FordGerald Rudolph "Jerry" Ford, Jr. was the 38th President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and the 40th Vice President of the United States serving from 1973 to 1974... - Minority WhipParty whips of the United States House of RepresentativesA whip in the United States House of Representatives manages his party's legislative program on the House floor. The Whip keeps track of all legislation and ensures that all party members are present when important measures are to be voted upon....
: Leslie C. Arends
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. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbersClasses of United States Senators
The three classes of United States Senators are currently made up of 33 or 34 Senate seats. The purpose of the classes is to determine which Senate seats will be up for election in a given year. The three groups are staggered so that one of them is up for election every two years.A senator's...
, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1976; Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1972; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1974.
Alabama
- 2. John J. SparkmanJohn SparkmanJohn Jackson Sparkman was an American politician from the state of Alabama. A conservative Southern Democrat, Sparkman served in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate from 1937 until 1979. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for Vice President as Adlai Stevenson's running mate in...
(D) - 3. James B. Allen (D)
Alaska
- 2. Theodore F. StevensTed StevensTheodore Fulton "Ted" Stevens, Sr. was a United States Senator from Alaska, serving from December 24, 1968, until January 3, 2009, and thus the longest-serving Republican senator in history...
(R) - 3. Mike GravelMike GravelMaurice Robert "Mike" Gravel is a former Democratic United States Senator from Alaska, who served two terms from 1969 to 1981, and a former candidate in the 2008 presidential election....
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Arizona
- 1. Paul J. FanninPaul FanninPaul Jones Fannin was the 11th Governor of the U.S. state of Arizona from 1959 to 1965 and subsequently a U.S. Senator from Arizona. He was a Republican.- Biography :...
(R) - 3. Barry GoldwaterBarry GoldwaterBarry Morris Goldwater was a five-term United States Senator from Arizona and the Republican Party's nominee for President in the 1964 election. An articulate and charismatic figure during the first half of the 1960s, he was known as "Mr...
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Arkansas
- 2. John L. McClellanJohn Little McClellanJohn Little McClellan was a Democratic Party politician from Arkansas. He represented Arkansas in the United States Senate from 1943 until 1977. He also earlier represented Arkansas in the United States House of Representatives.-Early life:McClellan was born in Sheridan, Grant County, Arkansas...
(D) - 3. J. William FulbrightJ. William FulbrightJames William Fulbright was a United States Senator representing Arkansas from 1945 to 1975.Fulbright was a Southern Democrat and a staunch multilateralist who supported the creation of the United Nations and the longest serving chairman in the history of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee...
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California
- 3. Alan CranstonAlan CranstonAlan MacGregor Cranston was an American journalist and Democratic Senator from California.-Education:Cranston earned his high school diploma from the old Mountain View High School, where among other things, he was a track star...
(D) - 1. John V. TunneyJohn V. TunneyJohn Varick Tunney , is a former Democratic Party United States Senator and Representative.-Biography:He is the son of the famous heavyweight boxing champion Gene Tunney and Connecticut socialite Polly Lauder Tunney....
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Colorado
- 2. Gordon L. AllottGordon L. AllottGordon Llewellyn Allott was a Republican American politician.Born in Pueblo, Colorado, Allott graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1927 and from its law school in 1929. He was admitted to the bar in 1929 and commenced practice in Pueblo...
(R) - 3. Peter H. DominickPeter H. DominickPeter Hoyt Dominick was a politician and lawyer from Colorado. A member of the Republican Party, he served in the United States Senate from 1963 to 1975. His uncle, Howard Alexander Smith, was a U.S. Senator from New Jersey from 1944 to 1959.Born in Stamford, Connecticut, Dominick graduated from St...
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Connecticut
- 3. Abraham A. RibicoffAbraham A. RibicoffAbraham Alexander Ribicoff was an American Democratic Party politician. He served in the United States Congress, as the 80th Governor of Connecticut and as President John F. Kennedy's Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare...
(D) - 1. Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.Lowell Palmer Weicker, Jr. is an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator, and the 85th Governor of Connecticut, and unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for President in 1980...
(R)
Delaware
- 2. J. Caleb BoggsJ. Caleb BoggsJames Caleb "Cale" Boggs was an American lawyer and politician from Claymont, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a veteran of World War II, and a member of the Republican Party, who served three terms as U.S. Representative from Delaware, two terms as Governor of Delaware, and two terms as...
(R) - 1. William V. Roth, Jr.William V. Roth, Jr.William Victor "Bill" Roth, Jr. was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a veteran of World War II and a member of the Republican Party, who served as U.S. Representative and U.S...
(R)
Florida
- 1. Lawton ChilesLawton ChilesLawton Mainor Chiles, Jr. was an American politician from the US state of Florida. In a career spanning four decades, Chiles, a Democrat who never lost an election, served in the Florida House of Representatives , the Florida State Senate , the United States Senate , and as the 41st Governor of...
(D) - 3. Edward J. GurneyEdward J. GurneyEdward John Gurney was an American politician from Florida, where he served as a Representative and a United States Senator. He was the first Republican Senator elected from Florida since Reconstruction.-Biography:...
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Georgia
- 2. Richard B. Russell, Jr.Richard Russell, Jr.Richard Brevard Russell, Jr. was a Democratic Party politician from the southeastern state of Georgia. He served as state governor from 1931 to 1933 and United States senator from 1933 to 1971....
(D), until January 21, 1971- David H. GambrellDavid H. GambrellDavid Henry Gambrell is a Georgia attorney who represented his state in the United States Senate from 1971 through 1972.-Education and legal career:Gambrell was born in Atlanta, GA, on December 20, 1929....
(D), February 1, 1971 - November 7, 1972 - Sam NunnSam NunnSamuel Augustus Nunn, Jr. is an American lawyer and politician. Currently the co-chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nuclear Threat Initiative , a charitable organization working to reduce the global threats from nuclear, biological and chemical weapons, Nunn served for 24 years as a...
(D), from November 7, 1972
- David H. Gambrell
- 3. Herman E. TalmadgeHerman TalmadgeHerman Eugene Talmadge was an American politician from the U.S. state of Georgia. He served as governor of Georgia briefly in 1947 and again from 1948 to 1955. His term was marked by his segregationist policies. After leaving office Talmadge was elected to the U.S...
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Hawaii
- 1. Hiram L. FongHiram FongHiram Leong Fong , born Yau Leong Fong , was an American businessman and politician from Hawaii. He is most notable for his service as Republican United States Senator from 1959 to 1977, and for being the first Asian American and Chinese American to be elected as such...
(R) - 3. Daniel K. InouyeDaniel InouyeDaniel Ken "Dan" Inouye is the senior United States Senator from Hawaii, a member of the Democratic Party, and the President pro tempore of the United States Senate making him the highest-ranking Asian American politician in American history. Inouye is the chairman of the United States Senate...
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Idaho
- 3. Frank F. ChurchFrank ChurchFrank Forrester Church III was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States Senator from Idaho from 1957 to 1981....
(D) - 2. Leonard B. JordanLeonard B. JordanLeonard Beck "Len" Jordan was the 23rd Governor of Idaho and United States Senator from Idaho.Jordan served in World War I as an Army officer. He was a sheep rancher in Hell's Canyon during the Great Depression...
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Illinois
- 2. Charles H. PercyCharles H. PercyCharles Harting "Chuck" Percy was president of the Bell & Howell Corporation from 1949 to 1964. He was elected United States Senator from Illinois in 1966, re-elected through his term ending in 1985; he concentrated on business and foreign relations...
(R) - 3. Adlai Stevenson IIIAdlai Stevenson IIIAdlai Ewing Stevenson III is an American politician of the Democratic Party. He represented the state of Illinois in the United States Senate from 1970 until 1981.-Education, military service, and early career:...
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Indiana
- 1. R. Vance HartkeVance HartkeRupert Vance Hartke was a Democratic United States Senator from Indiana from 1959 until 1977.-Early life, education, military service:...
(D) - 3. Birch E. BayhBirch BayhBirch Evans Bayh II is a former United States Senator from Indiana, having served from 1963 to 1981. He was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for president in the 1976 election, but lost to Jimmy Carter. He is the father of former Indiana Governor and former U.S. Senator Evan Bayh.-Life...
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Iowa
- 2. Jack R. Miller (R)
- 3. Harold E. Hughes (D)
Kansas
- 2. James B. PearsonJames B. PearsonJames Blackwood Pearson was a United States Senator from Kansas from 1962 to 1979.-Biography:Pearson was born in 1920 in Nashville, Tennessee, the son of a Methodist minister. With his parents, he moved to Virginia in 1934 and attended public school. He went on to attend college at Duke University...
(R) - 3. Robert J. Dole (R)
Kentucky
- 2. John Sherman Cooper (R)
- 3. Marlow W. CookMarlow CookMarlow Webster Cook is a former Republican United States Senator from Kentucky.-Early life:Cook moved to Louisville when he was 17. He joined the United States Navy and served on submarines in both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans during World War II...
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Louisiana
- 2. Allen J. EllenderAllen J. EllenderAllen Joseph Ellender was a popular U.S. senator from Houma, Louisiana , who served from 1937 until his death. He was a Democrat who was originally allied with the legendary Huey Pierce Long, Jr.. As Senator he compiled a generally conservative record, voting 77% of the time with the Conservative...
(D), until July 27, 1972- Elaine S. EdwardsElaine S. EdwardsElaine Schwartzenburg Edwards is a former interim member of the United States Senate and the first wife of Edwin Washington Edwards, making her a former First Lady of Louisiana....
(D), August 1, 1972 - November 13, 1972 - Bennett Johnston Jr.Bennett Johnston Jr.John Bennett Johnston, Jr., known as J. Bennett Johnston , is an American lobbyist who was a Democratic Party politician and United States Senator from Louisiana from 1972 to 1997.-Early life:...
(D), from November 14, 1972
- Elaine S. Edwards
- 3. Russell B. LongRussell B. LongRussell Billiu Long was an American Democratic politician and United States Senator from Louisiana from 1948 until 1987.-Early life:...
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Maine
- 2. Margaret Chase SmithMargaret Chase SmithMargaret Chase Smith was a Republican Senator from Maine, and one of the most successful politicians in Maine history. She was the first woman to be elected to both the U.S. House and the Senate, and the first woman from Maine to serve in either. She was also the first woman to have her name...
(R) - 1. Edmund S. MuskieEdmund MuskieEdmund Sixtus "Ed" Muskie was an American politician from Rumford, Maine. He served as Governor of Maine from 1955 to 1959, as a member of the United States Senate from 1959 to 1980, and as Secretary of State under Jimmy Carter from 1980 to 1981...
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Maryland
- 3. Charles Mathias, Jr.Charles Mathias, Jr.Charles McCurdy "Mac" Mathias, Jr. was a Republican member of the United States Senate, representing Maryland from 1969 to 1987...
(R) - 1. John Glenn Beall, Jr.John Glenn Beall, Jr.John Glenn Beall, Jr. was a Republican member of the United States Senate, representing the State of Maryland 1971–1977. He was also a member of the Maryland House of Delegates 1962–1968, and the U.S. House of Representatives from the sixth district of Maryland from 1969 to 1971...
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Massachusetts
- 1. Edward M. KennedyTed KennedyEdward Moore "Ted" Kennedy was a United States Senator from Massachusetts and a member of the Democratic Party. Serving almost 47 years, he was the second most senior member of the Senate when he died and is the fourth-longest-serving senator in United States history...
(D) - 2. Edward W. Brooke, IIIEdward BrookeEdward William Brooke, III is an American politician and was elected to the United States Senate as a Republican from Massachusetts in 1966, defeating his Democratic opponent, Endicott Peabody, 60.7%–38.7%...
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Michigan
- 1. Philip A. HartPhilip HartPhilip Aloysius Hart was a Democratic United States Senator from Michigan from 1959 until 1976. He was nicknamed the Conscience of the Senate.-Early years:...
(D) - 2. Robert P. GriffinRobert P. GriffinRobert Paul Griffin was a U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan and Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court....
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Minnesota
- 2. Walter F. MondaleWalter MondaleWalter Frederick "Fritz" Mondale is an American Democratic Party politician, who served as the 42nd Vice President of the United States , under President Jimmy Carter, and as a United States Senator for Minnesota...
(DFL) - 1. Hubert HumphreyHubert HumphreyHubert Horatio Humphrey, Jr. , served under President Lyndon B. Johnson as the 38th Vice President of the United States. Humphrey twice served as a United States Senator from Minnesota, and served as Democratic Majority Whip. He was a founder of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party and...
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Mississippi
- 2. James O. EastlandJames EastlandJames Oliver Eastland was an American politician from Mississippi who briefly served in the United States Senate as a Democrat in 1941; and again from 1943 until his resignation December 27, 1978. From 1947 to 1978, he served alongside John Stennis, also a Democrat...
(D) - 1. John C. StennisJohn C. StennisJohn Cornelius Stennis was 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 by his retirement.- Early life :...
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Missouri
- 1. W. Stuart SymingtonStuart SymingtonWilliam Stuart Symington was a businessman and political figure from Missouri. He served as the first Secretary of the Air Force from 1947 to 1950 and was a Democratic United States Senator from Missouri from 1953 to 1976.-Education and business career:...
(D) - 3. Thomas F. EagletonThomas EagletonThomas Francis Eagleton was a United States Senator from Missouri, serving from 1968–1987. He is best remembered for briefly being the Democratic vice presidential nominee under George McGovern in 1972...
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Montana
- 1. Michael J. MansfieldMike MansfieldMichael Joseph Mansfield was an American Democratic politician and the longest-serving Majority Leader of the United States Senate, serving from 1961 to 1977. He also served as United States Ambassador to Japan for over ten years...
(D) - 2. Lee W. MetcalfLee MetcalfLee Warren Metcalf was an American politician of the Democratic Party and was a United States Representative, and a United States Senator from Montana....
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Nebraska
- 1. Roman L. HruskaRoman HruskaRoman Lee Hruska was a Republican U.S. Senator from the state of Nebraska. Hruska was known as one of the most vocal conservatives in the United States Senate during the 1960s and 1970s.-Life and career:...
(R) - 2. Carl T. CurtisCarl CurtisCarl Thomas Curtis was an American politician from the U.S. state of Nebraska. He served as a Republican in the House of Representatives and later the Senate ....
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Nevada
- 3. Alan H. BibleAlan BibleAlan Harvey Bible was a Nevada politician of the Democratic Party who served as a United States Senator from 1954 until 1974.-Biography:...
(D) - 1. Howard W. CannonHoward CannonHoward Walter Cannon was an American politician. He served as a United States Senator from Nevada from 1959 until 1983 as a member of the Democratic Party.-Early life:...
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New Hampshire
- 3. Norris H. CottonNorris CottonNorris H. Cotton was an American Republican politician from the state of New Hampshire.Norris Cotton was born on a farm in Warren, New Hampshire. He was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire and Wesleyan University in Connecticut...
(R) - 2. Thomas J. McIntyreThomas J. McIntyreThomas James McIntyre was a U.S. senator from New Hampshire, and a member of the Democratic Party.Born in Laconia, New Hampshire, he attended the public and parochial schools of Laconia; he graduated from Manlius Military School in Manlius, New York, in 1933, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New...
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New Jersey
- 2. Clifford P. CaseClifford P. CaseClifford Philip Case was an American lawyer and Republican Party politician who represented in the United States House of Representatives and the State of New Jersey in the United States Senate .-Biography:Clifford P. Case was born in Franklin Park in Somerset County, New Jersey...
(R) - 1. Harrison A. Williams, Jr.Harrison A. WilliamsHarrison Arlington "Pete" Williams, Jr. was a Democrat who represented New Jersey in both the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate . Williams was convicted on May 1, 1981 for taking bribes in the Abscam sting operation, and resigned from the U.S. Senate in 1982...
(D)
New Mexico
- 2. Clinton P. AndersonClinton Presba AndersonClinton Presba Anderson was an American Democratic Party politician who served as a U.S. Congressman from New Mexico , as the United States Secretary of Agriculture , and as a U.S. Senator from New Mexico .-Early life and career:Anderson was born in Centerville, South Dakota, on October 23, 1895...
(D) - 1. Joseph M. MontoyaJoseph MontoyaJoseph Manuel Montoya was a Democratic U.S. Senator for the State of New Mexico from 1964 until 1977.-Education:...
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New York
- 3. Jacob K. JavitsJacob K. JavitsJacob Koppel "Jack" Javits was a politician who served as United States Senator from New York from 1957 to 1981. A liberal Republican, he was originally allied with Governor Nelson Rockefeller, fellow U.S...
(R) - 1. James L. BuckleyJames L. BuckleyJames Lane Buckley is a retired judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and previously served as a United States Senator from the state of New York as a member of the Conservative Party of New York from January 3, 1971 to January 3, 1977...
(CConservative Party of New YorkThe Conservative Party of New York State is an American political party active in the state of New York. It is not part of any nationwide party, nor is it affiliated with the American Conservative Party, which it predates by over 40 years....
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North Carolina
- 3. Samuel J. Ervin, Jr.Sam ErvinSamuel James "Sam" Ervin Jr. was a Democratic Senator from North Carolina from 1954 until 1974. A native of Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina, he liked to call himself a "country lawyer", and often told humorous stories in his Southern drawl...
(D) - 2. B. Everett JordanB. Everett JordanBenjamin Everett Jordan was a Democratic U.S. Senator from the state of North Carolina from 1958 until 1973. He lived most of his life in Alamance County, North Carolina....
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North Dakota
- 3. Milton R. YoungMilton YoungMilton Ruben Young was a United States 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 the Senate....
(R) - 1. Quentin N. BurdickQuentin N. BurdickQuentin Northrup Burdick was a United States Senator from North Dakota from August 8, 1960 until his death in 1992. Prior to that he had served in the United States House of Representatives from January 3, 1959 to August 8, 1960. He was the son of NPL North Dakota Congressman Usher L...
(D)
Ohio
- 3. William B. SaxbeWilliam B. SaxbeWilliam Bart "Bill" Saxbe was an American politician affiliated with the Republican Party, who served as a U.S. Senator from Ohio, as U.S. Attorney General under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald R. Ford, and as United States Ambassador to India.At the time of his death, Saxbe was the...
(R) - 1. Robert Taft, Jr.Robert Taft, Jr.Robert Taft Jr. was a member of the Taft political family who served as a Republican Congressman from Ohio between 1963 and 1965, as well as between 1967 and 1971. He also served as a U.S. Senator between 1971 and 1976....
(R)
Oklahoma
- 2. Fred R. HarrisFred R. HarrisFred Roy Harris is a former Democratic United States Senator from the state of Oklahoma. He served from 1964 until 1973.-Biography:...
(D) - 3. Henry BellmonHenry BellmonHenry Louis "Harry" Bellmon was an American Republican politician from Oklahoma. He was a member of the Oklahoma Legislature, the 18th and 23rd Governor of Oklahoma , and a two-term United States Senator.-Service in World War II:Bellmon was born in Tonkawa, Oklahoma and graduated from Billings...
(R)
Oregon
- 2. Mark O. HatfieldMark HatfieldMark Odom Hatfield was an American politician and educator from the state of Oregon. A Republican, he served for 30 years as a United States Senator from Oregon, and also as chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee...
(R) - 3. Bob PackwoodBob PackwoodRobert William "Bob" Packwood is a U.S. politician from Oregon and a member of the Republican Party. He resigned from the United States Senate, under threat of expulsion, in 1995 after allegations of sexual harassment, abuse and assault of women emerged.-Early life and career:Packwood was born in...
(R)
Pennsylvania
- 1. Hugh D. Scott, Jr.Hugh ScottHugh Doggett Scott, Jr. was a politician from Pennsylvania who served in both the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate, and who also served as Chairman of the Republican National Committee.- Early life :He was born in Fredericksburg, Virginia, on November 11, 1900...
(R) - 3. Richard S. Schweiker (R)
Rhode Island
- 1. John O. PastoreJohn O. PastoreJohn Orlando Pastore was a Rhode Island Democratic Party politician who was a United States Senator from Rhode Island and the 61st Governor of Rhode Island , and was the first Italian American to hold either position.-Early life and career:Born in Providence on March 17, 1907, he attended...
(D) - 2. Claiborne D. PellClaiborne PellClaiborne de Borda Pell was a United States Senator from Rhode Island, serving six terms from 1961 to 1997, and was best known as the sponsor of the Pell Grant, which provides financial aid funding to U.S. college students. A Democrat, he was that state's longest serving senator.-Early years:Pell...
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South Carolina
- 2. James Strom ThurmondStrom ThurmondJames Strom Thurmond was an American politician who served as a United States Senator. He also ran for the Presidency of the United States in 1948 as the segregationist States Rights Democratic Party candidate, receiving 2.4% of the popular vote and 39 electoral votes...
(R) - 3. Ernest F. HollingsErnest HollingsErnest Frederick "Fritz" Hollings served as a Democratic United States Senator from South Carolina from 1966 to 2005, as well as the 106th Governor of South Carolina and Lt. Governor . He served 38 years and 55 days in the Senate, which makes him the 8th-longest-serving Senator in history...
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South Dakota
- 2. Karl E. MundtKarl Earl MundtKarl Earl Mundt was an American educator and a Republican member of the United States Congress, representing South Dakota in the United States House of Representatives from 1938 to 1948 and in the United States Senate from 1948 to 1973.-Biography:Born in Humboldt, South Dakota, Mundt attended...
(R) - 3. George S. McGovernGeorge McGovernGeorge Stanley McGovern is an historian, author, and former U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator, and the Democratic Party nominee in the 1972 presidential election....
(D)
Tennessee
- 2. Howard H. Baker, Jr.Howard BakerHoward Henry Baker, Jr. is a former Senate Majority Leader, Republican U.S. Senator from Tennessee, White House Chief of Staff, and a former United States Ambassador to Japan.Known in Washington, D.C...
(R) - 1. William E. Brock III (R)
Texas
- 2. John G. TowerJohn TowerJohn Goodwin Tower was the first Republican United States senator from Texas since Reconstruction. He served from 1961 until his retirement in January 1985, after which time he was the chairman of the Reagan-appointed Tower Commission that investigated the Iran-Contra Affair. He was George H. W...
(R) - 1. Lloyd BentsenLloyd BentsenLloyd Millard Bentsen, Jr. was a four-term United States senator from Texas and the Democratic Party nominee for Vice President in 1988 on the Michael Dukakis ticket. He also served in the House of Representatives from 1949 to 1955. In his later political life, he was Chairman of the Senate...
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Utah
- 3. Wallace F. BennettWallace F. BennettWallace Foster Bennett was a Republican Senator representing the U.S. state of Utah .-Life and career:...
(R) - 1. Frank E. (Ted) Moss (D)
Vermont
- 3. George D. AikenGeorge AikenGeorge David Aiken was an American politician from Vermont. A Republican, he served as the 64th Governor of Vermont from 1937 to 1941 and as a U.S. Senator from 1941 to 1975...
(R) - 1. Winston L. ProutyWinston L. ProutyWinston Lewis Prouty was a United States Representative and Senator from Vermont.Winston Lewis Prouty was born in Newport, Vermont, to Willard Robert Prouty and Margaret Prouty. The Prouty family owned and operated Prouty & Miller, a lumber and building materials company, with forests east of the...
(R), until September 10, 1971- Robert StaffordRobert StaffordRobert Theodore Stafford was an American politician from Vermont. In his lengthy career, he served as the 71st Governor of Vermont, a United States Representative, and a U.S. Senator...
(R), from September 16, 1971
- Robert Stafford
Virginia
- 1. Harry F. Byrd, Jr.Harry F. Byrd, Jr.Harry Flood Byrd, Jr. is a retired American politician. He represented Virginia in the United States Senate from 1965 to 1983. He is most notable for leaving the Democratic Party in 1970 and becoming an Independent, although he continued to caucus with the Democrats. He is the son of Harry F....
(I) - 2. William B. Spong, Jr.William B. Spong, Jr.William Belser Spong, Jr. was a Democratic Party politician and a United States Senator who represented the state of Virginia from 1966 to 1973....
(D)
Washington
- 3. Warren G. MagnusonWarren G. MagnusonWarren Grant "Maggie" Magnuson was a United States Senator of the Democratic Party from Washington from 1944 until 1981. Upon leaving the Senate, he was the most senior member of the body...
(D) - 1. Henry M. (Scoop) JacksonHenry M. JacksonHenry Martin "Scoop" Jackson was a U.S. Congressman and Senator from the state of Washington from 1941 until his death...
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West Virginia
- 2. Jennings RandolphJennings RandolphJennings Randolph was an American politician from West Virginia. He was a member of the Democratic Party and was the last surviving member of the United States Congress to have served during the first 100 days of Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration.-Early life and career:Randolph was born in...
(D) - 1. Robert C. ByrdRobert ByrdRobert Carlyle Byrd was a United States Senator from West Virginia. A member of the Democratic Party, Byrd served as a U.S. Representative from 1953 until 1959 and as a U.S. Senator from 1959 to 2010...
(D)
Wisconsin
- 1. William ProxmireWilliam ProxmireEdward William Proxmire was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States Senator from Wisconsin from 1957 to 1989.-Personal life:...
(D) - 3. Gaylord A. NelsonGaylord NelsonGaylord Anton Nelson was an American politician from Wisconsin who served as a United States Senator and governor. A Democrat, he was the principal founder of Earth Day.-Public service and leadership:...
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Wyoming
- 1. Gale W. McGeeGale W. McGeeGale William McGee was a United States Senator of the Democratic Party, and United States Ambassador to the Organization of American States...
(D) - 2. Clifford P. HansenClifford HansenClifford Peter Hansen was a Republican politician from the American state of Wyoming. He served as both the 26th Governor and U.S. senator...
(R)
House of Representatives
The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.Alabama
. W. Jackson Edwards (R). William Louis Dickinson (R). George W. AndrewsGeorge W. Andrews
For the Canadian politician see George William Andrews George William Andrews was a U.S...
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- Elizabeth B. AndrewsElizabeth B. AndrewsElizabeth Bullock Andrews was a U.S. Representative from Alabama, wife of George William Andrews, and the first woman to represent Alabama in the United States House of Representatives....
(D), from April 4, 1972. William F. NicholsWilliam Flynt NicholsWilliam Flynt "Bill" Nichols was a Democratic member of United States House of Representatives from Alabama, having served from 1967 until his death in office.-Education:...
(D). Walter FlowersWalter FlowersWalter Flowers was an American Democratic politician who represented Alabama's 7th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from January 1969 to January 1979.-Private life:...
(D). John Hall Buchanan, Jr.John Hall Buchanan, Jr.John Hall Buchanan, Jr. served as a United States Congressman from Alabama's 6th congressional district.- Early life :...
(R). Tom BevillTom BevillTom Bevill , a Democrat, was a fifteen-term U.S. congressman representing Alabama's 4th Congressional District .-Early years and education:...
(D). Robert E. Jones, Jr.Robert E. Jones, Jr.Robert E. Jones, Jr. was a member of the United States House of Representatives from the 8th district of Alabama. He was the last to represent that district before it was removed as a result of the 1970 United States Census. Presently there are seven U.S. House districts in Alabama.-Early...
(D)
- Elizabeth B. Andrews
Alaska
. Nick BegichNick Begich
Nicholas Joseph "Nick" Begich, Sr. was a Democratic Party member of the United States House of Representatives from Alaska. He disappeared in a plane crash in Alaska in 1972. His son Mark Begich is currently the junior U.S...
(D), until December 29, 1972
Arizona
. John J. RhodesJohn Jacob Rhodes
John Jacob Rhodes, Jr. was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Republican Party, Rhodes was elected as a U.S. Representative from the state of Arizona. He was preceded in office by Democrat John Murdock, and succeeded by fellow Republican John McCain...
(R). Mo Udall
Mo Udall
Morris King "Mo" Udall was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Arizona from May 2, 1961 to May 4, 1991...
(D). Sam Steiger
Sam Steiger
Sam Steiger is an American politician, journalist, political pundit, and rancher. He has served five terms as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, two terms in the Arizona State Senate, and one term as mayor of Prescott, Arizona. Steiger has also made an unsuccessful run for the U.S...
(R)
Arkansas
. Bill Alexander, Jr. (D). Wilbur MillsWilbur Mills
Wilbur Daigh Mills , was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Arkansas...
(D). John Paul Hammerschmidt
John Paul Hammerschmidt
John Paul Hammerschmidt is an American politician from the U.S. state of Arkansas. A Republican, Hammerschmidt served for thirteen terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from the northwestern Arkansas district before he retired in 1993...
(R). David Pryor
David Pryor
David Hampton Pryor is a former Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives and United States Senator from the State of Arkansas. Pryor also served as 39th Governor of Arkansas from 1975 to 1979 and was a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1960 to 1966...
(D)
California
. Donald H. ClausenDonald H. Clausen
Donald Holst Clausen is a former U.S. Representative from California.Born in Ferndale, California, Clausen graduated from elementary and high schools of Ferndale. He attended San José State University, California Polytechnic State University , Weber State University , and Saint Mary's College of...
(R). Harold T. Johnson
Harold T. Johnson
Harold T. "Bizz" Johnson was an American politician from California and a member of the Democratic party.-Political career:...
(D). John E. Moss
John E. Moss
John Emerson Moss was an American politician of the Democratic party, noted for his championing of the federal Freedom of Information Act through multiple sessions of the United States House of Representatives where he served from 1953 to 1978.Moss was born in Hiawatha, Carbon County, Utah, in...
(D). Robert L. Leggett
Robert L. Leggett
Robert Louis Leggett was a U.S. Representative from California.Born in Richmond, California, Leggett attended the public schools there. He served as an enlisted man in the United States Naval Air Corps from 1944 to 1946....
(D). Phillip Burton
Phillip Burton
Phillip Burton was a United States Representative from California. A Democrat, he was instrumental in creating the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Burton was one of the first members of Congress to acknowledge the need for AIDS research and introduce an AIDS bill. He was the brother of...
(D). William S. Mailliard
William S. Mailliard
William S. Mailliard was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California. He was born in Belvedere, California; attended elementary and secondary schools in the San Francisco Bay Area, and the Taft School, Watertown, Connecticut, 1933–1935...
(R). Ronald V. Dellums (D). George P. Miller (D). W. Donlon Edwards
Don Edwards
William Donlon Edwards is an American politician of the Democratic Party, formerly a member of the United States House of Representatives from California.-Biography:...
(D). Charles S. Gubser
Charles S. Gubser
Charles Samuel Gubser was a Republican U.S. Representative from California.Born in Gilroy, California, Gubser attended public schools. He graduated from San Jose State Junior College in 1934, the University of California in 1937, and then did two years of graduate work. He taught at Gilroy Union...
(R). Paul N. (Pete) McCloskey, Jr.
Pete McCloskey
Paul Norton "Pete" McCloskey Jr. is a former Republican politician from the U.S. state of California who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1967 to 1983. He ran on an anti-war platform for the Republican nomination for President in 1972 but was defeated by incumbent President...
(R). Burt L. Talcott
Burt L. Talcott
Burt Lacklen Talcott is a former member of the United States Congress from the State of California.-Military career:Born in Billings, Montana Talcott received his degree from Stanford University in 1942, after which he enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps where he became a bomber pilot...
(R). Charles M. Teague
Charles M. Teague
Charles McKevett Teague was a U.S. Representative from California.Born in Santa Paula, California, Teague attended the public schools....
(R). Jerome R. Waldie
Jerome R. Waldie
Jerome Russell "Jerry" Waldie was a United States Representative from California.-Early life:Born in Antioch, California, Waldie attended Antioch public schools...
(D). John J. McFall
John J. McFall
John Joseph McFall was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, representing the state of California, rising to the position of House Majority Whip.-Early life and career:...
(D). Bernice F. Sisk (D). Glenn M. Anderson
Glenn M. Anderson
Glenn Malcolm Anderson was an American politician. He was the 37th Lieutenant Governor of California and later as congressman. He was a member of the Democratic Party....
(D). Bob Mathias
Bob Mathias
Robert Bruce "Bob" Mathias was an American decathlete, two-time Olympic gold medalist, actor and United States Congressman representing the state of California.-Early life and athletic career:...
(R). Chester E. Holifield
Chester E. Holifield
Chester Earl Holifield was a United States Representative from California. He was born in Mayfield, Graves County, Kentucky. He moved with his family to Springdale, Arkansas in 1912. He attended the public schools and moved to Montebello, California in 1920 where he engaged in the manufacture and...
(D). H. Allen Smith
H. Allen Smith (representative)
H. Allen Smith was a Republican representative from California.Born in Dixon, Lee County, Illinois, October 8, 1909, Smith was an F.B.I...
(R). Augustus F. Hawkins
Augustus F. Hawkins
Augustus Freeman "Gus" Hawkins was a prominent African American Democratic Party politician and a figure in the history of Civil Rights and organized labor. He served as the first African American from California in the United States Congress, where he sponsored the Humphrey-Hawkins Full...
(D). James C. Corman
James C. Corman
James Charles Corman was a Los Angeles City Council member from 1957 to 1961 and a Democratic Congressman from California between 1961 and 1981.-General:...
(D). Del M. Clawson
Del M. Clawson
Delwin Morgan Clawson was born in Thatcher, Arizona and attended Gila College there 1933–1934. He was manager of the Mutual Housing Association of Compton, 1947–1963....
(R). John H. Rousselot
John H. Rousselot
John Harbin Rousselot was a U.S. Representative from southern California. Born in 1927 in Los Angeles, California, Rousselot attended the public schools of San Marino and South...
(R). Charles E. Wiggins
Charles E. Wiggins
Charles Edward Wiggins was a U.S. Representative from California, and later a United States federal judge.He was initially elected to California's 25th congressional district...
(R). Thomas M. Rees
Thomas M. Rees
Thomas Mankell Rees was a U.S. Representative from California.Born in Los Angeles, California, Rees was educated in local public schools.B.A., Occidental College, Los Angeles, California, 1950....
(D). Barry Goldwater, Jr.
Barry Goldwater, Jr.
Barry Morris Goldwater, Jr. , is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from California, 1969–1983. He is the son of the late Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater, the Republican nominee who ran against Lyndon B. Johnson for President of the United States during...
(R). Alphonzo E. Bell, Jr.
Alphonzo E. Bell, Jr.
Alphonzo "Al" Bell, Jr. was an eight-term United States Representative from California, who represented Los Angeles, California's influential Westside.-Family Background & Early Life:...
(R). George E. Danielson
George E. Danielson
George Elmore Danielson was an American politician who served as a Democratic Congressional representative from California for the 29th District and 30th District ....
(D). Edward R. Roybal
Edward R. Roybal
Edward Ross "Ed" Roybal was a member of the Los Angeles, California, City Council for thirteen years and of the U.S. House of Representatives for thirty years.-Biography:...
(D). Charles H. Wilson
Charles H. Wilson
Charles Herbert Wilson was a California Democratic politician from the Los Angeles area. He served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1963 to 1981.-Early life:...
(D). Craig Hosmer
Craig Hosmer
Chester Craig Hosmer was a United States Representative from California.Hosmer was born in Brea, California, in Orange County. He attended the public schools, graduated from Long Beach Polytechnic High School...
(R). Jerry Pettis
Jerry Pettis
Jerry Lyle Pettis was an American politician and a Congressman from California. He was also a rancher, teacher, aviator, religious leader, and businessman....
(R). Richard T. Hanna
Richard T. Hanna
Richard Thomas Hanna was a U.S. Representative from California.Born in Kemmerer, Wyoming, Hanna graduated from Pasadena Junior College, Pasadena, California. He received his B.A. and LL.B. from the University of California, Los Angeles, California. He was a lawyer in private practice...
(D). John G. Schmitz
John G. Schmitz
John George Schmitz was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives and California State Senate from Orange County, California. He was also a member of the John Birch Society...
(R). Robert C. Wilson
Bob Wilson (US politician)
Robert Carlton "Bob" Wilson was an American politician. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives. He was a member of the Republican Party.-Biography:...
(R). Lionel Van Deerlin
Lionel Van Deerlin
Lionel Van Deerlin was an American politician who served as a Democratic United States Representative from California from 1963 to 1981, representing a San Diego area district.-Biography:...
(D). Victor V. Veysey (R)
Colorado
. James D. McKevitt (R). Donald G. BrotzmanDonald G. Brotzman
Donald Glenn Brotzman was a U.S. Representative from Colorado.-History:Brotzman was born on a farm in near Sterling, Colorado in Logan County to Priscella Ruth Kittle Smith and Harry Brotzman . He was educated in Logan County schools. He married Louise L. Reed on April 9, 1944...
(R). Frank E. Evans
Frank E. Evans
Frank Edward Evans was a U.S. Representative from Colorado.Born in Pueblo, Colorado, Evans attended public schools in Colorado Springs. He entered Pomona College in Claremont, California, in 1941. He interrupted his education in 1943 to serve in the United States Navy as a patrol pilot from 1943...
(D). Wayne N. Aspinall
Wayne N. Aspinall
Wayne Norviel Aspinall was a lawyer and politician from Colorado. He is largely known for his tenure in the United States House of Representatives, serving as a Democrat from 1949-1973 from Colorado’s Fourth District. Aspinall became known for his direction of the House Interior and Insular...
(D)
Connecticut
. William R. Cotter (D). Robert H. SteeleRobert H. Steele
Robert Hampton Steele is a retired American politician.Steele was born in Hartford, Connecticut. His father, known as Bob Steele, was host of the state's top rated morning show on WTIC-AM for more than fifty years....
(R). Robert Giaimo
Robert Giaimo
Robert Nicholas Giaimo 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...
(D). Stewart McKinney (R). John S. Monagan
John S. Monagan
John S. Monagan was a Connecticut politician and author.Monagan graduated from Dartmouth College in 1933, where he majored in French literature and was the editor of the Dartmouth Jack-O-Lantern...
(D). Ella T. Grasso
Ella T. Grasso
Ella Grasso , born Ella Giovanna Oliva Tambussi, was an American politician, and first woman elected governor of Connecticut.-Biography:...
(D)
Delaware
. Pierre S. du Pont, IVPierre S. du Pont, IV
Pierre Samuel "Pete" du Pont IV is an American lawyer and politician from Rockland, in New Castle County, Delaware, near Wilmington. He is a member of the Republican Party, who served three terms as U.S...
(R)
Florida
. Robert L. F. SikesRobert L. F. Sikes
Robert Lee Fulton Sikes was a U.S. Representative from Florida.Born in Isabella, near Sylvester, Georgia, Sikes attended the public schools....
(D). Don Fuqua
Don Fuqua
Don Fuqua is a U.S. Democratic politician.Fuqua graduated from the University of Florida in 1957. He was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives from Florida and served from January 3, 1963 to January 3, 1987.During most of his congressional career, Fuqua maintained his...
(D). Charles E. Bennett
Charles Edward Bennett
Charles Edward Bennett was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Florida from 1949 to 1993. He was a Democrat who resided in Jacksonville, Florida.-Early years:...
(D). William V. Chappell, Jr.
William V. Chappell, Jr.
William Venroe Chappell, Jr. was a U.S. Representative from Florida.Born in Kendrick, Florida, Chappell was in the University of Florida, B.A., 1947, LL.B., 1949, and J.D., 1967....
(D). Louis Frey, Jr.
Louis Frey, Jr.
Louis Frey, Jr. is an American+ politician and a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1969 until 1979...
(R). Sam Gibbons
Sam Gibbons
Sam Melville Gibbons is a 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.-Early life and education:...
(D). James A. Haley
James A. Haley
James Andrew Haley was a U.S. Representative from Florida.Born in Jacksonville, Alabama, Haley attended the public schools and the University of Alabama. During World War I, Haley enlisted in Troop A, Second Cavalry, in April 1917 and served overseas. He was an accountant in Sarasota, Florida from...
(D). Bill Young
Bill Young
Charles William "Bill" Young is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1971. He is a member of the Republican Party, and is currently the longest-serving Republican member of Congress...
(R). Paul G. Rogers
Paul Rogers (politician)
Paul Grant Rogers was an American lawyer and politician from the U.S. state of Florida. A Democrat, Rogers served in the U.S. House of Representatives as the member from Florida's 11th congressional district. He was chairman of Research!America from 1996 to 2005.-Early life:Rogers was born in...
(D). J. Herbert Burke
J. Herbert Burke
J. Herbert Burke was a U.S. Representative from Florida.Born in Chicago, Illinois, Burke attended the public schools of Chicago, Illinois.He attended Central YMCA College in Chicago, Illinois, and Northwestern University....
(R). Claude Pepper
Claude Pepper
Claude Denson Pepper was an American politician of the Democratic Party, and a spokesman for left-liberalism and the elderly. In foreign policy he shifted from pro-Soviet in the 1940s to anti-Communist in the 1950s...
(D). Dante Fascell
Dante Fascell
Dante Bruno Fascell served as an American politician from the state of Florida.-Early life:Fascell, born in Bridgehampton, New York in 1917, moved to Florida in 1925. He graduated from the University of Miami law school in 1938. Fascell was a brother of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity and the...
(D)
Georgia
. G. Elliott HaganGeorge Elliott Hagan
George Elliott Hagan was an American politician, businessman and farmer.Hagan was born in Sylvania, Georgia and attended the University of Georgia University of Georgia in Athens. He served in the Georgia House of Representatives for five terms and the Georgia Senate for one term...
(D). Dawson Mathis
Dawson Mathis
Marvin Dawson Mathis is a former U.S. Representative from Georgia.Born in Nashville, Georgia, Mathis attended the Nashville public schools. He attended South Georgia College in Douglas, Georgia...
(D). Jack Thomas Brinkley
Jack Thomas Brinkley
Jack Thomas Brinkley is an American politician, educator and lawyer.Brinkley was born in Faceville, Georgia. After graduating from Young Harris College in 1949, Brinkley became a school teacher for several years before serving as a pilot in the United States Air Force from 1951-1956...
(D). Benjamin B. Blackburn
Benjamin B. Blackburn
Benjamin Bentley Blackburn was a U.S. Representative from Georgia for eight years.-Biography:Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Blackburn attended public school in Atlanta, Georgia....
(R). Fletcher Thompson
Fletcher Thompson
Standish Fletcher Thompson is an American lawyer and politician who served as a representative in Congress for the 5th Congressional District of Georgia.-Early life:...
(R). John James Flynt, Jr.
John James Flynt, Jr.
John James Flynt, Jr. was a United States Representative from Georgia.Born in Griffin, Georgia, Flynt attended the public schools and Georgia Military Academy . He later attended the University of Georgia at Athens where he was a member of the Phi Kappa Literary Society and received an A.B. in 1936...
(D). John W. Davis
John William Davis (Georgia politician)
John William Davis was an American politician and lawyer.-Early life and education:Davis was born near Rome, Georgia, attended the University of Georgia in Athens and graduated in 1937 with an A.B. and from the UGA School of Law with a Bachelor of Laws in 1939...
(D). Williamson S. Stuckey, Jr.
W. S. Stuckey, Jr.
Williamson Sylvester Stuckey, Jr. is an American businessman and a politician. He is a former member of the Democratic Party.-External links:...
(D). Phillip M. Landrum
Phillip M. Landrum
Phillip Mitchell Landrum was a Democratic U.S. Representative from Georgia.Born in Martin, Georgia, Landrum attended the public schools and Mercer University, in Macon, Georgia....
(D). Robert G. Stephens, Jr.
Robert Grier Stephens, Jr.
Robert Grier Stephens, Jr. was a United States Representative from Georgia.Stephens was born in Atlanta, Georgia. He was a great-great nephew of Alexander Stephens, a grandson of Clement Anselm Evans and a distant cousin of 19th-century U.S. Supreme Court Justice Robert Cooper Grier. Robert...
(D)
Hawaii
. Spark MatsunagaSpark Matsunaga
Spark Masayuki Matsunaga was a United States Senator from Hawaii. He was an American Democrat whose legislation in the United States Senate led to the creation of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians.-Career:Matsunaga became a United States Army Reservist in 1941,...
(D). Patsy Mink
Patsy Mink
Patsy Matsu Takemoto Mink was an American politician from the U.S. state of Hawaii. Mink was a third generation Japanese American and member of the Democratic Party. She also was the Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs.Mink served in the U.S...
(D)
Idaho
. James A. McClureJames A. McClure
James Albertus "Jim" McClure was an American politician from the state of Idaho, most notably serving as a Republican in the U.S. Senate....
(R). Orval H. Hansen
Orval H. Hansen
Orval Howard Hansen was a United States Representative from Idaho. Hansen served as a Republican in the House from 1969 to 1975, representing the state's Second Congressional District....
(R)
Illinois
. Ralph MetcalfeRalph Metcalfe
Ralph Harold Metcalfe was an African-American athlete and politician who came second to Jesse Owens in the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Metcalfe jointly held the world record for the 100 meter sprint. Metcalfe was known as the world’s fastest human from 1932 through 1934...
(D). Abner J. Mikva
Abner J. Mikva
Abner Joseph Mikva is a Democratic former U.S. Representative, federal judge and law professor from Chicago.-Biography:Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Mikva attended the University of Chicago Law School, from which he graduated in 1951...
(D). Morgan F. Murphy
Morgan F. Murphy
Morgan Francis Murphy , was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Murphy attended Chicago parochial schools. He received a Bachelor of Science from Northwestern University in 1955 and was a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity. Murphy received a J.D. from DePaul University School of Law in 1962...
(D). Ed Derwinski
Ed Derwinski
Edward Joseph Derwinski is 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 September 26, 1992...
(R). John C. Kluczynski
John C. Kluczynski
John Carl Kluczynski was a U.S. Representative from Illinois, representing the 5th district.Born in Chicago, Illinois, Kluczynski attended public and parochial schools, and during the First World War served overseas as a corporal with the Eighth Field Artillery in 1918 and 1919.He worked in the...
(D). George W. Collins
George W. Collins
George Washington Collins was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois.Collins was born in Chicago, and served with the Army engineers in the South Pacific during World War II...
(D), until December 8, 1972. Frank Annunzio
Frank Annunzio
Frank Annunzio 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 Crane Technical High School and DePaul University...
(D). Dan Rostenkowski
Dan Rostenkowski
Daniel David "Dan" Rostenkowski was a United States Representative from Illinois, serving from 1959 to 1995. Raised in a blue-collar neighborhood on the Northwest Side of Chicago, Rostenkowski rose to become one of the most powerful legislators in Washington. He was a member of the Democratic Party...
(D). Sidney R. Yates
Sidney R. Yates
Sidney Richard Yates was a politician from the state of Illinois.Yates was born in Chicago, Illinois and he graduated from the University of Chicago. He served in the United States Navy during World War II....
(D). Harold R. Collier
Harold R. Côllier
Harold Reginald Collier was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois....
(R). Roman C. Pucinski
Roman Pucinski
Roman Conrad Pucinski was an American Democratic politician from Chicago, Illinois. He was a U.S. Representative from 1959 to 1973, and alderman from the 41st Ward of Chicago from 1973 to 1991...
(D). Robert McClory
Robert McClory
Robert McClory was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Riverside, Illinois, McClory attended the public schools, L'Institut Sillig, Vevey, Switzerland from 1925 to 1926, and Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire from 1926 to 1928. He graduated from Chicago-Kent College of Law in 1932...
(R). Philip M. Crane (R). John N. Erlenborn
John N. Erlenborn
John Neal Erlenborn was a lawyer and a former Republican member of the U.S. Congressional Delegations from Illinois, representing the 14th district. He was a graduate of Loyola University Chicago and Loyola University Chicago School of Law...
(R). Charlotte T. Reid
Charlotte Thompson Reid
Charlotte Thompson Reid served in the U.S. Congress as a U.S. Representative for Illinois from 1962 to 1971. She was a member of the Republican Party.-Family and early life:...
(R), until October 7, 1971
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- Cliffard D. CarlsonCliffard D. CarlsonCliffard D. Carlson was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Carlson was born and raised in Aurora, Illinois, and attended North Central College and received his B.A. from the University of New Mexico in 1939. After serving in the United States Naval Reserve, he entered business as a manufacturer...
(R), from April 4, 1972. John B. AndersonJohn B. AndersonJohn Bayard Anderson is a former United States Congressman and Presidential candidate from Illinois. He was a U.S. Representative from the 16th Congressional District of Illinois for ten terms from 1961 through 1981 and an Independent candidate in the 1980 presidential election. He was previously...
(R). Leslie C. ArendsLeslie Cornelius ArendsLeslie Cornelius "Les" Arends was a Republican statesman from Illinois. Born in Melvin, Illinois, Arends was the youngest of 10 children born to George Teis Arends and Talea Arends...
(R). Robert H. MichelRobert H. MichelRobert Henry "Bob" Michel is an American Republican Party politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives for 38 years. He represented central Illinois' 18th congressional district, and was the GOP leader in Congress, serving as Minority Leader for 14 years during an era...
(R). Thomas F. RailsbackTom RailsbackThomas Fisher Railsback served eight terms in the United States Congress from 1967-1983 for in Moline.- Early life :...
(R). Paul FindleyPaul FindleyPaul Findley is a former United States Representative from Illinois, representing its 20th District. A Republican, he was first elected in 1961. Findley lost his seat in 1982 to current United States Senator Dick Durbin. Findley attended Illinois College and is a member of Phi Alpha Literary Society...
(R). Kenneth J. GrayKenneth J. GrayKenneth James Gray was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in West Frankfort, Illinois, Gray attended the West Frankfort and Pope County elementary schools and graduated from Frankfort Community High School. He was owner of Gray Motors, West Frankfort, Illinois from 1942 to 1954...
(D). William L. SpringerWilliam L. SpringerWilliam Lee Springer was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Sullivan, Indiana, Springer attended the public schools and Sullivan and Culver Military Academy at Culver, Indiana....
(R). George E. ShipleyGeorge E. ShipleyGeorge Edward Shipley was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Richland County, near Olney, Illinois, Shipley attended the East Richland High School, Olney, Illinois....
(D). Charles Melvin PriceCharles Melvin PriceCharles Melvin Price was a longtime member of the United States House of Representatives. Most notably, he served as the chairman of the United States House Committee on Armed Services between 1975 and 1985. He lost this position at the beginning of the 99th Congress...
(D)
- Cliffard D. Carlson
Indiana
. Ray J. MaddenRay J. Madden
Ray John Madden was a United States Representative from Indiana. He was born in Waseca, Minnesota. He attended the public schools and Sacred Heart Academy in his native city. He graduated from the law department of Creighton University with an LL.B...
(D). Earl F. Landgrebe
Earl F. Landgrebe
Earl Fredrick Landgrebe was a politician and businessman. He served as an Indiana state senator and United States representative for the 2nd district. Langrebe was from Valparaiso in Porter County, Indiana...
(R). John Brademas
John Brademas
John Brademas is 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 at the conclusion of a twenty-year career as a member of the United States House of Representatives...
(D). J. Edward Roush
J. Edward Roush
John Edward Roush was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born in Barnsdall, Oklahoma, Roush graduated from Huntington High School, Huntington, Indiana, 1938.A.B., Huntington College, Huntington, Indiana, 1942....
(D). Elwood Hillis
Elwood Hillis
Elwood Haynes "Bud" Hillis is a former U.S. Representative from Indiana.-Biography:Born in Kokomo, Indiana, Hillis attended Kokomo public schools.He graduated from Culver Military Academy, 1944.B.S., Indiana University, 1949....
(R). William G. Bray
William G. Bray
William Gilmer Bray was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana.Born on a farm near Mooresville, Indiana, Bray attended the public schools of Mooresville, Indiana....
(R). John T. Myers
John T. Myers (Congressman)
John Thomas Myers was a Republican Congressman from Indiana's 7th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1967 to 1997. His son-in-law, Brian D. Kerns, represented the same district from 2001 to 2003. John T...
(R). Roger H. Zion
Roger H. Zion
Roger Herschel Zion is an American politician.Zion was born in Escanaba, Michigan in 1921. He attended public schools in Evansville, Indiana, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1943...
(R). Lee H. Hamilton
Lee H. Hamilton
Lee Herbert Hamilton is a former member of the United States House of Representatives and currently a member of the U.S. Homeland Security Advisory Council. A member of the Democratic Party, Hamilton represented the 9th congressional district of Indiana from 1965 to 1999...
(D). David W. Dennis
David W. Dennis
David Worth Dennis II was an attorney and Republican United States Representative from Indiana.He was born in Washington, D.C. and was named for his grandfather, David Worth Dennis who had been a professor at Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana. His father, William Cullen Dennis was president of...
(R). Andrew Jacobs, Jr.
Andrew Jacobs, Jr.
Andrew Jacobs, Jr. usually known as Andy Jacobs is a lawyer and a former Indiana state legislator and Congressman who served for thirty years. His father, Andrew Jacobs, was also a congressman for one term. He was married to one time House colleague Martha Keys of Kansas...
(D)
Iowa
. Fred SchwengelFred Schwengel
Frederick Delbert Schwengel was a Republican U.S. Representative from southeastern Iowa.-Personal background:Born on a farm near Sheffield, Iowa, Schwengel attended the rural schools in West Fork Township and high schools in Chapin and Sheffield, Iowa...
(R). John Culver
John Culver
John Chester Culver is an American politician of the Democratic Party who represented Iowa in both the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate....
(D). Harold R. Gross
Harold R. Gross
Harold Royce Gross was a Republican United States Representative from Iowa's 3rd congressional district for thirteen terms...
(R). John Henry Kyl
John Henry Kyl
John Henry Kyl , was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Iowa. He was the father of Jon Kyl, a Senator from Arizona, the current Senate Minority Whip....
(R). Neal E. Smith
Neal Smith (politician)
Neal Edward Smith was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Iowa from 1959 until 1995 — the longest-serving Iowan in the United States House of Representatives. He was born in his grandparents' home near Hedrick, Keokuk County, Iowa. He served in the United States Army Air...
(D). Wiley Mayne
Wiley Mayne
Wiley Mayne was a four-term Republican United States Congressman from Iowa's 6th congressional district. He was one of several Republican members of the House Judiciary Committee who were defeated in the fall of 1974 after voting against resolutions to impeach President Richard M...
(R). William J. Scherle
William J. Scherle
William Joseph Scherle was a four-term Republican U.S. Representative from southwestern Iowa.Born in Little Falls, New York, Scherle graduated from St...
(R)
Kansas
. Keith SebeliusKeith Sebelius
Keith George Sebelius was an American politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1969 to 1981....
(R). Bill Roy (D). Larry Winn
Larry Winn
Edward Lawrence Winn, Jr. is a U.S. Republican politician.He was born in Kansas City, Missouri. He was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives from Kansas and served from January 3, 1967 to January 3, 1985. He currently resides in Prairie Village, Kansas.-References:...
(R). Garner E. Shriver
Garner E. Shriver
Garner E. Shriver was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.-Biography:Born in Towanda, Kansas, Shriver attended the public schools of Towanda and Wichita.He moved to Wichita, Kansas, in 1925....
(R). Joe Skubitz, Jr. (R)
Kentucky
. Frank StubblefieldFrank Stubblefield
Frank Albert Stubblefield , a Democrat, represented Kentucky in the United States House of Representatives.Stubblefield was born and schooled in Kentucky and attended the University of Arizona for one year in 1927...
(D). William H. Natcher
William Huston Natcher
William Huston Natcher was a Democratic congressman, serving in the United States House of Representatives from 1953 to 1994.-Early life:...
(D). Romano L. Mazzoli
Romano L. Mazzoli
Romano L. "Ron" Mazzoli represented Kentucky's Third Congressional District Romano L. "Ron" Mazzoli (born November 2, 1932, in Louisville, Kentucky) represented Kentucky's Third Congressional District Romano L. "Ron" Mazzoli (born November 2, 1932, in Louisville, Kentucky) represented Kentucky's...
(D). Gene Snyder
Gene Snyder
Marion Eugene Snyder was an American politician elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives from two different districts in Kentucky....
(R). Tim Lee Carter
Tim Lee Carter
Tim Lee Carter was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for the commonwealth of Kentucky from 1965 till 1981.-Background:...
(R). John C. Watts
John C. Watts
John Clarence Watts was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Nicholasville, Kentucky, Watts attended the public schools.He was graduated from the University of Kentucky in 1925 and from its law school in 1927....
(D), until September 24, 1971
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- William P. Curlin, Jr.William P. Curlin, Jr.William Prather Curlin, Jr. was a Kentucky state legislator and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky....
(D), from December 4, 1971. Carl D. PerkinsCarl D. PerkinsCarl Dewey Perkins , a Democrat, was a politician and member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Kentucky.-Early years:Perkins was born in Hindman, Kentucky...
(D)
- William P. Curlin, Jr.
Louisiana
. F. Edward HébertFelix Edward Hébert
Felix Edward Hébert , known as F. Edward Hébert, was the longest-serving member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Louisiana, having represented the New Orleans-based First Congressional District as a Democrat from 1941 until his retirement in 1977.Hébert was born in...
(D). Hale Boggs
Hale Boggs
Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. , was an American Democratic politician and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Orleans, Louisiana...
(D). Patrick T. Caffery
Patrick T. Caffery
Patrick Thomson Caffery is a retired Louisiana politician and former United States Representative from Louisiana's 3rd congressional district....
(D). Joseph D. Waggonner, Jr.
Joe Waggonner
Joseph David Waggonner, Jr. , better known as Joe D. Waggonner, was a Democratic U.S. Representative from Bossier Parish who represented the old 4th Congressional District of northwest Louisiana from December 1961 until January 1979. He was also a confidant of Republican U.S...
(D). Otto Passman
Otto Passman
Otto Ernest Passman was a conservative Democratic congressman from Monroe in northeastern Louisiana, who served from 1947 to 1977. He is primarily remembered for his detailed knowledge and mostly opposition to foreign aid...
(D). John Rarick
John Rarick
John Richard Rarick was a lawyer who served as a Louisiana state district court judge from 1961 to 1966 in St. Francisville, Louisiana, the seat of West Feliciana Parish, and as a Democratic U.S. representative from the Sixth Congressional District from 1967 to 1975...
(D). Edwin Edwards
Edwin Edwards
Edwin Washington Edwards served as the Governor of Louisiana for four terms , twice as many terms as any other Louisiana chief executive has served. Edwards was also Louisiana's first Roman Catholic governor in the 20th century...
(D), until May 9, 1972
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- John BreauxJohn BreauxJohn Berlinger Breaux is a former United States senator from Louisiana who served from 1987 until 2005. He was also a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1972 to 1987. He was considered one of the more conservative national legislators from the Democratic Party...
(D), from September 30, 1972. Speedy O. LongSpeedy O. LongSpeedy Oteria Long was a Jena lawyer who was a Democratic U.S. Representative from central Louisiana between 1965 and 1973. Prior to his tenure in the since disbanded Eighth Congressional District, Speedy Long had been a member of the Louisiana state Senate...
(D)
- John Breaux
Maine
. Peter N. KyrosPeter N. Kyros
Peter Nicholas Kyros was a U.S. Representative from Maine.Born in Portland, Maine, Kyros attended the public schools in Portland, Maine, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology....
(D). William Hathaway
William Hathaway
William Dodd Hathaway is an American Democratic Party politician from Maine.He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He served in World War II in the Army Air Corps, where he was shot down while bombing the Ploesti, Romania...
(D)
Maryland
. Rogers MortonRogers Morton
Rogers Clark Ballard Morton was an American politician who served as Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of Commerce under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, respectively...
(R), until January 29, 1971
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- William O. MillsWilliam O. MillsWilliam Oswald Mills , was a Republican U.S. congressman who represented the 1st Congressional district of Maryland from May 25, 1971 until his death.- Life and career :...
(R), from May 25, 1971. Clarence LongClarence LongClarence Dickinson Long, PhD , known as "Doc Long", was a Democratic U.S. Congressman who represented the 2nd congressional district of Maryland from January 3, 1963 to January 3, 1985. Long became Chairman of the subcommittee on Foreign Operations of the House Appropriations Committee. In this...
(D). Edward GarmatzEdward GarmatzEdward Alexander Garmatz , a Democrat, was a U.S. Congressman who represented the 3rd congressional district of Maryland from 1947 to 1973....
(D). Paul SarbanesPaul SarbanesPaul Spyros Sarbanes , a Democrat, is a former United States Senator who represented the state of Maryland. Sarbanes was the longest-serving senator in Maryland history, having served from 1977 until 2007. He did not seek re-election in 2006, when he was succeeded by fellow Democrat Ben Cardin...
(D). Lawrence Hogan (R). Goodloe ByronGoodloe ByronGoodloe Edgar Byron , a Democrat, was a U.S. Congressman who represented the 6th congressional district of Maryland from January 3, 1971 until his death on October 11, 1978...
(D). Parren MitchellParren MitchellParren James Mitchell , a Democrat, was a U.S. Congressman who represented the 7th congressional district of Maryland from January 3, 1971 to January 3, 1987. He was the first African-American elected to Congress from Maryland....
(D). Gilbert GudeGilbert GudeGilbert Gude was a U.S. Congressman who represented the Maryland's 8th congressional district from January 3, 1967, to January 3, 1977....
(R)
- William O. Mills
Massachusetts
. Silvio O. ConteSilvio O. Conte
Silvio Ottavio Conte was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for 16 terms, from January 3, 1959, until his death.-Birth:...
(R). Edward Boland
Edward Boland
Edward Patrick Boland was a politician from the state of Massachusetts. A Democrat, he was a representative from Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district....
(D). Robert Drinan
Robert Drinan
Robert Frederick Drinan, S.J. was a Roman Catholic Jesuit priest, lawyer, human rights activist, and Democratic U.S. Representative from Massachusetts...
(D). Harold Donohue
Harold Donohue
Harold Daniel Donohue was an American politician. He represented the third district and fourth district of Massachusetts in the United States House of Representatives from 1947-1974....
(D). F. Bradford Morse
F. Bradford Morse
Frank Bradford Morse was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts. He had a notable career in the United States Congress and the United Nations. On Capitol Hill he served in various capacities for nearly twenty years, the last twelve as Congressman from Lowell,...
(R), until May 1, 1972. Michael J. Harrington
Michael J. Harrington
Michael Joseph Harrington is a former U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.Harrington graduated from St. John’s Preparatory School, in Danvers, Massachusetts, in 1954, then earned a B.A. at Harvard University in 1958 and a J.D...
(D). Torbert Macdonald
Torbert Macdonald
Torbert Hart Macdonald , nicknamed Torby, was a politician from Massachusetts. He served as aDemocratic member of the United States House of Representatives....
(D). Tip O'Neill
Tip O'Neill
Thomas Phillip "Tip" O'Neill, Jr. was an American politician. O'Neill was an outspoken liberal Democrat and influential member of the U.S. Congress, serving in the House of Representatives for 34 years and representing two congressional districts in Massachusetts...
(D). Louise Day Hicks
Louise Day Hicks
Anna Louise Day Hicks was an American politician and lawyer from Boston, Massachusetts, best known for her staunch opposition to court-ordered busing in the 1960s and 1970s.-Early life:...
(D). Margaret Heckler
Margaret Heckler
Margaret Mary Heckler is a Republican politician from Massachusetts who served in the United States House of Representatives for eight terms, from 1967 until 1983 and was later the Secretary of Health and Human Services and Ambassador to Ireland under President Ronald Reagan...
(R). James A. Burke
James A. Burke
James Anthony Burke was a United States Representative from Massachusetts from 1959 to 1979.He was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He was educated in the Boston public schools and Lincoln Preparatory School and attended Suffolk University...
(D). Hastings Keith
Hastings Keith
Hastings Keith was a United States Representative from Massachusetts. Keith was born in Brockton, Massachusetts on November 22, 1915. He graduated from Brockton High School, Deerfield Academy, and the University of Vermont at Burlington in 1938. He performed graduate work at Harvard University...
(R)
Michigan
. John Conyers, Jr.John Conyers
John Conyers, Jr. is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1965 . He is a member of the Democratic Party...
(D). Marvin L. Esch
Marvin L. Esch
Marvin Leonel Esch was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan and a member of the Republican Party. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1967 to 1977 before unsuccessfully seeking a seat in the United States Senate in the 1976 election...
(R). Garry Brown
Garry Brown
Garry Eldridge Brown was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Garry Brown had four daughters, Frances, Mollie, Amelia, and Abigail. His family owned and operated a dairy farm while he was growing up, in Schoolcraft, Michigan...
(R). J. Edward Hutchinson (R). Gerald Ford
Gerald Ford
Gerald Rudolph "Jerry" Ford, Jr. was the 38th President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and the 40th Vice President of the United States serving from 1973 to 1974...
(R). Charles E. Chamberlain
Charles E. Chamberlain
Charles Ernest Chamberlain was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Chamberlain was born in Locke Township, Michigan and after graduating from Lansing Central High School in Lansing, went on to earn a B.S. degree in 1941 from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. He earned an LL.B...
(R). Donald W. Riegle, Jr.
Donald W. Riegle, Jr.
Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. is an American politician from Michigan, who served for five terms as a Representative and for three terms as a Senator.-Early life:...
(R). R. James Harvey (R). Guy A. Vander Jagt
Guy Vander Jagt
Guy Adrian Vander Jagt 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....
(R). Elford A. Cederberg
Elford Albin Cederberg
Elford Albin "Al" Cederberg was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.-Biography:Cederberg was born to dairy farmers Albin and Helen Cederberg in Bay City, Michigan, where he attended the public schools and at Bay City Junior College .He entered the United States Army in April 1941, and...
(R). Philip E. Ruppe (R). James G. O'Hara
James G. O'Hara
James Grant O'Hara was a soldier and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan, serving as U.S. Representative from 1959 to 1977.-Early life:...
(D). Charles C. Diggs, Jr.
Charles Diggs
Charles Coles Diggs, Jr. was an African-American politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. Diggs was an early member of the civil rights movement, having been present at the murder trial of Emmett Till and elected the first chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus.Diggs resigned from the...
(D). Lucien N. Nedzi
Lucien N. Nedzi
Lucien Norbert Nedzi is a former Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from the State of Michigan....
(D). William D. Ford
William D. Ford
William David Ford was a U.S. Representative from Michigan.Ford was born in Detroit and attended Henry Ford Trade School, Melvindale High School, Nebraska State Teachers College, and Wayne State University....
(D). John D. Dingell, Jr.
John Dingell
John David Dingell, Jr. is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1955 . He is a member of the Democratic Party...
(D). Martha W. Griffiths
Martha Griffiths
Martha Wright Griffiths was an American lawyer and judge before being elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1954. Griffiths was the first woman to serve on the powerful House Committee on Ways and Means and the first woman elected to the United States Congress from Michigan as...
(D). William S. Broomfield
William Broomfield
William S. Broomfield, or Bill Broomfield, is a retired politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.-Early life:Broomfield was born in Royal Oak, Michigan. He graduated from high school in 1940 and attended Michigan State College at East Lansing. During the Second World War, he served in the...
(R). Jack H. McDonald
Jack H. McDonald
Jack H. McDonald is a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.McDonald was born in Detroit and was educated in White Lake Township and Detroit. He attended Wayne State University and served as supervisor of census for Wayne County with the Bureau of the Census in 1960. He was elected supervisor...
(R)
Minnesota
. Al QuieAl Quie
Albert Harold Quie is an American politician who served as the 35th Governor of Minnesota from January 4, 1979, to January 3, 1983.-State and national government service:...
(R). Ancher Nelsen
Ancher Nelsen
Ancher Nelsen , was a politician who served as the Lieutenant Governor of the state of Minnesota.-Biography:...
(R). Bill Frenzel
Bill Frenzel
William Eldridge "Bill" Frenzel is a former Republican Congressman from Minnesota, representing Minnesota's Third District, which included the southern and western suburbs of Minneapolis.- Early life and career :...
(R). Joseph E. Karth
Joseph Karth
Joseph Edward Karth was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota; born in New Brighton, Ramsey County, Minnesota; he attended public schools and the University of Nebraska School of Engineering; interrupted his education during the Second World War to serve in the United States Army, with service in...
(DFL). Donald M. Fraser
Donald M. Fraser
Donald MacKay Fraser is an American politician from Minneapolis, Minnesota.-Early life:Donald Fraser played a critical role in making human rights an important part of U.S. policy. Fraser was born on 20 February 1924 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Everett and Lois Fraser. His parents were émigrés...
(DFL). John M. Zwach
John M. Zwach
John Matthew Zwach Sr. was a United States Representative from Minnesota. He was born in Gales Township, Redwood County, Minnesota. He attended the public schools and graduated from Milroy High School in 1926. He then received a teaching certificate from Mankato State College in 1927 and graduated...
(R). Robert Bergland
Robert Bergland
Robert Selmer Bergland is a United States politician. He grew up on a farm near Roseau, and studied agriculture at the University of Minnesota in a two year program...
(DFL). John Blatnik
John Blatnik
John Anton Blatnik was a United States Congressman from Minnesota. He was a member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party , which is affiliated with the Democratic Party....
(DFL)
Mississippi
. Thomas G. AbernethyThomas Abernethy
Thomas Gerstle Abernethy was a member of the United States House of Representatives. He was born in Eupora, Mississippi. He attended the local public schools....
(D). Jamie L. Whitten
Jamie L. Whitten
Jamie Lloyd Whitten was a United States Representative from Mississippi, who was of English and Swedish descent. He is the second-longest serving U.S. Representative ever and the fourth longest serving U.S. member of Congress ever.-Early life:Jamie Whitten was born in Cascilla, Mississippi...
(D). Charles H. Griffin
Charles H. Griffin
Charles Hudson Griffin was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi, great-great-grandson of Isaac Griffin....
(D). Gillespie V. Montgomery
Gillespie V. Montgomery
Gillespie V. "Sonny" Montgomery was an American politician from Mississippi who served in the U.S. House of Representatives 1967–1997...
(D). William M. Colmer
William M. Colmer
William Meyers Colmer was a Mississippi politician.Colmer was born in Moss Point, Mississippi, and attended Millsaps College...
(D)
Missouri
. William L. Clay, Sr. (D). James W. SymingtonJames W. Symington
James Wadsworth Symington is a United States attorney and politician who served as four-term U.S. representative representing Missouri.-Youth, family, and education:...
(D). Leonor K. Sullivan
Leonor Sullivan
Leonor Kretzer Sullivan was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri. She was a Democrat and the first woman in Congress from Missouri....
(D). William J. Randall
William J. Randall
William J. Randall was a former member of the United States House of Representatives. He was a member of the Democratic Party from Missouri....
(D). Richard W. Bolling (D). William R. Hull, Jr. (D). Durward G. Hall
Durward Gorham Hall
Dr. Durward Gorham Hall was a six-term US representative from Missouri's 7th congressional district.-Biography:He was born in Cassville, Missouri on September 14, 1910 and graduated from Greenwood Laboratory School at Southwest Missouri State Teacher's College; later becoming Southwest Missouri...
(R). Richard H. Ichord, II
Richard Howard Ichord Jr.
Richard Howard Ichord Jr. was a significant U.S. anti-Communist political figure. A member of the...
(D). William L. Hungate
William L. Hungate
William Leonard Hungate was a United States Representative from Missouri from November 3, 1964 to January 3, 1977, representing the Ninth Congressional District. Following his retirement from the U.S...
(D). William Dean Burlison (D)
Montana
. Richard G. ShoupRichard G. Shoup
Richard Gardner "Dick" Shoup was a U.S. Representative from Montana, great-grandson of George Laird Shoup.-Education:Born in Salmon, Idaho, Shoup attended the Salmon public schools. He received his B.S...
(R). John Melcher
John Melcher
John Melcher is an American politician of the Democratic Party who represented Montana as a member of the United States House of Representatives, and as a United States Senator from 1977 until 1989.-Early life:...
(D)
Nebraska
. Charles ThoneCharles Thone
Charles Thone is an American Republican politician.-Biography:Charles Thone was born in Hartington, Nebraska. He has three brothers, including John Jr. He graduated from Holy Trinity High School . During World War II, he served in the Infantry of the United States Army...
(R). John Y. McCollister
John Y. McCollister
John Yetter McCollister is a Nebraska Republican politician.He was born to John M. McCollister and Ruth Yetter McCollister in Iowa City, Iowa. In 1939 he graduated from Washington High School in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and in 1943 he graduated from the University of Iowa in Iowa City. He...
(R). David T. Martin
David Martin (Nebraska politician)
David Thomas Martin was a Republican politician from western Nebraska who served seven terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1961 to 1975....
(R)
Nevada
. Walter S. Baring, Jr.Walter S. Baring, Jr.
Walter Stephan Baring, Jr. was a United States Representative from Nevada.Baring came from a political family. His father served on the Esmarelda County Commission for a while, until he moved the family to Reno, Nevada. His father then managed a furniture store. Baring graduated from the...
(D)
New Hampshire
. Louis C. WymanLouis C. Wyman
Louis Crosby Wyman was a U.S. Representative and, for four days, a Senator from New Hampshire.-Early career:...
(R). James C. Cleveland
James Colgate Cleveland
James Colgate Cleveland was an American politician in the Republican party. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1963 until 1981....
(R)
New Jersey
. John E. HuntJohn E. Hunt
John Edmund Hunt was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1967 to 1975.-Early life:...
(R). Charles W. Sandman, Jr.
Charles W. Sandman, Jr.
Charles William Sandman, Jr. was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives and was the party's candidate for Governor of New Jersey in 1973.-Biography:Sandman was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...
(R). James J. Howard
James J. Howard
James John Howard was an American educator and Democratic Party politician who represented in the United States House of Representatives from 1965–1988.-Biography:...
(D). Frank Thompson, Jr.
Frank Thompson
Frank Thompson, Jr. was a Democratic Party politician from New Jersey. Thompson represented in the United States House of Representatives from 1955 to 1980....
(D). Peter H. B. Frelinghuysen, Jr. (R). Edwin B. Forsythe
Edwin B. Forsythe
Edwin Bell Forsythe was an American Republican Party politician, who represented New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives.-Biography:...
(R). William B. Widnall
William B. Widnall
William Beck Widnall was a member of the United States House of Representatives for 24 years representing the 7th district of New Jersey as a Republican....
(R). Robert A. Roe
Robert A. Roe
Robert A. Roe is an American Democratic Party politician who represented New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives for over twenty-three years, serving from November 4, 1969 to January 3, 1993....
(D). Henry Helstoski
Henry Helstoski
Henry Helstoski was an American politician. Helstoski, a Democrat, represented New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives for twelve years, lasting from 1965 until 1977. He was the representative for New Jersey's 8th congressional district...
(D). Peter W. Rodino
Peter W. Rodino
Peter Wallace Rodino, Jr. was a Democratic United States Congressman from New Jersey from 1949 to 1989. Rodino rose to prominence as the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, where he was chair of the impeachment hearings that led to the resignation of President Richard...
(D). Joseph Minish
Joseph Minish
Joseph George Minish was an American Democratic Party politician from New Jersey who represented in the United States House of Representatives....
(D). Florence P. Dwyer
Florence P. Dwyer
Florence Price "Flo" Dwyer , born Florence Louise Price in Reading, Pennsylvania, was an American Republican Party politician and U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 6th and 12th Congressional Districts...
(R). Cornelius E. Gallagher
Cornelius Edward Gallagher
Cornelius Edward Gallagher is an American Democratic Party politician who represented New Jersey's 13th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1959-1973.-Biography:...
(D). Dominick V. Daniels
Dominick V. Daniels
Dominick Vincent Daniels was an American Democratic Party politician who represented New Jersey's 14th congressional district from 1959-1977....
(D). Edward J. Patten
Edward J. Patten
Edward James Patten was an American lawyer and politician. Patten, a Democrat, represented the now-redistricted New Jersey's 15th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives for seventeen years, lasting from 1963 until 1980.-Background:Patten was born and attended public...
(D)
New Mexico
. Manuel Lujan, Jr. (R). Harold L. RunnelsHarold L. Runnels
Harold Lowell Runnels was a U.S. Representative from New Mexico.Runnels attended Dallas public schools and Cameron State Agricultural College in Lawton, Oklahoma. He was employed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Washington D.C. in 1942. From 1945 to 1951, Runnels was a manager for the...
(D)
New York
. Otis G. PikeOtis G. Pike
Otis Grey Pike is a retired Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.-Early life:...
(D). James R. Grover, Jr.
James R. Grover, Jr.
James Russell Grover, Jr. is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.-Biography:...
(R). Lester L. Wolff
Lester L. Wolff
Lester Lionel Wolff was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.Wolff was born in New York City and lectured at New York University from 1939 until 1941 after studying there. He served in the Civil Air Patrol from 1945 until 1950 and from 1968 until 1980...
(D). John W. Wydler
John W. Wydler
John Waldemar Wydler was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.Wydler was born in Brooklyn. He served in the United States Army Air Corps from 1942 until 1945. He graduated from Brown University in 1947 and Harvard University Law School in 1950...
(R). Norman F. Lent
Norman F. Lent
Norman Frederick Lent is a former Republican-Conservative member of the United States House of Representatives from New York....
(R). Seymour Halpern
Seymour Halpern
Seymour Halpern was a United States Representative from New York. He was born in New York City November 19, 1913. He graduated from Richmond Hill High School and attended Seth Low College of Columbia University from 1932 to 1934...
(R). Joseph P. Addabbo
Joseph Patrick Addabbo
Joseph Patrick Addabbo was a New York City politician who served as a Democrat in the United States House of Representatives from 1961 to 1986...
(D). Benjamin S. Rosenthal
Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal
Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal , a Representative from New York, was born in New York City . He attended public schools , Long Island University, and City College. He served in the United States Army, 1943–1946, and received his LL.B. from Brooklyn Law School as well as an LL.M. from New York...
(D). James Delaney
James Delaney
James Joseph Delaney was a Representative from New York.Delaney was born in New York City March 19, 1901; attended the public schools in Long Island City, Queens. He graduated from the law department of St. John’s College, Brooklyn, N.Y...
(D). Emanuel Celler
Emanuel Celler
Emanuel Celler was an American politician from New York who served in the United States House of Representatives for almost 50 years, from March 1923 to January 1973. He was a member of the Democratic Party.-Early life:...
(D). Frank J. Brasco
Frank J. Brasco
Frank James Brasco was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.Brasco was born in Brooklyn. He graduated from Brooklyn College in 1955 and Brooklyn Law School in 1957. He served in the United States Army Reserve and was an assistant district attorney for...
(D). Shirley Chisholm
Shirley Chisholm
Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm was an American politician, educator, and author. She was a Congresswoman, representing New York's 12th Congressional District for seven terms from 1969 to 1983. In 1968, she became the first black woman elected to Congress...
(D). Bertram L. Podell
Bertram L. Podell
Bertram L. Podell was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from New York. Born in Brooklyn, Podell attended St. John's University and Brooklyn Law School. He served in the United States Navy from 1944 until 1946. He was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1955...
(D). John J. Rooney
John J. Rooney
John James Rooney was a Democratic politician from New York.Rooney was born in Brooklyn in 1903. In 1925, he graduated with a law degree from Fordham University and practiced law following his admission to the bar the next year...
(D). Hugh L. Carey
Hugh Carey
Hugh Leo Carey was an American attorney, the 51st Governor of New York from 1975 to 1982, and a seven-term United States Representative .- Early life :...
(D). John M. Murphy
John M. Murphy
John Michael Murphy is a former Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York.He was born in Staten Island, New York City, New York and attended La Salle Military Academy, Amherst College, and the United States Military Academy in West Point.He served in the U.S...
(D). Edward I. Koch (D). Charles B. Rangel
Charles B. Rangel
Charles Bernard "Charlie" Rangel is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1971. A member of the Democratic Party, he is the third-longest currently serving member of the House of Representatives. As its most senior member, he is also the Dean of New York's congressional delegation...
(D). Bella Abzug
Bella Abzug
Bella Savitsky Abzug was an American lawyer, Congresswoman, social activist and a leader of the Women's Movement. In 1971, Abzug joined other leading feminists such as Gloria Steinem and Betty Friedan to found the National Women's Political Caucus...
(D). William Fitts Ryan (D), until September 17, 1972. James H. Scheuer
James H. Scheuer
James Haas Scheuer was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from New York. He was also affiliated with the Liberal Party of New York.-Family and education:...
(D-L
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
). Herman Badillo
Herman Badillo
Herman Badillo is a Bronx, New York politician who has been a borough president, United States Representative, and candidate for Mayor of New York City. He was the first Puerto Rican to be elected to these posts and be a mayoral candidate in the continental United States.-Early years:Badillo was...
(D). Jonathan B. Bingham
Jonathan Brewster Bingham
Jonathan Brewster Bingham was an American politician and diplomat...
(D). Mario Biaggi
Mario Biaggi
Mario Biaggi is a former U.S. Representative from New York and former New York City police officer. He was elected as a Democrat from The Bronx in New York City...
(D). Peter A. Peyser
Peter A. Peyser
Peter A. Peyser was a United States Representative from New York, serving from 1971 to 1977 as a Republican and from 1979 to 1983 as a Democrat.-Early life:He was born in Cedarhurst, Long Island and grew up there and in Manhattan...
(R). Ogden R. Reid
Ogden R. Reid
Ogden Rogers Reid is a former United States Representative from New York.Reid was born in New York, New York and he graduated from Deerfield Academy and Yale University. He was widely known by his nickname, "Brownie." His family owned the New York Herald Tribune and, before that the New York...
(R). John G. Dow
John G. Dow
John Goodchild Dow was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.He was born in New York City. He graduated from Harvard University in 1927 and received a master's degree from Columbia University in 1937. He was a director of civil defense in Grand View, New...
(D). Hamilton Fish IV
Hamilton Fish IV
See Hamilton Fish for others with the same nameHamilton Fish, Jr. was a Republican politician best known as a member of the U.S. Congressional Delegation from New York....
(R). Samuel S. Stratton (D). Carleton J. King
Carleton J. King
Carleton James King was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.King was born in Saratoga Springs, New York. He graduated from Union College and Albany Law School in 1926. He was an assistant district attorney of Saratoga County, New York from 1942 until...
(R). Robert C. McEwen
Robert C. McEwen
Robert Cameron McEwen was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.-Biography:...
(R). Alexander Pirnie
Alexander Pirnie
Alexander Pirnie was an American congressman. He was born in Pulaski, New York, USA. He received his undergraduate and law degrees from Cornell University in 1924 and 1926, where he was also a member of the Quill and Dagger society...
(R). Howard W. Robison
Howard W. Robison
Howard Winfield Robison was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York....
(R). John H. Terry
John H. Terry
John Hart Terry was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York....
(R). James M. Hanley
James M. Hanley
James Michael Hanley was an American politician. He represented New York in the House of Representatives from 1965 to 1981. He was a Democrat.-External links:...
(D). Frank Horton (R). Barber Conable
Barber Conable
Barber Benjamin Conable, Jr. was a U.S. Congressman from New York and president of the World Bank.-Biography:...
(R). James F. Hastings
James F. Hastings
James Fred Hastings is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.Hastings was born in Olean, New York. He served in the United States Navy from 1943 until 1946. He was manager and vice president of radio station WHDL from 1952 until 1966...
(R). Jack Kemp
Jack Kemp
Jack French Kemp was an American politician and a collegiate and professional football player. A Republican, he served as Housing Secretary in the administration of President George H. W. Bush from 1989 to 1993, having previously served nine terms as a congressman for Western New York's 31st...
(R). Henry P. Smith, III
Henry P. Smith III
Henry P. Smith III was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.Smith was born in North Tonawanda, New York. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1933 and Cornell Law School in 1936. He was mayor of North Tonawanda, New York from 1961 until 1963...
(R). Thaddeus J. Dulski
Thaddeus J. Dulski
Thaddeus Joseph Dulski was an American congressman who represented the state of New York. He was born in Buffalo, New York, USA on September 27, 1915. He studied at the University of Buffalo. From 1940 to 1947 he worked for the Internal Revenue Service...
(D)
North Carolina
. Walter B. Jones, Sr.Walter B. Jones, Sr.
Walter Beaman Jones, Sr. , was an American politician from the state of North Carolina who served in the United States House of Representatives, and was the father of Walter Beaman Jones, Jr., who is currently a Representative for the Republican Party.Jones was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina,...
(D). Lawrence H. Fountain
Lawrence H. Fountain
Lawrence H. Fountain , generally known as L.H. Fountain, was a Democratic U.S. representative from North Carolina from 1953 to 1983.-Early life:...
(D). David N. Henderson
David N. Henderson
David Newton Henderson was a U.S. Representative from North Carolina.Born on a farm near Hubert, North Carolina, HendersonB.S., Wallace High School, Wallace, North Carolina, 1938....
(D). Nick Galifianakis
Nick Galifianakis
Nick Galifianakis was a Democratic U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1967 and 1973.-Life and career:Galifianakis was born in Durham, North Carolina, the son of Greek immigrants Sophia and Mike Galifianakis. Galifianakis attended local public schools and then Duke University, earning a...
(D). Wilmer D. Mizell (R). L. Richardson Preyer
L. Richardson Preyer
Lunsford Richardson Preyer , who typically went by 'Richardson' or 'Rich,' was a jurist and a U.S. representative in Congress from North Carolina. He was the grandson of inventor Lunsford Richardson...
(D). Alton Asa Lennon
Alton Asa Lennon
Alton Asa Lennon of Wilmington, New Hanover County, N.C., was a Democratic U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina between 1953 and 1954, and later, a member of the U.S...
(D). Earl B. Ruth
Earl B. Ruth
Earl Baker Ruth was a U.S. Representative from North Carolina.Born in Spencer, North Carolina, Ruth graduated from Central High School, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1934. A.B., University of North Carolina, [Chapel Hill, North Carolina]], 1938...
(R). Charles R. Jonas
Charles R. Jonas
Charles Raper Jonas was a U.S. representative from North Carolina for ten terms . At the time of his election in 1952, he became the first Republican to represent his state in either house of the U.S. Congress since his own father, Charles A. Jonas, and George M...
(R). James T. Broyhill (R). Roy A. Taylor
Roy A. Taylor
Roy Arthur Taylor was a U.S. Representative from North Carolina.Born in Vader, Washington, Taylor graduated from Asheville-Biltmore College, Asheville, North Carolina, 1929....
(D)
North Dakota
. Mark Andrews (R). Arthur A. LinkArthur A. Link
Arthur Albert Link was an American politician for the North Dakota Democratic Party, and later the Democratic-NPL. He was elected as a one-term congressman in 1970 and as the 27th Governor of North Dakota in 1972, and served two terms until 1981.-Life and career:Link was born in Alexander, North...
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Ohio
. William J. KeatingWilliam J. Keating
William John Keating is a former American politician of the Republican party.Keating served in the United States House of Representatives from 1971 to 1974 representing Ohio's 1st congressional district. He was the brother of financier Charles H Keating Jr. and later was Chairman CEO & Publisher...
(R). Donald D. Clancy
Donald D. Clancy
Donald D. Clancy was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives. He represented the 2nd District of Ohio from 1961 until 1977.-Early life and education:...
(R). Charles W. Whalen, Jr.
Charles W. Whalen, Jr.
Charles William Whalen Jr. was a Republican U.S. Representative from Ohio's 3rd congressional district. He served 6 terms in congress and was notably the leader of the Republican party's opposition to the Vietnam War....
(R). William M. McCulloch
William Moore McCulloch
William Moore McCulloch was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio.William M. McCulloch was born near Holmesville, Ohio. He attended the College of Wooster in Wooster, Ohio. He graduated from the college of law of Ohio State University at Columbus, Ohio, in 1925...
(R). Del Latta
Del Latta
Delbert Leroy "Del" Latta is a former member of the United States House of Representatives. Latta was a Republican from Ohio.-Life and career:...
(R). Bill Harsha
Bill Harsha
William Howard "Bill" Harsha, Jr. was an American politician who represented Ohio as a Republican in the United States House of Representatives from January 3, 1961 to January 3, 1981.-Biography:...
(R). Clarence J. Brown, Jr. (R). Jackson E. Betts
Jackson Edward Betts
Jackson Edward Betts was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio.Jackson Edward Betts was born in Findlay, Ohio. He graduated from Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, in 1926, and from Yale Law School in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1929. He was admitted to the bar in 1930,...
(R). Thomas W. L. Ashley
Thomas W. L. Ashley
Thomas William Ludlow Ashley , usually known as Lud Ashley, was an American politician of the Democratic party. He served as a U.S. representative from Ohio from 1955 to 1981.-Biography:...
(D). Clarence E. Miller
Clarence E. Miller
Clarence Ellsworth Miller, Jr. was a Republican Congressman from Ohio, serving January 3, 1967 to January 3, 1993....
(R). J. William Stanton
J. William Stanton
John William Stanton was a Republican congressman from Ohio who served in the United States Congress from 1965 until his retirement in 1983. Stanton died in Jacksonville, Florida, April 11, 2002 at the age of 78.-External links:* Library of Congress...
(R). Samuel L. Devine
Samuel L. Devine
Samuel Leeper Devine was an American politician of the Republican party who served in the United States House of Representatives as Representative of the 12th congressional district of Ohio from 3 January 1959 until 3 January 1981; he left office after being defeated by Democrat Bob Shamansky...
(R). Charles A. Mosher
Charles Adams Mosher
Charles Adams Mosher was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio.Charles Adams Mosher was born in Sandwich, Illinois. He graduated from Sandwich High School, and Oberlin College in 1928. He was employed on daily newspapers in Aurora, Illinois, and Janesville,...
(R). John F. Seiberling
John F. Seiberling
John Frederick Seiberling, Jr. was a United States Representative from Ohio. In 1974, he helped to establish what later became the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, and served on the House Judiciary Committee that held the impeachment hearings against President Richard Nixon.-Biography:Born in Akron,...
(D). Chalmers Wylie
Chalmers Wylie
Chalmers Pangburn Wylie was an American politician and lawyer from Ohio, who served in various public offices in that state before serving thirteen terms as a member of the United States House of Representatives....
(R). Frank T. Bow
Frank T. Bow
Frank Townsend Bow was a noted Ohio jurist and politician who served as a Republican Congressman in the United States House of Representatives from January 3, 1951 until his death on November 13, 1972....
(R), until November 13, 1972. John M. Ashbrook
John M. Ashbrook
John Milan Ashbrook was an American politician of the Republican Party who served in the United States House of Representatives from Ohio from 1961 until his death. His father was William A. Ashbrook, a newspaper editor, businessman, and U.S...
(R). Wayne Hays
Wayne Hays
Wayne Levere Hays was an American politician whose strong rule of the House Administration Committee extended to even the smallest items. In the mid-1970s, lawmakers avoided crossing Hays for fear that he would shut off the air conditioning in their offices...
(D). Charles J. Carney
Charles J. Carney
Charles Joseph Carney was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Youngstown, Ohio, Carney attended schools in Youngstown and neighboring Campbell, Ohio. He later attended Youngstown State University...
(D). James V. Stanton
James V. Stanton
James Vincent Stanton was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.-Biography:Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Stanton graduated from Holy Name High School in 1949 and then served in the United States Air Force from 1950 to 1954, during the Korean War. He earned an A.B. from the University of Dayton in 1958, and a...
(D). Louis Stokes
Louis Stokes
Louis Stokes is a Democratic politician from Ohio. He served in the United States House of Representatives....
(D). Charles A. Vanik (D). William E. Minshall, Jr.
William Edwin Minshall, Jr.
William Edwin Minshall, Jr. was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio.William E. Minshall, Jr. was born in East Cleveland, Ohio...
(R). Walter E. Powell
Walter E. Powell
Walter Eugene Powell was an American politician of the Republican party who served as a U.S. representative from Ohio from 1971 to 1975. Powell began his career as the city clerk of Fairfield, Ohio in 1956, and became a member of Fairfield City Council in 1958. In 1960, Powell successfully ran...
(R)
Oklahoma
. Page BelcherPage Belcher
Page Henry Belcher was a Republican politician and a U.S. representative from Oklahoma.-Biography: Belcher was born in Jefferson in northern Oklahoma to George Harvey Belcher and Jessie Ray. He was educated at public schools in Jefferson, and Medford, Oklahoma...
(R). Edmond A. Edmondson
Ed Edmondson (U.S. politician)
Edmond "Ed" Augustus Edmondson was a U.S. politician from Oklahoma.-Early life:He was born and raised in Muskogee, Oklahoma, where he attended public school before going on to attend Muskogee Junior College. Upon graduation from the University of Oklahoma in 1940, he joined the Federal Bureau of...
(D). Carl Albert
Carl Albert
Carl Bert Albert was a lawyer and a Democratic American politician from Oklahoma.Albert represented the southeastern portion of Oklahoma as a Democrat for 30 years, starting in 1947. He is best known for his service as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1971 to 1977...
(D). Thomas J. Steed
Tom Steed
Thomas Jefferson "Tom" Steed was a military veteran, newspaper editor and Democratic politician and a retired U.S. Congressman from Oklahoma. He often stated that his experience in journalism, the military and in the U.S...
(D). John Jarman
John Jarman
John Jarman was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Oklahoma for 26 years from January, 1951 to January, 1977.-Early life and career:...
(D). John Newbold Camp
John Newbold Camp
John Newbold Camp, known as Happy Camp was a Republican U.S. Representative from Oklahoma.Born in Enid, Camp attended elementary and high schools in Blackwell, Douglas, and Waukomis. He attended Phillips University in Enid. A banker, he became president of Waukomis State Bank...
(R)
Oregon
. Wendell WyattWendell Wyatt
Wendell Wyatt was a Republican United States Representative from Oregon's 1st congressional district who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1964 until 1975.- Life before Congress :...
(R). Al Ullman
Al Ullman
Albert Conrad "Al" Ullman , was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives who represented from 1957 to 1981...
(D). Edith Green
Edith Green
Edith Louise Starrett Green was an American politician and educator in the state of Oregon. A native of South Dakota, she was raised in Oregon and completed her education at the University of Oregon and Stanford University...
(D). John R. Dellenback
John R. Dellenback
John Richard Dellenback was a Republican U.S. congressman from Oregon.Born in Chicago, Illinois, Dellenback graduated from Yale University...
(R)
Pennsylvania
. William A. BarrettWilliam A. Barrett
William Aloysius Barrett was an American politician and a member of the Democratic Party.He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He graduated from St. Joseph's College in Philadelphia. He worked for a number of years in real estate before running for office.He was first elected to the U.S....
(D). Robert N.C. Nix, Sr.
Robert N.C. Nix, Sr.
Robert Nelson Cornelius Nix, Sr. was the first African American to represent Pennsylvania in the House of Representatives. The Robert N.C...
(D). James A. Byrne
James A. Byrne
James Aloysius Byrne was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Jim Byrne was born in Philadelphia, PA. He attended St. Joseph’s College in Philadelphia. He was engaged in business as a mortician from 1937 to 1950. He was the county registrar for the Bureau...
(D). Joshua Eilberg
Joshua Eilberg
Joshua Eilberg was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Early life and education:Eilburg was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...
(D). William J. Green, III
William J. Green, III
William Joseph Green, III is a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Green also served as the 94th Mayor of Philadelphia.-Youth:...
(D). Gus Yatron
Gus Yatron
Constantine "Gus" Yatron was an American politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives. A member of the Democratic Party, Yatron represented the 6th congressional district of Pennsylvania for twelve terms, from 1969 until his retirement in 1993...
(D). Lawrence G. Williams
Lawrence G. Williams
Lawrence Gordon Williams was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing the 7th district of Pennsylvania....
(R). Edward G. Biester, Jr.
Edward G. Biester, Jr.
Edward George Biester, Jr. is a retired Republican politician and judge who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, from 1967 to 1977....
(R). John H. Ware III (R). Joseph M. McDade
Joseph M. McDade
Joseph Michael "Joe" McDade is a former member of the United States House of Representatives, having represented Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district.-Early life and career:...
(R). Daniel J. Flood
Daniel J. Flood
Daniel John "Dan" Flood was a flamboyant and long-serving Democratic United States Representative from Pennsylvania. He was censured for bribery and resigned from the House in 1980.-Early life and career:...
(D). J. Irving Whalley
J. Irving Whalley
John Irving Whalley was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Early life and business activities:...
(R). R. Lawrence Coughlin (R). William S. Moorhead
William S. Moorhead
William Singer Moorhead was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Moorhead was born in Pittsburgh, PA, the son of prominent attorney William Singer Moorhead, Sr...
(D). Fred B. Rooney
Fred B. Rooney
Frederick Bernard Rooney, Jr. was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania....
(D). Edwin D. Eshleman
Edwin Duing Eshleman
Edwin Duing Eshleman was an American politician who represented Pennsylvania in the United States House of Representatives as a Republican from 1967 to 1977.-Biography:...
(R). Herman T. Schneebeli
Herman T. Schneebeli
Herman Theodore Schneebeli was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Herman Schneebeli was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Mercersburg Academy in 1926, Dartmouth College in 1930, and Tuck School of Administration and Finance in 1931...
(R). Robert J. Corbett
Robert J. Corbett
Robert James Corbett was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Biography:...
(R), until April 25, 1971
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- H. John Heinz IIIH. John Heinz IIIHenry John Heinz III was an American politician from Pennsylvania, a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate .-Early life:...
(R), from November 2, 1971. George A. GoodlingGeorge Atlee GoodlingGeorge Atlee Goodling was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.George Atlee Goodling was born in Loganville, Pennsylvania. During the First World War he served as a seaman, second class in the United States Navy from March 1918 to December 1918. He received a...
(R). Joseph M. GaydosJoseph M. GaydosJoseph Matthew Gaydos was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Joe Gaydos was born in Braddock, Pennsylvania. His Hungarian father was born in Northern Hungary which today is Slovakia after it was annxed by Czechoslovakia following WWI and the Treaty of Trianon...
(D). John H. DentJohn H. Dent (politician)John Herman Dent was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Early life and education:John Dent was born in Johnetta, Pennsylvania, to Samuel and Genevieve Dent...
(D). John P. SaylorJohn P. SaylorJohn Phillips Saylor was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Saylor was born in Conemaugh Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in 1929, and Dickinson School of Law in Carlisle,...
(R). Albert W. JohnsonAlbert W. JohnsonAlbert Walter Johnson was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania....
(R). Joseph P. VigoritoJoseph P. VigoritoJoseph Phillip Vigorito was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania....
(D). Frank M. ClarkFrank M. ClarkFrank Monroe Clark was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Early Life & Military Service:...
(D). Thomas E. MorganThomas E. MorganThomas Ellsworth Morgan was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Thomas E. Morgan was born in Ellsworth, PA. He graduated from Waynesburg College in 1930, the Detroit College of Medicine and Surgery in 1933, and Wayne University in Detroit, MI, in 1934...
(D). James G. FultonJames G. FultonJames Grove Fulton was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Early life and education:James G. Fulton was born in Dormont, Pennsylvania...
(R), until October 6, 1971 - William S. Conover (R), from April 25, 1972
- H. John Heinz III
Rhode Island
. Fernand St. GermainFernand St. Germain
Fernand Joseph St. Germain is a former U.S. Representative from Rhode Island.Born in Blackstone, Massachusetts, St. Germain attended parochial schools in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. He graduated from Our Lady of Providence Seminary High School, 1945, and from Providence College, 1948...
(D). Robert Tiernan
Robert Tiernan
Robert Owens Tiernan was a U.S. Representative from Rhode Island.Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Tiernan attended La Salle Academy.He earned his A.B. from Providence College in 1953 and hisJ.D...
(D)
South Carolina
. Mendel J. Davis (D), from April 27, 1971. Floyd SpenceFloyd Spence
Floyd Davidson Spence was a Republican politician from South Carolina.-Early life and education:Spence was born in Columbia, South Carolina in 1928, but spent most of his life in nearby Lexington County. Shortly after graduating from high school, he enlisted in the U.S. Naval Reserve, retiring as...
(R). W. J. Bryan Dorn
William Jennings Bryan Dorn
William Jennings Bryan Dorn was a United States politician from South Carolina who represented the state in the United States House of Representatives from 1947 to 1949 and from 1951 to 1975 as a Democrat....
(D). James R. Mann
James Robert Mann (South Carolina)
James Robert Mann was a soldier, lawyer and a United States Representative from South Carolina.-Early life and career:...
(D). Thomas S. Gettys
Thomas S. Gettys
Thomas Smithwick Gettys was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.Born in Rock Hill, South Carolina, Gettys was educated in the Rock Hill public schools.He attended Clemson College.Erskine College, A.B., 1933....
(D). John L. McMillan
John L. McMillan
John Lanneau McMillan was a United States Representative from South Carolina. Born on a farm near Mullins, he was educated at Mullins High School, the University of North Carolina, as well as the University of South Carolina Law School and National Law School in Washington, D.C...
(D)
South Dakota
. Frank E. DenholmFrank E. Denholm
Frank Edward Denholm was a member of the United States House of Representatives from South Dakota. He was born in Scotland Township of Day County, South Dakota in 1923....
(D). James Abourezk
James Abourezk
James George Abourezk is a former Democratic United States Representative and United States Senator, and was the first Arab-American to serve in the United States Senate. He represented South Dakota in the U.S...
(D)
Tennessee
. Jimmy QuillenJimmy Quillen
James Henry Quillen, usually known as Jimmy Quillen was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee from 1963 to 1997.-Early life:...
(R). John J. Duncan, Sr.
John Duncan, Sr.
John James Duncan, Sr. was an American attorney and Republican politician who represented Tennessee's 2nd Congressional District in the U. S. House of Representatives from 1965 until his death in 1988. He also served as Mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee, from 1959 to 1964, and as assistant attorney...
(R). LaMar Baker
LaMar Baker
LaMar Baker was a Tennessee businessman and Republican political figure who served two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives.-Biography:...
(R). Joe L. Evins
Joe L. Evins
Joseph Landon Evins was a Democratic U.S. Representative from Tennessee from 1947 to 1977.Evins was a native of the Blend Community of DeKalb County, Tennessee, the son of James Edgar Evins and Myrtie Goodson Evins. His father was a Tennessee state senator and a successful local businessman.Joe L...
(D). Richard Fulton
Richard Fulton
Richard Harmon "Dick" Fulton was a Democratic politician who served as a member of the Tennessee State Senate and of the United States House of Representatives, and the second mayor of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County.- Background :Fulton was educated as a youth in the...
(D). William R. Anderson
William Anderson (naval officer)
William Robert Anderson was an officer in the United States Navy, and a U.S. Representative from Tennessee from 1965 to 1973.-Early life and naval career:...
(D). Ray Blanton
Ray Blanton
Leonard Ray Blanton was the 44th Governor of Tennessee from 1975 to 1979. Blanton's administration was rife with corruption.-Early life and Congress:...
(D). Ed Jones
Ed Jones (US politician)
Edward "Ed" Jones was a Democratic Congressman from the state of Tennessee from 1969 to 1989.-Biography:...
(D). Dan Kuykendall
Dan Kuykendall
Dan Heflin Kuykendall was a U.S. Representative from Tennessee from 1967 to 1975. He was a member of the Republican Party....
(R)
Texas
. Wright PatmanWright Patman
John William Wright Patman was a U.S. Congressman from Texas in Texas's 1st congressional district and chair of the United States House Committee on Banking and Currency .-Early life:...
(D). John Dowdy
John Dowdy
John Vernard Dowdy was an American politician. Dowdy was a Democratic member of the House of Representatives from the 7th District of Texas from 1953 to 1967 and then served as a congressman from the 2nd District of Texas until 1973, when he decided to retire under indictment for bribery.According...
(D). James M. Collins
James M. Collins
James Mitchell Collins, often known as Jim Collins , was a Republican who represented the Third Congressional District of Texas from 1968-1983. The district was based at the time about Irving in Dallas County....
(R). H. Ray Roberts
Ray Roberts
Herbert Ray Roberts represented Texas's 4th congressional district from 1962 to 1981. Roberts was a Democrat.-Early life and education:...
(D). Earle Cabell
Earle Cabell
Earle Cabell , was a Texas politician who served as mayor of Dallas, Texas. Cabell was mayor at the time of the assassination of John F. Kennedy and was later a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. He was son of Dallas mayor Ben E. Cabell and grandson of Dallas mayor William L. Cabell...
(D). Olin E. Teague
Olin E. Teague
Olin Earl "Tiger" Teague was a notable World War II veteran and Congressional representative for Texas's 6th congressional district for 32 years, from 1946 to 1978...
(D). William Reynolds Archer, Jr.
William Reynolds Archer, Jr.
William Reynolds “Bill” Archer, Jr. is a former American lawyer and politician. Archer served two terms, from 1967 to 1971, in the Texas House of Representatives — changing from the Democratic to the Republican party in 1969 — and later represented Texas in the United States House as a Republican...
(R). Robert C. Eckhardt
Robert C. Eckhardt
Robert Christian "Bob" Eckhardt was a Democratic United States Representative representing the 8th District of Texas from 1967 to 1981.-Early life and family:Eckhardt was born in Austin, Texas on July 16, 1913...
(D). Jack B. Brooks
Jack Brooks (politician)
Jack Bascom Brooks is a retired Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Texas, who served for more than 40 years in the U.S. House of Representatives. He was defeated for reelection in the 1994 election...
(D). James J. (Jake) Pickle (D). William R. Poage
William R. Poage
William Robert Poage was a Texas politician.Poage was born in Waco, Texas and served in the United States Navy during World War I. He served in the Texas House of Representatives from 1925 to 1929, and in the Texas Senate from 1931 to 1937.In 1936, Poage was elected to the House of Representatives...
(D). James C. Wright, Jr.
Jim Wright
James Claude Wright, Jr. , usually known as Jim Wright, is a former Democratic U.S. Congressman from Texas who served 34 years in the U.S. House of Representatives and was the Speaker of the House from 1987 to 1989.-Early life:...
(D). Graham B. Purcell, Jr.
Graham B. Purcell, Jr.
Graham Boynton Purcell, Jr. was a United States Representative from Texas.Born in Archer City, Texas, Purcell attended the public schools and received his Bachelor of Science from The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas in 1946, and his LL.B...
(D). John A. Young
John Andrew Young
John Andrew Young was an Democratic politician from Texas who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1957 to 1979....
(D). Eligio (Kika) de la Garza, II
Kika de la Garza
Eligio “Kika” de la Garza, II was the Democratic representative for the 15th congressional district of Texas from January 3, 1965, to January 3, 1997....
(D). Richard C. White (D). Omar T. Burleson (D). Robert D. Price (R). George H. Mahon
George H. Mahon
George Herman Mahon was a Texas politician who served twenty-two consecutive terms as a member of the United States House of Representatives from the Lubbock-based 19th congressional district....
(D). Henry B. González
Henry B. Gonzalez
Henry Barbosa González was a Democratic politician from the state of Texas. He represented Texas's 20th congressional district from 1961 to 1999.-Background:...
(D). O. Clark Fisher
O. C. Fisher
Ovie Clark Fisher was an attorney and author who served his country for 32 years as United States Congressman from the 21st District of Texas.-Biography:...
(D). Robert R. Casey
Robert R. Casey
Robert Randolph "Bob" Casey was a member of the United States House of Representatives. He was a Democrat from Texas.-Early life:...
(D). Abraham Kazen
Abraham Kazen
Abraham Kazen, Jr., usually known as Chick Kazen was a U.S. Representative from Texas from 1967 to 1985.- Education :...
(D)
Utah
. K. Gunn McKayK. Gunn McKay
Koln Gunn McKay was an American politician who represented the state of Utah. He served from January 3, 1971 to January 3, 1981, beginning in the ninety-second Congress and in four succeeding congresses.-Biography:...
(D). Sherman P. Lloyd
Sherman P. Lloyd
Sherman Parkinson Lloyd was a U.S. Representative from Utah.- Biography :Lloyd was born in St. Anthony, Fremont County, Idaho, Lloyd's father was a counselor in the Stake Presidency at the time. Lloyd attended St. Anthony and Rexburg public schools. Lloyd was a member of The Church of Jesus...
(R)
Vermont
. Robert StaffordRobert Stafford
Robert Theodore Stafford was an American politician from Vermont. In his lengthy career, he served as the 71st Governor of Vermont, a United States Representative, and a U.S. Senator...
(R), until September 16, 1971
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- Richard W. MallaryRichard W. MallaryRichard Walker Mallary was a U.S. Representative from Vermont.Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, Mallary was educated at Bradford Academy, Bradford, Vermont, and attended Dartmouth College, receiving an A.B...
(R), from January 7, 1972
- Richard W. Mallary
Virginia
. Thomas N. DowningThomas N. Downing
Thomas Nelms Downing was a lawyer, politician, and Democratic Congressman from for nine terms.Downing was born and raised in Newport News, Virginia. He attended Newport News High School, and graduated from Virginia Military Institute in 1940...
(D). G. William Whitehurst
G. William Whitehurst
George William Whitehurst is a professor and retired politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from the state of Virginia. He began his career as a professor at the Norfolk campus of the College of William and Mary, which became Old Dominion College in 1962...
(R). David E. Satterfield III
David E. Satterfield III
David Edward Satterfield III was a U.S. Representative from Virginia's 3rd congressional district. He served eight consecutive terms from 1965 until 1981. His father, Dave E...
(D). Watkins M. Abbitt
Watkins Moorman Abbitt
Watkins Moorman Abbitt was a U.S. Representative from Virginia. He was born in Lynchburg, Virginia and graduated from Appomattox Agricultural High School in Appomattox, Virginia in 1925. He earned an LL.B. from the University of Richmond in 1931 and began the practice of law in Appomattox. He...
(D). Dan Daniel
Dan Daniel (politician)
Wilbur Clarence Daniel was a U.S. Representative from Virginia, USA.Born in Chatham, Virginia, Daniel grew up on a tobacco farm in Mecklenburg County, Virginia. He was educated in Virginia schools, and was a graduate of Dan River Textile School, Danville, Virginia...
(D). Richard H. Poff
Richard Harding Poff
Richard Harding Poff was an American politician and judge. He was first elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1952, representing Virginia's Sixth District...
(R), until August 29, 1972
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- M. Caldwell ButlerM. Caldwell ButlerManley Caldwell Butler is a U.S. Representative from Virginia, great grandson of James A. Walker.Born in Roanoke, Virginia, Butler graduated from Jefferson Senior High School, Roanoke, Virginia, 1942....
(R), from November 7, 1972. James Kenneth Robinson (R). William L. ScottWilliam L. ScottWilliam Lloyd Scott was a Republican politician from Virginia.Scott was born in Williamsburg, Virginia. He received a law degree from George Washington University, and was employed by the federal government 1934–1961, principally as trial attorney with Department of Justice...
(R). William C. WamplerWilliam C. WamplerWilliam Creed Wampler is a former United States Representative from Virginia.Born in Pennington Gap, Lee County, Virginia, Wampler attended the public schools in Bristol, Virginia and on May 21, 1943, enlisted in the United States Navy...
(R). Joel BroyhillJoel BroyhillJoel Thomas Broyhill was an American politician and a Congressman from Virginia for 11 terms, from 1953 to 1974...
(R)
- M. Caldwell Butler
Washington
. Thomas M. PellyThomas Pelly
Thomas Minor Pelly , an American politician born in Seattle, Washington, served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1953 to 1973. He represented the First Congressional District of Washington as a Republican. Due to health concerns, he did not run for re-election in...
(R). Lloyd Meeds
Lloyd Meeds
Lloyd Meeds , an American politician, served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1965 to 1979. He represented the Second Congressional District of Washington as a Democrat....
(D). Julia B. Hansen
Julia Butler Hansen
Julia Butler Hansen , born Julia Caroline Butler, June 14, 1907, in Portland, Oregon, USA, served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1960-1974. She represented Washington's Third Congressional District as a Democrat. She was the second woman and first Democratic woman...
(D). Mike McCormack
Mike McCormack (politician)
C.G. Mike McCormack is a retired American politician, who served as U.S. Representative from the State of Washington's Fourth Congressional District from 1971 to 1981. He is a Democrat...
(D). Tom Foley
Tom Foley
Thomas Stephen Foley was the 57th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1989 to 1995. He represented Washington's 5th congressional district for 30 years as a Democratic member from 1965 to 1995....
(D). Floyd V. Hicks (D). Brock Adams
Brock Adams
Brockman "Brock" Adams was an American politician and member of Congress. Adams was a Democrat from Washington and served as a U.S. Representative, Senator, and United States Secretary of Transportation before retiring in January 1993.Adams was born in Atlanta, Georgia, and attended the public...
(D)
West Virginia
. Robert H. Mollohan (D). Harley O. StaggersHarley Orrin Staggers
Harley Orrin Staggers, Sr. was a Democratic U.S. politician.-Education:Staggers graduated from Emory and Henry College in 1931 and did graduate work at Duke University.-Career:...
(D). John M. Slack (D). Kenneth W. Hechler
Ken Hechler
Kenneth William Hechler is an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented West Virginia in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1959 to 1977 and was West Virginia Secretary of State from 1985 to 2001....
(D). James Kee
James Kee
James Kee was a U.S. Democratic politician.He was born in Bluefield, West Virginia. He was the son of John Kee, a U.S. Representative from West Virginia who served from 1933 until his death in 1951, and Elizabeth Kee, who succeeded her husband in Congress and served from 1951 until 1965...
(D)
Wisconsin
. Les AspinLes Aspin
Leslie "Les" Aspin, Jr. was a United States Representative from 1971 to 1993, and the United States Secretary of Defense under President Bill Clinton from January 21, 1993 to February 3, 1994.-Early life:...
(D). Robert W. Kastenmeier
Robert Kastenmeier
Robert William Kastenmeier is a United States politician. He represented Wisconsin in the United States House of Representatives from 1959 to 1991, and is a member of the Democratic Party.-Education:...
(D). Vernon W. Thomson
Vernon Wallace Thomson
Vernon Wallace Thomson was the 34th Governor of Wisconsin from 1957 to 1959. Vernon Thomson was born in Richland Center, Wisconsin. He attended what is now Carroll University, in 1925, but graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, in 1927, where he was a member of the Chi Phi...
(R). Clement J. Zablocki
Clement J. Zablocki
Clement John Zablocki was an American politician from the state of Wisconsin.-Career:Zablocki was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and he graduated from Marquette University. Zablocki was elected to the Wisconsin State Senate in 1942. He was elected to the House of Representatives in 1948 as a Democrat...
(D). Henry S. Reuss
Henry S. Reuss
Henry Schoellkopf Reuss was a Democrat U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.-Childhood and education:He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and grew up in that city's German section. Reuss earned his A.B. from Cornell University in 1933 and was a member of the Sphinx Head Society. He then earned his LL.B...
(D). William A. Steiger
William A. Steiger
William Albert "Bill" Steiger was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1967 until his death in 1978. He served as a Republican from Wisconsin.-Early life:Steiger was born in Oshkosh, Wisconsin...
(R). Dave Obey
Dave Obey
David Ross "Dave" Obey is the former U.S. Representative for , serving 21 consecutive terms from 1969 until 2011. The district includes much of the northwestern portion of the state, including Wausau and Superior...
(D). John W. Byrnes
John W. Byrnes
John William Byrnes was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin from 1945 until 1973, when he did not seek reelection. He also served in the Wisconsin State Senate.-External links:...
(R). Glenn R. Davis
Glenn Robert Davis
Glenn Robert Davis was a member of the United States House of Representatives for Wisconsin's Second Congressional District from April 22, 1947 to January 3, 1957, and Wisconsin's Ninth Congressional District from January 3, 1965 to December 31, 1974.-Early life and education:Davis was born on a...
(R). Alvin O'Konski
Alvin O'Konski
Alvin Edward O'Konski was a United States Representative from Wisconsin. Born on a farm near Kewaunee, he attended the local public schools and the University of Iowa. He graduated from State Teachers College in Oshkosh, Wisconsin in 1927 and from the University of Wisconsin in 1932...
(R)
Non-voting members
. Walter E. FauntroyWalter E. Fauntroy
Walter Edward Fauntroy is the former pastor of the New Bethel Baptist Church in Washington, D.C., and a civil rights activist. He is also a former member of the United States Congress and was a candidate for the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination, as well as a human rights activist...
(D), from March 23, 1971. Jorge Luis Cordova
Jorge Luis Córdova
Jorge Luis Córdova Díaz served as Puerto Rico's eleventh Resident Commissioner. His father, Félix Córdova Dávila, had served as Puerto Rico's fourth Resident Commissioner from 1917 to 1932....
(PNP)
Changes in membership
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.Senate
- replacements: 3
- DemocraticDemocratic Party (United States)The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
: no net change - RepublicanRepublican Party (United States)The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
: no net change
- Democratic
- deaths: 3
- resignations:
- Total seats with changes: 3
|-
| Georgia
(2)
| | Richard Russell, Jr.
Richard Russell, Jr.
Richard Brevard Russell, Jr. was a Democratic Party politician from the southeastern state of Georgia. He served as state governor from 1931 to 1933 and United States senator from 1933 to 1971....
(D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died January 21, 1971
| | David H. Gambrell
David H. Gambrell
David Henry Gambrell is a Georgia attorney who represented his state in the United States Senate from 1971 through 1972.-Education and legal career:Gambrell was born in Atlanta, GA, on December 20, 1929....
(D)
| February 1, 1971
|-
| Vermont
(1)
| | Winston L. Prouty
Winston L. Prouty
Winston Lewis Prouty was a United States Representative and Senator from Vermont.Winston Lewis Prouty was born in Newport, Vermont, to Willard Robert Prouty and Margaret Prouty. The Prouty family owned and operated Prouty & Miller, a lumber and building materials company, with forests east of the...
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died September 10, 1971
| | Robert Stafford
Robert Stafford
Robert Theodore Stafford was an American politician from Vermont. In his lengthy career, he served as the 71st Governor of Vermont, a United States Representative, and a U.S. Senator...
(R)
| September 16, 1971
|-
| Louisiana
(2)
| | Allen J. Ellender
Allen J. Ellender
Allen Joseph Ellender was a popular U.S. senator from Houma, Louisiana , who served from 1937 until his death. He was a Democrat who was originally allied with the legendary Huey Pierce Long, Jr.. As Senator he compiled a generally conservative record, voting 77% of the time with the Conservative...
(D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died July 27, 1972
| | Elaine S. Edwards
Elaine S. Edwards
Elaine Schwartzenburg Edwards is a former interim member of the United States Senate and the first wife of Edwin Washington Edwards, making her a former First Lady of Louisiana....
(D)
| August 1, 1972
|-
| Georgia
(2)
| | David H. Gambrell
David H. Gambrell
David Henry Gambrell is a Georgia attorney who represented his state in the United States Senate from 1971 through 1972.-Education and legal career:Gambrell was born in Atlanta, GA, on December 20, 1929....
(D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Successor elected November 7, 1972
| | Sam Nunn
Sam Nunn
Samuel Augustus Nunn, Jr. is an American lawyer and politician. Currently the co-chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nuclear Threat Initiative , a charitable organization working to reduce the global threats from nuclear, biological and chemical weapons, Nunn served for 24 years as a...
(D)
| November 7, 1972
|-
| Louisiana
(2)
| | Elaine S. Edwards
Elaine S. Edwards
Elaine Schwartzenburg Edwards is a former interim member of the United States Senate and the first wife of Edwin Washington Edwards, making her a former First Lady of Louisiana....
(D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Successor elected November 13, 1972
| | Bennett Johnston, Jr. (D)
| November 14, 1972
|}
House of Representatives
- replacements: 10
- DemocraticDemocratic Party (United States)The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
: no net loss - RepublicanRepublican Party (United States)The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
: no net gain
- Democratic
- deaths: 8
- resignations: 6
- Total seats with changes: 16
|-
| nowrap |
| Vacant
| style="font-size:80%" | District elected first delegate since the seat was re-established during previous congress
| | Walter E. Fauntroy
Walter E. Fauntroy
Walter Edward Fauntroy is the former pastor of the New Bethel Baptist Church in Washington, D.C., and a civil rights activist. He is also a former member of the United States Congress and was a candidate for the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination, as well as a human rights activist...
(D)
| March 23, 1971
|-
| nowrap |
| Vacant
| style="font-size:80%" | Rep. L. Mendel Rivers
L. Mendel Rivers
Lucius Mendel Rivers was a Democratic U.S. Representative from South Carolina, representing the Charleston based 1st congressional district for nearly thirty years...
died during previous congress
| | Mendel J. Davis
Mendel Jackson Davis
Mendel Jackson Davis was a lawyer and a United States Representative from South Carolina.-Early life and career:Davis was born in the city of North Charleston to Felix Charles Davis and Elizabeth Jackson Davis...
(D)
| April 27, 1971
|-
|
| nowrap| Rogers Morton
Rogers Morton
Rogers Clark Ballard Morton was an American politician who served as Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of Commerce under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, respectively...
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 29, 1971 after being appointed United States Secretary of the Interior
United States Secretary of the Interior
The United States Secretary of the Interior is the head of the United States Department of the Interior.The US Department of the Interior should not be confused with the concept of Ministries of the Interior as used in other countries...
| nowrap | William O. Mills (R)
| May 25, 1971
|-
|
| nowrap| Robert J. Corbett
Robert J. Corbett
Robert James Corbett was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Biography:...
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died April 25, 1971
| nowrap | H. John Heinz III
H. John Heinz III
Henry John Heinz III was an American politician from Pennsylvania, a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate .-Early life:...
(R)
| November 2, 1971
|-
|
| nowrap| Robert Stafford
Robert Stafford
Robert Theodore Stafford was an American politician from Vermont. In his lengthy career, he served as the 71st Governor of Vermont, a United States Representative, and a U.S. Senator...
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned after being appointed to the US Senate September 16, 1971
| nowrap | Richard W. Mallary
Richard W. Mallary
Richard Walker Mallary was a U.S. Representative from Vermont.Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, Mallary was educated at Bradford Academy, Bradford, Vermont, and attended Dartmouth College, receiving an A.B...
(R)
| January 7, 1972
|-
|
| | John C. Watts
John C. Watts
John Clarence Watts was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Nicholasville, Kentucky, Watts attended the public schools.He was graduated from the University of Kentucky in 1925 and from its law school in 1927....
(D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died September 24, 1971
| | William P. Curlin, Jr.
William P. Curlin, Jr.
William Prather Curlin, Jr. was a Kentucky state legislator and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky....
(D)
| December 4, 1971
|-
|
| nowrap| James G. Fulton
James G. Fulton
James Grove Fulton was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Early life and education:James G. Fulton was born in Dormont, Pennsylvania...
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died October 6, 1971
| nowrap | William S. Conover
William Sheldrick Conover
William Sheldrick Conover II is a former Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Conover was born in Richmond, Virginia. He graduated from Lake Forest High School in Lake Forest, Illinois, in 1946. He received a his B.S. from Northwestern University in Evanston,...
(R)
| April 25, 1972
|-
|
| nowrap| Charlotte T. Reid
Charlotte Thompson Reid
Charlotte Thompson Reid served in the U.S. Congress as a U.S. Representative for Illinois from 1962 to 1971. She was a member of the Republican Party.-Family and early life:...
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned October 7, 1971 after being appointed to the Federal Communication Commission
| nowrap | Cliffard D. Carlson
Cliffard D. Carlson
Cliffard D. Carlson was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Carlson was born and raised in Aurora, Illinois, and attended North Central College and received his B.A. from the University of New Mexico in 1939. After serving in the United States Naval Reserve, he entered business as a manufacturer...
(R)
| April 4, 1972
|-
|
| | George W. Andrews
George W. Andrews
For the Canadian politician see George William Andrews George William Andrews was a U.S...
(D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died December 25, 1971
| | Elizabeth B. Andrews
Elizabeth B. Andrews
Elizabeth Bullock Andrews was a U.S. Representative from Alabama, wife of George William Andrews, and the first woman to represent Alabama in the United States House of Representatives....
(D)
| April 4, 1972
|-
|
| | Frank B. Morse (R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned May 1, 1972 after being appointed Undersecretary General for Political and General Assembly Affairs at the United Nations
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
| Vacant
| Not filled this congress
|-
|
| | Edwin Edwards
Edwin Edwards
Edwin Washington Edwards served as the Governor of Louisiana for four terms , twice as many terms as any other Louisiana chief executive has served. Edwards was also Louisiana's first Roman Catholic governor in the 20th century...
(D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned after being elected Governor of Louisiana May 9, 1972
| | John Breaux
John Breaux
John Berlinger Breaux is a former United States senator from Louisiana who served from 1987 until 2005. He was also a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1972 to 1987. He was considered one of the more conservative national legislators from the Democratic Party...
(D)
| September 30, 1972
|-
|
| | Richard H. Poff
Richard Harding Poff
Richard Harding Poff was an American politician and judge. He was first elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1952, representing Virginia's Sixth District...
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned after being appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court of Virginia
Supreme Court of Virginia
The Supreme Court of Virginia is the highest court in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It primarily hears appeals from the trial-level city and county Circuit Courts, as well as the criminal law, family law and administrative law cases that go through the Court of Appeals of Virginia. It is one of...
| | M. Caldwell Butler
M. Caldwell Butler
Manley Caldwell Butler is a U.S. Representative from Virginia, great grandson of James A. Walker.Born in Roanoke, Virginia, Butler graduated from Jefferson Senior High School, Roanoke, Virginia, 1942....
(R)
| November 7, 1972
|-
|
| | William Fitts Ryan (D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died September 17, 1972.
| Vacant
| Not filled this congress
|-
|
| | Frank T. Bow
Frank T. Bow
Frank Townsend Bow was a noted Ohio jurist and politician who served as a Republican Congressman in the United States House of Representatives from January 3, 1951 until his death on November 13, 1972....
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died November 13, 1972.
| Vacant
| Not filled this congress
|-
|
| | George W. Collins
George W. Collins
George Washington Collins was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois.Collins was born in Chicago, and served with the Army engineers in the South Pacific during World War II...
(D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died in a plane crash December 8, 1972.
| Vacant
| Not filled this congress
|-
|
| | Nick Begich
Nick Begich
Nicholas Joseph "Nick" Begich, Sr. was a Democratic Party member of the United States House of Representatives from Alaska. He disappeared in a plane crash in Alaska in 1972. His son Mark Begich is currently the junior U.S...
(D)
| style="font-size:80%" | He and Hale Boggs
Hale Boggs
Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. , was an American Democratic politician and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Orleans, Louisiana...
were lost in a plane crash October 16, 1972. Presumptive death dertificate for Rep. Begich was issued December 29, 1972.
| Vacant
| Not filled this congress
|}
Senate
- ChaplainChaplain of the United States SenateThe Chaplain of the United States Senate opens each session of the United States Senate with a prayer, and provides and coordinates religious programs and pastoral care support for Senators, their staffs, and their families. The Chaplain is appointed by a majority vote of the members of the Senate...
: Edward L.R. ElsonEdward L.R. ElsonThe Reverend Edward Lee Roy Elson was a Presbyterian minister andChaplain of the United States Senate.-Life:Edward Lee Roy Elson, the oldest of nine children, was born in...
(Presbyterian), elected January 9, 1969 - SecretarySecretary of the United States SenateThe Secretary of the Senate is an elected officer of the United States Senate. The Secretary supervises an extensive array of offices and services to expedite the day-to-day operations of that body...
: Francis R. ValeoFrancis R. ValeoFrancis Ralph Valeo was the Secretary of the United States Senate and ex officio member of the Federal Election Commission. He was the defendant/appellee for the Federal government of the United States in Buckley v. Valeo, 424 U.S... - Democratic PartyDemocratic Party (United States)The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
Secretary: J. Stanley Kimmitt - Republican PartyRepublican Party (United States)The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
Secretary: J. Mark Trice - Sergeant at ArmsSergeant at Arms of the United States SenateThe Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate is the law enforcer for the United States Senate. One of the chief roles of the Sergeant is to hold the gavel used at every session...
:- Robert G. Dunphy of Rhode IslandRhode IslandThe state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, more commonly referred to as Rhode Island , is a state in the New England region of the United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area...
, until June 30, 1972 (resigned) - William H. Wannall of MarylandMarylandMaryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
, elected July 1, 1972
- Robert G. Dunphy of Rhode Island
House of Representatives
- ClerkClerk of the United States House of RepresentativesThe Clerk of the United States House of Representatives is an officer of the United States House of Representatives, whose primary duty is to act as the chief record-keeper for the House....
: W. Pat Jennings - Sergeant at ArmsSergeant at Arms of the United States House of RepresentativesThe United States House of Representatives Sergeant at Arms is an officer of the House with law enforcement, protocol, and administrative responsibilities. The Sergeant at Arms is elected at the beginning of each Congress by the membership of the chamber...
:- Zeake W. Johnson of TennesseeTennesseeTennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...
, January 21, 1971 – September 30, 1972 (resigned) - Kenneth R. HardingKenneth R. HardingKenneth R. Harding, served as Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives from October 1, 1972 until February 29, 1980.-Personal life:...
of New York, October 1, 1972 – September 30, 1972 (resigned)
- Zeake W. Johnson of Tennessee
- DoorkeeperDoorkeeper of the United States House of RepresentativesAn appointed officer of the United States House of Representatives from 1789 to 1995, the Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives was chosen by a resolution at the opening of each United States Congress. The Office of the Doorkeeper was based on precedent from the Continental...
: William M. Miller - PostmasterPostmaster of the United States House of RepresentativesThe Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives was an employee of the United States Congress from 1834 to 1993.Before the creation of the office of Postmaster, mail duties were handled by workers in the office of the Doorkeeper, who were paid additional compensation...
: H. H. Morris, January 21, 1971 – June 30, 1972 (resigned)- Robert V. Rota, from July 1, 1972
- ParliamentarianParliamentarian of the United States House of RepresentativesThe Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives manages, supervises, and administers its Office of the Parliamentarian, which is responsible for advising presiding officers, Members, and staff on procedural questions under the U.S...
: Lewis DeschlerLewis DeschlerLewis Deschler was the first, and longest serving, Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives. He started his term on February 1, 1927 during the 70th United States Congress following the retirement of Lehr Fess... - ChaplainChaplain of the United States House of RepresentativesThe election of William Linn as Chaplain of the House on May 1, 1789, continued the tradition established by the Continental Congresses of each day's proceedings opening with a prayer by a chaplain. The early Chaplains alternated duties with their Senate counterparts on a weekly basis, covering the...
: Edward G. Latch (MethodistMethodismMethodism is a movement of Protestant Christianity represented by a number of denominations and organizations, claiming a total of approximately seventy million adherents worldwide. The movement traces its roots to John Wesley's evangelistic revival movement within Anglicanism. His younger brother...
), elected January 10, 1967