List of new members of the 94th United States Congress

The 94th United States Congress began on January 3, 1975. There were five new senators (all Democrats) and 92 new representatives (75 Democrats, 17 Republicans) at the start of the first session. Additionally, nine senators (five Democrats, four Republicans) and nine representatives (six Democrats, three Republicans) took office on various dates in order to fill vacancies during the 94th Congress before it ended on January 3, 1977.

Due to redistricting in California, one representative was elected from a newly established congressional district.

Senate

Took office January 3, 1975

State Image Senator Seniority Switched party Prior background Birth year Ref
Arkansas Dale Bumpers (D) 2nd
(97th overall)
No
Replaced J. William Fulbright (D), who lost renomination
Governor of Arkansas
U.S. Marine Corps
1925 [1]
Colorado Gary Hart (D) 4th
(99th overall)
Yes
Defeated Peter H. Dominick (R)
Attorney 1936 [2]
Iowa John Culver (D) 1st
(96th overall)
No
Open seat; replaced Harold Hughes (D)
U.S. House of Representatives[a]
U.S. Marine Corps Captain
1932 [3]
North Carolina Robert Burren Morgan (D) 3rd
(98th overall)
No
Open seat; replaced Sam Ervin (D)
North Carolina Attorney General
North Carolina Senate
U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander
1925 [4]
Vermont Patrick Leahy (D) 5th
(100th overall)
Yes
Open seat; replaced George Aiken (R)
Chittenden County State's Attorney 1940 [5]

Took office during the 94th Congress

State Image Senator Took office Switched party Prior background Birth year Ref
New Hampshire Norris Cotton (R) August 8, 1975 No
Appointed; replaced Louis C. Wyman (R)
U.S. Senate[b]
U.S. House of Representatives[c]
Speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
1900 [6]
New Hampshire John A. Durkin (D) September 18, 1975 Yes
Open seat; replaced Norris Cotton (R)
New Hampshire Insurance Commissioner
U.S. Navy Lieutenant
1936 [7]
Missouri John Danforth (R) December 27, 1976 Yes
Open seat; replaced Stuart Symington (D)
Missouri Attorney General 1936 [8]
Nebraska Edward Zorinsky (D) December 28, 1976 Yes
Open seat; replaced Roman Hruska (R)
Mayor of Omaha
Omaha Public Power District
U.S. Army Reserve
1928 [9]
Ohio Howard Metzenbaum (D) December 29, 1976 Yes
Defeated Robert Taft Jr. (R)
U.S. Senate[d]
Ohio Senate
Ohio House of Representatives
1917 [10]
Rhode Island John Chafee (R) December 29, 1976 Yes
Open seat; replaced John Pastore (D)
U.S. Secretary of the Navy
Governor of Rhode Island
Rhode Island House of Representatives
U.S. Marine Corps Captain
1922 [11]
Michigan Donald Riegle (D) December 30, 1976 No
Open seat; replaced Philip Hart (D)
U.S. House of Representatives[e] 1938 [12]
Minnesota Wendell R. Anderson (DFL) December 30, 1976 No
Appointed; replaced Walter Mondale (DFL)
Governor of Minnesota
Minnesota Senate
Minnesota House of Representatives
Olympic ice hockey player
U.S. Army
1933 [13]
California S. I. Hayakawa (R) January 2, 1977 Yes
Defeated John V. Tunney (D)
President of San Francisco State University 1906 [14]

House of Representatives

Took office January 3, 1975

District Representative Switched party Prior background Birth year Ref
California 7 George Miller (D) No Legislative aide 1945 [15]
California 13 Norman Mineta (D) Yes Mayor of San Jose 1931 [16]
California 17 John Hans Krebs (D) Yes County Supervisor 1926 [17]
California 24 Henry Waxman (D) New seat State Assemblyman 1939 [18]
California 34 Mark W. Hannaford (D) Yes Mayor of Lakewood 1925 [19]
California 35 James F. Lloyd (D) Yes Mayor of West Covina 1922 [20]
California 38 Jerry M. Patterson (D) No Mayor of Santa Ana 1934 [21]
Colorado 2 Tim Wirth (D) Yes U.S. DOE official 1939 [22]
Connecticut 2 Chris Dodd (D) Yes Lawyer 1944 [23]
Connecticut 6 Toby Moffett (D) No CCAG Director 1944 [24]
Florida 5 Richard Kelly (R) Yes Circuit Court Judge 1924 [25]
Georgia 4 Elliott H. Levitas (D) Yes State Representative 1930 [26]
Georgia 7 Larry McDonald (D) No Flight surgeon 1935 [27]
Idaho 2 George V. Hansen (R) No U.S. Representative[f] 1930 [28]
Illinois 3 Marty Russo (D) Yes Professional advocate 1944 [29]
Illinois 6 Henry Hyde (R) No State Representative 1924 [30]
Illinois 10 Abner Mikva (D) Yes U.S. Representative[g] 1926 [31]
Illinois 15 Tim Lee Hall (D) Yes Educator 1925 [32]
Illinois 24 Paul Simon (D) No Lieutenant Governor of Illinois 1928 [33]
Indiana 2 Floyd Fithian (D) Yes Educator 1928 [34]
Indiana 6 David W. Evans (D) Yes Educator 1946 [35]
Indiana 8 Philip H. Hayes (D) Yes State Senator 1940 [36]
Indiana 10 Philip Sharp (D) Yes Professor 1942 [37]
Indiana 11 Andrew Jacobs Jr. (D) Yes U.S. Representative[h] 1932 [38]
Iowa 2 Mike Blouin (D) No State Senator 1945 [39]
Iowa 3 Chuck Grassley (R) No State Representative 1933 [40]
Iowa 5 Tom Harkin (D) Yes Congressional aide 1939 [41]
Iowa 6 Berkley Bedell (D) Yes Business owner 1921 [42]
Kansas 2 Martha Keys (D) No Campaign manager 1930 [43]
Kentucky 1 Carroll Hubbard (D) No State Senator 1937 [44]
Louisiana 6 Henson Moore (R) Yes State Party official 1939 [45]
Maine 1 David F. Emery (R) Yes State Representative 1948 [46]
Maryland 5 Gladys Spellman (D) Yes County Commissioner 1918 [47]
Massachusetts 3 Joseph D. Early (D) No State Representative 1933 [48]
Massachusetts 5 Paul Tsongas (D) Yes City Councillor 1941 [49]
Michigan 6 Milton Robert Carr (D) Yes Lawyer 1943 [50]
Michigan 17 William M. Brodhead (D) No State Representative 1941 [51]
Michigan 18 James J. Blanchard (D) Yes Legal advisor 1942 [52]
Minnesota 2 Tom Hagedorn (R) No State Representative 1943 [53]
Minnesota 6 Rick Nolan (DFL) Yes State Representative 1943 [54]
Minnesota 8 Jim Oberstar (DFL) No Congressional staffer 1934 [55]
Montana 1 Max Baucus (D) Yes State Representative 1941 [56]
Nebraska 3 Virginia D. Smith (R) No Executive advisor 1911 [57]
Nevada at-large James David Santini (D) Yes District Court Judge 1937 [58]
New Hampshire 1 Norman D'Amours (D) Yes City Prosecutor 1937 [59]
New Jersey 1 James Florio (D) Yes State Assemblyman 1937 [60]
New Jersey 2 William J. Hughes (D) Yes Ethics advisor 1932 [61]
New Jersey 5 Millicent Fenwick (R) No State Assemblywoman 1910 [62]
New Jersey 7 Andrew Maguire (D) Yes U.S. DOS official 1939 [63]
New Jersey 13 Helen Stevenson Meyner (D) Yes First Lady of New Jersey 1929 [64]
New York 2 Thomas Downey (D) Yes County Legislator 1949 [65]
New York 3 Jerome Ambro (D) Yes Town Supervisor 1928 [66]
New York 11 James H. Scheuer (D) No U.S. Representative[i] 1920 [67]
New York 13 Stephen Solarz (D) No State Assemblyman 1940 [68]
New York 14 Fred Richmond (D) No City Councillor 1923 [69]
New York 15 Leo C. Zeferetti (D) No Corrections Officer 1927 [70]
New York 24 Richard Ottinger (D) No U.S. Representative[j] 1929 [71]
New York 27 Matthew F. McHugh (D) Yes District Attorney 1938 [72]
New York 29 Edward W. Pattison (D) Yes County Treasurer 1932 [73]
New York 36 John LaFalce (D) Yes State Assemblyman 1939 [74]
New York 37 Henry J. Nowak (D) No County Comptroller 1935 [75]
North Carolina 5 Stephen L. Neal (D) Yes Banker 1934 [76]
North Carolina 8 Bill Hefner (D) Yes Entertainer 1930 [77]
Ohio 1 Bill Gradison (R) Yes Mayor of Cincinnati 1928 [78]
Ohio 8 Tom Kindness (R) No State Representative 1929 [79]
Ohio 23 Ronald M. Mottl (R) Yes State Senator 1934 [80]
Oklahoma 2 Ted Risenhoover (D) No Newspaper publisher 1934 [81]
Oklahoma 6 Glenn English (D) Yes State Party Director 1940 [82]
Oregon 1 Les AuCoin (D) Yes State Representative 1942 [83]
Oregon 3 Robert B. Duncan (D) No U.S. Representative[k] 1920 [84]
Oregon 4 Jim Weaver (D) Yes Real estate developer 1927 [85]
Pennsylvania 5 Richard T. Schulze (R) No State Representative 1929 [86]
Pennsylvania 7 Robert W. Edgar (D) Yes Chaplain 1943 [87]
Pennsylvania 19 Bill Goodling (R) No Educator 1927 [88]
Pennsylvania 25 Gary A. Myers (R) Yes Industrial engineer 1937 [89]
Rhode Island 2 Edward Beard (D) No State Representative 1940 [90]
South Carolina 3 Butler Derrick (D) No State Representative 1936 [91]
South Carolina 5 Kenneth Lamar Holland (D) No Attorney 1934 [92]
South Carolina 6 John Jenrette (D) Yes State Representative 1936 [93]
South Dakota 1 Larry Pressler (R) Yes U.S. Foreign Service officer 1942 [94]
Tennessee 3 Marilyn Lloyd (D) Yes Businesswoman 1929 [95]
Tennessee 8 Harold Ford Sr. (D) Yes State Representative 1945 [96]
Texas 13 Jack Hightower (D) Yes State Senator 1926 [97]
Texas 21 Bob Krueger (D) No Academic administrator 1935 [98]
Utah 2 Allan Turner Howe (D) No Attorney 1927 [99]
Vermont at-large Jim Jeffords (R) No Vermont Attorney General 1934 [100]
Virginia 8 Herbert Harris (D) Yes County Supervisor 1926 [101]
Virginia 10 Joseph L. Fisher (D) Yes RFF President 1914 [102]
Washington 3 Don Bonker (D) No County Auditor 1937 [103]
Wisconsin 3 Alvin Baldus (D) Yes State Assemblyman 1926 [104]
Wisconsin 8 Robert John Cornell (D) Yes Priest 1919 [105]
Wisconsin 9 Bob Kasten (R) No State Senator 1942 [106]

Took office during the 94th Congress

District Representative Took office Switched party Prior background Birth year Ref
California 37 Shirley Neil Pettis (R) April 29, 1975 No Columnist 1924 [107]
Illinois 5 John G. Fary (D) July 8, 1975 No State Representative 1911 [108]
Tennessee 5 Clifford Allen (D) November 25, 1975 No County Tax Assessor 1912 [109]
New York 39 Stan Lundine (D) March 2, 1976 Yes Mayor of Jamestown 1939 [110]
Texas 22 Ron Paul (R) April 3, 1976 Yes Obstetrician-gynecologist 1935 [111]
Texas 1 Sam B. Hall Jr. (D) June 19, 1976 No Lawyer 1924 [112]
Massachusetts 7 Ed Markey (D) November 2, 1976 No State Representative 1946 [113]
Missouri 6 Tom Coleman (R) November 2, 1976 Yes State Representative 1943 [114]
Pennsylvania 1 Michael Myers (D) November 2, 1976 No State Representative 1943 [115]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Elected to the 89th Congress, serving from 1965 to 1975 in Iowa's 2nd district.
  2. ^ Previously elected to the 83rd Congress, serving from 1954 to 1974.
  3. ^ Elected to the 80th Congress, serving from 1947 to 1954 in New Hampshire's 2nd district.
  4. ^ Previously appointed to the 93rd Congress, serving from January to December 1974.
  5. ^ Elected to the 90th Congress, serving from 1967 to 1976 in Michigan's 7th district.
  6. ^ Previously elected to the 89th Congress, serving from 1965 to 1969.
  7. ^ Previously elected to the 91st Congress, serving from 1969 to 1973 in the 2nd district.
  8. ^ Previously elected to the 89th Congress, serving from 1965 to 1973.
  9. ^ Previously elected to the 89th Congress, serving from 1965 to 1973 in the 21st district.
  10. ^ Previously elected to the 89th Congress, serving from 1965 to 1971 in the 25th district.
  11. ^ Previously elected to the 88th Congress, serving from 1963 to 1967 in the 4th district.

References

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  4. ^ "MORGAN, Robert Burren". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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  47. ^ "SPELLMAN, Gladys Noon". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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  54. ^ "NOLAN, Richard Michael". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  55. ^ "OBERSTAR, James Louis". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  56. ^ "BAUCUS, Max Sieben". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  57. ^ "SMITH, Virginia Dodd". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  58. ^ "SANTINI, James David". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  59. ^ "D'AMOURS, Norman Edward". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  60. ^ "FLORIO, James Joseph". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  61. ^ "HUGHES, William John". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  62. ^ "FENWICK, Millicent Hammond". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  63. ^ "MAGUIRE, Gene Andrew". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  64. ^ "MEYNER, Helen Stevenson". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  65. ^ "DOWNEY, Thomas Joseph". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  66. ^ "AMBRO, Jerome Anthony, Jr". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  67. ^ "SCHEUER, James Haas". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  68. ^ "SOLARZ, Stephen Joshua". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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  72. ^ "MCHUGH, Matthew Francis". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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  74. ^ "LAFALCE, John Joseph". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  75. ^ "NOWAK, Henry James". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  76. ^ "NEAL, Stephen Lybrook". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  77. ^ "HEFNER, Willie Gathrel (Bill)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  78. ^ "GRADISON, Willis David, Jr". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  79. ^ "KINDNESS, Thomas Norman". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  80. ^ "MOTTL, Ronald Milton". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  81. ^ "RISENHOOVER, Theodore Marshall". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  82. ^ "ENGLISH, Glenn Lee, Jr". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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  85. ^ "WEAVER, James Howard". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  86. ^ "SCHULZE, Richard Taylor". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  87. ^ "EDGAR, Robert William". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  88. ^ "GOODLING, William Franklin". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  89. ^ "MYERS, Gary Arthur". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  90. ^ "BEARD, Edward Peter". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  91. ^ "DERRICK, Butler Carson, Jr". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  92. ^ "HOLLAND, Kenneth Lamar". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  93. ^ "JENRETTE, John Wilson, Jr". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  94. ^ "PRESSLER, Larry Lee". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  95. ^ "LLOYD, Marilyn Laird". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  96. ^ "FORD, Harold Eugene". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  97. ^ "HIGHTOWER, Jack English". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  98. ^ "KRUEGER, Robert Charles". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  99. ^ "HOWE, Allan Turner". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  100. ^ "JEFFORDS, James Merrill". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  101. ^ "HARRIS, Herbert Eugene, II". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  102. ^ "FISHER, Joseph Lyman". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  103. ^ "BONKER, Don Leroy". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  104. ^ "BALDUS, Alvin James". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  105. ^ "CORNELL, Robert John". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  106. ^ "KASTEN, Robert Walter, Jr". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  107. ^ "PETTIS, Shirley Neil". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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  109. ^ "ALLEN, Clifford Robertson". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  110. ^ "LUNDINE, Stanley Nelson". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  111. ^ "PAUL, Ronald Ernest". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  112. ^ "HALL, Sam Blakeley, Jr". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  113. ^ "MARKEY, Edward John". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  114. ^ "COLEMAN, Earl Thomas". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  115. ^ "MYERS, Michael Joseph (Ozzie)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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