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List of new members of the 96th United States Congress

The 96th United States Congress began on January 3, 1979. There were 12 new senators (seven Democrats, five Republicans) and 77 new representatives (42 Democrats, 34 Republicans, one Conservative), as well as one new delegate (a Republican), at the start of the first session. Additionally, four senators (one Democrat, three Republicans) and seven representatives (four Democrats, three Republicans) took office on various dates in order to fill vacancies during the 96th Congress before it ended on January 3, 1981.

Senate

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Took office January 3, 1979

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StateImageSenatorSenioritySwitched partyPrior backgroundBirth yearRef
Alabama Howell Heflin (D)10th
(98th overall)		No
Open seat; replaced John Sparkman (D)		Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama
U.S. Marine Corps Major		1921[1]
Arkansas David Pryor (D)1st
(89th overall)		No
Open seat; replaced Kaneaster Hodges Jr. (D)		Governor of Arkansas
U.S. House of Representatives[a]
Arkansas House of Representatives		1934[2]
Colorado William L. Armstrong (R)4th
(92nd overall)		Yes
Defeated Floyd Haskell (D)		U.S. House of Representatives[b]
President of the Colorado Senate
Colorado House of Representatives
Colorado Army National Guard		1937[3]
Iowa Roger Jepsen (R)11th
(99th overall)		Yes
Defeated Dick Clark (D)		Lieutenant Governor of Iowa
Iowa Senate
Scott County Commission
U.S. Army Reserve Captain		1928[4]
Maine William Cohen (R)2nd
(90th overall)		Yes
Defeated William Hathaway (D)		U.S. House of Representatives[c]
Mayor of Bangor		1940[5]
Massachusetts Paul Tsongas (D)3rd
(91st overall)		Yes
Defeated Edward Brooke (R)		U.S. House of Representatives[d]
Middlesex County Commission
Lowell City Council		1941[6]
Michigan Carl Levin (D)8th
(96th overall)		Yes
Defeated Robert P. Griffin (R)		President of the Detroit City Council1934[7]
Nebraska J. James Exon (D)7th
(95th overall)		Yes
Open seat; replaced Carl Curtis (R)		Governor of Nebraska
U.S. Army Signal Corps		1921[8]
New Hampshire Gordon J. Humphrey (R)12th
(100th overall)		Yes
Defeated Thomas J. McIntyre (D)		Professional pilot
U.S. Air Force		1940[9]
New Jersey Bill Bradley (D)9th
(97th overall)		Yes
Replaced Clifford P. Case (R), who lost renomination		Professional basketball player
Air Force Reserve Command		1943[10]
Oklahoma David Boren (D)6th
(94th overall)		Yes
Open seat; replaced Dewey F. Bartlett (R)		Governor of Oklahoma
Oklahoma House of Representatives
Oklahoma Army National Guard		1941[11]
South Dakota Larry Pressler (R)5th
(93rd overall)		Yes
Open seat; replaced James Abourezk (D)		U.S. House of Representatives[e]
U.S. Army First Lieutenant		1942[12]

Took office during the 96th Congress

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StateImageSenatorTook officeSwitched partyPrior backgroundBirth yearRef
Maine George J. Mitchell (D)May 17, 1980No
Appointed; replaced Edmund Muskie (D)		U.S. District Court Judge for Maine
U.S. Attorney for Maine		1933[13]
New Hampshire Warren Rudman (R)December 29, 1980Yes
Defeated John A. Durkin (D)		Attorney General of New Hampshire1930[14]
Florida Paula Hawkins (R)January 1, 1981Yes
Replaced Richard Stone (D), who lost renomination		Florida Public Service Commission
Vice President of Air Florida		1927[15]
Alabama Jeremiah Denton (R)January 2, 1981Yes
Replaced Donald Stewart (D), who lost renomination		U.S. Navy Rear Admiral1924[16]

House of Representatives

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Took office January 3, 1979

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DistrictRepresentativeSwitched partyPrior backgroundBirth yearRef
Alabama 7Richard Shelby (D)NoState Senator1934[17]
Arkansas 2Ed Bethune (R)YesProsecutor1935[18]
Arkansas 4Beryl Anthony Jr. (D)NoProsecutor1938[19]
California 3Bob Matsui (D)NoCity Councillor1941[20]
California 4Vic Fazio (D)NoState Assemblyman1942[21]
California 14Norman D. Shumway (R)YesCounty Supervisor1934[22]
California 15Tony Coelho (D)NoCongressional staffer1942[23]
California 17Chip Pashayan (R)YesU.S. DHHS official1941[24]
California 18Bill Thomas (R)NoState Assemblyman1941[25]
California 28Julian Dixon (D)NoState Assemblyman1934[26]
California 33Wayne R. Grisham (R)NoMayor of La Mirada1923[27]
California 34Dan Lungren (R)YesLawyer1946[28]
California 37Jerry Lewis (R)NoState Assemblyman1934[29]
California 39William E. Dannemeyer (R)NoState Assemblyman1929[30]
Colorado 3Ray Kogovsek (D)NoState Senator1941[31]
Colorado 5Ken Kramer (R)NoState Representative1942[32]
Connecticut 5William R. Ratchford (D)YesState House Speaker1934[33]
Florida 1Earl Hutto (D)NoState Representative1926[34]
Florida 9Bill Nelson (D)YesState Representative1942[35]
Florida 11Dan Mica (D)NoChief of staff1944[36]
Florida 12Edward J. Stack (D)YesCounty Sheriff1910[37]
Georgia 6Newt Gingrich (R)YesProfessor1943[38]
Illinois 1Bennett Stewart (D)NoCity Councillor1912[39]
Illinois 22Dan Crane (R)YesDentist1936[40]
Indiana 8H. Joel Deckard (R)YesState Representative1942[41]
Iowa 2Tom Tauke (R)YesState Representative1950[42]
Kansas 2James Edmund Jeffries (R)YesCorporate director1925[43]
Kansas 5Bob Whittaker (R)NoState Representative1939[44]
Kentucky 6Larry J. Hopkins (R)YesState Senator1933[45]
Louisiana 4Buddy Leach (D)NoState Representative1934[46]
Maine 2Olympia Snowe (R)NoState Senator1947[47]
Maryland 6Beverly Byron (D)NoPolitical organizer1932[48]
Maryland 8Michael D. Barnes (D)YesPublic Service Commissioner1943[49]
Massachusetts 5James Shannon (D)NoCongressional aide1952[50]
Massachusetts 6Nicholas Mavroules (D)NoMayor of Peabody1929[51]
Massachusetts 11Brian J. Donnelly (D)NoState Representative1946[52]
Michigan 3Howard Wolpe (D)YesState Representative1939[53]
Michigan 10Donald J. Albosta (D)YesState Representative1925[54]
Michigan 11Robert William Davis (R)NoState Senator1932[55]
Minnesota 1Arlen Erdahl (R)NoMinnesota Secretary of State1931[56]
Minnesota 5Martin Olav Sabo (DFL)NoState House Speaker1938[57]
Mississippi 4Jon Hinson (R)NoCongressional aide1942[58]
Montana 1Pat Williams (D)NoState Representative1937[59]
Nebraska 1Doug Bereuter (R)NoState Senator1939[60]
New Jersey 13Jim Courter (R)YesLawyer1941[61]
New Jersey 14Frank Joseph Guarini (D)NoState Senator1924[62]
New York 1William Carney (C)Yes[f]County Legislator1942[63]
New York 9Geraldine Ferraro (D)NoLawyer1935[64]
New York 23Peter A. Peyser (D)YesU.S. Representative[g]1921[65]
New York 29Gerald Solomon (R)YesState Assemblyman1930[66]
New York 33Gary A. Lee (R)NoState Assemblyman1933[67]
Ohio 3Tony P. Hall (D)YesState Senator1942[68]
Ohio 19Lyle Williams (R)YesCounty Commissioner1942[69]
Oklahoma 2Mike Synar (D)NoReal estate broker1950[70]
Pennsylvania 2William H. Gray III (D)NoMinister1941[71]
Pennsylvania 4Charles F. Dougherty (R)YesState Senator1937[72]
Pennsylvania 15Donald L. Ritter (R)YesMetallurgical engineer1940[73]
Pennsylvania 21Donald A. Bailey (D)NoLawyer1945[74]
Pennsylvania 23William Clinger (R)YesLawyer1929[75]
Pennsylvania 25Eugene Atkinson (D)Yes[h]County Commissioner1927[76]
South Carolina 4Carroll A. Campbell Jr. (R)YesState Senator1940[77]
South Dakota 1Tom Daschle (D)NoCongressional aide1947[78]
Tennessee 5Bill Boner (D)NoState Senator1945[79]
Texas 6Phil Gramm (D)NoProfessor1942[80]
Texas 11Marvin Leath (D)NoBusinessman1931[81]
Texas 14Joseph P. Wyatt Jr. (D)NoState Representative1941[82]
Texas 17Charles Stenholm (D)NoBusiness executive1938[83]
Texas 18Mickey Leland (D)NoState Representative1944[84]
Texas 19Kent Hance (D)NoState Senator1942[85]
Texas 21Tom Loeffler (R)YesAssistant to President Gerald Ford1946[86]
Texas 22Ron Paul (R)YesU.S. Representative[i]1935[87]
Texas 24Martin Frost (D)NoLawyer1942[88]
Washington 2Al Swift (D)NoBroadcaster1935[89]
Washington 7Mike Lowry (D)YesCounty Councilor1939[90]
Wisconsin 8Toby Roth (R)YesState Assemblyman1938[91]
Wisconsin 9Jim Sensenbrenner (R)NoState Senator1943[92]
Wyoming at-largeDick Cheney (R)YesWhite House Chief of Staff1941[93]

Non-voting members

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DistrictDelegateSwitched partyPrior backgroundBirth yearRef
U.S. Virgin Islands at-largeMelvin H. Evans (R)YesGovernor of the U.S. Virgin Islands1917[94]

Took office during the 96th Congress

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DistrictRepresentativeTook officeSwitched partyPrior backgroundBirth yearRef
California 11William Royer (R)April 3, 1979YesCounty Supervisor1920[95]
Wisconsin 6Tom Petri (R)April 3, 1979NoState Senator1940[96]
Illinois 10John Porter (R)January 22, 1980YesState Representative1935[97]
Pennsylvania 11Ray Musto (D)September 9, 1980NoState Representative1929[98]
Louisiana 3Billy Tauzin (D)May 22, 1980Yes[j]State Representative1943[99]
West Virginia 3John G. Hutchinson (D)June 30, 1980NoMayor of Charleston1935[100]
Michigan 13George Crockett Jr. (D)November 4, 1980NoJurist1909[101]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Elected to the 89th Congress, serving from 1966 to 1973 in Arkansas's 4th district.
  2. ^ Elected to the 93rd Congress, serving from 1973 to 1979 in Colorado's 5th district.
  3. ^ Elected to the 93rd Congress, serving from 1973 to 1979 in Maine's 2nd district.
  4. ^ Elected to the 94th Congress, serving from 1975 to 1979 in Massachusetts's 5th district.
  5. ^ Elected to the 94th Congress, serving from 1975 to 1979 in South Dakota's 1st district.
  6. ^ Carney joined the Republican Party in October 1985, during the 99th Congress.
  7. ^ Previously elected to the 92nd Congress, serving from 1971 to 1977.
  8. ^ Atkinson joined the Republican Party in October 1981, during the 97th Congress.
  9. ^ Previously elected to the 94th Congress, serving from 1976 to 1977.
  10. ^ Tauzin joined the Republican Party in August 1995, during the 104th Congress.

References

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  1. ^ "HEFLIN, Howell Thomas". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  2. ^ "PRYOR, David Hampton". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  3. ^ "ARMSTRONG, William Lester". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  4. ^ "JEPSEN, Roger William". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  5. ^ "COHEN, William Sebastian". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  6. ^ "TSONGAS, Paul Efthemios". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  7. ^ "LEVIN, Carl". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  8. ^ "EXON, J. James". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  9. ^ "HUMPHREY, Gordon John". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  10. ^ "BRADLEY, William Warren (Bill)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  11. ^ "BOREN, David Lyle". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  12. ^ "PRESSLER, Larry Lee". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  13. ^ "MITCHELL, George John". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  14. ^ "MITCHELL, George John". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  15. ^ "HAWKINS, Paula". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  16. ^ "DENTON, Jeremiah Andrew, Jr". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  17. ^ "SHELBY, Richard C." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  18. ^ "BETHUNE, Edwin Ruthvin, Jr". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  19. ^ "ANTHONY, Beryl Franklin, Jr". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  20. ^ "MATSUI, Robert T." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  21. ^ "FAZIO, Victor Herbert, Jr". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  22. ^ "SHUMWAY, Norman David". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  23. ^ "COELHO, Tony". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  24. ^ "PASHAYAN, Charles, Jr". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  25. ^ "THOMAS, William Marshall". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  26. ^ "DIXON, Julian Carey". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  27. ^ "GRISHAM, Wayne Richard". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  28. ^ "LUNGREN, Daniel Edward". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  29. ^ "LEWIS, Charles Jeremy (Jerry)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  30. ^ "DANNEMEYER, William Edwin". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  31. ^ "KOGOVSEK, Raymond Peter". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  32. ^ "KRAMER, Kenneth Bentley". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  33. ^ "RATCHFORD, William Richard". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  34. ^ "HUTTO, Earl Dewitt". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  35. ^ "NELSON, Clarence William (Bill)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  36. ^ "MICA, Daniel Andrew". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  37. ^ "STACK, Edward John". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  38. ^ "GINGRICH, Newton Leroy". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  39. ^ "STEWART, Bennett McVey". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  40. ^ "CRANE, Daniel Bever". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  41. ^ "DECKARD, Huey Joel". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  42. ^ "TAUKE, Thomas Joseph". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  43. ^ "JEFFRIES, James Edmund". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  44. ^ "WHITTAKER, Robert Russell". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  45. ^ "HOPKINS, Larry Jones". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  46. ^ "LEACH, Anthony Claude (Buddy), Jr". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  47. ^ "BYRON, Beverly Barton Butcher". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  48. ^ "BYRON, Beverly Barton Butcher". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  49. ^ "SHANNON, James Michael". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  50. ^ "SHANNON, James Michael". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  51. ^ "MAVROULES, Nicholas James". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  52. ^ "WOLPE, Howard Eliot, III". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  53. ^ "WOLPE, Howard Eliot, III". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  54. ^ "ALBOSTA, Donald Joseph". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  55. ^ "DAVIS, Robert William". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  56. ^ "ERDAHL, Arlen Ingolf". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  57. ^ "SABO, Martin Olav". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  58. ^ "HINSON, Jon Clifton". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  59. ^ "WILLIAMS, John Patrick". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  60. ^ "BEREUTER, Douglas Kent". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  61. ^ "COURTER, James Andrew". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  62. ^ "GUARINI, Frank Joseph, Jr". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  63. ^ "CARNEY, William". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  64. ^ "FERRARO, Geraldine Anne". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  65. ^ "PEYSER, Peter A." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  66. ^ "SOLOMON, Gerald Brooks Hunt". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  67. ^ "LEE, Gary Alcide". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  68. ^ "HALL, Tony Patrick". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  69. ^ "WILLIAMS, Lyle". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  70. ^ "SYNAR, Michael Lynn". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  71. ^ "GRAY, William Herbert, III". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  72. ^ "DOUGHERTY, Charles Francis". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  73. ^ "RITTER, Donald Lawrence". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  74. ^ "BAILEY, Donald Allen". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  75. ^ "CLINGER, William Floyd, Jr". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  76. ^ "ATKINSON, Eugene Vincent". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  77. ^ "CAMPBELL, Carroll Ashmore, Jr". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  78. ^ "DASCHLE, Thomas Andrew". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  79. ^ "BONER, William Hill". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  80. ^ "GRAMM, William Philip (Phil)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  81. ^ "LEATH, James Marvin". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  82. ^ "WYATT, Joseph Peyton, Jr". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  83. ^ "STENHOLM, Charles Walter". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  84. ^ "LELAND, George Thomas (Mickey)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  85. ^ "HANCE, Kent Ronald". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  86. ^ "LOEFFLER, Thomas Gilbert". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  87. ^ "PAUL, Ronald Ernest". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  88. ^ "SWIFT, Allan Byron". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  89. ^ "SWIFT, Allan Byron". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  90. ^ "LOWRY, Michael Edward". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  91. ^ "ROTH, Toby A." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  92. ^ "SENSENBRENNER, Frank James, Jr". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  93. ^ "CHENEY, Richard Bruce". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  94. ^ "EVANS, Melvin Herbert". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  95. ^ "ROYER, William Howard". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  96. ^ "PETRI, Thomas Evert". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  97. ^ "PORTER, John Edward". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  98. ^ "MUSTO, Raphael John". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  99. ^ "TAUZIN, Wilbert Joseph (Billy)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  100. ^ "HUTCHINSON, John Guiher". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  101. ^ "CROCKETT, George William, Jr". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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