The 102nd United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the
United States
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federal government, composed of the
United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States.
The composition and po ...
and the
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they ...
. It met in
Washington, DC
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from January 3, 1991, to January 3, 1993, during the last two years of the
administration
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Management of organizations
* Management, the act of directing people towards accomplishing a goal
** Administrative Assistant, traditionally known as a Secretary, or also known as an administrative officer, admini ...
of
U.S. President George H. W. Bush. This is the most recent Congress where Republicans held a Senate Seat from California.
The apportionment of seats in this
House of Representatives
House of Representatives is the name of legislative bodies in many countries and sub-national entitles. In many countries, the House of Representatives is the lower house of a bicameral legislature, with the corresponding upper house often c ...
was based on the
1980 United States Census
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. Both chambers maintained a
Democratic majority.
Notable events
* January 17, 1991 – February 28, 1991:
Persian Gulf War
The Gulf War was a 1990–1991 armed campaign waged by a Coalition of the Gulf War, 35-country military coalition in response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. Spearheaded by the United States, the coalition's efforts against Ba'athist Iraq, ...
* May 16, 1991:
Queen Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She was queen regnant of 32 sovereign states during ...
of the
United Kingdom
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addresses a
Joint Meeting of Congress
* October 15, 1991: Confirmation of
Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination
On July 1, 1991, President George H. W. Bush nominated Clarence Thomas for the Supreme Court of the United States to replace Thurgood Marshall, who had announced his retirement. At the time of his nomination, Thomas was a judge on the United Sta ...
at the Senate
* December 26, 1991:
End of Cold War
* November 3, 1992: Election of
Bill Clinton
William Jefferson Clinton (né Blythe III; born August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He previously served as governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and again ...
as
President of the United States
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Major legislation
* February 6, 1991:
Agent Orange Act of 1991, ,
* November 21, 1991:
Civil Rights Act of 1991
The Civil Rights Act of 1991 is a United States labor law, passed in response to United States Supreme Court decisions that limited the rights of employees who had sued their employers for discrimination. The Act represented the first effort since ...
, ,
* December 9, 1991:
High Performance Computing and Communication Act of 1991,
* December 12, 1991:
Soviet Nuclear Threat Reduction Act of 1991, ,
* October 9, 1992:
Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992
Prior to the Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992 (CSPA), President George H.W Bush issued Executive Order 12711 in 1990. This policy implementation was solidified by the actual Act in 1992. The Act's main sponsors were Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) ...
, ,
* October 23, 1992:
Former Soviet Union Demilitarization Act of 1992 ,
* October 23, 1992:
Weapons of Mass Destruction Control Act, (div. A, title XV),
* October 28, 1992:
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act
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, ,
* October 28, 1992:
Land Remote Sensing Policy Act, ,
* November 2, 1992:
High Seas Driftnet Fisheries Enforcement Act of 1992, ,
* November 4, 1992:
Abandoned Barge Act of 1992, ,
Constitutional amendments
* May 20, 1992: The House and the Senate each pass a
concurrent resolution
A concurrent resolution is a resolution (a legislative measure) adopted by both houses of a bicameral legislature that lacks the force of law (is non-binding) and does not require the approval of the chief executive (president). Concurrent resolut ...
agreeing that the
Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Twenty-seventh Amendment (Amendment XXVII, also known as the Congressional Compensation Act of 1789) to the United States Constitution prohibits any law that increases or decreases the salary of members of Congress from taking effect until a ...
was validly
ratified
Ratification is a principal's approval of an act of its agent that lacked the authority to bind the principal legally. Ratification defines the international act in which a state indicates its consent to be bound to a treaty if the parties inten ...
, despite the unorthodox period of more than 202 years for the completion of the task.
Party summary
Senate
House of Representatives
Leadership
Senate
*
President
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*President (corporate title)
* President (education), a leader of a college or university
* President (government title)
President may also refer to:
Automobiles
* Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ...
:
Dan Quayle
James Danforth Quayle (; born February 4, 1947) is an American politician who served as the 44th vice president of the United States from 1989 to 1993 under President George H. W. Bush. A member of the Republican Party, Quayle served as a U.S. ...
(R)
*
President pro tempore
A president pro tempore or speaker pro tempore is a constitutionally recognized officer of a legislative body who presides over the chamber in the absence of the normal presiding officer. The phrase '' pro tempore'' is Latin "for the time being". ...
:
Robert Byrd
Robert Carlyle Byrd (born Cornelius Calvin Sale Jr.; November 20, 1917 – June 28, 2010) was an American politician and musician who served as a United States senator from West Virginia for over 51 years, from 1959 until his death in 2010. A ...
(D)
Majority (Democratic) leadership
*
Majority Leader
In U.S. politics (as well as in some other countries utilizing the presidential system), the majority floor leader is a partisan position in a legislative body. :
George Mitchell
*
Majority Whip
A whip is an official of a political party whose task is to ensure party discipline in a legislature. This means ensuring that members of the party vote according to the party platform, rather than according to their own individual ideolog ...
:
Wendell Ford
Wendell Hampton Ford (September 8, 1924 – January 22, 2015) was an American politician from the Commonwealth of Kentucky. He served for twenty-four years in the U.S. Senate and was the 53rd Governor of Kentucky. He was the first person to be ...
*
Policy Committee Co-Chair:
Harry Reid
Harry Mason Reid Jr. (; December 2, 1939 – December 28, 2021) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Nevada from 1987 to 2017. He led the Senate Democratic Caucus from 2005 to 2017 and was the Sena ...
*
Democratic Caucus Secretary:
David Pryor
David Hampton Pryor (born August 29, 1934) is an American politician and former Democratic United States Representative and United States Senator from the State of Arkansas. Pryor also served as the 39th Governor of Arkansas from 1975 to 1979 a ...
*
Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman:
Chuck Robb
Charles Spittal Robb (born June 26, 1939) is an American politician from Virginia and former officer in the United States Marine Corps. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 64th governor of Virginia from 1982 to 1986 and a Uni ...
* Chief Deputy Whip:
Alan J. Dixon
Alan John Dixon (July 7, 1927 – July 6, 2014) was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served in the Illinois General Assembly from 1951 to 1971, as the Illinois Treasurer from 1971 to 1977, as the Illinois Secretary o ...
Minority (Republican) leadership
*
Minority Leader:
Bob Dole
Robert Joseph Dole (July 22, 1923 – December 5, 2021) was an American politician and attorney who represented Kansas in the United States Senate from 1969 to 1996. He was the Republican Leader of the Senate during the final 11 years of his t ...
*
Minority Whip
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:
Alan Simpson
*
Republican Conference Chairman:
Thad Cochran
William Thad Cochran (; December 7, 1937 – May 30, 2019) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States Senator for Mississippi from 1978 until his resignation due to health issues in 2018. A Republican, he previously ...
*
Republican Conference Secretary
Republican can refer to:
Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
:
Bob Kasten
Robert Walter Kasten Jr. (born June 19, 1942) is an American Republican politician from the state of Wisconsin who served as a U.S. Representative from 1975 to 1979 and as a United States Senator from 1981 to 1993.
Background
Kasten was born i ...
*
National Senatorial Committee Chair:
Phil Gramm
William Philip Gramm (born July 8, 1942) is an American economist and politician who represented Texas in both chambers of Congress. Though he began his political career as a Democrat, Gramm switched to the Republican Party in 1983. Gramm was a ...
*
Policy Committee Chairman:
Don Nickles
House of Representatives
*
Speaker
Speaker may refer to:
Society and politics
* Speaker (politics), the presiding officer in a legislative assembly
* Public speaker, one who gives a speech or lecture
* A person producing speech: the producer of a given utterance, especially:
** In ...
:
Tom Foley (D)
Majority (Democratic) leadership
*
Majority Leader
In U.S. politics (as well as in some other countries utilizing the presidential system), the majority floor leader is a partisan position in a legislative body. :
Dick Gephardt
Richard Andrew Gephardt (; born January 31, 1941) is an American attorney, lobbyist, and politician who served as a United States Representative from Missouri from 1977 to 2005. A member of the Democratic Party, he was House Majority Leader fro ...
*
Majority Whip
A whip is an official of a political party whose task is to ensure party discipline in a legislature. This means ensuring that members of the party vote according to the party platform, rather than according to their own individual ideolog ...
:
William H. Gray III, until September 11, 1991
**
David Bonior
David Edward Bonior (born June 6, 1945) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. First elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1976, Bonior served as Democratic whip in the House from 1991 to 2002, during which time D ...
, from September 11, 1991
*
Chief Deputy Majority Whips:
Barbara Kennelly,
Butler Derrick
Butler Carson Derrick Jr. (September 30, 1936 – May 5, 2014) was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.
Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, he moved to his parents' home state of South Carolina in his youth and ...
, &
John Lewis
John Robert Lewis (February 21, 1940 – July 17, 2020) was an American politician and civil rights activist who served in the United States House of Representatives for from 1987 until his death in 2020. He participated in the 1960 Nashville ...
*
Democratic Caucus Chairman:
Steny Hoyer
Steny Hamilton Hoyer (born June 14, 1939) is an American politician and attorney serving as the U.S. representative for since 1981 and as House Majority Leader since 2019. A Democrat, Hoyer was first elected in a special election on May 19, 19 ...
*
Democratic Caucus Vice-Chairman:
Vic Fazio
Minority (Republican) leadership
*
Minority Leader:
Robert H. Michel
Robert Henry Michel (; March 2, 1923 – February 17, 2017) was an American Republican Party politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives for 38 years. He represented central Illinois' 18th congressional distric ...
*
Minority Whip
The positions of majority leader and minority leader are held by two United States senators and members of the party leadership of the United States Senate. They serve as the chief spokespersons for their respective political parties holding t ...
:
Newt Gingrich
Newton Leroy Gingrich (; né McPherson; born June 17, 1943) is an American politician and author who served as the 50th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999. A member of the Republican Party, he was the U. ...
*
Chief Deputy Whip:
Robert Smith Walker
Robert Smith Walker (born December 23, 1942) is a former American politician who represented Pennsylvania in the United States House of Representatives as a Republican from 1977 until his retirement in 1997. He was known for his fiery rhetoric ...
*
Republican Conference Chairman:
Jerry Lewis
Jerry Lewis (born Joseph Levitch; March 16, 1926 – August 20, 2017) was an American comedian, actor, singer, filmmaker and humanitarian. As his contributions to comedy and charity made him a global figure in popular culture, pop culture ...
*
Republican Conference Vice-Chairman:
Bill McCollum
Ira William McCollum Jr. (born July 12, 1944) is an American lawyer and Republican Party politician. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1981 to 2001, representing Florida's 5th congressional district, which was la ...
*
Republican Conference Secretary
Republican can refer to:
Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
:
Vin Weber
John Vincent Weber (born July 24, 1952) is an American politician, lobbyist and former Republican Congressman from Minnesota.
Early life and education
Weber was born in Slayton, Minnesota. He attended the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities f ...
*
Policy Committee Chairman:
Mickey Edwards
*
Republican Campaign Committee Chairman:
Guy Vander Jagt
Guy Adrian Vander Jagt ( ; August 26, 1931 – June 22, 2007) was a Republican politician from Michigan. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and Chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee.
Vander Jagt was desc ...
Caucuses
*
Armenian Caucus
*
Biomedical Research Caucus
*
Congressional Arts Caucus
*
Congressional Automotive Caucus
*
Congressional Black Caucus
The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) is a caucus made up of most African-American members of the United States Congress. Representative Karen Bass from California chaired the caucus from 2019 to 2021; she was succeeded by Representative Joyce B ...
*
Congressional Fire Services Caucus
*
Congressional Friends of Ireland Caucus
*
Congressional Hispanic Caucus
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) is an organization of 38 Democratic members of the United States Congress of Hispanic and Latino descent. The Caucus focuses on issues affecting Hispanics and Latinos in the United States. The CHC was fou ...
*
Congressional Pediatric & Adult Hydrocephalus Caucus
*
Congressional Progressive Caucus
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*
Congressional Travel & Tourism Caucus
*
Congressional Western Caucus
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*
Congresswomen's Caucus
*
House Democratic Caucus
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*
Senate Democratic Caucus
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Members
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and representatives are listed by district.
Senate
Senators are popularly elected statewide every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress, In this Congress, Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1992; Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1994; and Class 2 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1996.
Alabama
(We dare defend our rights)
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: 2.
Howell Heflin
Howell Thomas Heflin (June 19, 1921 – March 29, 2005) was an American lawyer and politician who served in the United States Senate, representing Alabama, from 1979 to 1997.
Early life
Heflin was born on June 19, 1921, in Poulan, Georgia. He att ...
(D)
: 3.
Richard Shelby
Richard Craig Shelby (born May 6, 1934) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Alabama. First elected to the U.S. Senate in 1986 as a Democrat who later switched to the Republican Party in 1994, h ...
(D)
Alaska
Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U ...
: 2.
Ted Stevens
Theodore Fulton Stevens Sr. (November 18, 1923 – August 9, 2010) was an American politician and lawyer who served as a U.S. Senator from Alaska from 1968 to 2009. He was the longest-serving Republican Senator in history at the time he left ...
(R)
: 3.
Frank Murkowski
Frank Hughes Murkowski (born March 28, 1933) is an American politician and a member of the Republican Party. He was a United States Senator from Alaska from 1981 until 2002 and the eighth governor of Alaska from 2002 until 2006. In his 2006 re- ...
(R)
Arizona
Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is part of the Fou ...
: 1.
Dennis DeConcini
Dennis Webster DeConcini (; born May 8, 1937) is an American lawyer, philanthropist, politician and former Democratic U.S. Senator from Arizona. The son of former Arizona Supreme Court Judge Evo Anton DeConcini, he represented Arizona in the Uni ...
(D)
: 3.
John McCain
John Sidney McCain III (August 29, 1936 – August 25, 2018) was an American politician and United States Navy officer who served as a United States senator from Arizona from 1987 until his death in 2018. He previously served two te ...
(R)
Arkansas
Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the O ...
: 3.
Dale Bumpers (D)
: 2.
David Pryor
David Hampton Pryor (born August 29, 1934) is an American politician and former Democratic United States Representative and United States Senator from the State of Arkansas. Pryor also served as the 39th Governor of Arkansas from 1975 to 1979 a ...
(D)
California
California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the m ...
: 1.
Pete Wilson
Peter Barton Wilson (born August 23, 1933) is an American attorney and politician who served as the 36th governor of California from 1991 to 1999. A member of the Republican Party, he also served as a United States senator from California bet ...
(R), until January 7, 1991
::
John Seymour (R), from January 10, 1991, until November 10, 1992
::
Dianne Feinstein
Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein ( ; born Dianne Emiel Goldman; June 22, 1933) is an American politician who serves as the senior United States senator from California, a seat she has held since 1992. A member of the Democratic Party, she was ...
(D), from November 10, 1992
: 3.
Alan Cranston
Alan MacGregor Cranston (June 19, 1914 – December 31, 2000) was an American politician and journalist who served as a United States Senator from California from 1969 to 1993, and as a President of the World Federalist Association from 1949 to 1 ...
(D)
Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of t ...
: 2.
Hank Brown
George Hanks "Hank" Brown (born February 12, 1940) is an American politician and lawyer from Colorado. He is a former Republican politician and U.S. Senator. He served as the 21st president of the University of Colorado system from April 2005 ...
(R)
: 3.
Tim Wirth
Timothy Endicott "Tim" Wirth (born September 22, 1939) is an American politician from Colorado who served as a Democrat in both the United States Senate (1987-1993) and the United States House of Representatives (1975–1987). He also served in ...
(D)
Connecticut
Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its cap ...
: 1.
Joe Lieberman
Joseph Isadore Lieberman (; born February 24, 1942) is an American politician, lobbyist, and attorney who served as a United States Senate, United States senator from Connecticut from 1989 to 2013. A former member of the Democratic Party (Uni ...
(D)
: 3.
Chris Dodd
Christopher John Dodd (born May 27, 1944) is an American lobbyist, lawyer, and Democratic Party politician who served as a United States senator from Connecticut from 1981 to 2011. Dodd is the longest-serving senator in Connecticut's history. H ...
(D)
Delaware
Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacent Del ...
: 1.
William Roth
William Victor Roth Jr. (July 22, 1921 – December 13, 2003) was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, Delaware. He was a veteran of World War II and a member of the Republican Party. He served from 1967 to 1970 as the lone U.S ...
(R)
: 2.
Joe Biden (D)
Florida
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...
: 1.
Connie Mack III
Cornelius Alexander McGillicuddy III (born October 29, 1940), also known as Connie Mack III, is an American retired Republican politician. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Florida from 1983 to 1989 and t ...
(R)
: 3.
Bob Graham (D)
Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
Georgia may also refer to:
Places
Historical states and entities
* Related to the ...
: 2.
Sam Nunn
Samuel Augustus Nunn Jr. (born September 8, 1938) is an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Georgia (1972–1997) as a member of the Democratic Party.
After leaving Congress, Nunn co-founded the Nuclear Threat Initiat ...
(D)
: 3.
Wyche Fowler (D)
Hawaii
Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only stat ...
: 1.
Daniel Akaka
Daniel Kahikina Akaka (; September 11, 1924 – April 6, 2018) was an American educator and politician who served as a United States Senator from Hawaii from 1990 to 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Akaka was the first U.S. Senator of Nati ...
(D)
: 3.
Daniel Inouye (D)
Idaho
Idaho ( ) is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. To the north, it shares a small portion of the Canada–United States border with the province of British Columbia. It borders the states of Montana and Wyom ...
: 2.
Larry Craig
Lawrence Edwin Craig (born July 20, 1945) is an American retired politician from the state of Idaho. A Republican, he served 18 years in the United States Senate (1991–2009), preceded by 10 years in the U.S. House of Representatives, repres ...
(R)
: 3.
Steve Symms
Steven Douglas Symms (born April 23, 1938) is an American politician and lobbyist who served as a four-term congressman (1973–81) and two-term U.S. Senator (1981–93), representing Idaho. He is a partner at Parry, Romani, DeConcini & Symms, a ...
(R)
Illinois
Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolita ...
: 2.
Paul Simon
Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13, 1941) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and actor whose career has spanned six decades. He is one of the most acclaimed songwriters in popular music, both as a solo artist and as half of folk roc ...
(D)
: 3.
Alan J. Dixon
Alan John Dixon (July 7, 1927 – July 6, 2014) was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served in the Illinois General Assembly from 1951 to 1971, as the Illinois Treasurer from 1971 to 1977, as the Illinois Secretary o ...
(D)
Indiana
Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th s ...
: 1.
Richard Lugar (R)
: 3.
Dan Coats (R)
Iowa
Iowa () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to the ...
: 2.
Tom Harkin
Thomas Richard Harkin (born November 19, 1939) is an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as a United States senator from Iowa from 1985 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously was the U.S. representative for Iowa' ...
(D)
: 3.
Chuck Grassley
Charles Ernest Grassley (born September 17, 1933) is an American politician serving as the president pro tempore emeritus of the United States Senate, and the Seniority in the United States Senate, senior United States Senate, United States sen ...
(R)
Kansas
Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the ...
: 2.
Nancy Kassebaum
Nancy Jo Kassebaum Baker (née Landon; born July 29, 1932) is an American politician who represented the State of Kansas in the United States Senate from 1978 to 1997. She is the daughter of Alf Landon, who was Governor of Kansas from 1933 to 1 ...
(R)
: 3.
Bob Dole
Robert Joseph Dole (July 22, 1923 – December 5, 2021) was an American politician and attorney who represented Kansas in the United States Senate from 1969 to 1996. He was the Republican Leader of the Senate during the final 11 years of his t ...
(R)
Kentucky
Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia to ...
: 2.
Mitch McConnell
Addison Mitchell McConnell III (born February 20, 1942) is an American politician and retired attorney serving as the senior United States senator from Kentucky and the Senate minority leader since 2021. Currently in his seventh term, McConne ...
(R)
: 3.
Wendell Ford
Wendell Hampton Ford (September 8, 1924 – January 22, 2015) was an American politician from the Commonwealth of Kentucky. He served for twenty-four years in the U.S. Senate and was the 53rd Governor of Kentucky. He was the first person to be ...
(D)
Louisiana
Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is borde ...
: 2.
J. Bennett Johnston (D)
: 3.
John Breaux
John Berlinger Breaux (; born March 1, 1944) is an American lobbyist, attorney, and retired politician who was a member of the United States Senate from Louisiana from 1987 until 2005. He was also a member of the U.S. House of Representatives f ...
(D)
Maine
Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and north ...
: 1.
George J. Mitchell
George John Mitchell Jr. (born August 20, 1933) is an American politician, diplomat, and lawyer. A leading member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States senator from Maine from 1980 to 1995, and as Senate Majority Leader from 19 ...
(D)
: 2.
William Cohen
William Sebastian Cohen (born August 28, 1940) is an American lawyer, author, and politician from the U.S. state of Maine. A Republican, Cohen served as both a member of the United States House of Representatives (1973–1979) and Senate (1979 ...
(R)
Maryland
Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ...
: 1.
Paul Sarbanes
Paul Spyros Sarbanes (; February 3, 1933 – December 6, 2020) was an American politician and attorney. A member of the Democratic Party from Maryland, he served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1971 to 1977 a ...
(D)
: 3.
Barbara Mikulski
Barbara Ann Mikulski ( ; born July 20, 1936) is an American politician and social worker who served as a United States senator from Maryland from 1987 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, she also served in the United States House of Repr ...
(D)
: 1.
Ted Kennedy
Edward Moore Kennedy (February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Massachusetts for almost 47 years, from 1962 until his death in 2009. A member of the Democratic ...
(D)
: 2.
John Kerry
John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is an American attorney, politician and diplomat who currently serves as the first United States special presidential envoy for climate. A member of the Forbes family and the Democratic Party (Unite ...
(D)
Michigan
Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the ...
: 1.
Donald Riegle
Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. (born February 4, 1938) is an American politician, author, and businessman from Michigan. He served for five terms as a Representative and for three terms as a Senator in the U.S. Congress.
Early life and family
Donald W ...
(D)
: 2.
Carl Levin
Carl Milton Levin (June 28, 1934 – July 29, 2021) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator from Michigan from 1979 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the chair of the Senate Armed Services C ...
(D)
Minnesota
Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to ...
: 1.
David Durenberger
David Ferdinand Durenberger (born August 19, 1934) is a retired American politician and attorney. Durenberger represented Minnesota in the United States Senate as a Republican from 1978 to 1995. He left the Republican Party in 2005 and has become ...
(R)
: 2.
Paul Wellstone
Paul David Wellstone (July 21, 1944 – October 25, 2002) was an American academic, author, and politician who represented Minnesota in the United States Senate from 1991 until he was killed in a plane crash near Eveleth, Minnesota, in 2002. A ...
(DFL)
Mississippi
Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...
: 1.
Trent Lott
Chester Trent Lott Sr. (born October 9, 1941) is an American lawyer, author, and politician. A former United States Senator from Mississippi, Lott served in numerous leadership positions in both the United States House of Representatives and the ...
(R)
: 2.
Thad Cochran
William Thad Cochran (; December 7, 1937 – May 30, 2019) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States Senator for Mississippi from 1978 until his resignation due to health issues in 2018. A Republican, he previously ...
(R)
Missouri
Missouri is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee ...
: 1.
John Danforth
John Claggett Danforth (born September 5, 1936) is an American politician, attorney and diplomat who began his career in 1968 as the Attorney General of Missouri and served three terms as United States Senator from Missouri. In 2004, he served br ...
(R)
: 3.
Kit Bond
Christopher Samuel "Kit" Bond (born March 6, 1939) is an American attorney, politician and former United States Senator from Missouri and a member of the Republican Party. First elected to the U.S. Senate in 1986, he defeated Democrat Harriett W ...
(R)
Montana
Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbi ...
: 1.
Conrad Burns
Conrad Ray Burns (January 25, 1935 – April 28, 2016) was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Montana and later was a lobbyist. He was only the second Republican popularly elected to represent Montana in the Senat ...
(R)
: 2.
Max Baucus
Maxwell Sieben Baucus ( Enke; born December 11, 1941) is an American politician who served as a United States senator from Montana from 1978 to 2014. A member of the Democratic Party, he was a U.S. senator for over 35 years, making him the long ...
(D)
Nebraska
Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the southwe ...
: 1.
Bob Kerrey
Joseph Robert Kerrey (born August 27, 1943) is an American politician who served as the 35th Governor of Nebraska from 1983 to 1987 and as a United States Senator from Nebraska from 1989 to 2001. Before entering politics, he served in the Vietna ...
(D)
: 2.
Jim Exon
John James "Jim" Exon (August 9, 1921June 10, 2005) was an American businessman and politician who served as the 33rd Governor of Nebraska from 1971 to 1979, and as a U.S. Senator from Nebraska from 1979 to 1997. A member of the Democratic Par ...
(D)
Nevada
Nevada ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, Western region of the United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. N ...
: 1.
Richard Bryan
Richard Hudson Bryan (born July 16, 1937) is an American attorney and politician
A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and cr ...
(D)
: 3.
Harry Reid
Harry Mason Reid Jr. (; December 2, 1939 – December 28, 2021) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Nevada from 1987 to 2017. He led the Senate Democratic Caucus from 2005 to 2017 and was the Sena ...
(D)
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...
: 2.
Bob Smith (R)
: 3.
Warren Rudman
Warren Bruce Rudman (May 18, 1930November 19, 2012) was an American attorney and Republican politician who served as United States Senator from New Hampshire between 1980 and 1993. He was known as a moderate centrist, to such an extent that Pr ...
(R)
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...
: 1.
Frank Lautenberg
Frank Raleigh Lautenberg (; January 23, 1924 June 3, 2013) was an American businessman and Democratic Party politician who served as United States Senator from New Jersey from 1982 to 2001, and again from 2003 until his death in 2013. He was ori ...
(D)
: 2.
Bill Bradley (D)
New Mexico
)
, population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano)
, seat = Santa Fe
, LargestCity = Albuquerque
, LargestMetro = Tiguex
, OfficialLang = None
, Languages = English, Spanish ( New Mexican), Navajo, Ker ...
: 1.
Jeff Bingaman
Jesse Francis "Jeff" Bingaman Jr. (born October 3, 1943) is an American politician who served as a United States Senator from New Mexico from 1983 to 2013, for 5 terms. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as Chairman of Committee Outrea ...
(D)
: 2.
Pete Domenici
Pietro Vichi "Pete" Domenici (May 7, 1932 – September 13, 2017) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States Senator from New Mexico from 1973 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, he served six terms in the S ...
(R)
New York
: 1.
Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D)
: 3.
Al D'Amato
Alfonse Marcello D'Amato (born August 1, 1937) is an American politician born in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. He served as United States Senator for New York between 1981 and 1999. He subsequently founded a lobbying firm, Park Strategies.
...
(R)
North Carolina
North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and So ...
: 2.
Jesse Helms
Jesse Alexander Helms Jr. (October 18, 1921 – July 4, 2008) was an American politician. A leader in the conservative movement, he served as a senator from North Carolina from 1973 to 2003. As chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee ...
(R)
: 3.
Terry Sanford
James Terry Sanford (August 20, 1917April 18, 1998) was an American lawyer and politician from North Carolina. A member of the Democratic Party, Sanford served as the 65th Governor of North Carolina from 1961 to 1965, was a two-time U.S. pre ...
(D)
North Dakota
North Dakota () is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the Native Americans in the United States, indigenous Dakota people, Dakota Sioux. North Dakota is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north a ...
: 1.
Quentin Burdick
Quentin Northrup Burdick (June 19, 1908 – September 8, 1992) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party, he represented North Dakota in the U.S. House of Representatives (1959–1960) and the U ...
(D-NPL), until September 8, 1992
::
Jocelyn Burdick
Jocelyn Louise Burdick (''née'' Birch; February 6, 1922 – December 26, 2019) was an American politician from North Dakota who briefly served as a Democratic United States senator during 1992. She was the first woman from the state to hold thi ...
(D-NPL), from September 12, 1992, until December 14, 1992
::
Kent Conrad
Gaylord Kent Conrad (born March 12, 1948) is a former American politician who was a United States Senator from North Dakota. He is a member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party, the North Dakota affiliate of the Democratic Party. First elec ...
(D-NPL), from December 14, 1992
: 3.
Kent Conrad
Gaylord Kent Conrad (born March 12, 1948) is a former American politician who was a United States Senator from North Dakota. He is a member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party, the North Dakota affiliate of the Democratic Party. First elec ...
(D-NPL), until December 14, 1992
::
Byron Dorgan
Byron Leslie Dorgan (born May 14, 1942) is an American author, businessman and former politician who served as a United States Representative (1981–1992) and United States Senator (1992–2011) from North Dakota. He is member of the Democratic ...
(D-NPL), from December 15, 1992
Ohio
Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...
: 1.
Howard Metzenbaum
Howard Morton Metzenbaum (June 4, 1917March 12, 2008) was an American politician and businessman who served for almost 20 years as a Democratic member of the U.S. Senate from Ohio (1974, 1976–1995). He also served in the Ohio Hous ...
(D)
: 3.
John Glenn (D)
Oklahoma
Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the nor ...
: 2.
David Boren
David Lyle Boren (born April 21, 1941) is a retired American lawyer and politician from the state of Oklahoma. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as 21st governor of Oklahoma from 1975 to 1979 and three terms in the United States Sen ...
(D)
: 3.
Don Nickles (R)
Oregon
Oregon () is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of it ...
: 2.
Mark Hatfield (R)
: 3.
Bob Packwood
Robert William Packwood (born September 11, 1932) is an American retired lawyer and 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 ...
(R)
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...
: 1.
John Heinz
Henry John Heinz III (October 23, 1938 – April 4, 1991) was an American businessman and Republican politician from Pennsylvania. Heinz represented the Pittsburgh suburbs in the United States House of Representatives from 1971 to 1977 and ...
(R), until April 4, 1991
::
Harris Wofford
Harris Llewellyn Wofford Jr. (April 9, 1926 – January 21, 2019) was an American attorney, civil rights activist, and Democratic Party politician who represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate from 1991 to 1995. A noted advocate of na ...
(D), from May 9, 1991
: 3.
Arlen Specter
Arlen Specter (February 12, 1930 – October 14, 2012) was an American lawyer, author and politician who served as a United States Senator from Pennsylvania from 1981 to 2011. Specter was a Democrat from 1951 to 1965, then a Republican fr ...
(R)
Rhode Island
Rhode Island (, like ''road'') is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is the List of U.S. states by area, smallest U.S. state by area and the List of states and territories of the United States ...
: 1.
John Chafee
John Lester Hubbard Chafee ( ; October 22, 1922 – October 24, 1999) was an American politician and officer in the United States Marine Corps. A member of the Republican Party (United States), he served as the 66th Governor of Rhode Island, as ...
(R)
: 2.
Claiborne Pell
Claiborne de Borda Pell (November 22, 1918 – January 1, 2009) was an American politician and writer who served as a U.S. Senator from Rhode Island for six terms from 1961 to 1997. He was the sponsor of the 1972 bill that reformed the Basic ...
(D)
South Carolina
)''Animis opibusque parati'' ( for, , Latin, Prepared in mind and resources, links=no)
, anthem = " Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind"
, Former = Province of South Carolina
, seat = Columbia
, LargestCity = Charleston
, LargestMetro = ...
: 2.
Strom Thurmond (R)
: 3.
Fritz Hollings
Ernest Frederick "Fritz" Hollings (January 1, 1922April 6, 2019) was an American politician who served as a United States senator from South Carolina from 1966 to 2005. A conservative Democrat, he was also the 106th governor of South Carolina, ...
(D)
South Dakota
South Dakota (; Sioux language, Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state in the West North Central states, North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Lakota people, Lakota and Dakota peo ...
: 2.
Larry Pressler
Larry Lee Pressler (born March 29, 1942) is an American lawyer and politician from South Dakota who served in the United States House of Representatives (1975–1979) and United States Senate (1979–1997) as a Republican. He remained active in ...
(R)
: 3.
Tom Daschle (D)
Tennessee
Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...
: 1.
Jim Sasser
James Ralph Sasser (born September 30, 1936) is an American politician, diplomat, and attorney. A Democrat, Sasser served three terms as a United States senator from Tennessee from 1977 to 1995, and was Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee. ...
(D)
: 2.
Al Gore
Albert Arnold Gore Jr. (born March 31, 1948) is an American politician, businessman, and environmentalist who served as the 45th vice president of the United States from 1993 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton. Gore was the Democratic Part ...
(D), until January 2, 1993
::
Harlan Mathews
Harlan Mathews (January 17, 1927 – May 9, 2014) was a Democratic United States Senator from Tennessee from 1993 to 1994. He had previously served in the executive and legislative branches of state government in Tennessee for more than 40 yea ...
(D), from January 2, 1993
Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...
: 1.
Lloyd Bentsen (D)
: 2.
Phil Gramm
William Philip Gramm (born July 8, 1942) is an American economist and politician who represented Texas in both chambers of Congress. Though he began his political career as a Democrat, Gramm switched to the Republican Party in 1983. Gramm was a ...
(R)
Utah
Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to it ...
: 1.
Orrin Hatch
Orrin Grant Hatch (March 22, 1934 – April 23, 2022) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator from Utah from 1977 to 2019. Hatch's 42-year Senate tenure made him the longest-serving Republican U.S. senato ...
(R)
: 3.
Jake Garn
Edwin Jacob "Jake" Garn (born October 12, 1932) is an American politician and member of the Republican Party who served as a United States senator representing Utah from 1974 to 1993. Garn became the first sitting member of Congress to fly in sp ...
(R)
Vermont
Vermont () is a state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to ...
: 1.
Jim Jeffords
James Merrill Jeffords (May 11, 1934 – August 18, 2014) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. senator from Vermont. Sworn into the Senate in 1989, he served as a Republican until 2001, when he left the party to become ...
(R)
: 3.
Patrick Leahy
Patrick Joseph Leahy (; born March 31, 1940) is an American politician and attorney who is the senior United States senator from Vermont and serves as the president pro tempore of the United States Senate. A member of the Democratic Party, ...
(D)
Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...
: 1.
Chuck Robb
Charles Spittal Robb (born June 26, 1939) is an American politician from Virginia and former officer in the United States Marine Corps. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 64th governor of Virginia from 1982 to 1986 and a Uni ...
(D)
: 2.
John Warner (R)
Washington
Washington commonly refers to:
* Washington (state), United States
* Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
** A metonym for the federal government of the United States
** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered o ...
: 1.
Slade Gorton
Thomas Slade Gorton III (January 8, 1928 – August 19, 2020) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States Senator from Washington from 1981 to 1987 and again from 1989 until 2001. A member of the Republican Party, he hel ...
(R)
: 3.
Brock Adams
Brockman Adams (January 13, 1927 – September 10, 2004) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a member of Congress. A Democrat from Washington, Adams served as a U.S. Representative, Senator, and United States Secretary of Trans ...
(D)
West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States while the Bur ...
: 1.
Robert Byrd
Robert Carlyle Byrd (born Cornelius Calvin Sale Jr.; November 20, 1917 – June 28, 2010) was an American politician and musician who served as a United States senator from West Virginia for over 51 years, from 1959 until his death in 2010. A ...
(D)
: 2.
Jay Rockefeller
John Davison "Jay" Rockefeller IV (born June 18, 1937) is a retired American politician who served as a United States senator from West Virginia (1985–2015). He was first elected to the Senate in 1984, while in office as governor of West Virg ...
(D)
Wisconsin
Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...
: 1.
Herb Kohl
Herbert H. Kohl (born February 7, 1935) is an American businessman and politician. Alongside his brother and father, the Kohl family created the Kohl's department stores chain, of which Kohl went on to be president and CEO. Kohl also served as a ...
(D)
: 3.
Bob Kasten
Robert Walter Kasten Jr. (born June 19, 1942) is an American Republican politician from the state of Wisconsin who served as a U.S. Representative from 1975 to 1979 and as a United States Senator from 1981 to 1993.
Background
Kasten was born i ...
(R)
Wyoming
Wyoming () is a U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho to the west, Utah to the south ...
: 1.
Malcolm Wallop
Malcolm Wallop (February 27, 1933 – September 14, 2011) was an American rancher and politician. He served as a United States Senator from Wyoming from 1977 to 1995. He was a member of the Republican Party.
Early years
Wallop was born in New Yo ...
(R)
: 2.
Alan Simpson (R)
House of Representatives
Alabama
(We dare defend our rights)
, anthem = "Alabama (state song), Alabama"
, image_map = Alabama in United States.svg
, seat = Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery
, LargestCity = Huntsville, Alabama, Huntsville
, LargestCounty = Baldwin County, Al ...
(5-2 Democratic)
: .
Sonny Callahan
Herbert Leon "Sonny" Callahan (September 11, 1932 – June 24, 2021) was an American businessman and politician from Alabama. After being elected as a Democrat from Mobile to the state house and senate, he shifted to the Republican Party after ...
(R)
: .
William Louis Dickinson
William Louis "Bill" Dickinson (June 5, 1925 – March 31, 2008), was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, Dickinson served in the United States House of Representatives for Alabama's 2nd congressional district from 1965 to ...
(R)
: .
Glen Browder
John Glen Browder (born January 15, 1943) is a former member of the United States House of Representatives from Alabama's 3rd congressional district. Browder was born in Sumter, South Carolina and graduated in 1961 from Edmunds High School in ...
(D)
: .
Tom Bevill
Tom Donald Fike Bevill (March 27, 1921 – March 28, 2005) was an American attorney, politician, and Democratic fifteen-term U.S. congressman who represented Alabama's 4th Congressional District and Alabama's 7th congressional district from 19 ...
(D)
: .
Robert E. Cramer
Robert Edward "Bud" Cramer Jr. (born August 22, 1947) is an American politician and was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1991 to 2009, representing . On March 13, 2008, Cramer announced he would not seek ...
(D)
: .
Ben Erdreich
Benjamin Leader Erdreich (born December 9, 1938) is an American lawyer and former United States House of Representatives, congressman from Alabama.
Early life
Erdreich was born in Birmingham, Alabama to an upper-middle-class family. He attended ...
(D)
: .
Claude Harris Jr. (D)
Alaska
Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S., ...
(1 Republican)
:
Don Young
Donald Edwin Young (June 9, 1933 – March 18, 2022) was an American politician from the state of Alaska. At the time of his death, he was the longest-serving Republican in congressional history, having been the U.S. representative for for ...
(R)
List of United States representatives from Arizona, Arizona
(4-1 Republican)
: . John Jacob Rhodes III (R)
: . Mo Udall (D), until May 4, 1991 (resigned due to illness)
:: Ed Pastor (D), from October 3, 1991
: . Bob Stump (R)
: . Jon Kyl (R)
: . Jim Kolbe (R)
List of United States representatives from Arkansas, Arkansas
(3-1 Democratic)
: . William Vollie Alexander Jr. (D)
: . Ray Thornton (D)
: . John Paul Hammerschmidt (R)
: . Beryl Anthony Jr. (D)
List of United States representatives from California, California
(26-19 Democratic)
: . Frank Riggs (R)
: . Wally Herger (R)
: . Bob Matsui (D)
: .
Vic Fazio (D)
: . Nancy Pelosi (D)
: . Barbara Boxer (D)
: . George Miller (California politician), George Miller (D)
: . Ron Dellums (D)
: . Pete Stark (D)
: . Don Edwards (D)
: . Tom Lantos (D)
: . Tom Campbell (California politician), Tom Campbell (R)
: . Norman Mineta (D)
: . John Doolittle (R)
: . Gary Condit (D)
: . Leon Panetta (D)
: . Cal Dooley (D)
: . Richard H. Lehman (D)
: . Robert J. Lagomarsino (R)
: . Bill Thomas (R)
: . Elton Gallegly (R)
: . Carlos Moorhead (R)
: . Anthony Beilenson (D)
: . Henry Waxman (D)
: . Edward R. Roybal (D)
: . Howard Berman (D)
: . Mel Levine (D)
: . Julian Dixon (D)
: . Maxine Waters (D)
: . Matthew G. Martínez (D)
: . Mervyn Dymally (D)
: . Glenn M. Anderson (D)
: . David Dreier (R)
: . Esteban Edward Torres (D)
: .
Jerry Lewis
Jerry Lewis (born Joseph Levitch; March 16, 1926 – August 20, 2017) was an American comedian, actor, singer, filmmaker and humanitarian. As his contributions to comedy and charity made him a global figure in popular culture, pop culture ...
(R)
: . George Brown Jr. (D)
: . Al McCandless (R)
: . Bob Dornan (R)
: . William E. Dannemeyer (R)
: . Christopher Cox (R)
: . Bill Lowery (politician), Bill Lowery (R)
: . Dana Rohrabacher (R)
: . Ron Packard (R)
: . Duke Cunningham (R)
: . Duncan L. Hunter (R)
List of United States representatives from Colorado, Colorado
(3-3 split)
: . Pat Schroeder (D)
: . David Skaggs (D)
: . Ben Nighthorse Campbell (D)
: . Wayne Allard (R)
: . Joel Hefley (R)
: . Dan Schaefer (R)
List of United States representatives from Connecticut, Connecticut
(3-3 split)
: . Barbara B. Kennelly (D)
: . Sam Gejdenson (D)
: . Rosa DeLauro (D)
: . Chris Shays (R)
: . Gary Franks (R)
: . Nancy Johnson (R)
List of United States representatives from Delaware, Delaware
(1 Democrat)
: Tom Carper (D)
List of United States representatives from Florida, Florida
(10-9 Republican)
: . Earl Hutto (D)
: . Pete Peterson (D)
: . Charles E. Bennett (politician), Charles E. Bennett (D)
: . Craig James (politician), Craig James (R)
: .
Bill McCollum
Ira William McCollum Jr. (born July 12, 1944) is an American lawyer and Republican Party politician. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1981 to 2001, representing Florida's 5th congressional district, which was la ...
(R)
: . Cliff Stearns (R)
: . Sam Gibbons (D)
: . Bill Young (R)
: . Michael Bilirakis (R)
: . Andy Ireland (R)
: . Jim Bacchus (D)
: . Tom Lewis (American politician), Tom Lewis (R)
: . Porter Goss (R)
: . Harry Johnston (American politician), Harry Johnston (D)
: . Clay Shaw (politician), Clay Shaw (R)
: . Lawrence J. Smith (D)
: . William Lehman (Florida politician), William Lehman (D)
: . Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R)
: . Dante Fascell (D)
List of United States representatives from Georgia, Georgia
(9-1 Democratic)
: . Lindsay Thomas (politician), Lindsay Thomas (D)
: . Charles Floyd Hatcher (D)
: . Richard Ray (D)
: . Ben Jones (American actor and politician), Ben Jones (D)
: .
John Lewis
John Robert Lewis (February 21, 1940 – July 17, 2020) was an American politician and civil rights activist who served in the United States House of Representatives for from 1987 until his death in 2020. He participated in the 1960 Nashville ...
(D)
: .
Newt Gingrich
Newton Leroy Gingrich (; né McPherson; born June 17, 1943) is an American politician and author who served as the 50th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999. A member of the Republican Party, he was the U. ...
(R)
: . George Darden (D)
: . J. Roy Rowland (D)
: . Ed Jenkins (politician), Ed Jenkins (D)
: . Doug Barnard Jr. (D)
List of United States representatives from Hawaii, Hawaii
(2 Democrats)
: . Neil Abercrombie (D)
: . Patsy Mink (D)
List of United States representatives from Idaho, Idaho
(2 Democrats)
: . Larry LaRocco (D)
: . Richard H. Stallings (D)
List of United States representatives from Illinois, Illinois
(15-7 Democratic)
: . Charles Hayes (politician), Charles Hayes (D)
: . Gus Savage (D)
: . Marty Russo (D)
: . George E. Sangmeister (D)
: . Bill Lipinski (D)
: . Henry Hyde (R)
: . Cardiss Collins (D)
: . Dan Rostenkowski (D)
: . Sidney R. Yates (D)
: . John Porter (Illinois politician), John Porter (R)
: . Frank Annunzio (D)
: . Phil Crane (R)
: . Harris W. Fawell (R)
: . Dennis Hastert (R)
: . Edward Rell Madigan (R), until March 8, 1991
:: Thomas W. Ewing (R), from July 2, 1991
: . John W. Cox Jr. (D)
: . Lane Evans (D)
: .
Robert H. Michel
Robert Henry Michel (; March 2, 1923 – February 17, 2017) was an American Republican Party politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives for 38 years. He represented central Illinois' 18th congressional distric ...
(R)
: . Terry L. Bruce (D)
: . Dick Durbin (D)
: . Jerry Costello (D)
: . Glenn Poshard (D)
List of United States representatives from Indiana, Indiana
(8-2 Democratic)
: . Pete Visclosky (D)
: . Philip Sharp (politician), Philip Sharp (D)
: . Tim Roemer (D)
: . Jill L. Long (D)
: . Jim Jontz (D)
: . Dan Burton (R)
: . John T. Myers (congressman), John T. Myers (R)
: . Frank McCloskey (D)
: . Lee H. Hamilton (D)
: . Andrew Jacobs Jr. (D)
List of United States representatives from Iowa, Iowa
(4-2 Republican)
: . Jim Leach (R)
: . Jim Nussle (R)
: . David R. Nagle (D)
: . Neal Edward Smith (D)
: . Jim Ross Lightfoot (R)
: . Fred Grandy (R)
List of United States representatives from Kansas, Kansas
(3-2 Republican)
: . Pat Roberts (R)
: . Jim Slattery (D)
: . Jan Meyers (R)
: . Dan Glickman (D)
: . Dick Nichols (R)
List of United States representatives from Kentucky, Kentucky
(4-3 Democratic)
: . Carroll Hubbard (D)
: . William Natcher (D)
: . Romano Mazzoli (D)
: . Jim Bunning (R)
: . Hal Rogers (R)
: . Larry J. Hopkins (R)
: . Chris Perkins (politician), Chris Perkins (D)
List of United States representatives from Louisiana, Louisiana
(4-4 split)
: . Bob Livingston (R)
: . William J. Jefferson (D)
: . Billy Tauzin (D)
: . Jim McCrery (R)
: . Jerry Huckaby (D)
: . Richard Baker (American politician), Richard Baker (R)
: . Jimmy Hayes (D)
: . Clyde C. Holloway (R)
List of United States representatives from Maine, Maine
(1-1 split)
: . Thomas Andrews (American politician), Thomas Andrews (D)
: . Olympia Snowe (R)
List of United States representatives from Maryland, Maryland
(5-3 Democratic)
: . Wayne Gilchrest (R)
: . Helen Delich Bentley (R)
: . Ben Cardin (D)
: . Tom McMillen (D)
: .
Steny Hoyer
Steny Hamilton Hoyer (born June 14, 1939) is an American politician and attorney serving as the U.S. representative for since 1981 and as House Majority Leader since 2019. A Democrat, Hoyer was first elected in a special election on May 19, 19 ...
(D)
: . Beverly Byron (D)
: . Kweisi Mfume (D)
: . Connie Morella (R)
List of United States representatives from Massachusetts, Massachusetts
(10-1 Democratic)
: . Silvio O. Conte (R), until February 8, 1991
:: John Olver (D), from June 18, 1991
: . Richard Neal (D)
: . Joseph D. Early (D)
: . Barney Frank (D)
: . Chester G. Atkins (D)
: . Nicholas Mavroules (D)
: . Ed Markey (D)
: . Joseph P. Kennedy II (D)
: . Joe Moakley (D)
: . Gerry Studds (D)
: . Brian J. Donnelly (D)
List of United States representatives from Michigan, Michigan
(11-7 Democratic)
: . John Conyers (D)
: . Carl Pursell (R)
: . Howard Wolpe (D)
: . Fred Upton (R)
: . Paul B. Henry (R)
: . Milton Robert Carr (D)
: . Dale Kildee (D)
: . Bob Traxler (D)
: .
Guy Vander Jagt
Guy Adrian Vander Jagt ( ; August 26, 1931 – June 22, 2007) was a Republican politician from Michigan. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and Chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee.
Vander Jagt was desc ...
(R)
: . Dave Camp (R)
: . Robert William Davis (R)
: .
David Bonior
David Edward Bonior (born June 6, 1945) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. First elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1976, Bonior served as Democratic whip in the House from 1991 to 2002, during which time D ...
(D)
: . Barbara-Rose Collins (D)
: . Dennis Hertel (D)
: . William D. Ford (D)
: . John Dingell (D)
: . Sander Levin (D)
: . William Broomfield (R)
List of United States representatives from Minnesota, Minnesota
(6-2 Democratic)
: . Tim Penny (DFL)
: .
Vin Weber
John Vincent Weber (born July 24, 1952) is an American politician, lobbyist and former Republican Congressman from Minnesota.
Early life and education
Weber was born in Slayton, Minnesota. He attended the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities f ...
(R)
: . Jim Ramstad (R)
: . Bruce Vento (DFL)
: . Martin Olav Sabo (DFL)
: . Gerry Sikorski (DFL)
: . Collin Peterson (DFL)
: . Jim Oberstar (DFL)
List of United States representatives from Mississippi, Mississippi
(5 Democrats)
: . Jamie Whitten (D)
: . Mike Espy (D)
: . Sonny Montgomery (D)
: . Michael Parker (politician), Michael Parker (D)
: . Gene Taylor (Mississippi politician), Gene Taylor (D)
List of United States representatives from Missouri, Missouri
(6-3 Democratic)
: . Bill Clay (D)
: . Joan Kelly Horn (D)
: .
Dick Gephardt
Richard Andrew Gephardt (; born January 31, 1941) is an American attorney, lobbyist, and politician who served as a United States Representative from Missouri from 1977 to 2005. A member of the Democratic Party, he was House Majority Leader fro ...
(D)
: . Ike Skelton (D)
: . Alan Wheat (D)
: . Tom Coleman (Missouri politician), Tom Coleman (R)
: . Mel Hancock (R)
: . Bill Emerson (R)
: . Harold Volkmer (D)
List of United States representatives from Montana, Montana
(1-1 split)
: . Pat Williams (Montana politician), Pat Williams (D)
: . Ron Marlenee (R)
List of United States representatives from Nebraska, Nebraska
(2-1 Republican)
: . Doug Bereuter (R)
: . Peter Hoagland (D)
: . Bill Barrett (R)
List of United States representatives from Nevada, Nevada
(1-1 split)
: . James Bilbray (D)
: . Barbara Vucanovich (R)
List of United States representatives from New Hampshire, New Hampshire
(1-1 split)
: . Bill Zeliff (R)
: . Dick Swett (D)
List of United States representatives from New Jersey, New Jersey
(8-6 Democratic)
: . Rob Andrews (D)
: . William J. Hughes (D)
: . Frank Pallone (D)
: . Chris Smith (New Jersey politician), Chris Smith (R)
: . Marge Roukema (R)
: . Bernard J. Dwyer (D)
: . Matthew John Rinaldo (R)
: . Robert A. Roe (D)
: . Robert Torricelli (D)
: . Donald M. Payne (D)
: . Dean Gallo (R)
: . Dick Zimmer (New Jersey politician), Dick Zimmer (R)
: . Jim Saxton (R)
: . Frank Joseph Guarini (D)
List of United States representatives from New Mexico, New Mexico
(2-1 Republican)
: . Steven Schiff (R)
: . Joe Skeen (R)
: . Bill Richardson (politician), Bill Richardson (D)
List of United States representatives from New York, New York
(21-13 Democratic)
: . George J. Hochbrueckner (D)
: . Thomas Downey (D)
: . Robert J. Mrazek (D)
: . Norman F. Lent (R)
: . Raymond J. McGrath (R)
: . Floyd Flake (D)
: . Gary Ackerman (D)
: . James H. Scheuer (D)
: . Thomas J. Manton (D)
: . Chuck Schumer (D)
: . Edolphus Towns (D)
: . Major Owens (D)
: . Stephen Solarz (D)
: . Susan Molinari (R)
: . Bill Green (New York politician), Bill Green (R)
: . Charles Rangel (D)
: . Theodore S. Weiss (D), until September 14, 1992
:: Jerry Nadler (D), from November 3, 1992
: . José E. Serrano (D)
: . Eliot Engel (D)
: . Nita Lowey (D)
: . Hamilton Fish IV (R)
: . Benjamin Gilman (R)
: . Michael R. McNulty (D)
: . Gerald Solomon (R)
: . Sherwood Boehlert (R)
: . David O'Brien Martin (R)
: . James T. Walsh (R)
: . Matthew F. McHugh (D)
: . Frank Horton (New York politician), Frank Horton (R)
: . Louise Slaughter (D)
: . Bill Paxon (R)
: . John J. LaFalce (D)
: . Henry J. Nowak (D)
: . Amo Houghton (R)
List of United States representatives from North Carolina, North Carolina
(7-4 Democratic)
: . Walter B. Jones Sr. (D), until September 15, 1992
:: Eva Clayton (D), from November 3, 1992
: . Tim Valentine (D)
: . Martin Lancaster (D)
: . David Price (American politician), David Price (D)
: . Stephen L. Neal (D)
: . Howard Coble (R)
: . Charlie Rose (congressman), Charlie Rose (D)
: . Bill Hefner (D)
: . Alex McMillan (R)
: . Cass Ballenger (R)
: . Charles H. Taylor (R)
List of United States representatives from North Dakota, North Dakota
(1 Democrat)
:
Byron Dorgan
Byron Leslie Dorgan (born May 14, 1942) is an American author, businessman and former politician who served as a United States Representative (1981–1992) and United States Senator (1992–2011) from North Dakota. He is member of the Democratic ...
(D-NPL), until December 14, 1992
List of United States representatives from Ohio, Ohio
(11-10 Democratic)
: . Charlie Luken (D)
: . Bill Gradison (R)
: . Tony P. Hall (D)
: . Mike Oxley (R)
: . Paul Gillmor (R)
: . Bob McEwen (R)
: . Dave Hobson (R)
: . John Boehner (R)
: . Marcy Kaptur (D)
: . Clarence E. Miller (R)
: . Dennis E. Eckart (D)
: . John Kasich (R)
: . Donald J. Pease (D)
: . Thomas C. Sawyer (D)
: . Chalmers Wylie (R)
: . Ralph Regula (R)
: . James Traficant (D)
: . Douglas Applegate (D)
: . Ed Feighan (D)
: . Mary Rose Oakar (D)
: . Louis Stokes (D)
List of United States representatives from Oklahoma, Oklahoma
(4-2 Democratic)
: . Jim Inhofe (R)
: . Mike Synar (D)
: . William K. Brewster (D)
: . Dave McCurdy (D)
: .
Mickey Edwards (R)
: . Glenn English (D)
List of United States representatives from Oregon, Oregon
(4-1 Democratic)
: . Les AuCoin (D)
: . Robert Freeman Smith (R)
: . Ron Wyden (D)
: . Peter DeFazio (D)
: . Michael J. Kopetski (D)
List of United States representatives from Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania
(12-11 Republican)
: . Thomas M. Foglietta (D)
: .
William H. Gray III (D), until September 11, 1991
:: Lucien Blackwell (D), from November 5, 1991
: . Robert A. Borski Jr. (D)
: . Joe Kolter (D)
: . Richard T. Schulze (R)
: . Gus Yatron (D)
: . Curt Weldon (R)
: . Peter H. Kostmayer (D)
: . Bud Shuster (R)
: . Joseph M. McDade (R)
: . Paul Kanjorski (D)
: . John Murtha (D)
: . Lawrence Coughlin (R)
: . William J. Coyne (D)
: . Donald L. Ritter (R)
: .
Robert Smith Walker
Robert Smith Walker (born December 23, 1942) is a former American politician who represented Pennsylvania in the United States House of Representatives as a Republican from 1977 until his retirement in 1997. He was known for his fiery rhetoric ...
(R)
: . George Gekas (R)
: . Rick Santorum (R)
: . William F. Goodling (R)
: . Joseph M. Gaydos (D)
: . Tom Ridge (R)
: . Austin Murphy (D)
: . William F. Clinger Jr. (R)
List of United States representatives from Rhode Island, Rhode Island
(1-1 split)
: . Ronald Machtley (R)
: . Jack Reed (Rhode Island politician), Jack Reed (D)
List of United States representatives from South Carolina, South Carolina
(4-2 Democratic)
: . Arthur Ravenel Jr. (R)
: . Floyd Spence (R)
: .
Butler Derrick
Butler Carson Derrick Jr. (September 30, 1936 – May 5, 2014) was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.
Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, he moved to his parents' home state of South Carolina in his youth and ...
(D)
: . Liz J. Patterson (D)
: . John Spratt (D)
: . Robin Tallon (D)
List of United States representatives from South Dakota, South Dakota
(1 Democrat)
: Tim Johnson (South Dakota politician), Tim Johnson (D)
List of United States representatives from Tennessee, Tennessee
(6-3 Democratic)
: . Jimmy Quillen (R)
: . Jimmy Duncan (politician), Jimmy Duncan (R)
: . Marilyn Lloyd (D)
: . Jim Cooper (D)
: . Bob Clement (D)
: . Bart Gordon (D)
: . Don Sundquist (R)
: . John S. Tanner (D)
: . Harold Ford Sr. (D)
List of United States representatives from Texas, Texas
(19-8 Democratic)
: . Jim Chapman (congressman), Jim Chapman (D)
: . Charlie Wilson (Texas politician), Charlie Wilson (D)
: . Steve Bartlett (R), until March 11, 1991
:: Sam Johnson (R), from May 8, 1991
: . Ralph Hall (D)
: . John Wiley Bryant (D)
: . Joe Barton (R)
: . Bill Archer (R)
: . Jack Fields (R)
: . Jack Brooks (American politician), Jack Brooks (D)
: . J. J. Pickle (D)
: . Chet Edwards (D)
: . Pete Geren (D)
: . Bill Sarpalius (D)
: . Greg Laughlin (D)
: . Kika de la Garza (D)
: . Ronald D. Coleman (D)
: . Charles Stenholm (D)
: . Craig Washington (D)
: . Larry Combest (R)
: . Henry B. González (D)
: . Lamar Smith (R)
: . Tom DeLay (R)
: . Albert Bustamante (D)
: . Martin Frost (D)
: . Michael A. Andrews (D)
: . Dick Armey (R)
: . Solomon P. Ortiz (D)
List of United States representatives from Utah, Utah
(2-1 Democratic)
: . James V. Hansen (R)
: . Wayne Owens (D)
: . Bill Orton (D)
List of United States representatives from Vermont, Vermont
(1 Independent, caucusing with the Democrats)
: Bernie Sanders (I)
List of United States representatives from Virginia, Virginia
(6-4 Democratic)
: . Herbert H. Bateman (R)
: . Owen B. Pickett (D)
: . Thomas J. Bliley Jr. (R)
: . Norman Sisisky (D)
: . Lewis F. Payne Jr. (D)
: . Jim Olin (D)
: . D. French Slaughter Jr. (R), until November 5, 1991
:: George Allen (American politician), George Allen (R), from November 5, 1991
: . Jim Moran (D)
: . Rick Boucher (D)
: . Frank Wolf (politician), Frank Wolf (R)
List of United States representatives from Washington, Washington
(5-3 Democratic)
: . John Miller (Washington politician), John Miller (R)
: . Al Swift (D)
: . Jolene Unsoeld (D)
: . Sid Morrison (R)
: .
Tom Foley (D)
: . Norm Dicks (D)
: . Jim McDermott (D)
: . Rod Chandler (R)
List of United States representatives from West Virginia, West Virginia
(4 Democrats)
: . Alan Mollohan (D)
: . Harley O. Staggers Jr. (D)
: . Bob Wise (D)
: . Nick Rahall (D)
List of United States representatives from Wisconsin, Wisconsin
(5-4 Republican)
: . Les Aspin (D)
: . Scott L. Klug (R)
: . Steve Gunderson (R)
: . Jerry Kleczka (D)
: . Jim Moody (D)
: . Tom Petri (R)
: . Dave Obey (D)
: . Toby Roth (R)
: . Jim Sensenbrenner (R)
List of United States representatives from Wyoming, Wyoming
(1 Republican)
: Craig L. Thomas (R)
Non-voting members
(3-1 Democratic)
: : Eni Faleomavaega (D)
: : Eleanor Holmes Norton (D)
: : Vicente T. Blaz (R)
: : Jaime Fuster (Resident Commissioner) (Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico, PPD), until March 4, 1992
:: Antonio Colorado (PPD) from March 4, 1992
: : Ron de Lugo (D)
Changes in membership
Senate
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California
California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the m ...
(1)
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Pete Wilson
Peter Barton Wilson (born August 23, 1933) is an American attorney and politician who served as the 36th governor of California from 1991 to 1999. A member of the Republican Party, he also served as a United States senator from California bet ...
(R)
, Resigned January 7, 1991, after being 1990 California gubernatorial election, elected Governor of California.
As Governor, he appointed his successor.
, nowrap ,
John Seymour (R)
, January 10, 1991
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Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...
(1)
, nowrap ,
John Heinz
Henry John Heinz III (October 23, 1938 – April 4, 1991) was an American businessman and Republican politician from Pennsylvania. Heinz represented the Pittsburgh suburbs in the United States House of Representatives from 1971 to 1977 and ...
(R)
, Merion air disaster, Died April 4, 1991.
Successor was appointed May 9, 1991, to continue the term.
Appointee was later 1991 United States Senate special election in Pennsylvania, elected to finish the term.
, nowrap ,
Harris Wofford
Harris Llewellyn Wofford Jr. (April 9, 1926 – January 21, 2019) was an American attorney, civil rights activist, and Democratic Party politician who represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate from 1991 to 1995. A noted advocate of na ...
(D)
, May 9, 1991
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North Dakota
North Dakota () is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the Native Americans in the United States, indigenous Dakota people, Dakota Sioux. North Dakota is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north a ...
(1)
, nowrap ,
Quentin Burdick
Quentin Northrup Burdick (June 19, 1908 – September 8, 1992) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party, he represented North Dakota in the U.S. House of Representatives (1959–1960) and the U ...
(D)
, Died September 8, 1992.
His wife was appointed the same day, to succeed him.
, nowrap ,
Jocelyn Burdick
Jocelyn Louise Burdick (''née'' Birch; February 6, 1922 – December 26, 2019) was an American politician from North Dakota who briefly served as a Democratic United States senator during 1992. She was the first woman from the state to hold thi ...
(D)
, September 12, 1992
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California
California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the m ...
(1)
, nowrap ,
John Seymour (R)
, Interim appointee lost 1992 United States Senate special election in California, special election to finish the term.
Successor elected on November 3, 1992.
, nowrap ,
Dianne Feinstein
Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein ( ; born Dianne Emiel Goldman; June 22, 1933) is an American politician who serves as the senior United States senator from California, a seat she has held since 1992. A member of the Democratic Party, she was ...
(D)
, November 10, 1992
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North Dakota
North Dakota () is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the Native Americans in the United States, indigenous Dakota people, Dakota Sioux. North Dakota is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north a ...
(1)
, nowrap ,
Jocelyn Burdick
Jocelyn Louise Burdick (''née'' Birch; February 6, 1922 – December 26, 2019) was an American politician from North Dakota who briefly served as a Democratic United States senator during 1992. She was the first woman from the state to hold thi ...
(D)
, Interim appointee retired December 14, 1992.
Her successor was chosen at a 1992 United States Senate special election in North Dakota, special election December 4, 1992, to finish the term.
, nowrap ,
Kent Conrad
Gaylord Kent Conrad (born March 12, 1948) is a former American politician who was a United States Senator from North Dakota. He is a member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party, the North Dakota affiliate of the Democratic Party. First elec ...
(D)
, December 14, 1992
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North Dakota
North Dakota () is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the Native Americans in the United States, indigenous Dakota people, Dakota Sioux. North Dakota is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north a ...
(3)
, nowrap ,
Kent Conrad
Gaylord Kent Conrad (born March 12, 1948) is a former American politician who was a United States Senator from North Dakota. He is a member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party, the North Dakota affiliate of the Democratic Party. First elec ...
(D)
, Resigned December 14, 1992, to assume vacant Class 1 seat to which he was elected.
His successor was appointed to assume the seat early, having already 1992 United States Senate election in North Dakota, won election to the next term.
, nowrap ,
Byron Dorgan
Byron Leslie Dorgan (born May 14, 1942) is an American author, businessman and former politician who served as a United States Representative (1981–1992) and United States Senator (1992–2011) from North Dakota. He is member of the Democratic ...
(D)
, December 15, 1992
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Tennessee
Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...
(2)
, nowrap ,
Al Gore
Albert Arnold Gore Jr. (born March 31, 1948) is an American politician, businessman, and environmentalist who served as the 45th vice president of the United States from 1993 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton. Gore was the Democratic Part ...
(D)
, Resigned January 2, 1993, to become Vice President of the United States.
His successor was appointed.
, nowrap ,
Harlan Mathews
Harlan Mathews (January 17, 1927 – May 9, 2014) was a Democratic United States Senator from Tennessee from 1993 to 1994. He had previously served in the executive and legislative branches of state government in Tennessee for more than 40 yea ...
(D)
, January 2, 1993
House of Representatives
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, Massachusetts's 1st congressional district, Massachusetts's 1st
, , Silvio O. Conte (R)
, Died February 11, 1991
, , John Olver (D)
, June 18, 1991
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, Illinois's 15th congressional district, Illinois's 15th
, , Edward Rell Madigan (R)
, Resigned March 8, 1991, after being appointed U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
, , Thomas W. Ewing (R)
, July 2, 1991
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, Texas's 3rd congressional district, Texas's 3rd
, , Steve Bartlett (R)
, Resigned March 11, 1991, after being elected Mayor of Dallas, Mayor of Dallas, Texas, Dallas
, , Sam Johnson (R)
, May 8, 1991
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, Arizona's 2nd congressional district, Arizona's 2nd
, , Mo Udall (D)
, Resigned May 4, 1991 due to worsening Parkinson's disease
, , Ed Pastor (D)
, October 3, 1991
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, Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district, Pennsylvania's 2nd
, ,
William H. Gray III (D)
, Resigned September 11, 1991 to become President of the Negro College Fund
, , Lucien Blackwell (D)
, November 5, 1991
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, Virginia's 7th congressional district, Virginia's 7th
, , D. French Slaughter Jr. (R)
, Resigned November 5, 1991 following a series of strokes
, , George Allen (American politician), George Allen (D)
, November 5, 1991
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, Puerto Rico's at-large congressional district, Puerto Rico's at-large
, , Jaime Fuster (PD)
, Resigned March 4, 1992
, , Antonio Colorado (PD)
, March 4, 1992
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, New York's 17th congressional district, New York's 17th
, , Theodore S. Weiss (D)
, Died September 14, 1992
, , Jerry Nadler (D)
, November 3, 1992
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, North Carolina's 1st congressional district, North Carolina's 1st
, , Walter B. Jones Sr. (D)
, Died September 15, 1992
, , Eva Clayton (D)
, November 3, 1992
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, North Dakota's at-large congressional district, North Dakota's at-large
, ,
Byron Dorgan
Byron Leslie Dorgan (born May 14, 1942) is an American author, businessman and former politician who served as a United States Representative (1981–1992) and United States Senator (1992–2011) from North Dakota. He is member of the Democratic ...
(D)
, Resigned December 14, 1992, after being appointed US Senator
, Vacant
, Not filled this term
Committees
Senate
* United States Senate Special Committee on Aging, Aging (Special) (Chair:
David Pryor
David Hampton Pryor (born August 29, 1934) is an American politician and former Democratic United States Representative and United States Senator from the State of Arkansas. Pryor also served as the 39th Governor of Arkansas from 1975 to 1979 a ...
; Ranking Member: William S. Cohen)
* United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry (Chair:
Patrick Leahy
Patrick Joseph Leahy (; born March 31, 1940) is an American politician and attorney who is the senior United States senator from Vermont and serves as the president pro tempore of the United States Senate. A member of the Democratic Party, ...
; Ranking Member: Richard G. Lugar)
** United States Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Agricultural Credit, Agricultural Credit (Chair:
Kent Conrad
Gaylord Kent Conrad (born March 12, 1948) is a former American politician who was a United States Senator from North Dakota. He is a member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party, the North Dakota affiliate of the Democratic Party. First elec ...
; Ranking Member:
Chuck Grassley
Charles Ernest Grassley (born September 17, 1933) is an American politician serving as the president pro tempore emeritus of the United States Senate, and the Seniority in the United States Senate, senior United States Senate, United States sen ...
)
** United States Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Agricultural Production and Stabilization of Prices, Agricultural Production and Stabilization of Prices (Chair:
David Pryor
David Hampton Pryor (born August 29, 1934) is an American politician and former Democratic United States Representative and United States Senator from the State of Arkansas. Pryor also served as the 39th Governor of Arkansas from 1975 to 1979 a ...
; Ranking Member:
Jesse Helms
Jesse Alexander Helms Jr. (October 18, 1921 – July 4, 2008) was an American politician. A leader in the conservative movement, he served as a senator from North Carolina from 1973 to 2003. As chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee ...
)
** United States Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Agricultural Research and General Legislation, Agricultural Research and General Legislation (Chair:
Tom Daschle; Ranking Member:
John Seymour)
** United States Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry, Conservation and Forestry (Chair:
Wyche Fowler; Ranking Member: Larry E. Craig)
** United States Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Domestic and Foreign Marketing and Product Promotion, Domestic and Foreign Marketing and Product Promotion (Chair: David L. Boren; Ranking Member:
Thad Cochran
William Thad Cochran (; December 7, 1937 – May 30, 2019) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States Senator for Mississippi from 1978 until his resignation due to health issues in 2018. A Republican, he previously ...
)
** United States Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Nutrition and Investigations, Nutrition and Investigations (Chair:
Tom Harkin
Thomas Richard Harkin (born November 19, 1939) is an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as a United States senator from Iowa from 1985 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously was the U.S. representative for Iowa' ...
; Ranking Member:
Mitch McConnell
Addison Mitchell McConnell III (born February 20, 1942) is an American politician and retired attorney serving as the senior United States senator from Kentucky and the Senate minority leader since 2021. Currently in his seventh term, McConne ...
)
** United States Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development and Rural Electrification, Rural Development and Rural Electrification (Chair: Howell T. Heflin; Ranking Member:
Thad Cochran
William Thad Cochran (; December 7, 1937 – May 30, 2019) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States Senator for Mississippi from 1978 until his resignation due to health issues in 2018. A Republican, he previously ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chair:
Robert Byrd
Robert Carlyle Byrd (born Cornelius Calvin Sale Jr.; November 20, 1917 – June 28, 2010) was an American politician and musician who served as a United States senator from West Virginia for over 51 years, from 1959 until his death in 2010. A ...
; Ranking Member: Mark O. Hatfield)
** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development and Related Agencies, Agriculture, Rural Development and Related Agencies (Chair: Quentin N. Burdick; Ranking Member:
Thad Cochran
William Thad Cochran (; December 7, 1937 – May 30, 2019) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States Senator for Mississippi from 1978 until his resignation due to health issues in 2018. A Republican, he previously ...
)
** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary, Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary (Chair: Ernest F. Hollings; Ranking Member:
Warren Rudman
Warren Bruce Rudman (May 18, 1930November 19, 2012) was an American attorney and Republican politician who served as United States Senator from New Hampshire between 1980 and 1993. He was known as a moderate centrist, to such an extent that Pr ...
)
** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, Defense (Chair:
Daniel Inouye; Ranking Member:
Ted Stevens
Theodore Fulton Stevens Sr. (November 18, 1923 – August 9, 2010) was an American politician and lawyer who served as a U.S. Senator from Alaska from 1968 to 2009. He was the longest-serving Republican Senator in history at the time he left ...
)
** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chair:
Brock Adams
Brockman Adams (January 13, 1927 – September 10, 2004) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a member of Congress. A Democrat from Washington, Adams served as a U.S. Representative, Senator, and United States Secretary of Trans ...
; Ranking Member:
Kit Bond
Christopher Samuel "Kit" Bond (born March 6, 1939) is an American attorney, politician and former United States Senator from Missouri and a member of the Republican Party. First elected to the U.S. Senate in 1986, he defeated Democrat Harriett W ...
)
** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, Energy and Water Development (Chair:
J. Bennett Johnston; Ranking Member: Mark O. Hatfield)
** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Foreign Operations (Chair:
Patrick Leahy
Patrick Joseph Leahy (; born March 31, 1940) is an American politician and attorney who is the senior United States senator from Vermont and serves as the president pro tempore of the United States Senate. A member of the Democratic Party, ...
; Ranking Member:
Bob Kasten
Robert Walter Kasten Jr. (born June 19, 1942) is an American Republican politician from the state of Wisconsin who served as a U.S. Representative from 1975 to 1979 and as a United States Senator from 1981 to 1993.
Background
Kasten was born i ...
)
** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on VA-HUD Independent Agencies, VA-HUD Independent Agencies (Chair: Barbara A. Mikulski; Ranking Member:
Jake Garn
Edwin Jacob "Jake" Garn (born October 12, 1932) is an American politician and member of the Republican Party who served as a United States senator representing Utah from 1974 to 1993. Garn became the first sitting member of Congress to fly in sp ...
)
** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies, Interior and Related Agencies (Chair: Robert C. Byrd; Ranking Member:
Don Nickles)
** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health, Human Services, Education and Related Agencies, Labor, Health, Human Services, Education and Related Agencies (Chair:
Tom Harkin
Thomas Richard Harkin (born November 19, 1939) is an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as a United States senator from Iowa from 1985 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously was the U.S. representative for Iowa' ...
; Ranking Member:
Arlen Specter
Arlen Specter (February 12, 1930 – October 14, 2012) was an American lawyer, author and politician who served as a United States Senator from Pennsylvania from 1981 to 2011. Specter was a Democrat from 1951 to 1965, then a Republican fr ...
)
** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, Legislative Branch (Chair:
Harry Reid
Harry Mason Reid Jr. (; December 2, 1939 – December 28, 2021) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Nevada from 1987 to 2017. He led the Senate Democratic Caucus from 2005 to 2017 and was the Sena ...
; Ranking Member:
Slade Gorton
Thomas Slade Gorton III (January 8, 1928 – August 19, 2020) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States Senator from Washington from 1981 to 1987 and again from 1989 until 2001. A member of the Republican Party, he hel ...
)
** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Military Construction (Chair:
Jim Sasser
James Ralph Sasser (born September 30, 1936) is an American politician, diplomat, and attorney. A Democrat, Sasser served three terms as a United States senator from Tennessee from 1977 to 1995, and was Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee. ...
; Ranking Member:
Phil Gramm
William Philip Gramm (born July 8, 1942) is an American economist and politician who represented Texas in both chambers of Congress. Though he began his political career as a Democrat, Gramm switched to the Republican Party in 1983. Gramm was a ...
)
** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation and Related Agencies, Transportation and Related Agencies (Chair:
Frank Lautenberg
Frank Raleigh Lautenberg (; January 23, 1924 June 3, 2013) was an American businessman and Democratic Party politician who served as United States Senator from New Jersey from 1982 to 2001, and again from 2003 until his death in 2013. He was ori ...
; Ranking Member:
Al D'Amato
Alfonse Marcello D'Amato (born August 1, 1937) is an American politician born in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. He served as United States Senator for New York between 1981 and 1999. He subsequently founded a lobbying firm, Park Strategies.
...
)
** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service and General Government, Treasury, Postal Service and General Government (Chair:
Dennis DeConcini
Dennis Webster DeConcini (; born May 8, 1937) is an American lawyer, philanthropist, politician and former Democratic U.S. Senator from Arizona. The son of former Arizona Supreme Court Judge Evo Anton DeConcini, he represented Arizona in the Uni ...
; Ranking Member:
Pete Domenici
Pietro Vichi "Pete" Domenici (May 7, 1932 – September 13, 2017) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States Senator from New Mexico from 1973 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, he served six terms in the S ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Armed Services, Armed Services (Chair:
Sam Nunn
Samuel Augustus Nunn Jr. (born September 8, 1938) is an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Georgia (1972–1997) as a member of the Democratic Party.
After leaving Congress, Nunn co-founded the Nuclear Threat Initiat ...
; Ranking Member:
John Warner)
** United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces and Nuclear Detterence, Strategic Forces and Nuclear Detterence (Chair: J. James Exon; Ranking Member:
Strom Thurmond)
** United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Conventional Forces and Alliance Defense, Conventional Forces and Alliance Defense (Chair:
Carl Levin
Carl Milton Levin (June 28, 1934 – July 29, 2021) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator from Michigan from 1979 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the chair of the Senate Armed Services C ...
; Ranking Member:
Malcolm Wallop
Malcolm Wallop (February 27, 1933 – September 14, 2011) was an American rancher and politician. He served as a United States Senator from Wyoming from 1977 to 1995. He was a member of the Republican Party.
Early years
Wallop was born in New Yo ...
)
** United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Projection Forces and Regional Forces, Projection Forces and Regional Defense (Chair:
Ted Kennedy
Edward Moore Kennedy (February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Massachusetts for almost 47 years, from 1962 until his death in 2009. A member of the Democratic ...
; Ranking Member:
William Cohen
William Sebastian Cohen (born August 28, 1940) is an American lawyer, author, and politician from the U.S. state of Maine. A Republican, Cohen served as both a member of the United States House of Representatives (1973–1979) and Senate (1979 ...
)
** United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Defense Industry and Technology, Defense Industry and Technology (Chair:
Jeff Bingaman
Jesse Francis "Jeff" Bingaman Jr. (born October 3, 1943) is an American politician who served as a United States Senator from New Mexico from 1983 to 2013, for 5 terms. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as Chairman of Committee Outrea ...
; Ranking Member:
Dan Coats)
** United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness, Sustainability and Support, Readiness, Sustainability and Support (Chair:
Alan J. Dixon
Alan John Dixon (July 7, 1927 – July 6, 2014) was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served in the Illinois General Assembly from 1951 to 1971, as the Illinois Treasurer from 1971 to 1977, as the Illinois Secretary o ...
; Ranking Member:
Trent Lott
Chester Trent Lott Sr. (born October 9, 1941) is an American lawyer, author, and politician. A former United States Senator from Mississippi, Lott served in numerous leadership positions in both the United States House of Representatives and the ...
)
** United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Manpower and Personnel, Manpower and Personnel (Chair:
John Glenn; Ranking Member:
John McCain
John Sidney McCain III (August 29, 1936 – August 25, 2018) was an American politician and United States Navy officer who served as a United States senator from Arizona from 1987 until his death in 2018. He previously served two te ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs (Chair: Donald W. Riegle Jr.; Ranking Member:
Jake Garn
Edwin Jacob "Jake" Garn (born October 12, 1932) is an American politician and member of the Republican Party who served as a United States senator representing Utah from 1974 to 1993. Garn became the first sitting member of Congress to fly in sp ...
)
** United States Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Housing and Urban Affairs, Housing and Urban Affairs (Chair:
Alan Cranston
Alan MacGregor Cranston (June 19, 1914 – December 31, 2000) was an American politician and journalist who served as a United States Senator from California from 1969 to 1993, and as a President of the World Federalist Association from 1949 to 1 ...
; Ranking Member:
Al D'Amato
Alfonse Marcello D'Amato (born August 1, 1937) is an American politician born in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. He served as United States Senator for New York between 1981 and 1999. He subsequently founded a lobbying firm, Park Strategies.
...
)
** United States Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on International Finance and Monetary Policy, International Finance and Monetary Policy (Chair:
Paul Sarbanes
Paul Spyros Sarbanes (; February 3, 1933 – December 6, 2020) was an American politician and attorney. A member of the Democratic Party from Maryland, he served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1971 to 1977 a ...
; Ranking Member:
Phil Gramm
William Philip Gramm (born July 8, 1942) is an American economist and politician who represented Texas in both chambers of Congress. Though he began his political career as a Democrat, Gramm switched to the Republican Party in 1983. Gramm was a ...
)
** United States Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Securities, Securities (Chair:
Chris Dodd
Christopher John Dodd (born May 27, 1944) is an American lobbyist, lawyer, and Democratic Party politician who served as a United States senator from Connecticut from 1981 to 2011. Dodd is the longest-serving senator in Connecticut's history. H ...
; Ranking Member:
Nancy Kassebaum
Nancy Jo Kassebaum Baker (née Landon; born July 29, 1932) is an American politician who represented the State of Kansas in the United States Senate from 1978 to 1997. She is the daughter of Alf Landon, who was Governor of Kansas from 1933 to 1 ...
)
** United States Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (Chair:
Alan J. Dixon
Alan John Dixon (July 7, 1927 – July 6, 2014) was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served in the Illinois General Assembly from 1951 to 1971, as the Illinois Treasurer from 1971 to 1977, as the Illinois Secretary o ...
; Ranking Member:
Kit Bond
Christopher Samuel "Kit" Bond (born March 6, 1939) is an American attorney, politician and former United States Senator from Missouri and a member of the Republican Party. First elected to the U.S. Senate in 1986, he defeated Democrat Harriett W ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on the Budget, Budget (Chair:
Jim Sasser
James Ralph Sasser (born September 30, 1936) is an American politician, diplomat, and attorney. A Democrat, Sasser served three terms as a United States senator from Tennessee from 1977 to 1995, and was Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee. ...
; Ranking Member:
Pete Domenici
Pietro Vichi "Pete" Domenici (May 7, 1932 – September 13, 2017) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States Senator from New Mexico from 1973 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, he served six terms in the S ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, Commerce, Science and Transportation (Chair: Ernest Hollings; Ranking Member: John C. Danforth)
** United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Aviation, Aviation (Chair: Wendell H. Ford; Ranking Member:
Bob Packwood
Robert William Packwood (born September 11, 1932) is an American retired lawyer and 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 ...
)
** United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Communications (Chair: Daniel K. Inouye; Ranking Member:
Bob Packwood
Robert William Packwood (born September 11, 1932) is an American retired lawyer and 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 ...
)
** United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer, Consumer (Chair:
Richard Bryan
Richard Hudson Bryan (born July 16, 1937) is an American attorney and politician
A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and cr ...
; Ranking Member:
Slade Gorton
Thomas Slade Gorton III (January 8, 1928 – August 19, 2020) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States Senator from Washington from 1981 to 1987 and again from 1989 until 2001. A member of the Republican Party, he hel ...
)
** United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Foreign Commerce and Tourism, Foreign Commerce and Tourism (Chair:
Jay Rockefeller
John Davison "Jay" Rockefeller IV (born June 18, 1937) is a retired American politician who served as a United States senator from West Virginia (1985–2015). He was first elected to the Senate in 1984, while in office as governor of West Virg ...
; Ranking Member:
Conrad Burns
Conrad Ray Burns (January 25, 1935 – April 28, 2016) was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Montana and later was a lobbyist. He was only the second Republican popularly elected to represent Montana in the Senat ...
)
** United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Merchant Marine, Merchant Marine (Chair:
John Breaux
John Berlinger Breaux (; born March 1, 1944) is an American lobbyist, attorney, and retired politician who was a member of the United States Senate from Louisiana from 1987 until 2005. He was also a member of the U.S. House of Representatives f ...
; Ranking Member:
Trent Lott
Chester Trent Lott Sr. (born October 9, 1941) is an American lawyer, author, and politician. A former United States Senator from Mississippi, Lott served in numerous leadership positions in both the United States House of Representatives and the ...
)
** United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Science, Technology and Space, Science, Technology and Space (Chair: Albert Gore; Ranking Member:
Larry Pressler
Larry Lee Pressler (born March 29, 1942) is an American lawyer and politician from South Dakota who served in the United States House of Representatives (1975–1979) and United States Senate (1979–1997) as a Republican. He remained active in ...
)
** United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, Surface Transportation (Chair: J. James Exon; Ranking Member:
Bob Kasten
Robert Walter Kasten Jr. (born June 19, 1942) is an American Republican politician from the state of Wisconsin who served as a U.S. Representative from 1975 to 1979 and as a United States Senator from 1981 to 1993.
Background
Kasten was born i ...
)
** United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on National Ocean Policy Study, National Ocean Policy Study (Chair: Ernest F. Hollings; Ranking Member:
Ted Stevens
Theodore Fulton Stevens Sr. (November 18, 1923 – August 9, 2010) was an American politician and lawyer who served as a U.S. Senator from Alaska from 1968 to 2009. He was the longest-serving Republican Senator in history at the time he left ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Energy and Natural Resources (Chair:
J. Bennett Johnston; Ranking Member:
Malcolm Wallop
Malcolm Wallop (February 27, 1933 – September 14, 2011) was an American rancher and politician. He served as a United States Senator from Wyoming from 1977 to 1995. He was a member of the Republican Party.
Early years
Wallop was born in New Yo ...
)
** United States Senate Energy Subcommittee on Energy Regulation and Conservation, Energy Regulation and Conservation (Chair:
Tim Wirth
Timothy Endicott "Tim" Wirth (born September 22, 1939) is an American politician from Colorado who served as a Democrat in both the United States Senate (1987-1993) and the United States House of Representatives (1975–1987). He also served in ...
; Ranking Member:
Don Nickles)
** United States Senate Energy Subcommittee on Energy Research and Development, Energy Research and Development (Chair: Wendell H. Ford; Ranking Member:
Pete Domenici
Pietro Vichi "Pete" Domenici (May 7, 1932 – September 13, 2017) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States Senator from New Mexico from 1973 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, he served six terms in the S ...
)
** United States Senate Energy Subcommittee on Mineral Resources Development and Production, Mineral Resources Development and Production (Chair:
Jeff Bingaman
Jesse Francis "Jeff" Bingaman Jr. (born October 3, 1943) is an American politician who served as a United States Senator from New Mexico from 1983 to 2013, for 5 terms. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as Chairman of Committee Outrea ...
; Ranking Member: Larry E. Craig)
** United States Senate Energy Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks and Forests, Public Lands, National Parks and Forests (Chair:
Dale Bumpers; Ranking Member: Frank H. Murkowski)
** United States Senate Energy Subcommittee on Water and Power, Water and Power (Chair:
Bill Bradley; Ranking Member:
Conrad Burns
Conrad Ray Burns (January 25, 1935 – April 28, 2016) was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Montana and later was a lobbyist. He was only the second Republican popularly elected to represent Montana in the Senat ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, Environment and Public Works (Chair: Quentin N. Burdick, then
Daniel Patrick Moynihan; Ranking Member: John H. Chafee)
** United States Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Environment Protection, Environment Protection (Chair:
Max Baucus
Maxwell Sieben Baucus ( Enke; born December 11, 1941) is an American politician who served as a United States senator from Montana from 1978 to 2014. A member of the Democratic Party, he was a U.S. senator for over 35 years, making him the long ...
; Ranking Member: John H. Chafee)
** United States Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Nuclear Regulation, Nuclear Regulation (Chair:
Bob Graham; Ranking Member: Alan K. Simpson)
** United States Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Superfund, Ocean and Water Protection, Superfund, Ocean and Water Protection (Chair:
Frank Lautenberg
Frank Raleigh Lautenberg (; January 23, 1924 June 3, 2013) was an American businessman and Democratic Party politician who served as United States Senator from New Jersey from 1982 to 2001, and again from 2003 until his death in 2013. He was ori ...
; Ranking Member:
David Durenberger
David Ferdinand Durenberger (born August 19, 1934) is a retired American politician and attorney. Durenberger represented Minnesota in the United States Senate as a Republican from 1978 to 1995. He left the Republican Party in 2005 and has become ...
)
** United States Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Toxic Substances, Environmental Oversight, Research and Development, Toxic Substances, Environmental Oversight, Research and Development (Chair:
Harry Reid
Harry Mason Reid Jr. (; December 2, 1939 – December 28, 2021) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Nevada from 1987 to 2017. He led the Senate Democratic Caucus from 2005 to 2017 and was the Sena ...
; Ranking Member: John W. Warner)
** United States Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Water Resources, Transportation and Infrastructure, Water Resources, Transportation and Infrastructure (Chair: Daniel Moynihan; Ranking Member:
Steve Symms
Steven Douglas Symms (born April 23, 1938) is an American politician and lobbyist who served as a four-term congressman (1973–81) and two-term U.S. Senator (1981–93), representing Idaho. He is a partner at Parry, Romani, DeConcini & Symms, a ...
)
* United States Senate Select Committee on Ethics, Ethics (Select) (Chair:
Howell Heflin
Howell Thomas Heflin (June 19, 1921 – March 29, 2005) was an American lawyer and politician who served in the United States Senate, representing Alabama, from 1979 to 1997.
Early life
Heflin was born on June 19, 1921, in Poulan, Georgia. He att ...
, then
Terry Sanford
James Terry Sanford (August 20, 1917April 18, 1998) was an American lawyer and politician from North Carolina. A member of the Democratic Party, Sanford served as the 65th Governor of North Carolina from 1961 to 1965, was a two-time U.S. pre ...
; Ranking Member: Warren B. Rudman)
* United States Senate Committee on Finance, Finance (Chair:
Lloyd Bentsen; Ranking Member:
Bob Packwood
Robert William Packwood (born September 11, 1932) is an American retired lawyer and 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 ...
)
** United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on Deficits, Debt Management and International Debt, Deficits, Debt Management and International Debt (Chair:
Bill Bradley; Ranking Member:
Chuck Grassley
Charles Ernest Grassley (born September 17, 1933) is an American politician serving as the president pro tempore emeritus of the United States Senate, and the Seniority in the United States Senate, senior United States Senate, United States sen ...
)
** United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on Energy and Agricultural Taxation, Energy and Agricultural Taxation (Chair:
Tom Daschle; Ranking Member:
Steve Symms
Steven Douglas Symms (born April 23, 1938) is an American politician and lobbyist who served as a four-term congressman (1973–81) and two-term U.S. Senator (1981–93), representing Idaho. He is a partner at Parry, Romani, DeConcini & Symms, a ...
)
** United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on Health for Families and the Uninsured, Health for Families and the Uninsured (Chair: Donald W. Riegle; Ranking Member: John H. Chafee)
** United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on International Trade, International Trade (Chair:
Max Baucus
Maxwell Sieben Baucus ( Enke; born December 11, 1941) is an American politician who served as a United States senator from Montana from 1978 to 2014. A member of the Democratic Party, he was a U.S. senator for over 35 years, making him the long ...
; Ranking Member: John C. Danforth)
** United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on Medicare and Long Term Care, Medicare and Long Term Care (Chair:
Jay Rockefeller
John Davison "Jay" Rockefeller IV (born June 18, 1937) is a retired American politician who served as a United States senator from West Virginia (1985–2015). He was first elected to the Senate in 1984, while in office as governor of West Virg ...
; Ranking Member:
David Durenberger
David Ferdinand Durenberger (born August 19, 1934) is a retired American politician and attorney. Durenberger represented Minnesota in the United States Senate as a Republican from 1978 to 1995. He left the Republican Party in 2005 and has become ...
)
** United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on Private Retirement Plans and Oversight of the Internal Revenue Service, Private Retirement Plans and Oversight of the Internal Revenue Service (Chair:
David Pryor
David Hampton Pryor (born August 29, 1934) is an American politician and former Democratic United States Representative and United States Senator from the State of Arkansas. Pryor also served as the 39th Governor of Arkansas from 1975 to 1979 a ...
; Ranking Member:
Chuck Grassley
Charles Ernest Grassley (born September 17, 1933) is an American politician serving as the president pro tempore emeritus of the United States Senate, and the Seniority in the United States Senate, senior United States Senate, United States sen ...
)
** United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy, Social Security and Family Policy (Chair: Daniel Moynihan; Ranking Member:
Bob Dole
Robert Joseph Dole (July 22, 1923 – December 5, 2021) was an American politician and attorney who represented Kansas in the United States Senate from 1969 to 1996. He was the Republican Leader of the Senate during the final 11 years of his t ...
)
** United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on Taxation, Taxation (Chair: David L. Boren; Ranking Member: William V. Roth Jr.)
* United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Foreign Relations (Chair:
Claiborne Pell
Claiborne de Borda Pell (November 22, 1918 – January 1, 2009) was an American politician and writer who served as a U.S. Senator from Rhode Island for six terms from 1961 to 1997. He was the sponsor of the 1972 bill that reformed the Basic ...
; Ranking Member:
Jesse Helms
Jesse Alexander Helms Jr. (October 18, 1921 – July 4, 2008) was an American politician. A leader in the conservative movement, he served as a senator from North Carolina from 1973 to 2003. As chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee ...
)
** United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on European Affairs, European Affairs (Chair:
Joe Biden; Ranking Member:
Larry Pressler
Larry Lee Pressler (born March 29, 1942) is an American lawyer and politician from South Dakota who served in the United States House of Representatives (1975–1979) and United States Senate (1979–1997) as a Republican. He remained active in ...
)
** United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on International Economic Policy, Trade, Oceans and Environment, International Economic Policy, Trade, Oceans and Environment (Chair:
Paul Sarbanes
Paul Spyros Sarbanes (; February 3, 1933 – December 6, 2020) was an American politician and attorney. A member of the Democratic Party from Maryland, he served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1971 to 1977 a ...
; Ranking Member:
Mitch McConnell
Addison Mitchell McConnell III (born February 20, 1942) is an American politician and retired attorney serving as the senior United States senator from Kentucky and the Senate minority leader since 2021. Currently in his seventh term, McConne ...
)
** United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs, East Asian and Pacific Affairs (Chair:
Alan Cranston
Alan MacGregor Cranston (June 19, 1914 – December 31, 2000) was an American politician and journalist who served as a United States Senator from California from 1969 to 1993, and as a President of the World Federalist Association from 1949 to 1 ...
; Ranking Member: Frank H. Murkowski)
** United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere and Peace Corps Affairs, Western Hemisphere and Peace Corps Affairs (Chair:
Chris Dodd
Christopher John Dodd (born May 27, 1944) is an American lobbyist, lawyer, and Democratic Party politician who served as a United States senator from Connecticut from 1981 to 2011. Dodd is the longest-serving senator in Connecticut's history. H ...
; Ranking Member:
Richard Lugar)
** United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Terrorism, Narcotics and International Communications, Terrorism, Narcotics and International Communications (Chair:
John Kerry
John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is an American attorney, politician and diplomat who currently serves as the first United States special presidential envoy for climate. A member of the Forbes family and the Democratic Party (Unite ...
; Ranking Member:
Hank Brown
George Hanks "Hank" Brown (born February 12, 1940) is an American politician and lawyer from Colorado. He is a former Republican politician and U.S. Senator. He served as the 21st president of the University of Colorado system from April 2005 ...
)
** United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs, African Affairs (Chair:
Paul Simon
Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13, 1941) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and actor whose career has spanned six decades. He is one of the most acclaimed songwriters in popular music, both as a solo artist and as half of folk roc ...
; Ranking Member:
Nancy Kassebaum
Nancy Jo Kassebaum Baker (née Landon; born July 29, 1932) is an American politician who represented the State of Kansas in the United States Senate from 1978 to 1997. She is the daughter of Alf Landon, who was Governor of Kansas from 1933 to 1 ...
)
** United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs (Chair:
Terry Sanford
James Terry Sanford (August 20, 1917April 18, 1998) was an American lawyer and politician from North Carolina. A member of the Democratic Party, Sanford served as the 65th Governor of North Carolina from 1961 to 1965, was a two-time U.S. pre ...
; Ranking Member:
Orrin Hatch
Orrin Grant Hatch (March 22, 1934 – April 23, 2022) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator from Utah from 1977 to 2019. Hatch's 42-year Senate tenure made him the longest-serving Republican U.S. senato ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, Governmental Affairs (Chair:
John Glenn; Ranking Member: William V. Roth Jr.)
** United States Senate Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Federal Services, Post Office and Civil Service, Federal Services, Post Office and Civil Service (Chair:
David Pryor
David Hampton Pryor (born August 29, 1934) is an American politician and former Democratic United States Representative and United States Senator from the State of Arkansas. Pryor also served as the 39th Governor of Arkansas from 1975 to 1979 a ...
; Ranking Member:
Ted Stevens
Theodore Fulton Stevens Sr. (November 18, 1923 – August 9, 2010) was an American politician and lawyer who served as a U.S. Senator from Alaska from 1968 to 2009. He was the longest-serving Republican Senator in history at the time he left ...
)
** United States Senate Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on General Services, Federalism and the District of Columbia, General Services, Federalism and the District of Columbia (Chair:
Jim Sasser
James Ralph Sasser (born September 30, 1936) is an American politician, diplomat, and attorney. A Democrat, Sasser served three terms as a United States senator from Tennessee from 1977 to 1995, and was Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee. ...
; Ranking Member:
John Seymour)
** United States Senate Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Government Information and Regulation, Government Information and Regulation (Chair:
Herb Kohl
Herbert H. Kohl (born February 7, 1935) is an American businessman and politician. Alongside his brother and father, the Kohl family created the Kohl's department stores chain, of which Kohl went on to be president and CEO. Kohl also served as a ...
; Ranking Member:
Warren Rudman
Warren Bruce Rudman (May 18, 1930November 19, 2012) was an American attorney and Republican politician who served as United States Senator from New Hampshire between 1980 and 1993. He was known as a moderate centrist, to such an extent that Pr ...
)
** United States Senate Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, Oversight of Government Management (Chair:
Carl Levin
Carl Milton Levin (June 28, 1934 – July 29, 2021) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator from Michigan from 1979 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the chair of the Senate Armed Services C ...
; Ranking Member: William S. Cohen)
** United States Senate Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (Chair:
Sam Nunn
Samuel Augustus Nunn Jr. (born September 8, 1938) is an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Georgia (1972–1997) as a member of the Democratic Party.
After leaving Congress, Nunn co-founded the Nuclear Threat Initiat ...
; Ranking Member: William V. Roth Jr.)
* United States Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs, Indian Affairs (Select) (Chair:
Daniel Inouye; Ranking Member:
John McCain
John Sidney McCain III (August 29, 1936 – August 25, 2018) was an American politician and United States Navy officer who served as a United States senator from Arizona from 1987 until his death in 2018. He previously served two te ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Judiciary, Judiciary (Chair:
Joe Biden; Ranking Member:
Strom Thurmond)
** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Monopolies and Business Rights, Antitrust, Monopolies and Business Rights (Chair:
Howard Metzenbaum
Howard Morton Metzenbaum (June 4, 1917March 12, 2008) was an American politician and businessman who served for almost 20 years as a Democratic member of the U.S. Senate from Ohio (1974, 1976–1995). He also served in the Ohio Hous ...
; Ranking Member:
Arlen Specter
Arlen Specter (February 12, 1930 – October 14, 2012) was an American lawyer, author and politician who served as a United States Senator from Pennsylvania from 1981 to 2011. Specter was a Democrat from 1951 to 1965, then a Republican fr ...
)
** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Constitution (Chair:
Paul Simon
Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13, 1941) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and actor whose career has spanned six decades. He is one of the most acclaimed songwriters in popular music, both as a solo artist and as half of folk roc ...
; Ranking Member:
Arlen Specter
Arlen Specter (February 12, 1930 – October 14, 2012) was an American lawyer, author and politician who served as a United States Senator from Pennsylvania from 1981 to 2011. Specter was a Democrat from 1951 to 1965, then a Republican fr ...
)
** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts and Administration Practice, Courts and Administration Practice (Chair: Howell T. Heflin; Ranking Member:
Chuck Grassley
Charles Ernest Grassley (born September 17, 1933) is an American politician serving as the president pro tempore emeritus of the United States Senate, and the Seniority in the United States Senate, senior United States Senate, United States sen ...
)
** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Affairs, Immigration and Refugee Affairs (Chair:
Ted Kennedy
Edward Moore Kennedy (February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Massachusetts for almost 47 years, from 1962 until his death in 2009. A member of the Democratic ...
; Ranking Member: Alan K. Simpson)
** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks (Chair:
Dennis DeConcini
Dennis Webster DeConcini (; born May 8, 1937) is an American lawyer, philanthropist, politician and former Democratic U.S. Senator from Arizona. The son of former Arizona Supreme Court Judge Evo Anton DeConcini, he represented Arizona in the Uni ...
; Ranking Member:
Orrin Hatch
Orrin Grant Hatch (March 22, 1934 – April 23, 2022) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator from Utah from 1977 to 2019. Hatch's 42-year Senate tenure made him the longest-serving Republican U.S. senato ...
)
** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Technology and the Law, Technology and the Law (Chair:
Patrick Leahy
Patrick Joseph Leahy (; born March 31, 1940) is an American politician and attorney who is the senior United States senator from Vermont and serves as the president pro tempore of the United States Senate. A member of the Democratic Party, ...
; Ranking Member:
Hank Brown
George Hanks "Hank" Brown (born February 12, 1940) is an American politician and lawyer from Colorado. He is a former Republican politician and U.S. Senator. He served as the 21st president of the University of Colorado system from April 2005 ...
)
** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice, Juvenile Justice (Chair:
Herb Kohl
Herbert H. Kohl (born February 7, 1935) is an American businessman and politician. Alongside his brother and father, the Kohl family created the Kohl's department stores chain, of which Kohl went on to be president and CEO. Kohl also served as a ...
; Ranking Member:
Hank Brown
George Hanks "Hank" Brown (born February 12, 1940) is an American politician and lawyer from Colorado. He is a former Republican politician and U.S. Senator. He served as the 21st president of the University of Colorado system from April 2005 ...
)
* United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Intelligence (Select) (Chair: David L. Boren; Ranking Member: Frank H. Murkowski)
* United States Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources, Labor and Human Resources (Chair:
Ted Kennedy
Edward Moore Kennedy (February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Massachusetts for almost 47 years, from 1962 until his death in 2009. A member of the Democratic ...
; Ranking Member:
Orrin Hatch
Orrin Grant Hatch (March 22, 1934 – April 23, 2022) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator from Utah from 1977 to 2019. Hatch's 42-year Senate tenure made him the longest-serving Republican U.S. senato ...
)
** United States Senate Labor and Human Resources Subcommittee on Aging, Aging (Chair:
Brock Adams
Brockman Adams (January 13, 1927 – September 10, 2004) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a member of Congress. A Democrat from Washington, Adams served as a U.S. Representative, Senator, and United States Secretary of Trans ...
; Ranking Member:
Thad Cochran
William Thad Cochran (; December 7, 1937 – May 30, 2019) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States Senator for Mississippi from 1978 until his resignation due to health issues in 2018. A Republican, he previously ...
)
** United States Senate Labor and Human Resources Subcommittee on Children, Family, Drugs and Alcoholism, Children, Family, Drugs and Alcoholism (Chair:
Chris Dodd
Christopher John Dodd (born May 27, 1944) is an American lobbyist, lawyer, and Democratic Party politician who served as a United States senator from Connecticut from 1981 to 2011. Dodd is the longest-serving senator in Connecticut's history. H ...
; Ranking Member:
Dan Coats)
** United States Senate Labor and Human Resources Subcommittee on Education, Arts and Humanities, Education, Arts and Humanities (Chair:
Claiborne Pell
Claiborne de Borda Pell (November 22, 1918 – January 1, 2009) was an American politician and writer who served as a U.S. Senator from Rhode Island for six terms from 1961 to 1997. He was the sponsor of the 1972 bill that reformed the Basic ...
; Ranking Member:
Nancy Kassebaum
Nancy Jo Kassebaum Baker (née Landon; born July 29, 1932) is an American politician who represented the State of Kansas in the United States Senate from 1978 to 1997. She is the daughter of Alf Landon, who was Governor of Kansas from 1933 to 1 ...
)
** United States Senate Labor and Human Resources Subcommittee on Employment and Productivity, Employment and Productivity (Chair:
Paul Simon
Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13, 1941) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and actor whose career has spanned six decades. He is one of the most acclaimed songwriters in popular music, both as a solo artist and as half of folk roc ...
; Ranking Member:
Strom Thurmond)
** United States Senate Labor and Human Resources Subcommittee on Disability Policy, Disability Policy (Chair:
Tom Harkin
Thomas Richard Harkin (born November 19, 1939) is an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as a United States senator from Iowa from 1985 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously was the U.S. representative for Iowa' ...
; Ranking Member:
David Durenberger
David Ferdinand Durenberger (born August 19, 1934) is a retired American politician and attorney. Durenberger represented Minnesota in the United States Senate as a Republican from 1978 to 1995. He left the Republican Party in 2005 and has become ...
)
** United States Senate Labor and Human Resources Subcommittee on Labor, Labor (Chair: Howard M. Metzenbaum; Ranking Member:
Jim Jeffords
James Merrill Jeffords (May 11, 1934 – August 18, 2014) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. senator from Vermont. Sworn into the Senate in 1989, he served as a Republican until 2001, when he left the party to become ...
)
* United States Senate Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs, POW/MIA Affairs (Select) (Chair:
John Kerry
John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is an American attorney, politician and diplomat who currently serves as the first United States special presidential envoy for climate. A member of the Forbes family and the Democratic Party (Unite ...
; Ranking Member: )
* United States Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, Rules and Administration (Chair: Wendell H. Ford; Ranking Member:
Ted Stevens
Theodore Fulton Stevens Sr. (November 18, 1923 – August 9, 2010) was an American politician and lawyer who served as a U.S. Senator from Alaska from 1968 to 2009. He was the longest-serving Republican Senator in history at the time he left ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Small Business, Small Business (Chair:
Dale Bumpers; Ranking Member:
Bob Kasten
Robert Walter Kasten Jr. (born June 19, 1942) is an American Republican politician from the state of Wisconsin who served as a U.S. Representative from 1975 to 1979 and as a United States Senator from 1981 to 1993.
Background
Kasten was born i ...
)
** United States Senate Small Business Subcommittee on Competitiveness and Economic Productivity, Competitiveness and Economic Productivity (Chair:
Joe Lieberman
Joseph Isadore Lieberman (; born February 24, 1942) is an American politician, lobbyist, and attorney who served as a United States Senate, United States senator from Connecticut from 1989 to 2013. A former member of the Democratic Party (Uni ...
; Ranking Member:
Connie Mack III
Cornelius Alexander McGillicuddy III (born October 29, 1940), also known as Connie Mack III, is an American retired Republican politician. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Florida from 1983 to 1989 and t ...
)
** United States Senate Small Business Subcommittee on Export Expansion, Export Expansion (Chair:
Barbara Mikulski
Barbara Ann Mikulski ( ; born July 20, 1936) is an American politician and social worker who served as a United States senator from Maryland from 1987 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, she also served in the United States House of Repr ...
; Ranking Member:
Larry Pressler
Larry Lee Pressler (born March 29, 1942) is an American lawyer and politician from South Dakota who served in the United States House of Representatives (1975–1979) and United States Senate (1979–1997) as a Republican. He remained active in ...
)
** United States Senate Small Business Subcommittee on Government Contracting and Paperwork Reduction, Government Contracting and Paperwork Reduction (Chair:
Alan J. Dixon
Alan John Dixon (July 7, 1927 – July 6, 2014) was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served in the Illinois General Assembly from 1951 to 1971, as the Illinois Treasurer from 1971 to 1977, as the Illinois Secretary o ...
; Ranking Member:
Kit Bond
Christopher Samuel "Kit" Bond (born March 6, 1939) is an American attorney, politician and former United States Senator from Missouri and a member of the Republican Party. First elected to the U.S. Senate in 1986, he defeated Democrat Harriett W ...
)
** United States Senate Small Business Subcommittee on Innovation, Technology and Productivity, Innovation, Technology and Productivity (Chair:
Carl Levin
Carl Milton Levin (June 28, 1934 – July 29, 2021) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator from Michigan from 1979 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the chair of the Senate Armed Services C ...
; Ranking Member:
Ted Stevens
Theodore Fulton Stevens Sr. (November 18, 1923 – August 9, 2010) was an American politician and lawyer who served as a U.S. Senator from Alaska from 1968 to 2009. He was the longest-serving Republican Senator in history at the time he left ...
)
** United States Senate Small Business Subcommittee on Rural Economy and Family Farming, Rural Economy and Family Farming (Chair:
Max Baucus
Maxwell Sieben Baucus ( Enke; born December 11, 1941) is an American politician who served as a United States senator from Montana from 1978 to 2014. A member of the Democratic Party, he was a U.S. senator for over 35 years, making him the long ...
; Ranking Member:
Bob Kasten
Robert Walter Kasten Jr. (born June 19, 1942) is an American Republican politician from the state of Wisconsin who served as a U.S. Representative from 1975 to 1979 and as a United States Senator from 1981 to 1993.
Background
Kasten was born i ...
)
** United States Senate Small Business Subcommittee on Urban and Minority-Owned Business Development, Urban and Minority-Owned Business Development (Chair:
John Kerry
John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is an American attorney, politician and diplomat who currently serves as the first United States special presidential envoy for climate. A member of the Forbes family and the Democratic Party (Unite ...
; Ranking Member:
Conrad Burns
Conrad Ray Burns (January 25, 1935 – April 28, 2016) was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Montana and later was a lobbyist. He was only the second Republican popularly elected to represent Montana in the Senat ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Veterans' Affairs (Chair:
Alan Cranston
Alan MacGregor Cranston (June 19, 1914 – December 31, 2000) was an American politician and journalist who served as a United States Senator from California from 1969 to 1993, and as a President of the World Federalist Association from 1949 to 1 ...
; Ranking Member:
Arlen Specter
Arlen Specter (February 12, 1930 – October 14, 2012) was an American lawyer, author and politician who served as a United States Senator from Pennsylvania from 1981 to 2011. Specter was a Democrat from 1951 to 1965, then a Republican fr ...
)
House of Representatives
* United States House Select Committee on Aging, Aging (Select) (Chair: Edward Roybal; Ranking Member: Matthew J. Rinaldo)
* United States House Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture (Chair: Kika de la Garza; Ranking Member: E. Thomas Coleman)
** United States House Agriculture Subcommittee on Cotton, Rice and Sugar, Cotton, Rice and Sugar (Chair: Jerry Huckaby; Ranking Member: Bill Emerson)
** United States House Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy and Poultry, Livestock, Dairy and Poultry (Chair: Charles W. Stenholm; Ranking Member: Steve Gunderson)
** United States House Agriculture Subcommittee on Peanuts and Tobacco, Peanuts and Tobacco (Chair: Charles Floyd Hatcher, Charles Hatcher; Ranking Member: Larry J. Hopkins, Larry Hopkins)
** United States House Agriculture Subcommittee on Wheat, Soybeans and Feed Grains, Wheat, Soybeans and Feed Grains (Chair: Dan Glickman; Ranking Member: Ron Marlenee)
** United States House Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit and Rural Development, Conservation, Credit and Rural Development (Chair: Glenn English; Ranking Member: E. Thomas Coleman)
** United States House Agriculture Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research and Foreign Agriculture, Department Operations, Research and Foreign Agriculture (Chair: Charlie Rose (politician), Charlie Rose; Ranking Member: Pat Roberts)
** United States House Agriculture Subcommittee on Domestic Marketing, Consumer Relations and Nutrition, Domestic Marketing, Consumer Relations and Nutrition (Chair: Robin Tallon; Ranking Member: Tom Lewis (American politician), Tom Lewis)
** United States House Agriculture Subcommittee on Forests, Family Farms and Energy, Forests, Family Farms and Energy (Chair: Harold Volkmer; Ranking Member: Sid Morrison)
* United States House Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chair: Jamie L. Whitten; Ranking Member: Joseph M. McDade)
** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and the Judiciary, Commerce, Justice, State and the Judiciary (Chair: Neal Edward Smith; Ranking Member: Hal Rogers)
** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, Defense (Chair: John Murtha; Ranking Member: Joseph M. McDade)
** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chair: Julian C. Dixon; Ranking Member: Dean Gallo)
** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, Energy and Water Development (Chair:
Tom Bevill
Tom Donald Fike Bevill (March 27, 1921 – March 28, 2005) was an American attorney, politician, and Democratic fifteen-term U.S. congressman who represented Alabama's 4th Congressional District and Alabama's 7th congressional district from 19 ...
; Ranking Member: John T. Myers (congressman), John T. Myers)
** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs, Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs (Chair: Dave Obey; Ranking Member:
Mickey Edwards)
** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies, Interior and Related Agencies (Chair: Sidney Yates; Ranking Member: Ralph Regula)
** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health, Human Services, Education and Related Agencies, Labor, Health, Human Services, Education and Related Agencies (Chair: William Natcher; Ranking Member: Carl D. Pursell)
** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Legislative, Legislative (Chair:
Vic Fazio; Ranking Member:
Jerry Lewis
Jerry Lewis (born Joseph Levitch; March 16, 1926 – August 20, 2017) was an American comedian, actor, singer, filmmaker and humanitarian. As his contributions to comedy and charity made him a global figure in popular culture, pop culture ...
)
** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Military Construction (Chair: Bill Hefner; Ranking Member: Bill Lowery (politician), Bill Lowery)
** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Rural Development, Agriculture and Related Agencies, Agriculture, Rural Development and Related Agencies (Chair: Jamie L. Whitten; Ranking Member: Joe Skeen)
** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Transportation (Chair: William Lehman (Florida politician), William Lehman; Ranking Member: Lawrence Coughlin)
** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service and General Government, Treasury, Postal Service and General Government (Chair: Edward Roybal; Ranking Member: Frank R. Wolf)
** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, VA, HUD and Independent Agencies (Chair: J. Bob Traxler; Ranking Member: Bill Green (New York politician), Bill Green)
* United States House Committee on Armed Services, Armed Services (Chair: Les Aspin; Ranking Member: William Louis Dickinson, William L. Dickinson)
** United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear Systems, Procurement and Military Nuclear Systems (Chair: Les Aspin; Ranking Member: William Louis Dickinson, William L. Dickinson)
** United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower, Strategic and Critical Materials, Seapower, Strategic and Critical Materials (Chair: Charles E. Bennett (politician), Charles E. Bennett; Ranking Member: Floyd Spence)
** United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Research and Development, Research and Development (Chair: Ron Dellums; Ranking Member: Robert William Davis, Robert W. Davis)
** United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Installations and Facilities, Military Installations and Facilities (Chair: Patricia Schroder; Ranking Member: David O'B. Martin)
** United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel and Compensation, Military Personnel and Compensation (Chair: Beverly Byron; Ranking Member: Herbert H. Bateman)
** United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Investigations, Investigations (Chair: Nicholas Mavroules; Ranking Member: Larry J. Hopkins)
** United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness, Readiness (Chair: Earl Hutto; Ranking Member: John R. Kasich)
* United States House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs (Chair: Henry B. Gonzalez; Ranking Member: Chalmers P. Wylie)
** United States House Banking Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development, Housing and Community Development (Chair: Henry B. Gonzalez; Ranking Member: Marge Roukema)
** United States House Banking Subcommittee on Financial Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance, Financial Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance (Chair: Frank Annunzio; Ranking Member: Chalmers P. Wylie)
** United States House Banking Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy, Domestic Monetary Policy (Chair: Stephen L. Neal; Ranking Member: Toby Roth)
** United States House Banking Subcommittee on General Oversight and Investigations, General Oversight and Investigations (Chair: Carroll Hubbard; Ranking Member:
Bill McCollum
Ira William McCollum Jr. (born July 12, 1944) is an American lawyer and Republican Party politician. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1981 to 2001, representing Florida's 5th congressional district, which was la ...
)
** United States House Banking Subcommittee on International Development, Finance, Trade and Monetary Policy, International Development, Finance, Trade and Monetary Policy (Chair: Carroll Hubbard; Ranking Member: Jim Leach)
** United States House Banking Subcommittee on Policy Research and Insurance, Policy Research and Insurance (Chair:
Ben Erdreich
Benjamin Leader Erdreich (born December 9, 1938) is an American lawyer and former United States House of Representatives, congressman from Alabama.
Early life
Erdreich was born in Birmingham, Alabama to an upper-middle-class family. He attended ...
; Ranking Member: Doug Bereuter)
** United States House Banking Subcommittee on Economic Stabilization, Economic Stabilization (Chair: Thomas R. Carper; Ranking Member: Tom Ridge)
** United States House Banking Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs and Coinage, Consumer Affairs and Coinage (Chair: Esteban Edward Torres; Ranking Member: Chalmers P. Wylie)
* United States House Committee on the Budget, Budget (Chair: Leon Panetta; Ranking Member: Willis D. Gradison Jr.)
** United States House Budget Subcommittee on the Budget Process, Reconciliation and Enforcement, Budget Process, Reconciliation and Enforcement (Chair: Anthony Beilenson)
** United States House Budget Subcommittee on the Community Development and Natural Resources, Community Development and Natural Resources (Chair: Mike Espy)
** United States House Budget Subcommittee on Defense, Foreign Policy and Space, Defense, Foreign Policy and Space (Chair: Richard J. Durbin)
** United States House Budget Subcommittee on Urgent Fiscal Issues, Urgent Fiscal Issues (Chair: Frank Guarini)
** United States House Budget Subcommittee on Human Resources, Human Resources (Chair: Jim Oberstar)
** United States House Budget Subcommittee on Economic Policy, Projections and Revenues, Economic Policy, Projections and Revenues (Chair: Dale Kildee)
* United States House Select Committee on Children, Youth and Families, Children, Youth and Families (Select) (Chair: Patricia Schroeder; Ranking Member: Frank R. Wolf)
* United States House Committee on District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chair: Ron Dellums; Ranking Member: Thomas J. Bliley Jr.)
** United States House District of Columbia Subcommittee on Fiscal Affairs and Health, Fiscal Affairs and Health (Chair: Pete Stark; Ranking Member: Dana Rohrabacher)
** United States House District of Columbia Subcommittee on Government Operations and Metropolitan Affairs, Government Operations and Metropolitan Affairs (Chair: Alan Wheat; Ranking Member: Larry Combest)
** United States House District of Columbia Subcommittee on Judiciary and Education, Judiciary and Education (Chair: Mervyn M. Dymally; Ranking Member: Bill Lowery (politician), Bill Lowery)
* United States House Committee on Education and Labor, Education and Labor (Chair: William D. Ford; Ranking Member: Bill Goodling)
** United States House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Postsecondary Education (Chair: William D. Ford; Ranking Member: E. Thomas Coleman)
** United States House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Health and Safety, Health and Safety (Chair: Joseph M. Gaydos; Ranking Member: Paul B. Henry)
** United States House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Labor Standards, Labor Standards (Chair: Austin J. Murphy; Ranking Member: Tom Petri)
** United States House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education, Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education (Chair: Dale Kildee; Ranking Member: Bill Goodling)
** United States House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations, Labor-Management Relations (Chair: Pat Williams (Montana politician), Pat Williams; Ranking Member: Marge Roukema)
** United States House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Human Resources, Human Resources (Chair: Matthew G. Martinez; Ranking Member: Harris W. Fawell)
** United States House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Select Education, Select Education (Chair: Major R. Owens; Ranking Member: Cass Ballenger)
** United States House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities, Employment Opportunities (Chair: Carl C. Perkins; Ranking Member: Steve Gunderson)
* United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Energy and Commerce (Chair: John Dingell; Ranking Member: Norman F. Lent)
** United States House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Oversight and Investigations (Chair: John Dingell; Ranking Member: Thomas J. Bliley)
** United States House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health and the Environment, Health and the Environment (Chair: Henry Waxman; Ranking Member: William E. Dannemeyer)
** United States House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power, Energy and Power (Chair: Philip Sharp (politician), Phil Sharp; Ranking Member: Carlos J. Moorhead)
** United States House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and Competitiveness, Commerce, Transportation and Competitiveness (Chair: Cardiss Collins; Ranking Member: J. Alex McMillan)
** United States House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance, Telecommunications and Finance (Chair: Ed Markey; Ranking Member: Matthew J. Rinaldo)
** United States House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials, Transportation and Hazardous Materials (Chair: Al Swift; Ranking Member: Donald L. Ritter, Don Ritter)
* United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs (Chair: Dante Fascell; Ranking Member: William S. Broomfield)
** United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Arms Control, International Security and Science, Arms Control, International Security and Science (Chair: Dante Fascell; Ranking Member: William S. Broomfield)
** United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East, Europe and the Middle East (Chair: Lee H. Hamilton, Lee Hamilton; Ranking Member: Benjamin A. Gilman)
** United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations, Human Rights and International Organizations (Chair: Gus Yatron; Ranking Member: Doug Bereuter)
** United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs, Asian and Pacific Affairs (Chair: Stephen Solarz; Ranking Member: Jim Leach)
** United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade, International Economic Policy and Trade (Chair: Sam Gejdenson; Ranking Member: Toby Roth)
** United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Africa (Chair: Mervyn M. Dymally; Ranking Member: Dan Burton)
** United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs, Western Hemisphere Affairs (Chair: Robert Torricelli; Ranking Member: Robert J. Lagomarsino)
** United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Operations, International Operations (Chair: Howard Berman; Ranking Member: Olympia J. Snowe)
* United States House Committee on Government Operations, Government Operations (Chair: John Conyers; Ranking Member: Frank Horton (New York politician), Frank Horton)
** United States House Government Operations Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security, Legislation and National Security (Chair: John Conyers; Frank Horton (New York politician), Frank Horton)
** United States House Government Operations Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations, Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations (Chair: Theodore S. Weiss, Theodore Weiss; Ranking Member: Craig L. Thomas)
** United States House Government Operations Subcommittee on Environment, Energy and Natural Resources, Environment, Energy and Natural Resources (Chair: Mike Synar; Ranking Member: William F. Clinger Jr.)
** United States House Government Operations Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer and Monetary Affairs, Commerce, Consumer and Monetary Affairs (Chair: Doug Barnard; Ranking Member: Dennis Hastert)
** United States House Government Operations Subcommittee on Employment and Housing, Employment and Housing (Chair: Tom Lantos; Ranking Member: Ileana Ros-Lehtinen)
** United States House Government Operations Subcommittee on Government Information, Justice and Agriculture, Government Information, Justice and Agriculture (Chair: Bob Wise; Ranking Member: Al McCandless)
** United States House Government Operations Subcommittee on Government Activities and Transportation, Government Activities and Transportation (Chair: Barbara Boxer; Ranking Member: Christopher Cox)
* United States House Committee on House Administration, House Administration (Chair: Charlie Rose (congressman), Charlie Rose; Ranking Member: Bill Thomas)
** United States House Administration Subcommittee on Procurement and Printing, Procurement and Printing (Chair: Frank Annunzio; Ranking Member:
Mickey Edwards)
** United States House Administration Subcommittee on Accounts, Accounts (Chair: Joseph M. Gaydos; Ranking Member: Paul E. Gillmor)
** United States House Administration Subcommittee on Elections, Elections (Chair: Al Swift; Ranking Member: Bob Livingston)
** United States House Administration Subcommittee on Personnel and Police, Personnel and Police (Chair: Mary Rose Oakar; Ranking Member: Pat Roberts)
** United States House Administration Subcommittee on Libraries and Memorials, Libraries and Memorials (Chair: Bill Clay; Ranking Member: Bill Barrett)
** United States House Administration Subcommittee on Office Systems, Office Systems (Chair: Sam Gejdenson; Ranking Member: James T. Walsh)
** United States House Administration Subcommittee on Campaign Finance Reform Task Force, Campaign Finance Reform Task Force (Chair: Sam Gejdenson; Ranking Member: Bill Thomas)
* United States House Select Committee on Hunger, Hunger (Select) (Chair: Tony P. Hall; Ranking Member: Bill Emerson)
* United States House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, Interior and Insular Affairs (Chair: George Miller (California politician), George Miller; Ranking Member:
Don Young
Donald Edwin Young (June 9, 1933 – March 18, 2022) was an American politician from the state of Alaska. At the time of his death, he was the longest-serving Republican in congressional history, having been the U.S. representative for for ...
)
** United States House Interior and Insular Affairs Subcommittee on Water and Power Resources and Offshore Energy Resources, Water and Power Resources and Offshore Energy Resources (Chair: George Miller (California politician), George Miller; Ranking Member: James V. Hansen)
** United States House Interior and Insular Affairs Subcommittee on Mining and Natural Resources, Mining and Natural Resources (Chair: Nick Rahall; Ranking Member: Barbara F. Vucanovich)
** United States House Interior and Insular Affairs Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, National Parks and Public Lands (Chair: Bruce Vento; Ranking Member: Ron Marlenee)
** United States House Interior and Insular Affairs Subcommittee on Insular and International Affairs, Insular and International Affairs (Chair: Ron de Lugo; Ranking Member: Robert J. Lagomarsino)
** United States House Interior and Insular Affairs Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment, Energy and the Environment (Chair: Peter H. Kostmayer; Ranking Member: John J. Rhodes III)
** United States House Interior and Insular Affairs Subcommittee on General Oversight, Northwest Power and Forest Management, General Oversight, Northwest Power and Forest Management (Chair: Richard H. Lehman; Ranking Member: Ben Blaz)
* United States House Committee on Judiciary, Judiciary (Chair: Jack Brooks (American politician), Jack Brooks; Ranking Member: Hamilton Fish IV)
** United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law, Economic and Commercial Law (Chair: Jack Brooks (American politician), Jack Brooks; Ranking Member: Hamilton Fish IV)
** United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights, Civil and Constitutional Rights (Chair: Don Edwards; Ranking Member: Henry Hyde)
** United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on International Law, Immigration and Refugees, International Law, Immigration and Refugees (Chair: Romano L. Mazzoli; Ranking Member:
Bill McCollum
Ira William McCollum Jr. (born July 12, 1944) is an American lawyer and Republican Party politician. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1981 to 2001, representing Florida's 5th congressional district, which was la ...
)
** United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property and Judicial Administration, Intellectual Property and Judicial Administration (Chair: William J. Hughes; Ranking Member: Carlos J. Moorhead)
** United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Administration Law and Governmental Relations, Administration Law and Governmental Relations (Chair: Barney Frank; Ranking Member: George W. Gekas)
** United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Criminal Justice, Crime and Criminal Justice (Chair: Chuck Schumer; Ranking Member: James Sensenbrenner)
* United States House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chair: Walter B. Jones Sr.; Ranking Member: Robert William Davis, Robert W. Davis)
** United States House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Subcommittee on Merchant Marine, Merchant Marine (Chair: Walter B. Jones Sr.; Ranking Member: Norman F. Lent)
** United States House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife Conservation and the Environment, Fisheries, Wildlife Conservation and the Environment (Chair: Gerry Studds; Ranking Member:
Don Young
Donald Edwin Young (June 9, 1933 – March 18, 2022) was an American politician from the state of Alaska. At the time of his death, he was the longest-serving Republican in congressional history, having been the U.S. representative for for ...
)
** United States House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Navigation, Coast Guard and Navigation (Chair: Billy Tauzin; Ranking Member: Jack Fields)
** United States House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Subcommittee on Oceangraphy, Great Lakes and the Outer Continental Shelf, Oceangraphy, Great Lakes and the Outer Continental Shelf (Chair: Dennis Hertel; Ranking Member: Herbert H. Bateman)
** United States House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Oversight and Investigations (Chair: Bill Lipinski; Ranking Member: Jim Saxton)
* United States House Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control, Narcotics Abuse and Control (Select) (Chair: Charles B. Rangel; Ranking Member: Lawrence Coughlin)
* United States House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, Post Office and Civil Service (Chair: Bill Clay; Ranking Member: Benjamin A. Gilman)
** United States House Subcommittee on Investigations, Investigations (Chair: Bill Clay; Ranking Member: Rod Chandler)
** United States House Subcommittee on the Civil Service, Civil Service (Chair: Gerry Sikorski; Ranking Member: Connie Morella)
** United States House Subcommittee on Postal Operations and Services, Postal Operations and Services (Chair: Frank McCloskey; Ranking Member: Frank Horton (New York politician), Frank Horton)
** United States House Subcommittee on Compensation and Employee Benefits, Compensation and Employee Benefits (Chair: Gary L. Ackerman; Ranking Member: John T. Myers (congressman), John T. Myers)
** United States House Subcommittee on Census and Population, Census and Population (Chair: Thomas C. Sawyer; Ranking Member: Tom Ridge)
** United States House Subcommittee on Human Resources, Human Resources (Chair: Paul E. Kanjorski; Ranking Member: Dan Burton)
** United States House Subcommittee on Postal Personnel and Modernization, Postal Personnel and Modernization (Chair: Charles A. Hayes; Ranking Member:
Don Young
Donald Edwin Young (June 9, 1933 – March 18, 2022) was an American politician from the state of Alaska. At the time of his death, he was the longest-serving Republican in congressional history, having been the U.S. representative for for ...
)
* United States House Committee on Public Works and Transportation, Public Works and Transportation (Chair: Robert A. Roe; Ranking Member: John Paul Hammerschmidt)
** United States House Public Works and Transportation Subcommittee on Aviation, Aviation (Chair: Jim Oberstar; Ranking Member: William F. Clinger)
** United States House Public Works and Transportation Subcommittee on Economic Development, Economic Development (Chair: Joe Kolter; Ranking Member: Helen Delich Bentley)
** United States House Public Works and Transportation Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, Investigations and Oversight (Chair: Robert Borski; Ranking Member: Ron Packard)
** United States House Public Works and Transportation Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Grounds, Public Buildings and Grounds (Chair: Gus Savage; Ranking Member: Jim Inhofe)
** United States House Public Works and Transportation Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, Surface Transportation (Chair: Norman Mineta; Ranking Member: Bud Shuster)
** United States House Public Works and Transportation Subcommittee on Water Resources, Water Resources (Chair: Henry Nowak; Ranking Member: Tom Petri)
* United States House Committee on Rules, Rules (Chair: Joe Moakley; Ranking Member: Gerald B. H. Solomon)
** United States House Rules Subcommittee on Rules of the House, Rules of the House (Chair: Anthony C. Beilenson; Ranking Member: David Dreier)
** United States House Rules Subcommittee on The Legislative Process, The Legislative Process (Chair:
Butler Derrick
Butler Carson Derrick Jr. (September 30, 1936 – May 5, 2014) was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.
Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, he moved to his parents' home state of South Carolina in his youth and ...
; Ranking Member: Jimmy Quillen)
* United States House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, Science, Space and Technology (Chair: George Brown Jr.; Ranking Member: Robert S. Walker)
** United States House Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on Environment, Environment (Chair: James H. Scheuer; Ranking Member: Donald L. Ritter, Don Ritter)
** United States House Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on Energy, Energy (Chair: Howard Wolpe; Ranking Member: Sid Morrison)
** United States House Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, Investigations and Oversight (Chair: Howard Wolpe; Ranking Member: Sherwood Boehlert)
** United States House Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on Space, Space (Chair: Ralph M. Hall; Ranking Member: F. James Sensenbrenner)
** United States House Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on Technology and Competitiveness, Technology and Competitiveness (Chair: Tim Valentine; Ranking Member: Tom Lewis (American politician), Tom Lewis)
** United States House Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on Science, Science (Chair: Rick Boucher; Ranking Member: Ron Packard)
* United States House Committee on Small Business, Small Business (Chair: John J. LaFalce; Ranking Member: Andy Ireland)
** United States House Small Business Subcommittee on SBA, the General Economy and Minority Enterprise Development, SBA, the General Economy and Minority Enterprise Development (Chair: John J. LaFalce; Ranking Member: Andy Ireland)
** United States House Small Business Subcommittee on Procurement, Tourism and Minority Enterprise Development, Procurement, Tourism and Minority Enterprise Development (Chair: Ike Skelton; Ranking Member: D. French Slaughter)
** United States House Small Business Subcommittee on Regulation, Business Opportunity and Energy, Regulation, Business Opportunity and Energy (Chair: Ron Wyden; Ranking Member: Jan Meyers)
** United States House Small Business Subcommittee on Antitrust, Impact of Deregulation and Privatization, Antitrust, Impact of Deregulation and Privatization (Chair: Dennis E. Eckart; Ranking Member: Joel Hefley)
** United States House Small Business Subcommittee on Exports, Tax Policy and Special Problems, Exports, Tax Policy and Special Problems (Chair: Norman Sisisky; Ranking Member: Larry Combest)
** United States House Small Business Subcommittee on Environment and Employment, Environment and Employment (Chair: Jim Olin; Ranking Member: Richard Baker (U.S. politician), Richard H. Baker)
* United States House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, Standards of Official Conduct (Chair: Louis Stokes; Ranking Member: James V. Hansen)
* United States House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Veterans' Affairs (Chair: Gillespie V. Montgomery; Ranking Member: Bob Stump)
** United States House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Hospitals and Health Care, Hospitals and Health Care (Chair: Sonny Montgomery; Ranking Member: John Paul Hammerschmidt)
** United States House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Compensation, Pension and Insurance, Compensation, Pension and Insurance (Chair: Douglas Applegate; Ranking Member: Bob Stump)
** United States House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Oversight and Investigations (Chair: Lane Evans; Ranking Member: Michael Bilirakis)
** United States House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Education, Training and Employment, Education, Training and Employment (Chair: Tim Penny; Ranking Member: Chris Smith (New Jersey politician), Chris Smith)
** United States House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Housing and Memorial Affairs, Housing and Memorial Affairs (Chair: Harley O. Staggers; Ranking Member: Dan Burton)
* United States House Committee on Ways and Means, Ways and Means (Chair: Dan Rostenkowski; Ranking Member: Bill Archer)
** United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade, Trade (Chair: Sam Gibbons; Ranking Member: Phil Crane)
** United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight, Oversight (Chair: J.J. Pickle; Ranking Member: Richard T. Schulze)
** United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures, Select Revenue Measures (Chair: Charles Rangel; Ranking Member:
Guy Vander Jagt
Guy Adrian Vander Jagt ( ; August 26, 1931 – June 22, 2007) was a Republican politician from Michigan. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and Chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee.
Vander Jagt was desc ...
)
** United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health, Health (Chair: Pete Stark; Ranking Member: Willis D. Gradison Jr.)
** United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security, Social Security (Chair: Andrew Jacobs Jr.; Ranking Member: Phil Crane)
** United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Human Resources, Human Resources (Chair: Harold Ford Sr.; Ranking Member: Richard T. Schulze)
* Committee of the Whole (United States House of Representatives), Whole
Joint committees
* Joint Economic Committee, Economic (Chair: Sen.
Paul Sarbanes
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; Vice Chair: Rep. Lee H. Hamilton)
* Joint Committee on Taxation, Taxation (Chair: Rep. Dan Rostenkowski; Vice Chair: Sen.
Lloyd Bentsen)
* Joint Committee on the Library, The Library (Chair: Sen.
Claiborne Pell
Claiborne de Borda Pell (November 22, 1918 – January 1, 2009) was an American politician and writer who served as a U.S. Senator from Rhode Island for six terms from 1961 to 1997. He was the sponsor of the 1972 bill that reformed the Basic ...
; Vice Chair: Rep. Charlie Rose (politician), Charlie Rose)
* United States Congress Joint Committee on Organization of Congress, Organization of Congress (Chair: N/A; Vice Chair: N/A)
* Joint Committee on Printing, Printing (Chair: Rep. Charlie Rose (politician), Charlie Rose; Vice Chair: Sen. Wendell H. Ford)
Employees
List of federal agencies in the United States#Legislative branch, Legislative branch agency directors
* Architect of the Capitol: George M. White
* Attending Physician of the United States Congress: Robert Krasner
* Comptroller General of the United States: Charles A. Bowsher
* Director of the Congressional Budget Office: Robert D. Reischauer
* Librarian of Congress: James H. Billington
* Public Printer of the United States: Robert Houk
Senate
* Chaplain of the United States Senate, Chaplain: Richard C. Halverson (Presbyterian)
* Curator of the United States Senate, Curator: James R. Ketchum
* Historian of the United States Senate, Historian: Richard A. Baker (historian), Richard A. Baker
* Parliamentarian of the United States Senate, Parliamentarian: Alan Frumin
* Secretary of the United States Senate, Secretary: Walter J. Stewart
* United States Senate Librarian, Librarian: Roger K. Haley
* Secretary for the Majority of the United States Senate, Secretary for the Majority: C. Abbott Saffold
* Secretary for the Minority of the United States Senate, Secretary for the Minority: Howard O. Greene Jr.
* Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate, Sergeant at Arms: Martha S. Pope
House of Representatives
* Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives, Chaplain: James David Ford (Lutheranism, Lutheran)
* Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Clerk: Donnald K. Anderson
* Director of Non-Legislative and Financial Services: Leonard P. Wishart III, from October 1992
* Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives, Doorkeeper: James T. Molloy
* Historian of the United States House of Representatives, Historian: Ray Smock
* Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives, Parliamentarian: William Holmes Brown, William H. Brown
* Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives, Postmaster: Robert V. Rota, until March 19, 1992
** Michael J. Shinay, from March 31, 1992
* Reading Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Reading Clerks:
** Meg Goetz (D)
** Bob Berry (reading clerk), Bob Berry along with Paul Hays (R)
* Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives, Sergeant at Arms: Jack Russ, until March 12, 1992
** Werner W. Brandt, from March 12, 1992
See also
* List of new members of the 102nd United States Congress
* 1990 United States elections (elections leading to this Congress)
** 1990 United States Senate elections
** 1990 United States House of Representatives elections
* 1992 United States elections (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
** 1992 United States presidential election
** 1992 United States Senate elections
** 1992 United States House of Representatives elections
Notes
References
External links
Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress*
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