List of new members of the 115th United States Congress explained

The 115th United States Congress began on January 3, 2017. There were seven new senators (five Democrats, two Republicans) and 52 new representatives (25 Democrats, 27 Republicans), as well as one new delegate (a Republican), at the start of its first session. Additionally, five senators (two Democrats, three Republicans) and 15 representatives (six Democrats, nine Republicans) took office on various dates in order to fill vacancies during the 115th Congress before it ended on January 3, 2019.

Due to court-ordered redistricting in three states, three representatives were elected from newly established congressional districts.

The co-presidents of the House Democratic freshman class were Nanette Barragán of California, Val Demings of Florida, and Donald McEachin of Virginia, while the president of the House Republican freshman class was Jack Bergman of Michigan. Additionally, the Democratic Freshmen Leadership Representative was Colleen Hanabusa of Hawaii (who was elected during the 114th Congress), and the Republican's freshmen liaison was Paul Mitchell of Michigan.^{[1] [2]}

Senate

Took office January 3, 2017

State	Image	Senator	Seniority	Switched party	Prior background	Birth year	Ref
California			(D)	(98th overall)	No	Attorney General of California San Francisco District Attorney	1964	^[3]
Illinois			(D)	(96th overall)	Yes	U.S. House of Representatives Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs Illinois Director of Veterans' Affairs U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel	1968	^[4]
Indiana			(R)	(95th overall)	No	U.S. House of Representatives Orange County assistant deputy prosecutor U.S. Marine Corps Captain	1972	^[5]
Louisiana			(R)	(99th overall)	No	Louisiana State Treasurer Louisiana Secretary of Revenue	1951	^[6]
Maryland			(D)	(94th overall)	No	U.S. House of Representatives Maryland Senate Maryland House of Delegates	1959	^[7]
Nevada			(D)	(100th overall)	No	Nevada Attorney General	1964	^[8]
New Hampshire			(D)	(97th overall)	Yes	Governor of New Hampshire Majority Leader of the New Hampshire Senate	1958	^[9]

Took office during the 115th Congress

State	Image	Senator	Took office	Switched party	Prior background	Birth year	Ref
Alabama			(R)		No	Attorney General of Alabama	1953	^[10]
Alabama			(D)		Yes	U.S. Attorney for Northern Alabama Assistant U.S. Attorney	1954	^[11]
Minnesota			(DFL)		No	Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota Chief of staff to Governor Mark Dayton Chief of staff to Mayor R. T. Rybak	1958	^[12]
Mississippi			(R)		No	Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Mississippi State Senate	1959	^[13]
Arizona			(R)		No	U.S. Senate U.S. House of Representatives	1942	^[14]

House of Representatives

Took office January 3, 2017

District	Image	Representative	Switched party	Prior background	Birth year	Ref
			(D)	No	Arizona Senate Arizona House of Representatives	1946	^[15]
			(R)	No	President of the Arizona Senate Arizona House of Representatives	1958	^[16]
			(D)	No	Lawyer	1976	^[17]
			(D)	No	Monterey County deputy district attorney U.S. Navy Reserve	1969	^[18]
			(D)	No	Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors U.S. Marine Corps Reserve	1964	^[19]
			(D)	No	Hermosa Beach City Council	1976	^[20]
			(D)	No	California State Senate Orange County Board of Supervisors California State Assembly	1958	^[21]
			(D)	No	Delaware Secretary of Labor CEO of the Wilmington Urban League	1962	^[22]
			(R)	No	Florida House of Representatives	1982	^[23]
			(R)	Yes	Surgeon U.S. Army Major	1953	^[24]
			(R)	No	Sheriff of Jacksonville	1952	^[25]
			(D)	No	Minority Leader of the Florida Senate Florida House of Representatives	1948	^[26]
			(D)	Yes	National security specialist	1978	^[27]
			(D)	No	Florida Senate Florida House of Representatives	1978	^[28]
			(D)	New seat	Chief of the Orlando Police Department	1957	^[29]
			(D)	Yes	Governor of Florida Florida Attorney General Florida Education Commissioner Florida Senate	1956	^[30]
			(R)	Yes	National Nuclear Security Administration U.S. Army EOD specialist	1980	^[31]
			(R)	No	U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See	1953	^[32]
			(R)	No	Mayor of West Point Dentist	1966	^[33]
			(D)	No	Campaign staffer Lawyer	1973	^[34]
			(D)	Yes	U.S. House of Representatives	1961	^[35]
			(R)	No	Indiana Senate U.S. Navy Reserve Lieutenant	1979	^[36]
			(R)	No	Entrepreneur	1983	^[37]
			(R)	No	Obstetrician U.S. Army Reserve Captain	1960	^[38]
			(R)	No	Lafayette City Marshal St. Landry Sheriff's Office Louisiana National Guard Staff Sergeant	1961	^[39]
			(R)	No	Louisiana House of Representatives	1972	^[40]
			(D)	No	Lieutenant Governor of Maryland Maryland House of Delegates U.S. Army Reserve Colonel	1961	^[41]
			(D)	No	Maryland Senate	1962	^[42]
			(R)	No	U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant General	1947	^[43]
			(R)	No	St. Clair City Council Owner of Ross Medical Education Center	1956	^[44]
			(R)	No	Radio personality	1955	^[45]
			(R)	Yes	Assistant professor at Bellevue University U.S. Air Force Brigadier General	1963	^[46]
			(D)	Yes	Computer software developer	1957	^[47]
			(D)	Yes	Nevada Senate Nevada Assembly	1980	^[48]
			(D)	Yes	U.S. House of Representatives	1952	^[49]
			(D)	Yes		1975	^[50]
			(D)	No	Nassau County Executive Mayor of Glen Cove	1962	^[51]
			(D)	No	New York State Senate New York State Assembly	1954	^[52]
			(R)	No	Minority Leader of the New York State Assembly	1952	^[53]
			(R)	No	New York State Assembly	1961	^[54]
			(R)	New seat	Business owner	1971	^[55]
			(R)	No	Assistant U.S. Attorney Federal Bureau of Investigation	1973	^[56]
			(R)	No	Pennsylvania State Senate West Lampeter Township Board of Supervisors	1964	^[57]
			(R)	No	U.S. Attorney for Western Tennessee	1966	^[58]
			(D)	No	Lawyer	1967	^[59]
			(R)	No	Vice Chancellor of Texas Tech University Chief of staff to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Special Assistant to President George W. Bush	1972	^[60]
			(R)	No	Virginia House of Delegates U.S. Navy SEAL	1979	^[61]
			(D)	New seat	Virginia Senate Virginia House of Delegates	1961	^[62]
			(R)	No	Virginia Senate Louisa County Commonwealth's Attorney	1972	^[63]
			(D)	No	Washington State Senate	1965	^[64]
			(R)	No	Congressional staffer U.S. Marine Corps Captain	1984	^[65]
			(R)	No	Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Co-chair of the Iran Syria Policy and Operations Group	1966	^[66]

Non-voting members

Took office during the 115th Congress

District	Image	Representative	Took office	Switched party	Prior background	Birth year	Ref
			(R)		No	Kansas State Treasurer Sedgwick County Treasurer	1956	^[68]
			(R)		No	Co-founder of RightNow Technologies Electrical engineer	1961	^[69]
			(R)		No	Georgia Secretary of State Fulton County Board of Commissioners	1962	^[70]
			(R)		No	South Carolina House of Representatives	1953	^[71]
			(D)		No	California State Assembly Labor organizer	1974	^[72]
			(R)		No	Mayor of Provo	1960	^[73]
			(D)		Yes	Assistant U.S. Attorney U.S. Marine Corps Major	1984	^[74]
			(R)		No	Arizona Senate Arizona House of Representatives	1958	^[75]
			(R)		No	Business owner	1975	^[76]
			(R)		No	Ohio Senate Ohio House of Representatives	1962	^[77]
			(D)		No	Majority Leader of the New York State Assembly Monroe County Legislature	1957	^[78]
			(R)		No	Businessman	1961	^[79]
			(D)		Yes	Wallingford-Swarthmore School Board	1959	^[80]
			(D)		Yes	Solicitor of Allentown	1957	^[81]
			(D)		No	President of the Detroit City Council	1959	^[82]

See also

• List of United States senators in the 115th Congress
• List of members of the United States House of Representatives in the 115th Congress by seniority

Notes and References

1. Web site: Freshman Class Leaders . .
2. News: House freshman class co-presidents 'optimistic' about unity in new Congress . Betsy . Klein . . January 3, 2017 . November 16, 2018.
3. Web site: HARRIS, Kamala Devi . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
4. Web site: DUCKWORTH, Tammy . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
5. Web site: YOUNG, Todd . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
6. Web site: KENNEDY, John Neely . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
7. Web site: VAN HOLLEN, Christopher . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
8. Web site: CORTEZ MASTO, Catherine Marie . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
9. Web site: HASSAN, Margaret Wood (Maggie) . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
10. Web site: STRANGE, Luther Johnson, III . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
11. Web site: JONES, Gordon Douglas (Doug) . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
12. Web site: SMITH, Tina . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
13. Web site: HYDE-SMITH, Cindy . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
14. Web site: KYL, Jon Llewellyn . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
15. Web site: O'HALLERAN, Thomas C. . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
16. Web site: BIGGS, Andrew S. . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
17. Web site: KHANNA, Ro . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
18. Web site: PANETTA, James Varni . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
19. Web site: CARBAJAL, Salud . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
20. Web site: BARRAGÁN, Nanette . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
21. Web site: CORREA, Jose Luis . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
22. Web site: BLUNT ROCHESTER, Lisa . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
23. Web site: GAETZ, Matthew L., II . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
24. Web site: DUNN, Neal Patrick . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
25. Web site: RUTHERFORD, John Henry . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
26. Web site: LAWSON, Alfred, Jr. . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
27. Web site: MURPHY, Stephanie . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
28. Web site: SOTO, Darren Michael . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
29. Web site: DEMINGS, Valdez . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
30. Web site: CRIST, Charlie Joseph, Jr. . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
31. Web site: MAST, Brian Jeffery . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
32. Web site: ROONEY, Francis . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
33. Web site: FERGUSON, Anderson Drew, IV . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
34. Web site: KRISHNAMOORTHI, S. Raja . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
35. Web site: SCHNEIDER, Brad . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
36. Web site: BANKS, James E. . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
37. Web site: HOLLINGSWORTH, Joseph Albert (Trey), III . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
38. Web site: MARSHALL, Roger Wayne . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
39. Web site: HIGGINS, Clay . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
40. Web site: JOHNSON, Mike . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
41. Web site: BROWN, Anthony Gregory . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
42. Web site: RASKIN, Jamie Ben . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
43. Web site: BERGMAN, John . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
44. Web site: MITCHELL, Paul . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
45. Web site: LEWIS, Jason Mark . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
46. Web site: BACON, Donald J. . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
47. Web site: ROSEN, Jacklyn Sheryl . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
48. Web site: KIHUEN, Ruben J. . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
49. Web site: SHEA-PORTER, Carol . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
50. Web site: GOTTHEIMER, Josh S. . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
51. Web site: SUOZZI, Thomas . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
52. Web site: ESPAILLAT, Adriano J. . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
53. Web site: FASO, John J. . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
54. Web site: TENNEY, Claudia . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
55. Web site: BUDD, Theodore Paul . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
56. Web site: FITZPATRICK, Brian K. . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
57. Web site: SMUCKER, Lloyd K. . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
58. Web site: KUSTOFF, David . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
59. Web site: GONZALEZ, Vicente, Jr. . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
60. Web site: ARRINGTON, Jodey Cook . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
61. Web site: TAYLOR, Scott William . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
62. Web site: MCEACHIN, Aston Donald . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
63. Web site: GARRETT, Thomas Alexander, Jr. . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
64. Web site: JAYAPAL, Pramila . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
65. Web site: GALLAGHER, Michael . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
66. Web site: CHENEY, Liz . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
67. Web site: GONZÁLEZ-COLÓN, Jenniffer . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
68. Web site: ESTES, Ron . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
69. Web site: GIANFORTE, Greg . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
70. Web site: HANDEL, Karen . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
71. Web site: HANDEL, Karen . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
72. Web site: GOMEZ, Jimmy . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
73. Web site: CURTIS, John R. . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
74. Web site: LAMB, Conor . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
75. Web site: LESKO, Debbie . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
76. Web site: CLOUD, Michael . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
77. Web site: BALDERSON, Troy . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
78. Web site: MORELLE, Joseph . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
79. Web site: HERN, Kevin . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
80. Web site: SCANLON, Mary Gay . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
81. Web site: WILD, Susan . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
82. Web site: JONES, Brenda . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .