List of new members of the 91st United States Congress explained

The 91st United States Congress began on January 3, 1969. There were 12 new senators (four Democrats, eight Republicans) and 38 new representatives (19 Democrats, 19 Republicans), as well as one new delegate (a Democrat), at the start of the first session. Additionally, four senators (two Democrats, two Republicans) and 14 representatives (seven Democrats, seven Republicans) took office on various dates in order to fill vacancies during the 91st Congress before it ended on January 3, 1971.

Due to redistricting in multiple states, eight representatives were elected from newly created seats.

Senate

Took office January 3, 1969

State	Image	Senator	Seniority	Switched party	Prior background	Birth year	class=unsortable	Ref
Alabama			(D)	(98th overall)	No	Lieutenant Governor of Alabama Alabama Senate Alabama House of Representatives U.S. Navy Reserve	1912	^[1]
Alaska			(D)	(100th overall)	Yes	Speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives Counterintelligence Corps	1930	^[2]
Arizona			(R)	(89th overall)	Yes	U.S. Senate Phoenix City Council U.S. Air Force Major General	1909	^[3]
California			(D)	(96th overall)	Yes	California State Controller President of United World Federalists U.S. Army	1914	^[4]
Florida			(R)	(93rd overall)	Yes	U.S. House of Representatives Mayor of Winter Park U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel	1914	^[5]
Iowa			(D)	(94th overall)	Yes	Governor of Iowa U.S. Army Private	1922	^[6]
Kansas			(R)	(92nd overall)	No	U.S. House of Representatives Russell County Attorney Kansas House of Representatives U.S. Army Captain	1923	^[7]
Maryland			(R)	(91st overall)	Yes		1922	^[8]
Ohio			(R)	(97th overall)	Yes	Ohio Attorney General Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives U.S. Army Air Corps	1916	^[9]
Oklahoma			(R)	(95th overall)	Yes	Governor of Oklahoma Oklahoma House of Representatives U.S. Marine Corps	1921	^[10]
Oregon			(R)	(99th overall)	Yes	Oregon House of Representatives	1932	^[11]
Pennsylvania			(R)	(90th overall)	Yes	U.S. House of Representatives U.S. Navy	1926	^[12]

Took office during the 91st Congress

State	Image	Senator	Took office	Switched party	Prior background	Birth year	class=unsortable	Ref
Illinois			(R)		No	Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives U.S. Navy Reserve	1915	^[13]
Illinois			(D)		Yes	Illinois Treasurer Illinois House of Representatives U.S. Marine Corps Captain	1930	^[14]
Delaware			(R)		No	U.S. House of Representatives Chair of the Republican State Committee of Delaware U.S. Army	1921	^[15]
California			(D)		Yes	U.S. House of Representatives U.S. Air Force Captain	1934	^[16]

House of Representatives

Took office January 3, 1969

District	Representative	Switched party	Prior background	Birth year	class=unsortable	Ref
		(D)	No	Lawyer	1933	^[17]
		(D)	No	Law clerk	1934	^[18]
		(D)	No	Lieutenant Governor of California	1913	^[19]
		(R)	Yes	State Representative	1931	^[20]
		(D)	No	State House Speaker	1922	^[21]
		(R)	No	Lawyer	1934	^[22]
		(R)	No	State Senator	1926	^[23]
		(D)	No	State Representative	1926	^[24]
		(R)	No	State Senator	1916	^[25]
		(R)	New seat	State Representative	1912	^[26]
		(R)	No	State Senator	1916	^[27]
		(D)	No	State Representative	1932	^[28]
		(R)	Yes	FBI agent	1928	^[29]
		(R)	No	State Delegate	1927	^[30]
		(D)	No	Alderman	1931	^[31]
		(D)	Yes	U.S. Chief of Protocol	1927	^[32]
		(D)	No	Lawyer	1931	^[33]
		(R)	New seat	Insurance businessman	1928	^[34]
		(R)	New seat	U.S. Representative	1933	^[35]
		(D)	No	Congressional aide	1929	^[36]
		(D)	New seat	State Assemblywoman	1924	^[37]
		(D)	Yes	City Councillor	1924	^[38]
		(D)	Yes	Police lieutenant	1917	^[39]
		(R)	Yes	Commander of the American Legion	1914	^[40]
		(R)	Yes	U.S. Foreign Service officer	1926	^[41]
		(R)	No	State Senator	1926	^[42]
		(R)	New seat	Professional baseball player	1930	^[43]
		(D)	No	U.S. District Court Judge	1919	^[44]
		(R)	New seat	City Councillor	1916	^[45]
		(D)	New seat	Lecturer	1925	^[46]
		(R)	New seat	State Representative	1908	^[47]
		(D)	No	State Senator	1927	^[48]
		(R)	No	State Senator	1929	^[49]
		(D)	No	State Representative	1920	^[50]
		(R)	Yes	Journalist	1925	^[51]
		(D)	No	State Delegate	1914	^[52]
		(D)	Yes	U.S. Representative	1909	^[53]
		(R)	No	State Party Chair	1916	^[54]

Non-voting members

District	Delegate	Switched party	Prior background	Birth year	class=unsortable	Ref
		(NP/D)	Yes/No	Supreme Court of Puerto Rico	1907	^[55]

Took office during the 91st Congress

District	Representative	Took office	Switched party	Prior background	Birth year	class=unsortable	Ref
		(D)		No	State Agriculture Commissioner	1912	^[56]
		(D)		Yes	State Assemblyman	1938	^[57]
		(R)		No	Public relations executive	1938	^[58]
		(D)		Yes	State Senator	1924	^[59]
		(D)		Yes	State Representative	1936	^[60]
		(D)		No	State Conservation Commissioner	1924	^[61]
		(R)		No	Educator	1930	^[62]
		(R)		No	U.S. Representative	1927	^[63]
		(R)		No	State Senator	1930	^[64]
		(R)		Yes	Securities analyst	1938	^[65]
		(D)		No	Alderman	1925	^[66]
		(R)		No	State Senator	1916	^[67]
		(D)		No	State Senator	1913	^[68]
		(R)		No	State Senator	1908	^[69]

See also

• List of United States senators in the 91st Congress
• List of members of the United States House of Representatives in the 91st Congress by seniority

Notes and References

1. Web site: ALLEN, James Browning . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
2. Web site: GRAVEL, Maurice Robert (Mike) . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
3. Web site: GOLDWATER, Barry Morris . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
4. Web site: CRANSTON, Alan . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
5. Web site: GURNEY, Edward John . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
6. Web site: HUGHES, Harold Everett . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
7. Web site: DOLE, Robert Joseph (Bob) . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
8. Web site: MATHIAS, Charles McCurdy, Jr. . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
9. Web site: SAXBE, William Bart . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
10. Web site: BELLMON, Henry Louis . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
11. Web site: PACKWOOD, Robert William . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
12. Web site: SCHWEIKER, Richard Schultz . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
13. Web site: SMITH, Ralph Tyler . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
14. Web site: STEVENSON, Adlai Ewing, III . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
15. Web site: ROTH, William Victor, Jr. . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
16. Web site: TUNNEY, John Varick . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
17. Web site: FLOWERS, Walter . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
18. Web site: ALEXANDER, William Vollie (Bill), Jr. . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
19. Web site: ANDERSON, Glenn Malcolm . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
20. Web site: WEICKER, Lowell Palmer, Jr. . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
21. Web site: CHAPPELL, William Venroe, Jr. . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
22. Web site: FREY, Louis, Jr. . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
23. Web site: HANSEN, Orval Howard . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
24. Web site: MIKVA, Abner Joseph . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
25. Web site: LANDGREBE, Earl Fredrick . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
26. Web site: DENNIS, David Worth . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
27. Web site: SEBELIUS, Keith George . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
28. Web site: CAFFERY, Patrick Thomson . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
29. Web site: HOGAN, Lawrence Joseph . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
30. Web site: BEALL, John Glenn, Jr. . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
31. Web site: CLAY, William Lacy, Sr. . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
32. Web site: SYMINGTON, James Wadsworth . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
33. Web site: BURLISON, Bill D. . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
34. Web site: LUJÁN, Manuel, Jr. . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
35. Web site: FOREMAN, Edgar Franklin . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
36. Web site: LOWENSTEIN, Allard Kenneth . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
37. Web site: CHISHOLM, Shirley Anita . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
38. Web site: KOCH, Edward Irving . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
39. Web site: BIAGGI, Mario . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
40. Web site: MCKNEALLY, Martin Boswell . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
41. Web site: FISH, Hamilton, Jr. . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
42. Web site: HASTINGS, James Fred . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
43. Web site: MIZELL, Wilmer David (Vinegar Bend) . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
44. Web site: PREYER, Lunsford Richardson . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
45. Web site: RUTH, Earl Baker . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
46. Web site: STOKES, Louis . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
47. Web site: CAMP, John Newbold Happy . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
48. Web site: YATRON, Gus . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
49. Web site: COUGHLIN, Robert Lawrence . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
50. Web site: MANN, James Robert . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
51. Web site: WHITEHURST, George William . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
52. Web site: DANIEL, Wilbur Clarence (Dan) . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
53. Web site: MOLLOHAN, Robert Homer . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
54. Web site: WOLD, John Schiller . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
55. Web site: CÓRDOVA DÍAZ, Jorge Luis . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
56. Web site: JONES, Ed . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
57. Web site: OBEY, David Ross . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
58. Web site: GOLDWATER, Barry Morris, Jr. . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
59. Web site: MELCHER, John . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
60. Web site: HARRINGTON, Michael Joseph . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
61. Web site: ROE, Robert A. . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
62. Web site: CRANE, Philip Miller . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
63. Web site: ROUSSELOT, John Harbin . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
64. Web site: SCHMITZ, John George . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
65. Web site: STEELE, Robert Hampton . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
66. Web site: COLLINS, George Washington . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
67. Web site: FORSYTHE, Edwin Bell . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
68. Web site: CARNEY, Charles Joseph . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
69. Web site: WARE, John Haines, III . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .