List of new members of the 95th United States Congress explained

The 95th United States Congress began on January 3, 1977. There were 11 new senators (six Democrats, five Republicans) and 64 new representatives (45 Democrats, 19 Republicans), as well as one new delegate (a Democrat), at the start of the first session. Additionally, 12 senators (six Democrats, six Republicans) and six representatives (two Democrats, four Republicans) took office on various dates in order to fill vacancies during the 95th Congress before it ended on January 3, 1979.

Senate

Took office January 3, 1977

State	Image	Senator	Seniority	Switched party	Prior background	Birth year	Ref
Arizona			(D)	(97th overall)	Yes	Pima County Attorney U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps	1937	^[1]
Hawaii			(D)	(90th overall)	Yes	U.S. House of Representatives Hawaii Territorial Legislature U.S. Army Captain	1916	^[2]
Indiana			(R)	(95th overall)	Yes	Mayor of Indianapolis U.S. Navy Lieutenant	1932	^[3]
Maryland			(D)	(93rd overall)	Yes	U.S. House of Representatives Maryland House of Delegates	1933	^[4]
Montana			(D)	(91st overall)	No	U.S. House of Representatives U.S. Army	1924	^[5]
New Mexico			(R)	(99th overall)	Yes	NASA astronaut Geologist	1935	^[6]
New York			(D)	(94th overall)	Yes	U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations U.S. Ambassador to India Counselor to President Richard Nixon U.S. Assistant Secretary of Labor	1927	^[7]
Pennsylvania			(R)	(92nd overall)	No	U.S. House of Representatives Air Force Reserve Command	1938	^[8]
Tennessee			(D)	(96th overall)	Yes	Lawyer U.S. Marine Corps Reserve	1936	^[9]
Utah			(R)	(98th overall)	Yes	Lawyer	1934	^[10]
Wyoming			(R)	(100th overall)	Yes	Wyoming Senate Wyoming House of Representatives U.S. Army	1933	^[11]

Took office during the 95th Congress

State	Image	Senator	Took office	Switched party	Prior background	Birth year	Ref
Arkansas			(D)		No	Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Newport City Attorney	1938	^[12]
Montana			(D)		No	Montana Supreme Court Montana District Court Judge	1928	^[13]
Minnesota			(DFL)		No	Second Lady of the United States First Lady of Minneapolis	1912	^[14]
Alabama			(D)		No	Journalist	1925	^[15]
Minnesota			(R)		Yes	Lawyer U.S. Army	1934	^[16]
Alabama			(D)		No	Alabama Senate Alabama House of Representatives U.S. Magistrate Judge U.S. Army	1940	^[17]
Montana			(D)		No	U.S. House of Representatives Montana House of Representatives	1941	^[18]
Kansas			(R)		No	Radio station executive	1932	^[19]
Mississippi			(R)		Yes	U.S. House of Representatives U.S. Navy Ensign	1937	^[20]
Minnesota			(R)		Yes	Retail businessman U.S. Army Signal Corps	1930	^[21]
Wyoming			(R)		No	Wyoming House of Representatives U.S. Army Second Lieutenant	1931	^[22]
Virginia			(R)		No	U.S. Secretary of the Navy U.S. Under Secretary of the Navy Assistant U.S. Attorney U.S. Marine Corps Captain	1927	^[23]

House of Representatives

Took office January 3, 1977

District	Representative	Switched party	Prior background	Birth year	Ref
		(D)	No	State Senator	1937	^[24]
		(D)	Yes	State Senator	1927	^[25]
		(R)	No	County Supervisor	1920	^[26]
		(D)	No	Arkansas Attorney General	1943	^[27]
		(D)	Yes	Office for Civil Rights Director	1938	^[28]
		(D)	No	State Senator	1932	^[29]
		(R)	No	Actor	1933	^[30]
		(R)	No	State Assemblyman	1929	^[31]
		(R)	No	RNC Co-chair	1931	^[32]
		(D)	No	Banker	1930	^[33]
		(D)	No	State Representative	1941	^[34]
		(D)	No	Assistant U.S. Attorney	1933	^[35]
		(D)	No	GDOT board member	1922	^[36]
		(D)	No	Radio broadcaster	1924	^[37]
		(D)	No	DHEW official	1924	^[38]
		(R)	Yes	Legislative staffer	1939	^[39]
		(D)	No	State Senator	1935	^[40]
		(R)	Yes	Lawyer	1947	^[41]
		(D)	No	U.S. Army	1945	^[42]
		(R)	Yes	U.S. Foreign Service officer	1942	^[43]
		(D)	Yes	School Board Member	1944	^[44]
		(D)	No	State Representative	1935	^[45]
		(D)	No	Management executive	1941	^[46]
		(D)	No	City Councillor	1936	^[47]
		(R)	No	State Senator	1917	^[48]
		(R)	No	State Senator	1932	^[49]
		(R)	No	Congressional staffer	1946	^[50]
		(R)	Yes	Prosecutor	1920	^[51]
		(D)	No	State Senator	1929	^[52]
		(D)	No	State Representative	1945	^[53]
		(DFL)	No	State Representative	1940	^[54]
		(D)	No	State Senator	1923	^[55]
		(D)	No	Alderman	1941	^[56]
		(D)	No	State Senator	1931	^[57]
		(D)	No	State Representative	1931	^[58]
		(R)	Yes	Rancher	1935	^[59]
		(D)	Yes	State Senator	1945	^[60]
		(R)	Yes	State Senator	1938	^[61]
		(D)	No	State Assemblyman	1928	^[62]
		(D)	No	City Councillor	1927	^[63]
		(R)	No	State Assemblyman	1943	^[64]
		(D)	No	Congressional staffer	1927	^[65]
		(D)	No	State Senator	1919	^[66]
		(D)	Yes	U.S. Representative	1925	^[67]
		(D)	Yes	State Senator	1931	^[68]
		(D)	No	State Senator	1928	^[69]
		(D)	No	City Councillor	1940	^[70]
		(D)	No	State Senator	1938	^[71]
		(R)	No	Professor	1937	^[72]
		(D)	No	State Representative	1938	^[73]
		(D)	Yes	Press secretary	1946	^[74]
		(R)	No	Congressional staffer	1942	^[75]
		(D)	Yes	District Attorney	1937	^[76]
		(D)	Yes	Corporate attorney	1940	^[77]
		(D)	No	State Senator	1927	^[78]
		(D)	Yes	State Senator	1924	^[79]
		(R)	Yes	County Solicitor	1927	^[80]
		(D)	No	Investigative reporter	1948	^[81]
		(D)	Yes	State Representative	1943	^[82]
		(D)	Yes	State Senator	1938	^[83]
		(R)	Yes	Business executive	1939	^[84]
		(R)	Yes	Commonwealth's Attorney	1946	^[85]
		(D)	No	Legislative staffer	1940	^[86]
		(D)	No	Business owner	1949	^[87]

Non-voting members

Took office during the 95th Congress

District	Representative	Took office	Switched party	Prior background	Birth year	Ref
		(R)		Yes	State Representative	1930	^[89]
		(D)		No	City Councillor	1940	^[90]
		(R)		Yes	State Senator	1931	^[91]
		(R)		Yes	Assistant U.S. Attorney	1943	^[92]
		(R)		Yes	U.S. DHUD official	1929	^[93]
		(D)		No	State Senator	1933	^[94]

See also

• List of United States senators in the 95th Congress
• List of members of the United States House of Representatives in the 95th Congress by seniority

Notes and References

1. Web site: DECONCINI, Dennis Webster . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
2. Web site: MATSUNAGA, Spark Masayuki . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
3. Web site: LUGAR, Richard Green . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
4. Web site: SARBANES, Paul Spyros . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
5. Web site: MELCHER, John . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
6. Web site: SCHMITT, Harrison Hagan . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
7. Web site: MOYNIHAN, Daniel Patrick . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
8. Web site: HEINZ, Henry John, III . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
9. Web site: SASSER, James Ralph . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
10. Web site: HATCH, Orrin Grant . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
11. Web site: WALLOP, Malcolm . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
12. Web site: HODGES, Kaneaster, Jr. . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
13. Web site: HATFIELD, Paul Gerhart . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
14. Web site: HUMPHREY, Muriel Buck . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
15. Web site: ALLEN, Maryon Pittman . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
16. Web site: DURENBERGER, David Ferdinand . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
17. Web site: STEWART, Donald Wilbur . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
18. Web site: BAUCUS, Max Sieben . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
19. Web site: KASSEBAUM, Nancy Landon . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
20. Web site: COCHRAN, William Thad . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
21. Web site: BOSCHWITZ, Rudolph Eli (Rudy) . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
22. Web site: SIMPSON, Alan Kooi . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
23. Web site: WARNER, John William . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
24. Web site: FLIPPO, Ronnie Gene . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
25. Web site: STUMP, Robert Lee . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
26. Web site: RUDD, Eldon Dean . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
27. Web site: TUCKER, James Guy (Jim), Jr. . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
28. Web site: PANETTA, Leon Edward . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
29. Web site: BEILENSON, Anthony Charles . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
30. Web site: DORNAN, Robert Kenneth . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
31. Web site: BADHAM, Robert Edward . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
32. Web site: EVANS, Thomas Beverley, Jr. . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
33. Web site: IRELAND, Andrew Poysell (Andy) . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
34. Web site: EVANS, Billy Lee . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
35. Web site: JENKINS, Edgar Lanier (Ed) . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
36. Web site: BARNARD, Druie Douglas, Jr. . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
37. Web site: HEFTEL, Cecil Landau . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
38. Web site: AKAKA, Daniel Kahikina . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
39. Web site: CORCORAN, Thomas Joseph . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
40. Web site: BENJAMIN, Adam, Jr. . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
41. Web site: QUAYLE, James Danforth (Dan) . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
42. Web site: CORNWELL, David Lance . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
43. Web site: LEACH, James Albert Smith . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
44. Web site: GLICKMAN, Daniel Robert . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
45. Web site: TONRY, Richard Alvin . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
46. Web site: HUCKABY, Thomas Jerald . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
47. Web site: MIKULSKI, Barbara Ann . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
48. Web site: STEERS, Newton Ivan, Jr. . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
49. Web site: PURSELL, Carl Duane . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
50. Web site: STOCKMAN, David Alan . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
51. Web site: SAWYER, Harold Samuel . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
52. Web site: KILDEE, Dale Edward . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
53. Web site: BONIOR, David Edward . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
54. Web site: VENTO, Bruce Frank . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
55. Web site: YOUNG, Robert Anton, III . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
56. Web site: GEPHARDT, Richard Andrew . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
57. Web site: SKELTON, Isaac Newton (Ike), IV . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
58. Web site: VOLKMER, Harold Lee . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
59. Web site: MARLENEE, Ronald Charles . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
60. Web site: CAVANAUGH, John Joseph . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
61. Web site: HOLLENBECK, Harold Capistran . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
62. Web site: LEFANTE, Joseph Anthony . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
63. Web site: WEISS, Theodore S. . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
64. Web site: CAPUTO, Bruce Faulkner . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
65. Web site: WHITLEY, Charles Orville . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
66. Web site: GUDGER, Vonno Lamar, Jr. . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
67. Web site: LUKEN, Thomas Andrew . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
68. Web site: PEASE, Donald James . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
69. Web site: APPLEGATE, Douglas Earl . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
70. Web site: OAKAR, Mary Rose . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
71. Web site: WATKINS, Wesley Wade . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
72. Web site: EDWARDS, Marvin Henry (Mickey) . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
73. Web site: LEDERER, Raymond Francis . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
74. Web site: KOSTMAYER, Peter Houston . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
75. Web site: WALKER, Robert Smith . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
76. Web site: ERTEL, Allen Edward . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
77. Web site: WALGREN, Douglas . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
78. Web site: MURPHY, Austin John . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
79. Web site: AMMERMAN, Joseph Scofield . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
80. Web site: MARKS, Marc Lincoln . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
81. Web site: GORE, Albert Arnold, Jr. . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
82. Web site: MATTOX, James Albon . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
83. Web site: GAMMAGE, Robert Alton . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
84. Web site: MARRIOTT, David Daniel . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
85. Web site: TRIBLE, Paul Seward, Jr. . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
86. Web site: DICKS, Norman DeValois . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
87. Web site: RAHALL, Nick Joe, II . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
88. Web site: CORRADA-DEL RÍO, Baltasar . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
89. Web site: STANGELAND, Arlan Ingehart . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
90. Web site: FOWLER, Wyche, Jr. . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
91. Web site: CUNNINGHAM, John Edward, III . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
92. Web site: LIVINGSTON, Robert Linlithgow, Jr. . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
93. Web site: GREEN, Sedgwick William (Bill) . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .
94. Web site: GARCIA, Robert . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress .