List of new members of the 98th United States Congress explained

The 98th United States Congress began on January 3, 1983. There were four new senators (one Democrat, three Republicans) and 79 new representatives (56 Democrats, 23 Republicans) at the start of the first session. Additionally, two senators (one Democrat, one Republican) and nine representatives (six Democrats, three Republicans) took office on various dates in order to fill vacancies during the 98th Congress before it ended on January 3, 1985.

Due to redistricting after the 1980 census, 20 representatives were elected from newly established congressional districts. One representative-elect, Jack Swigert, died before taking office.

Senate

Took office January 3, 1983

State	Image	Senator	Seniority	Switched party	Prior background	Birth year	Ref
California			(R)	(98th overall)	No	Mayor of San Diego California State Assembly U.S. Marine Corps First Lieutenant	1933	^[1]
Nevada			(R)	(100th overall)	Yes	Nevada Senate	1928	^[2]
New Mexico			(D)	(99th overall)	Yes	Attorney General of New Mexico U.S. Army Reserve	1943	^[3]
Virginia			(R)	(97th overall)	Yes	U.S. House of Representatives Essex County Commonwealth's Attorney	1946	^[4]

Took office during the 98th Congress

State	Image	Senator	Took office	Switched party	Prior background	Birth year	Ref
Washington			(R)		Yes	President of Evergreen State College Governor of Washington Washington House of Representatives U.S. Navy Ensign	1925	^[5]
Massachusetts			(D)		No	Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts U.S. Navy Lieutenant	1943	^[6]

House of Representatives

Took office January 3, 1983

District	Representative	Switched party	Prior background	Birth year	Ref
		(D)	No	County Commissioner	1938	^[7]
		(R)	No	U.S. Navy Captain	1936	^[8]
		(D)	New seat	State Senator	1925	^[9]
		(D)	Yes	State Assemblyman	1946	^[10]
		(D)	No	County Supervisor	1940	^[11]
		(R)	No	Educator	1940	^[12]
		(D)	New seat	State Assemblyman	1948	^[13]
		(D)	New seat	State Assemblyman	1941	^[14]
		(D)	Yes	State Assemblyman	1943	^[15]
		(D)	New seat	U.S. Ambassador to UNESCO	1930	^[16]
		(R)	New seat	County Supervisor	1927	^[17]
		(R)	No	Mayor of Carlsbad	1931	^[18]
		(D)	New seat	County Supervisor	1941	^[19]
		(D)	Yes	Lawyer	1944	^[20]
		(R)	Yes	State Senator	1935	^[21]
		(D)	Yes	Delaware State Treasurer	1947	^[22]
		(D)	New seat	State Senator	1933	^[23]
		(R)	New seat	Lawyer	1930	^[24]
		(R)	No	State Senator	1924	^[25]
		(R)	New seat	Businessman	1940	^[26]
		(D)	New seat	State Representative	1941	^[27]
		(D)	No	Investment banker	1943	^[28]
		(D)	No	Mayor of Perry	1927	^[29]
		(D)	No	State Representative	1926	^[30]
		(D)	No	City Alderman	1937	^[31]
		(D)	Yes	Attorney	1951	^[32]
		(D)	Yes	Lawyer	1944	^[33]
		(R)	New seat	State Senator	1938	^[34]
		(D)	Yes	Mayor of Bloomington	1939	^[35]
		(D)	Yes	State Representative	1948	^[36]
		(R)	No	State Representative	1948	^[37]
		(D)	Yes	U.S. Representative	1943	^[38]
		(D)	No	State Senator	1931	^[39]
		(DFL)	Yes	State Senator	1951	^[40]
		(DFL)	Yes	State Senator	1948	^[41]
		(R)	Yes	Judicial Court Judge	1941	^[42]
		(D)	No	State Representative	1951	^[43]
		(D)	New seat	Lieutenant Governor of Nevada	1939	^[44]
		(R)	Yes	Congressional staffer	1921	^[45]
		(D)	Yes	Attorney	1951	^[46]
		(D)	New seat	Congressional staffer	1947	^[47]
		(D)	Yes	County Legislator	1945	^[48]
		(D)	No	Professor	1934	^[49]
		(D)	No	State Senator	1936	^[50]
		(R)	No	County Executive	1936	^[51]
		(D)	No	State Representative	1926	^[52]
		(D)	Yes	Lawyer	1942	^[53]
		(D)	Yes	State Senator	1917	^[54]
		(R)	No	State Senator	1947	^[55]
		(D)	Yes	Urban planner	1946	^[56]
		(R)	Yes	State Senator	1952	^[57]
		(D)	No	County Commissioner	1947	^[58]
		(R)	New seat	State House Speaker	1931	^[59]
		(D)	Yes	State Representative	1948	^[60]
		(D)	Yes	State Representative	1926	^[61]
		(D)	Yes	U.S. Representative	1946	^[62]
		(D)	Yes	Professor	1940	^[63]
		(R)	Yes	State Senator	1930	^[64]
		(R)	No	District Attorney	1945	^[65]
		(D)	No	Attorney	1942	^[66]
		(D)	Yes	State Representative	1946	^[67]
		(D)	New seat	Lawyer	1954	^[68]
		(R)	No	County Party Chair	1936	^[69]
		(R)	No	Party official	1947	^[70]
		(D)	No	State Representative	1947	^[71]
		(D)	No	State Representative	1941	^[72]
		(D)	New seat	Attorney	1944	^[73]
		(D)	New seat	Mayor of Arlington	1926	^[74]
		(D)	New seat	County Sheriff	1937	^[75]
		(R)	New seat	State House Speaker	1924	^[76]
		(R)	No	State Senator	1928	^[77]
		(D)	Yes	State Delegate	1927	^[78]
		(D)	Yes	Vice President of General Electric	1920	^[79]
		(D)	Yes	State Senator	1946	^[80]
		(R)	New seat	State Representative	1942	^[81]
		(D)	No	U.S. Army Reserve Captain	1943	^[82]
		(D)	Yes	State Senator	1951	^[83]
		(D)	Yes	State Senator	1948	^[84]
		(D)	No	State Senator	1935	^[85]

Took office during the 98th Congress

District	Representative	Took office	Switched party	Prior background	Birth year	Ref
		(R)		Yes	U.S. Representative	1942	^[86]
		(D)		No	State Senator	1942	^[87]
		(R)		New seat/No	State Senator	1936	^[88]
		(D)		No	Activist	1925	^[89]
		(D)		No	Civil rights leader	1918	^[90]
		(D)		No	State Representative	1943	^[91]
		(D)		No	State Senator	1943	^[92]
		(D)		No	State Representative	1954	^[93]
		(R)		No	State Senator	1943	^[94]

See also

• List of United States senators in the 98th Congress
• List of members of the United States House of Representatives in the 98th Congress by seniority

Notes and References

1. Web site: WILSON, Pete . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . November 25, 2022 .
2. Web site: HECHT, Jacob Chic . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . November 25, 2022 .
3. Web site: BINGAMAN, Jesse Francis (Jeff), Jr. . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . November 25, 2022 .
4. Web site: TRIBLE, Paul Seward, Jr. . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . November 25, 2022 .
5. Web site: EVANS, Daniel Jackson . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . November 25, 2022 .
6. Web site: KERRY, John Forbes . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . November 25, 2022 .
7. Web site: ERDREICH, Ben . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . November 23, 2022 .
8. Web site: MCCAIN, John Sidney, III . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . November 23, 2022 .
9. Web site: MCNULTY, James Francis, Jr. . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . November 23, 2022 .
10. Web site: BOSCO, Douglas Harry . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . November 23, 2022 .
11. Web site: BOXER, Barbara . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . November 23, 2022 .
12. Web site: ZSCHAU, Edwin Van Wyck . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . November 23, 2022 .
13. Web site: LEHMAN, Richard Henry . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . November 23, 2022 .
14. Web site: BERMAN, Howard Lawrence . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . November 23, 2022 .
15. Web site: LEVINE, Meldon Edises . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . November 23, 2022 .
16. Web site: TORRES, Esteban Edward . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . November 23, 2022 .
17. Web site: MCCANDLESS, Alfred A. . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . November 23, 2022 .
18. Web site: PACKARD, Ronald C. . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . November 23, 2022 .
19. Web site: BATES, Jim . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . November 23, 2022 .
20. Web site: MORRISON, Bruce Andrew . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . November 23, 2022 .
21. Web site: JOHNSON, Nancy Lee . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . November 23, 2022 .
22. Web site: CARPER, Thomas Richard . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . November 23, 2022 .
23. Web site: MACKAY, Kenneth Hood (Buddy), Jr. . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 11, 2023 .
24. Web site: BILIRAKIS, Michael . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 11, 2023 .
25. Web site: LEWIS, Thomas F. . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 11, 2023 .
26. Web site: MACK, Connie, III . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 11, 2023 .
27. Web site: SMITH, Lawrence Jack . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 11, 2023 .
28. Web site: THOMAS, Robert Lindsay . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 11, 2023 .
29. Web site: RAY, Richard Belmont . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 11, 2023 .
30. Web site: ROWLAND, James Roy, Jr. . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 11, 2023 .
31. Web site: LIPINSKI, William Oliver . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 11, 2023 .
32. Web site: EVANS, Lane Allen . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 11, 2023 .
33. Web site: DURBIN, Richard Joseph . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 11, 2023 .
34. Web site: BURTON, Danny Lee . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 11, 2023 .
35. Web site: MCCLOSKEY, Francis Xavier . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 11, 2023 .
36. Web site: SLATTERY, James Charles . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 11, 2023 .
37. Web site: MCKERNAN, John Rettie, Jr. . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 11, 2023 .
38. Web site: CARR, Milton Robert (Bob) . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 11, 2023 .
39. Web site: LEVIN, Sander Martin . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 11, 2023 .
40. Web site: PENNY, Timothy Joseph . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 11, 2023 .
41. Web site: SIKORSKI, Gerald Edward . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 11, 2023 .
42. Web site: FRANKLIN, William Webster . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 11, 2023 .
43. Web site: WHEAT, Alan Dupree . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 11, 2023 .
44. Web site: REID, Harry . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 11, 2023 .
45. Web site: VUCANOVICH, Barbara Farrell . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 11, 2023 .
46. Web site: TORRICELLI, Robert Guy . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 11, 2023 .
47. Web site: RICHARDSON, Bill . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 11, 2023 .
48. Web site: MRAZEK, Robert Jan . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 11, 2023 .
49. Web site: TOWNS, Edolphus . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 11, 2023 .
50. Web site: OWENS, Major Robert Odell . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 11, 2023 .
51. Web site: BOEHLERT, Sherwood Louis . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 11, 2023 .
52. Web site: VALENTINE, Itimous Thaddeus (Tim), Jr. . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 11, 2023 .
53. Web site: BRITT, Charles Robin . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 11, 2023 .
54. Web site: CLARKE, James McClure . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 11, 2023 .
55. Web site: DEWINE, Michael . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 11, 2023 .
56. Web site: KAPTUR, Marcia Carolyn (Marcy) . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 11, 2023 .
57. Web site: KASICH, John Richard . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 11, 2023 .
58. Web site: FEIGHAN, Edward Farrell . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 11, 2023 .
59. Web site: SMITH, Robert Freeman . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 11, 2023 .
60. Web site: BORSKI, Robert Anthony, Jr. . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 11, 2023 .
61. Web site: KOLTER, Joseph Paul . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 11, 2023 .
62. Web site: KOSTMAYER, Peter Houston . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 11, 2023 .
63. Web site: HARRISON, Frank Girard . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 11, 2023 .
64. Web site: GEKAS, George William . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 11, 2023 .
65. Web site: RIDGE, Thomas Joseph . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 11, 2023 .
66. Web site: SPRATT, John McKee, Jr. . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 11, 2023 .
67. Web site: TALLON, Robert Mooneyhan (Robin), Jr. . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 11, 2023 .
68. Web site: COOPER, James Hayes Shofner . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 11, 2023 .
69. Web site: SUNDQUIST, Donald Kenneth . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 11, 2023 .
70. Web site: BARTLETT, Harry Stephen (Steve) . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 11, 2023 .
71. Web site: BRYANT, John Wiley . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 11, 2023 .
72. Web site: COLEMAN, Ronald D'Emory . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 11, 2023 .
73. Web site: ANDREWS, Michael Allen . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 11, 2023 .
74. Web site: VANDERGRIFF, Tommy Joe (Tom) . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 11, 2023 .
75. Web site: ORTIZ, Solomon P. . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 11, 2023 .
76. Web site: NIELSON, Howard Curtis . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 11, 2023 .
77. Web site: BATEMAN, Herbert Harvell . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 11, 2023 .
78. Web site: SISISKY, Norman . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 11, 2023 .
79. Web site: OLIN, James R. . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 11, 2023 .
80. Web site: BOUCHER, Frederick C. . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 11, 2023 .
81. Web site: CHANDLER, Rodney Dennis . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 11, 2023 .
82. Web site: MOLLOHAN, Alan Bowlby . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 11, 2023 .
83. Web site: STAGGERS, Harley Orrin, Jr. . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 11, 2023 .
84. Web site: WISE, Robert Ellsworth, Jr. . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 11, 2023 .
85. Web site: MOODY, Jim . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 11, 2023 .
86. Web site: GRAMM, William Philip (Phil) . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 11, 2023 .
87. Web site: ACKERMAN, Gary Leonard . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 11, 2023 .
88. Web site: SCHAEFER, Daniel . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 11, 2023 .
89. Web site: BURTON, Sala Galante . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 11, 2023 .
90. Web site: HAYES, Charles Arthur . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 11, 2023 .
91. Web site: DARDEN, George (Buddy) . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 11, 2023 .
92. Web site: KLECZKA, Gerald Daniel . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 11, 2023 .
93. Web site: PERKINS, Carl Christopher . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 11, 2023 .
94. Web site: SAXTON, Hugh James . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . January 11, 2023 .