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Congress Profile: The Backgrounds and Groups Among Members of Congress
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The information below is from the Congressional Deskbook 6th Edition (§§ 5.12 - 5.23, § 6.01, and § 10.81).

This page is kept up-to-date by the authors of the Congressional Deskbook, Judy Schneider and Michael Koempel.

  • § 5.12  Membership Changes, Current Congress

  • § 5.13  Party Switchers

  • § 5.14  Selected Characteristics of the Current Congress

  • § 5.15  Senators in the Current Congress Who Previously Served in the House of Representatives

  • § 5.16  Former Governors Serving in the Current Congress

  • § 5.17  Numbers of Former State and Local Elected Officials Serving in the Current Congress

  • § 5.18  Members of Congress Who Subsequently Served on the Supreme Court

  • § 5.19  Former Judges Serving in the Current Congress

  • § 5.20  Members of the Current Congress Who Were Congressional Pages

  • § 5.22  Members of the Current Congress Who Have Served as Congressional Staff

  • § 5.23  Vice Presidents Elected to the Senate

  • § 6.01  Legislative Process Flowchart

  • § 10.81 Selected Congressional Documents about Members of Congress

Also see 

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  • What's the deal with....

  • For a print directory of Members of Congress, see our Congressional Directory.

Also see "Representatives and Senators: Trends in Member Characteristics Since 1945," CRS Report R42365, February 17, 2012 (41-page PDF)

Legend

BD = Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
W = Wikipedia

  Membership Changes, Current Congress (Congressional Deskbook, § 5.12)

House

Kept up-to-date by the authors of the Congressional Deskbook, Judy Schneider and Michael Koempel.
State and DistrictFormer Member
and Party
Date of Death
or Resignation
New Member
and Party
Date of Swearing-in
New York, 26th District Christopher Lee (R-NY) W Resigned February 9, 2011 Kathy Hochul D-NY) W June 1, 2011
California, 36th District Jane Harman (D-CA) W Resigned February 28, 2011 Janice Hahn (D-CA) W July 12, 2011
Nevada, 2nd District Dean Heller (R-NV) W Resigned May 9, 2011 Mark Amodei (R-NV)  W September 13, 2011
New York, 9th District Anthony Weiner (D-NY) W Resigned June 21, 2011 Bob Turner (R-NY)  W September 13, 2011
Oregon, 1st District David Wu (D-OR) W Resigned August 3, 2011 Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR)  W January 31, 2012
Arizona, 8th District Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) W Resigned January 25, 2012 Ron Barber (D-AZ)  W June 19, 2012
New Jersey, 10th District Donald M. Payne (D-NJ) W Died March 6, 2012    
Washington, 1st District Jay Inslee (D-WA) W Resigned March 20, 2012    
Michigan, 11th District Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI) W Resigned July 6, 2012    
       

Senate

StateFormer Member and PartyDate of Death or ResignationNew Member and PartyDate of Swearing-in
NevadaJohn Ensign (R-NV) WResigned May 3, 2011Dean Heller (R-NV) WAppointed to fill vacancy; sworn in May 9, 2011
       
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  Party Switchers (Congressional Deskbook, § 5.13)

House

 Member and StateParty Switched To and Date  
 Rodney Alexander (R-LA) WBecame Republican August 6, 2004  
 Ralph Hall (R-TX) WBecame Republican Jan. 2, 2004  
      

Senate

 Member and StateParty Switched To and Date
 Richard Shelby (R-AL) WBecame Republican November 9, 1994
 Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) WBecame independent Democrat January 12, 2007  
      
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  Selected Characteristics of the Current Congress (Congressional Deskbook, § 5.14)

Party Alignment

See Congress by the Numbers

 

Median Age, and Oldest and Youngest Members

House

 Median AgeOldest Democratic and
Republican Members
Youngest Democratic and
Republican Members
 
 57John Dingell (D-MI) b. July 8, 1926  WJared Polis (D-CO) b. May 12, 1975  W  
   Ralph Hall (R-TX) b. May 3, 1923  WAaron Schock (R-IL) b. May 28, 1981  W  

Senate

 Median AgeOldest Democratic and Republican MembersYoungest Democratic and
Republican Members
 
 62Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) b. Jan. 23, 1924  WKirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) b. Dec. 9, 1966  W  
   Richard G. Lugar (R-IN) b. April 14, 1932  WMike Lee (R-UT) b. June 4, 1971  W  
       

Median Service, and Most Senior Members

House

 Median ServiceMost Senior Democratic MemberMost Senior Republican Member  
 Service beginning 2003John Dingell (D-MI) Dec. 13, 1955 (29 consecutive terms)  WC.W. Bill Young (R-FL) Jan. 3, 1971 (20 consecutive terms) W  

Senate

 
 Service beginning 2003Daniel K. Inouye (D-HI) Jan. 3, 1963  WRichard G. Lugar (R-IN) Jan. 4, 1977  W
Orrin Hatch (R-UT) Jan. 4, 1977  W
 
       

Members Serving from States with One Representative

 

Don Young (R-AK) W
John C. Carney (D-DE) W
Denny Rehberg (R-MT) W
Rick Berg (R-ND) W
Kristi Noem (R-SD) W
Peter Welch (D-VT) W
Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) W

 
      
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  Senators in the Current Congress Who Previously Served in the House of Representatives (Congressional Deskbook, § 5.15)
 SenatorService in HouseYear Entered Senate  
 Daniel Akaka (D-HI) W1977-19901990  
 Roy Blunt (R-MO) W1997-20112011  
 John Boozman (R-AR) W2011-20112011  
 Barbara Boxer (D-CA) W1983-19931993  
 Sherrod Brown (D-OH) W1993-20072007  
 Richard Burr (R-NC) W1995-20052005  
 Maria Cantwell (D-WA) W1993-19952001  
 Benjamin Cardin (D-MD) W1987-20072007  
 Thomas Carper (D-DE) W1983-19932001  
 Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) W1995-20032003  
 Dan Coats (R-IN) W1981-19891989 (Coats served in the Senate 1989-1999. He was not a candidate for reelection in 1989. In 2010, Coats ran again for the Senate and won, beginning his new service in 2011)
 Tom Coburn (R-OK) W1995-20012005  
 Thad Cochran (R-MS) W1973-19781978  
 Mike Crapo (R-ID) W1983-19991999  
 Jim DeMint (R-SC) W1999-20052005  
 Richard Durbin (D-IL) W1983-19971997  
 John Ensign (R-NV) W1995-19992001  
 Lindsay Graham (R-SC) W1995-20032003  
 Charles Grassley (R-IA) W1975-19811981  
 Tom Harkin (D-IA) W1975-19851985  
 Dean Heller (R-NV) W2007-20112011  
 James Inhofe (R-OK) W1987-19941994  
 Johnny Isakson (R-GA) W1999-20052005  
 Tim Johnson (D-SD) W1987-19971997  
 Mark Kirk (R-IL) W2001-20102010  
 Jon Kyl (R-AZ) W1987-19951995  
 John McCain (R-AZ) W1983-19871987  
 Robert Menendez (D-NJ) W1993-20062006  
 Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) W1977-19871987  
 Jerry Moran (R-KS) W1997-20112011  
 Bill Nelson (D-FL) W1979-19912001  
 Rob Portman (R-OH) W1993-20052011  
 Jack Reed (D-RI) W1991-19971997  
 Harry Reid (D-NV) W1983-19871987  
 Pat Roberts (R-KS) W1981-19971997  
 Bernard Sanders (S-VT) W1991-20072007  
 Charles Schumer (D-NY) W1981-19991999  
 Richard Shelby (D&R-AL) W1979-19871987  
 Olympia Snowe (R-ME) W1979-19951995  
 Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) W1997-20012001  
 John Thune (R-SD) W1997-20032005  
 Pat Toomey (R-PA) W1995-20052011  
 Mark Udall (D-CO) W1999-20092009  
 Tom Udall (D-NM) W1999-20092009  
 David Vitter (R-LA) W1999-20052005  
 Roger Wicker (R-MS) W1995-20072007  
 Ron Wyden (D-OR) W1981-19961996  
       
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  Former Governors Serving in the Current Congress (Congressional Deskbook, § 5.16)
 MemberParty and StateService as Governor  
 Sen. Lamar Alexander  WR-TN1979-1987  
 Sen. Thomas Carper  WD-DE1993-2001  
 Sen. John Hoeven  WR-ND2000-2010  
 Sen. Mike Johanns  WR-NE1999-2005  
 Sen. Joe Manchin  WD-WV2005-2010  
 Sen. Ben Nelson  WD-NE1991-1999  
 Sen. James Risch  WR-ID2006  
 Sen. John Rockefeller  WD-WV1977-1985  
 Sen. Jeanne Shaheen  WD-NH1997-2003  
 Sen. Mark Warner  WD-VA2002-2006  
       
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  Numbers of Former State and Local Elected Officials Serving in the Current Congress (Congressional Deskbook, § 5.17)
 Former Local and Regional Elected OfficialsFormer State LegislatorsFormer State Officials Elected Statewide  
House13922716  
Senate264329  
       
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  Members of Congress Who Subsequently Served on the Supreme Court (Congressional Deskbook, § 5.18)
 Served in House of Representatives and on Supreme CourtServed in Senate and on Supreme CourtServed in Both House of Representatives and Senate, and on Supreme Court  
 John Marshall  W
Joseph Story  W
Gabriel Duvall  W
John McLean  W
Henry Baldwin  W
James Wayne  W
Philip Barbour  W
Nathan Clifford  W
Mahlon Pitney  W
William Strong  W
Joseph McKenna  W
William Moody  W
Fred M. Vinson  W
William Paterson  W
Oliver Ellsworth  W
Levi Woodbury  W
Salmon P. Chase  W
Stanley Matthews  W
Howell Jackson  W
Edward D. White  W
Hugo L. Black  W
Harold Burton  W
Sherman Minton  W
David Davis (resigned from Supreme Court to serve in Senate) W
John McKinley  W
Lucius Q.C. Lamar  W
George Sutherland  W
James F. Byrnes  W
 
       
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This page kept up-to-date by the authors of the Congressional Deskbook, Judy Schneider and Michael Koempel.

  Former Judges Serving in the Current Congress (Congressional Deskbook, § 5.19)
 MemberParty and StateType of Judge  
 Sen. John Cornyn  WR-TXJustice, Texas Supreme Court
 Sen. Roger F. Wicker  WR-MSMunicipal judge
 Rep. Robert B. Aderholt  WR-ALMunicipal judge
 Rep. G. K. Butterfield  WD-NCSuperior court judge; justice, North Carolina Supreme Court
 Rep. John Carter  WR-TXMunicipal judge; district court judge
 Rep. Lloyd Doggett  WD-TXJustice, Texas Supreme Court
 Rep. John J. Duncan Jr.  WR-TNCounty criminal court judge
 Rep. Louie Gohmert  WR-TXDistrict court judge; Texas Court of Appeals, chief justice  
 Rep. Charles A. Gonzalez  WD-TXMunicipal judge; judge, county court at law; district court judge  
 Rep. Al Green  WD-TXJustice of the peace  
 Rep. Ralph M. Hall  WR-TXCounty judge  
 Rep. Alcee L. Hastings  WD-FLU.S. district court judge (impeached and removed from office in 1989)  
 Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee  WD-TXMunicipal judge  
 Rep. Hank Johnson  WD-GAMagistrate court judge  
 Rep. Gregory W. Meeks  WD-NYState workers' compensation judge  
 Rep. Ted Poe  WR-TXDistrict court judge  
 Rep. Steven R. Rothman  WD-NJSurrogate court judge  
       
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  Members of the Current Congress Who Were Congressional Pages (Congressional Deskbook, § 5.20)
 House  Senate  
 Dan Boren (D-OK) W
Jim Cooper (D-TN) W
Ander Crenshaw (R-FL) W
John D. Dingell (D-MI) W
Rush D. Holt (D-NJ) W
Ben Quayle (R-AZ) W
 Michael Bennet (D-CO) W
Mike Lee (R-UT) W
Mark Pryor (D-AR) W
Roger F. Wicker (R-MS) W
 
 See our "What's the Deal With Congressional Pages?"  
       
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  Members of the Current Congress Who Have Served as Congressional Staff (Congressional Deskbook, § 5.22)
 Current Member Staff on Which Member Served
 

Senate

 Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) WSen. Howard Baker (R-TN) W
 Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) WRep. John Burton (D-CA) W
 Sen. Dan Coats (R-IN) WRep. Dan Quayle (R-IN) W
 Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) WSen. William Cohen (R-ME) W; Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs W
 Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) WRep. Neal Smith (D-IA) W
 Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) WSen. Abraham Ribicoff (D-CT) W
 Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) WSen. Marlow Cook (R-KY) W
 Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) WCapitol Police  W
 Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS) WSen. Frank Carlson (R-KS) W; Rep. Keith Sebelius (R-KS) W
 Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) WRep. William Cohen (R-ME) W
 Sen. John Thune (R-SD) WSen. James Abdnor (R-SD) W
 Sen. Roger F. Wicker (R-MS) WRep. Trent Lott (R-MS) W; House Committee on Rules W
 House
 Rep. Jason Altmire (D-PA) WRep. Pete Peterson (D-FL) W
 Rep. Charles Bass (R-NH) WRep. William Cohen (R-ME) W; Rep. David Emery (R-ME) W
 Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) WRep. Don Sundquist (R-TN) W
 Rep. Jo Bonner (R-AL) WRep. Sonny Callahan (R-AL) W  
 Rep. Dan Boren (D-OK) WRep. Wes Watkins (D&R-OK) W  
 Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA) WRep. Victor Veysey (R-CA) W  
 Rep. Dave Camp (R-MI) WRep. Bill Schuette (R-MI) W  
 Rep. Dennis Cardoza (D-CA) WRep. Gary Condit (D-CA) W  
 Rep. William Lacy Clay, Jr. (D-MO) WHouse Doorkeeper W  
 Rep. Hansen Clark (D-MI) WRep. John Conyers (D-MI) W  
 Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) WNational Republican Congressional Committee W
 Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) WSenate Foreign Relations Committee W
 Rep. John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) WRep. John D. Dingell (D-MI) W  
 Rep. Jim Costa (D-CA) WRep. John Krebs (D-CA) W  
 Rep. Mark Critz (D-PA) WRep. John Murtha (D-PA) W  
 Rep. Peter A. DeFazio (D-OR) WRep. James Weaver (D-OR) W  
 Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT) WSen. Christopher Dodd (D-CT) W  
 Rep. Charlie Dent (R-PA) WRep. Don Ritter (R-PA) W  
 Rep. Norman D. Dicks (D-WA) WSen. Warren Magnuson (D-WA) W  
 Rep. Robert Dold (R-IL) WHouse Government Reform Committee W
 Rep. JoAnn Emerson (R-MO) WNational Republican Congressional Committee W
 Rep. Bob Filner (D-CA) WSen. Hubert Humphrey (D-MN) W; Rep. Don Fraser (D-MN) W
 Del. Eni F.H. Faleomavaega (D-AmS) WHouse Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs W
 Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) WSenate Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations W
 Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) WRep. Michael Harrington (D-MA) W  
 Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-OH) WRep. Stephanie Tubbs-Jones (D-OH) W  
 Rep. Cory Gardner (R-CO) WSen. Wayne Allard (R-CO) W  
 Rep. Chris Gibson (R-NY) W Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-CA) BD; House Defense Appropriations Committee W
 Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) WRep. M. Caldwell Butler (R-VA) W  
 Rep. Tim Griffin (R-AR) WHouse Government Reform Committee W
 Rep. Frank Guinta (R-NH) WRep. Jeb Bradley (R-NH) W  
 Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) WNational Republican Senatorial Committee W; Sen. Phil Gramm (R-TX) W
 Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA) WRep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) W  
 Rep. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) WSen. Spark Matsunaga (D-HI) W  
 Rep. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) WRep. John LaFalce (D-NY) W; Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY) W
 Rep. Rush D. Holt (D-NJ) WRep. Bob Edgar (D-PA) W  
 Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-MI) WRep. Peter Hoekstra (R-MI) W  
 Rep. Randy Hultgren (R-IL) WRep. Dennis Hastert (R-IL) W  
 Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY) WRep. Richard Ottinger (D-NY) W  
 Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX) WHouse Select Committee on Assassinations W
 Rep. Mark Kirk (R-IL) WRep. John Edward Porter (R-IL) W; House Committee on International Relations W
 Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) WRep. Ron Dellums (D-CA) W  
 Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-CA) WRep. Jerry Pettis (R-CA) W  
 Rep. Daniel Lipinski (D-IL) WRep. Rod Blagojevich (D-IL) W; Rep. Richard Gephardt (D-MO) W
 Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) WRep. Don Edwards (D-CA) W  
 Rep. Dan Lungren (R-CA) WSen. George Murphy (R-CA) W; Sen. Bill Brock (R-TN) W
 Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) WRep. Bill Thomas (R-CA) W  
 Rep. James P. McGovern (D-MA) WRep. John Moakley (D-MA) W; Sen. George McGovern (D-SD) W
 Rep. Patrick Meehan (R-PA) WSen. Arlen Specter (R&D-PA) W  
 Rep. John L. Mica (R-FL) WSen. Paula Hawkins (R-FL) W  
 Rep. James P. Moran (D-VA) WSenate Committee on Appropriations W
 Rep. Pete Olson (R-TX) WSen. Phil Gramm  (R-TX) W; Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) W
 Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV) WSen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) W  
 Rep. Jim Ramstad (R-MN) WRep. Thomas Kleppe (R-ND) W  
 Rep. Denny Rehberg (R-MT) WRep. Ron Marlenee (R-MT) W; Sen. Conrad Burns (R-MT) W
 Rep. Laura Richardson (D-CA) WRep. Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-CA) W
 Rep. David Rivera (R-FL) WSen. Connie Mack (R-FL) W  
 Rep. Tom Rooney (R-FL) WSen. Connie Mack (R-FL) W  
 Rep. Peter Roskam (R-IL) WRep. Tom DeLay (R-TX) W; Rep. Henry Hyde (R-IL) W
 Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) BD WSen. Robert Kasten (R-WI) W; Senate Committee on Small Business W; Rep. and Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS) W
 Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH) WRep. James Traficant (D-OH) W  
 Del. Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan (D-CNMI) WSen. Daniel Inouye (D-HI) W  
 Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI) WRep. J. Arthur Younger (R-CA) W  
 Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) WRep. Leo Ryan (D-CA) W  
 Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX) WRep. Tom Loeffler (R-TX) W; Rep. Larry Combest (R-TX) W
 Rep. Pat Tiberi (R-OH) WRep. John Kasich (R-OH) W  
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  Selected Congressional Documents about Members of Congress (Congressional Deskbook, § 10.81)
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  • Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (1774 - Present)

  • Black Americans in Congress

  • The Cannon Centenary Conference: The Changing Nature of the Speakership, H. Doc. 108-204, November 12, 2003

  • Guide to the Research Collections of Former Members of Congress

  • Hispanic Americans in Congress

  • A History of the United States Senate Republican Policy Committee 1947-1997, S. Doc. 105-5

  • Publications of the Senate Historical Office

  • Publications about Senate Art and Historic Spaces

  • Vice Presidents of the United States - Senate | Wikipedia

  • Women in Congress

       
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