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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 Dennis DeConcini (D) 8th
(97th overall) 		Yes
Open seat; replaced Paul Fannin (R) 		Pima County Attorney
U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps 		1937 [1]
Hawaii Spark Matsunaga (D) 1st
(90th overall) 		Yes
Open seat; replaced Hiram Fong (R) 		U.S. House of Representatives[a]
Hawaii Territorial Legislature
U.S. Army Captain 		1916 [2]
Indiana Richard Lugar (R) 6th
(95th overall) 		Yes
Defeated Vance Hartke (D) 		Mayor of Indianapolis
U.S. Navy Lieutenant 		1932 [3]
Maryland Paul Sarbanes (D) 4th
(93rd overall) 		Yes
Defeated J. Glenn Beall Jr. (R) 		U.S. House of Representatives[b]
Maryland House of Delegates 		1933 [4]
Montana John Melcher (D) 2nd
(91st overall) 		No
Open seat; replaced Mike Mansfield (D) 		U.S. House of Representatives[c]
U.S. Army 		1924 [5]
New Mexico Harrison Schmitt (R) 10th
(99th overall) 		Yes
Defeated Joseph Montoya (D) 		NASA astronaut
Geologist 		1935 [6]
New York Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D) 5th
(94th overall) 		Yes
Defeated James L. Buckley (R) 		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 John Heinz (R) 3rd
(92nd overall) 		No
Open seat; replaced Hugh Scott (R) 		U.S. House of Representatives[d]
Air Force Reserve Command 		1938 [8]
Tennessee Jim Sasser (D) 7th
(96th overall) 		Yes
Defeated Bill Brock (R) 		Lawyer
U.S. Marine Corps Reserve 		1936 [9]
Utah Orrin Hatch (R) 9th
(98th overall) 		Yes
Defeated Frank Moss (D) 		Lawyer 1934 [10]
Wyoming Malcolm Wallop (R) 11th
(100th overall) 		Yes
Defeated Gale W. McGee (D) 		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 Kaneaster Hodges Jr. (D) December 10, 1977 No
Appointed; replaced John L. McClellan (D) 		Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
Newport City Attorney 		1938 [12]
Montana Paul G. Hatfield (D) January 22, 1978 No
Appointed; replaced Lee Metcalf (D) 		Montana Supreme Court
Montana District Court Judge 		1928 [13]
Minnesota Muriel Humphrey (DFL) January 25, 1978 No
Appointed; replaced Hubert Humphrey (DFL) 		Second Lady of the United States
First Lady of Minneapolis 		1912 [14]
Alabama Maryon Pittman Allen (D) June 8, 1978 No
Appointed; replaced James Allen (D) 		Journalist 1925 [15]
Minnesota David Durenberger (R) November 8, 1978 Yes
Open seat; replaced Muriel Humphrey (DFL) 		Lawyer
U.S. Army 		1934 [16]
Alabama Donald Stewart (D) November 8, 1978 No
Replaced Maryon Pittman Allen (D), who lost nomination 		Alabama Senate
Alabama House of Representatives
U.S. Magistrate Judge
U.S. Army 		1940 [17]
Montana Max Baucus (D) December 15, 1978 No
Replaced Paul G. Hatfield (D), who lost nomination 		U.S. House of Representatives[e]
Montana House of Representatives 		1941 [18]
Kansas Nancy Kassebaum (R) December 23, 1978 No
Open seat; replaced James B. Pearson (R) 		Radio station executive 1932 [19]
Mississippi Thad Cochran (R) December 27, 1978 Yes
Open seat; replaced James Eastland (D) 		U.S. House of Representatives[f]
U.S. Navy Ensign 		1937 [20]
Minnesota Rudy Boschwitz (R) December 30, 1978 Yes
Defeated Wendell R. Anderson (DFL) 		Retail businessman
U.S. Army Signal Corps 		1930 [21]
Wyoming Alan Simpson (R) January 1, 1979 No
Open seat; replaced Clifford Hansen (R) 		Wyoming House of Representatives
U.S. Army Second Lieutenant 		1931 [22]
Virginia John Warner (R) January 2, 1979 No
Open seat; replaced William L. Scott (R) 		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
Alabama 5 Ronnie Flippo (D) No State Senator 1937 [24]
Arizona 3 Bob Stump (D) Yes[g] State Senator 1927 [25]
Arizona 4 Eldon Rudd (R) No County Supervisor 1920 [26]
Arkansas 2 Jim Guy Tucker (D) No Arkansas Attorney General 1943 [27]
California 16 Leon Panetta (D) Yes Office for Civil Rights Director 1938 [28]
California 23 Anthony Beilenson (D) No State Senator 1932 [29]
California 27 Bob Dornan (R) No Actor 1933 [30]
California 40 Robert Badham (R) No State Assemblyman 1929 [31]
Delaware at-large Thomas B. Evans Jr. (R) No RNC Co-chair 1931 [32]
Florida 8 Andy Ireland (D) No[h] Banker 1930 [33]
Georgia 8 Billy Lee Evans (D) No State Representative 1941 [34]
Georgia 9 Ed Jenkins (D) No Assistant U.S. Attorney 1933 [35]
Georgia 10 Doug Barnard Jr. (D) No GDOT board member 1922 [36]
Hawaii 1 Cecil Heftel (D) No Radio broadcaster 1924 [37]
Hawaii 2 Daniel Akaka (D) No DHEW official 1924 [38]
Illinois 15 Tom Corcoran (R) Yes Legislative staffer 1939 [39]
Indiana 1 Adam Benjamin Jr. (D) No State Senator 1935 [40]
Indiana 4 Dan Quayle (R) Yes Lawyer 1947 [41]
Indiana 8 David L. Cornwell (D) No U.S. Army 1945 [42]
Iowa 1 Jim Leach (R) Yes U.S. Foreign Service officer 1942 [43]
Kansas 4 Dan Glickman (D) Yes School Board Member 1944 [44]
Louisiana 1 Richard A. Tonry (D) No State Representative 1935 [45]
Louisiana 5 Jerry Huckaby (D) No Management executive 1941 [46]
Maryland 3 Barbara Mikulski (D) No City Councillor 1936 [47]
Maryland 8 Newton Steers (R) No State Senator 1917 [48]
Michigan 2 Carl Pursell (R) No State Senator 1932 [49]
Michigan 4 David Stockman (R) No Congressional staffer 1946 [50]
Michigan 5 Harold S. Sawyer (R) Yes Prosecutor 1920 [51]
Michigan 7 Dale Kildee (D) No State Senator 1929 [52]
Michigan 12 David Bonior (D) No State Representative 1945 [53]
Minnesota 4 Bruce Vento (DFL) No State Representative 1940 [54]
Missouri 2 Robert A. Young (D) No State Senator 1923 [55]
Missouri 3 Dick Gephardt (D) No Alderman 1941 [56]
Missouri 4 Ike Skelton (D) No State Senator 1931 [57]
Missouri 9 Harold Volkmer (D) No State Representative 1931 [58]
Montana 2 Ron Marlenee (R) Yes Rancher 1935 [59]
Nebraska 2 John Joseph Cavanaugh III (D) Yes State Senator 1945 [60]
New Jersey 9 Harold C. Hollenbeck (R) Yes State Senator 1938 [61]
New Jersey 14 Joseph A. LeFante (D) No State Assemblyman 1928 [62]
New York 20 Ted Weiss (D) No City Councillor 1927 [63]
New York 23 Bruce F. Caputo (R) No State Assemblyman 1943 [64]
North Carolina 3 Charles Orville Whitley (D) No Congressional staffer 1927 [65]
North Carolina 11 V. Lamar Gudger (D) No State Senator 1919 [66]
Ohio 2 Tom Luken (D) Yes U.S. Representative[i] 1925 [67]
Ohio 13 Don Pease (D) Yes State Senator 1931 [68]
Ohio 18 Douglas Applegate (D) No State Senator 1928 [69]
Ohio 20 Mary Rose Oakar (D) No City Councillor 1940 [70]
Oklahoma 3 Wes Watkins (D) No State Senator 1938 [71]
Oklahoma 5 Mickey Edwards (R) No Professor 1937 [72]
Pennsylvania 3 Raymond Lederer (D) No State Representative 1938 [73]
Pennsylvania 8 Peter H. Kostmayer (D) Yes Press secretary 1946 [74]
Pennsylvania 16 Bob Walker (R) No Congressional staffer 1942 [75]
Pennsylvania 17 Allen E. Ertel (D) Yes District Attorney 1937 [76]
Pennsylvania 18 Doug Walgren (D) Yes Corporate attorney 1940 [77]
Pennsylvania 22 Austin Murphy (D) No State Senator 1927 [78]
Pennsylvania 23 Joseph S. Ammerman (D) Yes State Senator 1924 [79]
Pennsylvania 24 Marc L. Marks (R) Yes County Solicitor 1927 [80]
Tennessee 4 Al Gore (D) No Investigative reporter 1948 [81]
Texas 5 Jim Mattox (D) Yes State Representative 1943 [82]
Texas 22 Robert Gammage (D) Yes State Senator 1938 [83]
Utah 2 David Daniel Marriott (R) Yes Business executive 1939 [84]
Virginia 1 Paul Trible (R) Yes Commonwealth's Attorney 1946 [85]
Washington 6 Norm Dicks (D) No Legislative staffer 1940 [86]
West Virginia 4 Nick Rahall (D) No Business owner 1949 [87]

Non-voting members

District Delegate Switched party Prior background Birth year Ref
Puerto Rico at-large Baltasar Corrada del Río (NP/D) Yes/No[j] Lawyer 1935 [88]

Took office during the 95th Congress

District Representative Took office Switched party Prior background Birth year Ref
Minnesota 7 Arlan Stangeland (R) February 22, 1977 Yes State Representative 1930 [89]
Georgia 5 Wyche Fowler (D) April 6, 1977 No City Councillor 1940 [90]
Washington 7 John E. Cunningham (R) May 17, 1977 Yes State Senator 1931 [91]
Louisiana 1 Bob Livingston (R) August 27, 1977 Yes Assistant U.S. Attorney 1943 [92]
New York 18 Bill Green (R) February 14, 1978 Yes U.S. DHUD official 1929 [93]
New York 21 Robert Garcia (D) February 21, 1978 No State Senator 1933 [94]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Elected to the 88th Congress, serving from 1963 to 1971 in Hawaii's at-large district and from 1971 to 1977 in Hawaii's 1st district.
  2. ^ Elected to the 92nd Congress, serving from 1971 to 1973 in Maryland's 4th district and from 1973 to 1977 in Maryland's 3rd district.
  3. ^ Elected to the 91st Congress, serving from 1969 to 1977 in Montana's 2nd district.
  4. ^ Elected to the 92nd Congress, serving from 1971 to 1977 in Pennsylvania's 18th district.
  5. ^ Elected to the 94th Congress, serving from 1975 to 1978 in Montana's 1st district.
  6. ^ Elected to the 93rd Congress, serving from 1973 to 1978 in Mississippi's 4th district.
  7. ^ Stump joined the Republican Party in January 1983, at the start of the 98th Congress.
  8. ^ Ireland joined the Republican Party in July 1984, during the 98th Congress.
  9. ^ Previously elected to the 93rd Congress, serving from 1974 to 1975 in the 1st district.
  10. ^ The previous delegate, Jaime Benítez Rexach, was registered as Popular Democratic/Democratic.

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  90. ^ "FOWLER, Wyche, Jr". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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Preceded by New members of the 95th Congress
1977–1979 		Succeeded by
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