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List of new members of the 100th United States Congress

The 100th United States Congress began on January 3, 1987. There were 12 new senators (ten Democrats, two Republicans) and 50 new representatives (27 Democrats, 23 Republicans) at the start of the first session. Additionally, one senator (a Republican) and eight representatives (five Democrats, three Republicans) took office on various dates in order to fill vacancies during the 100th Congress before it ended on January 3, 1989.

Senate

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Took office January 3, 1987

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State Image Senator Seniority Switched party Prior background Birth year Ref
Alabama   Richard Shelby (D) 6th
(94th overall) 		Yes[a]
Defeated Jeremiah Denton (R) 		U.S. House of Representatives
Alabama Senate 		1934 [1]
Arizona   John McCain (R) 8th
(96th overall) 		No
Open seat; replaced Barry Goldwater (R) 		U.S. House of Representatives
U.S. Navy Captain 		1936 [2]
Colorado   Tim Wirth (D) 3rd
(91st overall) 		No
Open seat; replaced Gary Hart (D) 		U.S. House of Representatives
U.S. Army Reserve 		1939 [3]
Florida   Bob Graham (D) 10th
(98th overall) 		Yes
Defeated Paula Hawkins (R) 		Governor of Florida
Florida Senate
Florida House of Representatives 		1936 [4]
Georgia   Wyche Fowler (D) 5th
(93rd overall) 		Yes
Defeated Mack Mattingly (R) 		U.S. House of Representatives
Atlanta City Council
U.S. Army 		1940 [5]
Louisiana   John Breaux (D) 1st
(89th overall) 		No
Open seat; replaced Russell B. Long (D) 		U.S. House of Representatives 1944 [6]
Maryland   Barbara Mikulski (D) 4th
(92nd overall) 		Yes
Open seat; replaced Charles Mathias (R) 		U.S. House of Representatives
Baltimore City Council 		1936 [7]
Missouri   Kit Bond (R) 11th
(99th overall) 		Yes
Open seat; replaced Thomas Eagleton (D) 		Governor of Missouri
State Auditor of Missouri 		1939 [8]
Nevada   Harry Reid (D) 9th
(97th overall) 		Yes
Open seat; replaced Paul Laxalt (R) 		U.S. House of Representatives
Chair of the Nevada Gaming Commission
Lieutenant Governor of Nevada
Nevada Assembly 		1939 [9]
North Dakota   Kent Conrad (D–NPL) 12th
(100th overall) 		Yes
Defeated Mark Andrews (R) 		North Dakota Tax Commissioner 1948 [10]
South Dakota   Tom Daschle (D) 7th
(95th overall) 		Yes
Defeated James Abdnor (R) 		U.S. House of Representatives
U.S. Air Force 		1947 [11]
Washington   Brock Adams (D) 2nd
(90th overall) 		Yes
Defeated Slade Gorton (R) 		U.S. Secretary of Transportation
U.S. House of Representatives
U.S. Attorney for W.D. Wash.
U.S. Navy 		1927 [12]

Took office during the 100th Congress

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State Image Senator Took office Switched party Prior background Birth year Ref
Nebraska   David Karnes (R) March 11, 1987 Yes
Appointed; replaced Edward Zorinsky (D) 		Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka 1948 [13]

House of Representatives

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Took office January 3, 1987

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District Representative Switched party Prior background Birth year Ref
Alabama 7 Claude Harris Jr. (D) No State Circuit Judge 1940 [14]
Arizona 1 John Jacob Rhodes III (R) No Lawyer 1943 [15]
Arizona 4 Jon Kyl (R) No Attorney 1942 [16]
California 2 Wally Herger (R) No State Assemblyman 1945 [17]
California 12 Ernie Konnyu (R) No State Assemblyman 1937 [18]
California 21 Elton Gallegly (R) No Mayor of Simi Valley 1944 [19]
Colorado 2 David Skaggs (D) No State Representative 1943 [20]
Colorado 3 Ben Nighthorse Campbell (D) Yes State Representative 1933 [21]
Colorado 5 Joel Hefley (R) No State Senator 1935 [22]
Florida 2 James W. Grant (D) No State Senator 1943 [23]
Georgia 5 John Lewis (D) No City Councilor 1940 [24]
Hawaii 1 Pat Saiki (R) Yes State Senator 1930 [25]
Illinois 4 Jack Davis (R) No State Representative 1935 [26]
Illinois 14 Dennis Hastert (R) No State Representative 1942 [27]
Indiana 5 Jim Jontz (D) Yes State Senator 1951 [28]
Iowa 3 David R. Nagle (D) Yes State Party Chair 1943 [29]
Iowa 6 Fred Grandy (R) Yes Actor 1948 [30]
Kentucky 4 Jim Bunning (R) No State Senator 1931 [31]
Louisiana 6 Richard Baker (R) No State Representative 1948 [32]
Louisiana 7 Jimmy Hayes (D) No Lawyer 1946 [33]
Louisiana 8 Clyde C. Holloway (R) Yes Businessman 1943 [34]
Maine 1 Joseph E. Brennan (D) Yes Governor of Maine 1934 [35]
Maryland 3 Ben Cardin (D) No State House Speaker 1943 [36]
Maryland 4 Tom McMillen (D) Yes Professional basketball player 1952 [37]
Maryland 7 Kweisi Mfume (D) No City Councilor 1948 [38]
Maryland 8 Connie Morella (R) Yes State Delegate 1931 [39]
Massachusetts 8 Joseph P. Kennedy II (D) No President of Citizens Energy Corporation 1952 [40]
Michigan 4 Fred Upton (R) No Congressional staffer 1953 [41]
Mississippi 2 Mike Espy (D) Yes Attorney 1953 [42]
Missouri 2 Jack Buechner (R) Yes State Representative 1940 [43]
Nevada 1 James Bilbray (D) No State Senator 1938 [44]
New York 1 George J. Hochbrueckner (D) Yes State Assemblyman 1938 [45]
New York 6 Floyd Flake (D) No Pastor 1945 [46]
New York 30 Louise Slaughter (D) Yes State Assemblywoman 1929 [47]
New York 34 Amo Houghton (R) Yes Business executive 1926 [48]
North Carolina 3 Martin Lancaster (D) No State Representative 1943 [49]
North Carolina 4 David Price (D) Yes Professor 1940 [50]
North Carolina 10 Cass Ballenger (R) No State Senator 1926 [51]
North Carolina 11 James M. Clarke (D) Yes U.S. Representative[b] 1917 [52]
Ohio 8 Donald "Buz" Lukens (R) No State Senator 1931 [53]
Ohio 14 Tom Sawyer (D) No Mayor of Akron 1945 [54]
Oklahoma 1 Jim Inhofe (R) Yes Mayor of Tulsa 1934 [55]
Oregon 4 Peter DeFazio (D) No County Commissioner 1947 [56]
Pennsylvania 7 Curt Weldon (R) Yes County Councilor 1947 [57]
South Carolina 1 Arthur Ravenel Jr. (R) No State Senator 1927 [58]
South Carolina 4 Liz J. Patterson (D) Yes State Senator 1939 [59]
South Dakota at-large Tim Johnson (D) No State Senator 1946 [60]
Texas 21 Lamar Smith (R) No County Commissioner 1947 [61]
Utah 2 Wayne Owens (D) Yes U.S. Representative[c] 1937 [62]
Virginia 2 Owen B. Pickett (D) Yes State Delegate 1930 [63]

Took office during the 100th Congress

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District Representative Took office Switched party Prior background Birth year Ref
California 5 Nancy Pelosi (D) June 2, 1987 No State Party Chair 1940 [64]
Connecticut 4 Chris Shays (R) August 18, 1987 No State Representative 1945 [65]
Tennessee 5 Bob Clement (D) January 19, 1988 No President of Cumberland University 1943 [66]
Louisiana 4 Jim McCrery (R) April 16, 1988 Yes Congressional staffer 1949 [67]
Virginia 5 Lewis F. Payne Jr. (D) June 14, 1988 No Business executive 1945 [68]
Illinois 21 Jerry Costello (D) August 9, 1988 No County Board Member 1949 [69]
New Jersey 3 Frank Pallone (D) November 8, 1988 No State Senator 1951 [70]
Tennessee 2 Jimmy Duncan (R) November 8, 1988 No County Court Judge 1947 [71]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Shelby joined the Republican Party in November 1994, during the 103rd Congress.
  2. ^ Previously elected to the 98th Congress, serving from 1983 to 1985.
  3. ^ Previously elected to the 93rd Congress, serving from 1973 to 1975.

References

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  1. ^ "SHELBY, Richard C." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  2. ^ "MCCAIN, John Sidney, III". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  3. ^ "WIRTH, Timothy E." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  4. ^ "GRAHAM, Daniel Robert (Bob)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  5. ^ "FOWLER, Wyche, Jr". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  6. ^ "BREAUX, John Berlinger". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  7. ^ "MIKULSKI, Barbara Ann". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  8. ^ "BOND, Christopher Samuel (Kit)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  9. ^ "REID, Harry". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  10. ^ "CONRAD, Kent". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  11. ^ "DASCHLE, Thomas Andrew". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  12. ^ "ADAMS, Brockman (Brock)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  13. ^ "KARNES, David Kemp". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  14. ^ "HARRIS, Claude, Jr". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  15. ^ "RHODES, John Jacob, III". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  16. ^ "KYL, Jon Llewellyn". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  17. ^ "HERGER, Walter William (Wally)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  18. ^ "KONNYU, Ernest Leslie". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  19. ^ "GALLEGLY, Elton W." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  20. ^ "SKAGGS, David Evans". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  21. ^ "CAMPBELL, Ben Nighthorse". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  22. ^ "HEFLEY, Joel M." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  23. ^ "GRANT, James William". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  24. ^ "LEWIS, John R." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  25. ^ "SAIKI, Patricia". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  26. ^ "DAVIS, Jack". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  27. ^ "HASTERT, John Dennis". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  28. ^ "JONTZ, James Prather". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  29. ^ "NAGLE, David Ray". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  30. ^ "GRANDY, Frederick Lawrence". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  31. ^ "BUNNING, James Paul David". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  32. ^ "BAKER, Richard Hugh". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  33. ^ "HAYES, James Allison". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  34. ^ "HOLLOWAY, Clyde Cecil". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  35. ^ "BRENNAN, Joseph Edward". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  36. ^ "CARDIN, Benjamin Louis". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  37. ^ "MCMILLEN, Charles Thomas". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  38. ^ "MFUME, Kweisi". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  39. ^ "MORELLA, Constance A." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  40. ^ "KENNEDY, Joseph Patrick, II". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  41. ^ "UPTON, Frederick Stephen". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  42. ^ "ESPY, Alphonso Michael (Mike)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  43. ^ "BUECHNER, John William (Jack)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  44. ^ "BILBRAY, James Hubert". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  45. ^ "HOCHBRUECKNER, George Joseph". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  46. ^ "FLAKE, Floyd Harold". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  47. ^ "SLAUGHTER, Louise McIntosh". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  48. ^ "HOUGHTON, Amory, Jr". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  49. ^ "LANCASTER, H. Martin". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  50. ^ "PRICE, David Eugene". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  51. ^ "BALLENGER, Cass". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  52. ^ "CLARKE, James McClure". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  53. ^ "LUKENS, Donald Edgar". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  54. ^ "SAWYER, Thomas Charles". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  55. ^ "INHOFE, James Mountain". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  56. ^ "DEFAZIO, Peter Anthony". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  57. ^ "DEFAZIO, Peter Anthony". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  58. ^ "RAVENEL, Arthur, Jr". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  59. ^ "PATTERSON, Elizabeth J." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  60. ^ "JOHNSON, Timothy Peter (Tim)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  61. ^ "SMITH, Lamar Seeligson". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  62. ^ "OWENS, Douglas Wayne". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  63. ^ "PICKETT, Owen Bradford". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  64. ^ "PELOSI, Nancy". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  65. ^ "SHAYS, Christopher H." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  66. ^ "CLEMENT, Robert Nelson". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  67. ^ "MCCRERY, James O., III". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  68. ^ "PAYNE, Lewis Franklin, Jr". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  69. ^ "COSTELLO, Jerry Francis". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  70. ^ "PALLONE, Frank, Jr". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  71. ^ "DUNCAN, John J., Jr". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
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