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The 97th United States Congress began on January 3, 1981. There were 15 new senators (two Democrats, 13 Republicans) and 73 new representatives (21 Democrats, 52 Republicans), as well as two new delegates (both Democrats), 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 97th Congress before it ended on January 3, 1983.

Senate

Took office January 3, 1981

State Image Senator Seniority Switched party Prior background Birth year Ref
Alaska Frank Murkowski (R) 15th
(100th overall) 		Yes
Replaced Mike Gravel (D), who lost renomination 		Alaska Commissioner of Economic Development
U.S. Coast Guard 		1933 [1]
Connecticut Chris Dodd (D) 4th
(89th overall) 		No
Open seat; replaced Abraham Ribicoff (D) 		U.S. House of Representatives [a]
U.S. Army Reserve 		1944 [2]
Georgia Mack Mattingly (R) 12th
(97th overall) 		Yes
Defeated Herman Talmadge (D) 		Chair of the Georgia Republican Party
U.S. Air Force 		1931 [3]
Idaho Steve Symms (R) 2nd
(87th overall) 		Yes
Defeated Frank Church (D) 		U.S. House of Representatives [b]
U.S. Marine Corps First Lieutenant 		1938 [4]
Illinois Alan J. Dixon (D) 10th
(95th overall) 		No
Open seat; replaced Adlai Stevenson III (D) 		Illinois Secretary of State
Illinois Treasurer
Illinois Senate
Illinois House of Representatives
U.S. Navy 		1927 [5]
Indiana Dan Quayle (R) 6th
(91st overall) 		Yes
Defeated Birch Bayh (D) 		U.S. House of Representatives [c]
U.S. Army Sergeant 		1947 [6]
Iowa Chuck Grassley (R) 5th
(90th overall) 		Yes
Defeated John Culver (D) 		U.S. House of Representatives [d]
Iowa House of Representatives 		1933 [7]
New York Al D'Amato (R) 8th
(93rd overall) 		No
Replaced Jacob Javits (R), who lost renomination [e] 		Nassau County Board of Supervisors
Hempstead Presiding Supervisor 		1937 [8]
North Carolina John Porter East (R) 11th
(96th overall) 		Yes
Defeated Robert Burren Morgan (D) 		Professor 1931 [9]
North Dakota Mark Andrews (R) 1st
(86th overall) 		No
Open seat; replaced Milton Young (R) 		U.S. House of Representatives [f] 1926 [10]
Oklahoma Don Nickles (R) 14th
(99th overall) 		No
Open seat; replaced Henry Bellmon (R) 		Oklahoma Senate
Oklahoma National Guard 		1948 [11]
Pennsylvania Arlen Specter (R) 9th
(94th overall) 		No [g]
Open seat; replaced Richard Schweiker (R) 		District Attorney of Philadelphia
Assistant counsel to the Warren Commission
U.S. Air Force First Lieutenant 		1930 [12]
South Dakota James Abdnor (R) 3rd
(88th overall) 		Yes
Defeated George McGovern (D) 		U.S. House of Representatives [h]
Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota
South Dakota Senate
U.S. Army 		1923 [13]
Washington Slade Gorton (R) 13th
(98th overall) 		Yes
Defeated Warren Magnuson (D) 		Attorney General of Washington
Washington House of Representatives
U.S. Air Force Reserve Colonel 		1928 [14]
Wisconsin Bob Kasten (R) 7th
(92nd overall) 		Yes
Defeated Gaylord Nelson (D) 		U.S. House of Representatives [i]
Wisconsin Senate
Wisconsin Air National Guard 		1942 [15]

Took office during the 97th Congress

State Image Senator Took office Switched party Prior background Birth year Ref
New Jersey Nicholas F. Brady (R) April 12, 1982 Yes
Appointed; replaced Harrison A. Williams (D) 		Businessman 1930 [16]
New Jersey Frank Lautenberg (D) December 27, 1982 Yes
Open seat; replaced Nicholas F. Brady (R) 		Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
U.S. Army Technician 		1924 [17]

House of Representatives

Took office January 3, 1981

District Representative Switched party Prior background Birth year Ref
Alabama 6 Albert L. Smith Jr. (R) No Insurance agent 1931 [18]
California 1 Eugene A. Chappie (R) Yes State Assemblyman 1920 [19]
California 11 Tom Lantos (D) Yes Professor 1928 [20]
California 21 Bobbi Fiedler (R) Yes Education official 1937 [21]
California 31 Mervyn Dymally (D) No Lieutenant Governor of California 1926 [22]
California 35 David Dreier (R) Yes Philanthropist 1952 [23]
California 41 Bill Lowery (R) No City Councilor 1947 [24]
California 42 Duncan L. Hunter (R) Yes U.S. Army First Lieutenant 1948 [25]
Colorado 4 Hank Brown (R) No State Senator 1940 [26]
Connecticut 2 Sam Gejdenson (D) No State Representative 1948 [27]
Connecticut 3 Lawrence J. DeNardis (R) Yes State Senator 1938 [28]
Florida 5 Bill McCollum (R) No County Party Chair 1944 [29]
Florida 12 Clay Shaw (R) Yes Mayor of Fort Lauderdale 1939 [30]
Georgia 2 Charles Floyd Hatcher (D) No State Representative 1939 [31]
Idaho 1 Larry Craig (R) No State Senator 1945 [32]
Illinois 1 Harold Washington (D) No State Senator 1922 [33]
Illinois 2 Gus Savage (D) No Journalist 1925 [34]
Illinois 16 Lynn Morley Martin (R) No State Senator 1939 [35]
Indiana 3 John P. Hiler (R) Yes Marketing director 1953 [36]
Indiana 4 Dan Coats (R) No Congressional staffer 1943 [37]
Iowa 3 T. Cooper Evans (R) No State Representative 1924 [38]
Kansas 1 Pat Roberts (R) No Congressional staffer 1936 [39]
Kentucky 5 Hal Rogers (R) No Commonwealth Attorney 1937 [40]
Louisiana 4 Buddy Roemer (D) No Banker 1943 [41]
Maryland 1 Roy Dyson (D) Yes State Delegate 1948 [42]
Massachusetts 4 Barney Frank (D) No State Representative 1940 [43]
Michigan 6 James Whitney Dunn (R) Yes Businessman 1943 [44]
Michigan 14 Dennis Hertel (D) No Lawyer 1948 [45]
Minnesota 6 Vin Weber (R) Yes Newspaper publisher 1952 [46]
Missouri 8 Wendell Bailey (R) Yes State Representative 1940 [47]
Missouri 10 Bill Emerson (R) Yes Consultant 1938 [48]
Nebraska 2 Hal Daub (R) Yes Lawyer 1941 [49]
New Hampshire 2 Judd Gregg (R) No Executive Councilor 1947 [50]
New Jersey 4 Chris Smith (R) Yes Nonprofit executive 1953 [51]
New Jersey 7 Marge Roukema (R) Yes School Board Member 1929 [52]
New Jersey 15 Bernard J. Dwyer (D) No State Senator 1921 [53]
New Mexico 2 Joe Skeen (R) Yes State Party Chair 1927 [54]
New York 3 Gregory W. Carman (R) Yes Town Councilor 1937 [55]
New York 5 Raymond J. McGrath (R) No State Assemblyman 1942 [56]
New York 6 John LeBoutillier (R) Yes Campaign coordinator 1953 [57]
New York 16 Chuck Schumer (D) No State Assemblyman 1950 [58]
New York 17 Guy Molinari (R) Yes State Assemblyman 1928 [59]
New York 30 David O'Brien Martin (R) No State Assemblyman 1944 [60]
New York 32 George C. Wortley (R) Yes Business executive 1926 [61]
North Carolina 6 Walter E. Johnston III (R) Yes Lawyer 1936 [62]
North Carolina 11 Bill Hendon (R) Yes Businessman 1944 [63]
North Dakota at-large Byron Dorgan (D–NPL) Yes North Dakota Tax Commissioner 1942 [64]
Ohio 6 Bob McEwen (R) No State Representative 1950 [65]
Ohio 9 Ed Weber (R) Yes Law professor 1931 [66]
Ohio 12 Bob Shamansky (D) Yes Lawyer 1927 [67]
Ohio 22 Dennis E. Eckart (D) No State Representative 1950 [68]
Oklahoma 4 Dave McCurdy (D) No Assistant Attorney General of Oklahoma 1950 [69]
Oregon 2 Denny Smith (R) Yes Flight engineer 1938 [70]
Oregon 3 Ron Wyden (D) No Gerontology professor 1949 [71]
Pennsylvania 1 Thomas M. Foglietta (D) No City Councillor 1928 [72]
Pennsylvania 8 James K. Coyne III (R) Yes Business executive 1946 [73]
Pennsylvania 11 James Nelligan (R) Yes Federal government official 1929 [74]
Pennsylvania 14 William J. Coyne (D) No City Councillor 1936 [75]
Rhode Island 2 Claudine Schneider (R) Yes Director of the CLF 1947 [76]
South Carolina 1 Thomas F. Hartnett (R) Yes State Senator 1941 [77]
South Carolina 6 John Light Napier (R) Yes Congressional staffer 1947 [78]
South Dakota 2 Clint Roberts (R) No State Senator 1935 [79]
Texas 4 Ralph Hall (D) No State Senator 1923 [80]
Texas 8 Jack Fields (R) Yes Lawyer 1952 [81]
Texas 14 Bill Patman (D) No State Senator 1927 [82]
Utah 1 Jim Hansen (R) Yes State House Speaker 1932 [83]
Virginia 3 Thomas J. Bliley Jr. (R) Yes Mayor of Richmond 1932 [84]
Virginia 8 Stanford Parris (R) Yes U.S. Representative [j] 1929 [85]
Virginia 10 Frank Wolf (R) Yes U.S. DOI official 1939 [86]
Washington 4 Sid Morrison (R) Yes State Senator 1933 [87]
West Virginia 2 Cleve Benedict (R) Yes State Party Chair 1935 [88]
West Virginia 3 Mick Staton (R) Yes Banker 1940 [89]
Wisconsin 3 Steve Gunderson (R) Yes State Assemblyman 1951 [90]

Non-voting delegates

District Delegate Switched party Prior background Birth year Ref
American Samoa at-large Fofō Iosefa Fiti Sunia (D) New seat Territorial Senator 1937 [91]
U.S. Virgin Islands at-large Ron de Lugo (D) Yes U.S. Delegate [k] 1930 [92]

Took office during the 97th Congress

District Representative Took office Switched party Prior background Birth year Ref
Michigan 4 Mark D. Siljander (R) April 21, 1981 No State Representative 1951 [93]
Maryland 5 Steny Hoyer (D) May 19, 1981 No State Senate President 1939 [94]
Ohio 4 Mike Oxley (R) June 25, 1981 No State Representative 1944 [95]
Mississippi 4 Wayne Dowdy (D) July 7, 1981 Yes Mayor of McComb 1943 [96]
Pennsylvania 3 Joseph F. Smith (D) July 21, 1981 No State Senator 1920 [97]
Connecticut 1 Barbara B. Kennelly (D) January 12, 1982 No Connecticut Secretary of State 1936 [98]
Ohio 17 Jean Spencer Ashbrook (R) June 29, 1982 No None 1934 [99]
California 30 Matthew G. Martínez (D) July 13, 1982 No State Assemblyman 1929 [100]
Indiana 1 Katie Hall (D) November 2, 1982 No State Senator 1938 [101]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Elected to the 94th Congress, serving from 1975 to 1981 in Connecticut's 2nd district.
  2. ^ Elected to the 93rd Congress, serving from 1973 to 1981 in Idaho's 1st district.
  3. ^ Elected to the 95th Congress, serving from 1977 to 1981 in Indiana's 4th district.
  4. ^ Elected to the 94th Congress, serving from 1975 to 1981 in Iowa's 3rd district.
  5. ^ Javits ran in the general election as nominee of the Liberal Party and was subsequently defeated by D'Amato.
  6. ^ Elected to the 88th Congress, serving from 1963 to 1981 in North Dakota's at-large district.
  7. ^ Specter joined the Democratic Party in April 2009, during the 111th Congress.
  8. ^ Elected to the 93rd Congress, serving from 1973 to 1981 in South Dakota's 2nd district.
  9. ^ Elected to the 94th Congress, serving from 1975 to 1981 in Wisconsin's 9th district.
  10. ^ Previously elected to the 93rd Congress, serving from 1973 to 1975.
  11. ^ Previously elected to the 93rd Congress, serving from 1973 to 1979.

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