List of new members of the 100th United States Congress

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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

Took office January 3, 1987

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State	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^[b] Alabama Senate	1934	^[1]
Arizona	John McCain (R)	8th (96th overall)	No Open seat; replaced Barry Goldwater (R)	U.S. House of Representatives^[c] 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^[d] 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^[e] 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^[f]	1944	^[6]
Maryland	Barbara Mikulski (D)	4th (92nd overall)	Yes Open seat; replaced Charles Mathias (R)	U.S. House of Representatives^[g] 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^[h] 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^[i] 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^[j] 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

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^[k]	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^[l]	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]

Notes

[a]
Shelby joined the Republican Party in November 1994, during the 103rd Congress.
[b]
Elected in the 96th Congress, serving from 1979 to 1987 in the Alabama's 7th congressional district.
[c]
Elected in the 98th Congress, serving from 1983 to 1987 in the Arizona's 1st congressional district.
[d]
Elected in the 94th Congress, serving from 1975 to 1987 in the Colorado's 2nd congressional district.
[e]
Elected in the 95th Congress, serving from 1977 to 1987 in the Georgia's 5th congressional district.
[f]
Elected in the 92nd Congress, serving from 1972 to 1987 in the Louisiana's 7th congressional district.
[g]
Elected in the 95th Congress, serving from 1977 to 1987 in the Maryland's 3rd congressional district.
[h]
Elected in the 98th Congress, serving from 1983 to 1987 in the Nevada's 1st congressional district.
[i]
Elected in the 95th Congress, serving in the South Dakota's 1st congressional district from 1979 to 1983, and in the South Dakota's at-large congressional district from 1983 to 1987.
[j]
Elected in the 89th Congress, serving from 1965 to 1977 in the Washington's 7th congressional district.
[k]
Previously elected to the 98th Congress, serving from 1983 to 1985.
[l]
Previously elected to the 93rd Congress, serving from 1973 to 1975.

References

[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]
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[18]
"KONNYU, Ernest Leslie". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
[19]
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[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.

Preceded by

New members of the 99th Congress

New members of the 100th Congress
1987–1989

Succeeded by

New members of the 101st Congress

List of new members of the 100th United States Congress

Senate

Took office January 3, 1987

Took office during the 100th Congress

House of Representatives

Took office January 3, 1987

Took office during the 100th Congress

See also

Notes

References

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