List of new members of the 95th United States Congress

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

• List of United States senators in the 95th Congress
• List of members of the United States House of Representatives in the 95th Congress by seniority

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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Preceded by New members of the 94th Congress	New members of the 95th Congress 1977–1979	Succeeded by New members of the 96th Congress