Current members of the United States Congress

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The 110th United States Congress consists of 540 elected officials from fifty states, four territories, and the District of Columbia. It is the current federal legislature of the United States of America, continuing an unbroken chain dating back to the first congress in 1789. Its lower house, the House of Representatives, has 435 members and five non-voting delegates, and its upper house, the Senate, has 100 members.

Demographics

In the Senate, there are 16 women, the highest amount in history. There are also 13 Jews, three Hispanics (Mel Martinez, R-FL; Bob Menendez, D-NJ; Ken Salazar, D-CO) two Asian Americans (Daniel Akaka, D-HI; Daniel Inouye, D-HI), one Arab American (John Sununu, R-NH), and one African American (Barack Obama, D-IL). The average age of Senators in 2007 is 62 years. The oldest Senator in 2007 is President pro tempore Robert Byrd (90), and the youngest is John E. Sununu (43).

The 110th Congress includes the most religiously diverse House in history, including the first Muslim, (Keith Ellison), the first Buddhists (Mazie Hirono and Hank Johnson), and thirty Jews. There are 42 African Americans (including two non-voting delegates) and 74 female representatives. There are also 27 Hispanics, three Asian Americans, and one Native American.

Religious demographics

At present the top six denominations in the Congress are Roman Catholic (28.8%), Baptist (14.1%), Methodist (11.4%) Presbyterian (9.7%), Episcopalian (7.9%) and Jewish (6.9%). The first Jew in the House was Lewis Charles Levin, elected in 1844. The first Jew in the Senate was David Levy Yulee, elected in 1845. Catholics have been in Congress from the beginning. Charles Carroll was in the Continental Congress and was in the Senate in 1789. Daniel Carroll of Maryland and Thomas Fitzsimons of Pennsylvania were Catholics in the first House of Representatives. Gabriel Richard became the first Catholic priest in Congress in 1823. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, allegedly a Scientologist, has been in Congress since 1989. Dalip Singh Saund, elected in 1956, was the first, and so far only, Sikh in Congress. Keith Ellison is the only Muslim to be a current member of the United States Congress. Mazie Hirono and Hank Johnson became the first two Buddhists to be elected to the United States Congress on November 7, 2006, although Mazie Hirono is not a practicing Buddhist. There are eleven Latter-day Saints (Mormons) in the House of Representatives (including one delegate) and five LDS Senators: Senators Robert Foster Bennett (R-UT), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Harry Reid (D-NV, the Majority Leader), and Gordon Smith (R-OR). As of a statement in March 2007, Rep. Pete Stark is the only known atheist in Congress.

Gender

and Women in the United States House of Representatives As of 2007, 83.7% of Congress is male and 16.3% is female. The global average for female representation at the parliamentary level in 2007 was 17.0%.

Jeannette Rankin was the first woman elected to Congress, in 1916. Women could not vote or be elected in most of the United States until the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified in 1920. Rebecca Felton was the first woman to become a Senator in 1922, serving for a brief two-day period when she was appointed to fill a vacancy left by Georgia Senator Thomas E. Watson. The first woman to win a race for Senate was Hattie Caraway, who won a special election in January 1932 to fulfill her late husband's Senate term of office. Caraway subsequently won the scheduled November 1932 election, eventually serving two more full terms.

In the 109th United States Congress, there were 70 women serving the U.S. House and 14 in the U.S. Senate, which was the highest number of women to hold Congressional office in the United States at one time. Those numbers went up in the 110th Congress, with 74 women in the House and 16 in the Senate.

Sexual Orientation

There are two openly gay members of Congress. There is one openly gay man in the House (Barney Frank) and one openly lesbian woman (Tammy Baldwin).

Occupational background

Senators come from a variety of occupational backgrounds. Fifty-six hold degrees in the law, of whom forty-nine actually practiced law. Nineteen are career politicians, having pursued no other career for any significant period of time. A number come from various business backgrounds and seven have MBAs. There are four doctors serving in the Senate: two M.D.'s and two veterinarians. There are two career military members (both Navy). The remaining senators held positions ranging from blacksmith to social worker.

Race/ethnicity

The Senate is 1% African American and the House is approximately 9.2% African American..

Representation of Hispanics is somewhat complex. Hispanics represent over 14% of the U.S. population, while the Senate is 3% Hispanic and the House is approximately 5% Hispanic. Considering that Hispanics make up only 4% of American voters, Hispanic political incorporation has been relatively high compared with previous immigrant groups. The Congressional Hispanic Caucus has 21 members. Joseph Marion Hernández, a Cuban American, was the first Hispanic in Congress. He was a Whig Party territorial representative for Florida in 1823. The first to represent a state was Romualdo Pacheco, who represented California in 1877. In 1929, Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo became the first Hispanic to be elected to the United States Senate. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, a Cuban American first elected in 1989, was the first Hispanic woman in Congress.

Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders also have a high level of political incorporation in terms of their actual voting population. But, as a result this group's historically low voting rates, overall political incorporation of the general population is relatively low. Although the population of this group has increased in size by 600% in 30 years due to immigration, heavy naturalization and voter outreach efforts have provided this primarily foreign-born community with less than 1% of voters but 1.25% of congressional population. However, since they represent 4.4% of the total population in the United States, this 1.25% still represents less than one-third of the total Asian American and Pacific Islander population. There are four Asian Americans or Pacific Islanders in the House and two in the Senate. Dalip Singh Saund was the first South Asian American in Congress. Hiram Fong, who served three decades in the Senate, remains the sole Chinese American member to have ever served in the U.S. Senate. Daniel Inouye was the first Japanese American in the House and later the first in Senate. Patsy Mink was the first Asian American woman in Congress.

In addition, Jewish Americans (13% in the Senate) have a level of political incorporation greater than their voting population would suggest (2% of the population).

Compared with the primarily European American, African American, Latino, and Asian/Pacific American communities, American Indians, comprising 0.8% of the population, are under-represented, leaving Tom Cole as the only registered American Indian currently in the House. Indian Americans (Indians of Asian descent, making up 1% of the population) were similarly under-represented in the 110th congress and that number has declined to 0% with the resignation of Bobby Jindal.

Currently there is one foreign-born U.S. Senator, Mel Martinez of Florida, who was born in Cuba. There are eight current representatives who were born overseas — three from Cuba and one each from Mexico, Japan, Taiwan, the Netherlands, and Hungary — who in total comprise 1.8% of the House. This figure does not include three members who were born overseas to U.S. citizen parents.

Sources

Elections

Elections for all House seats and 33 Senate seats were held on November 7, 2006 across the country. Following 12 years under Republican control, the Democratic Party became the majority in both houses, regaining control of the House for the first time since 1994 and the Senate for the first time since 2002.

Senate

Affiliation Members Note
Democratic Party 49
Republican Party 49
Independent Democrat 1 Joe Lieberman caucuses with the Democrats.
Independent 1 Bernie Sanders caucuses with the Democrats.
Total 100

Leadership

Majority leadership
Office Officer State Since
Senate Majority Leader
Democratic Conference Chairman
Harry Reid Nevada 2006
Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin Illinois 2007
Democratic Policy Committee Chairman Byron Dorgan North Dakota 1999
Democratic Conference Secretary Patty Murray Washington 2007
Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman
and Vice-Chairman of the Democratic Conference
Chuck Schumer New York 2005
Minority leadership
Office Officer State Since
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell Kentucky 2007
Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl Arizona 2007
Republican Conference Chairman Lamar Alexander Tennessee 2007
Republican Policy Committee Chairman Kay Bailey Hutchison Texas 2007
Republican Conference Secretary John Cornyn Texas 2007
Republican Campaign Committee Chairman John Ensign Nevada 2007

Members

Class End of Term
1 2013
2 2009
3 2011

Class State Name Party Religion Prior Experience Education First took
office
Born
3 Alabama Shelby, Richard Republican Methodist U.S. House (AL-7) University of Alabama 1987 1934
2 Alabama Sessions, Jeff Republican Methodist State Attorney General Huntingdon College, Alabama 1997 1946
2 Alaska Stevens, Ted Republican Episcopalian military, attorney, State House of Representatives UCLA, Harvard 1968 1923
3 Alaska Murkowski, Lisa Republican Roman Catholic State House of Representatives Georgetown, Willamette 2002 1957
3 Arizona McCain, John Republican Baptist military, U.S. House (AZ-1) U.S. Naval Academy 1987 1936
1 Arizona Kyl, Jon Republican Presbyterian attorney, U.S. House (AZ-4) Arizona 1995 1942
3 Arkansas Lincoln, Blanche Democratic Episcopalian U.S. House (AR-1) Randolph-Macon Women's College, Arkansas 1999 1960
2 Arkansas Pryor, Mark Democratic Christian Arkansas House of Representatives, State Attorney General Arkansas 2003 1963
1 California Feinstein, Dianne Democratic Jewish Mayor of San Francisco Stanford University 1992 1933
3 California Boxer, Barbara Democratic Jewish Marin County Board of Supervisors, U.S. House (CA-6) Brooklyn College 1993 1940
2 Colorado Allard, Wayne Republican Protestant U.S. House (CO-4) Colorado State 1997 1943
3 Colorado Salazar, Ken Democratic Roman Catholic State Attorney General Colorado College, Michigan 2005 1955
3 Connecticut Dodd, Chris Democratic Roman Catholic U.S. House (CT-2) Providence, Louisville 1981 1944
1 Connecticut Lieberman, Joe Independent Democratic Jewish State Attorney General Yale 1989 1942
2 Delaware Biden, Joe Democratic Roman Catholic New Castle County Council Delaware, Syracuse 1973 1942
1 Delaware Carper, Tom Democratic Presbyterian Governor; U.S. House (DE-At Large);Delaware State Treasurer Ohio State, Delaware 2001 1947
1 Florida Nelson, Bill Democratic Episcopalian State Treasurer Yale, Virginia 2001 1942
3 Florida Martinez, Mel Republican Roman Catholic U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Florida State 2005 1946
2 Georgia Chambliss, Saxby Republican Episcopalian U.S. House (GA-8) Georgia, Tennessee 2003 1943
3 Georgia Isakson, Johnny Republican Methodist U.S. House (GA-6) Georgia 2005 1944
3 Hawaii Inouye, Daniel Democratic Methodist U.S. House (HI-At Large) Hawaii, George Washington 1963 1924
1 Hawaii Akaka, Daniel Democratic Congregationalist U.S. House (HI-2) Hawaii 1991 1924
2 Idaho Craig, Larry Republican Methodist U.S. House (ID-1) Idaho 1991 1945
3 Idaho Crapo, Mike Republican LDS U.S. House (ID-2) Harvard 1999 1951
2 Illinois Durbin, Dick Democratic Roman Catholic U.S. House (IL-20) Georgetown 1997 1944
3 Illinois Obama, Barack Democratic UCC State Senate Columbia, Harvard 2005 1961
1 Indiana Lugar, Dick Republican Methodist Mayor of Indianapolis Denison, Oxford 1977 1932
3 Indiana Bayh, Evan Democratic Episcopalian Indiana Secretary of State, Governor Indiana University, Virginia 1999 1955
3 Iowa Grassley, Chuck Republican Baptist U.S. House (IA-3) Northern Iowa 1981 1933
2 Iowa Harkin, Tom Democratic Roman Catholic U.S. House (IA-5) Iowa State, Catholic 1985 1939
3 Kansas Brownback, Sam Republican Roman Catholic U.S. House (KS-2) Kansas State, Kansas 1996 1956
2 Kansas Roberts, Pat Republican Methodist U.S. House (KS-1) Kansas State 1997 1936
2 Kentucky McConnell, Mitch Republican Baptist Jefferson County Executive Louisville, Kentucky 1985 1942
3 Kentucky Bunning, Jim Republican Roman Catholic U.S. House (KY-4) Xavier 1999 1931
2 Louisiana Landrieu, Mary Democratic Roman Catholic State Treasurer Louisiana State 1997 1955
3 Louisiana Vitter, David Republican Roman Catholic U.S. House (LA-1) Harvard, Oxford, Tulane 2005 1961
1 Maine Snowe, Olympia Republican Eastern Orthodox Maine House of Representives;Maine Senate; U.S. House (ME-2) Maine 1995 1947
2 Maine Collins, Susan Republican Roman Catholic Deputy State Treasurer St. Lawrence 1997 1952
3 Maryland Mikulski, Barbara Democratic Roman Catholic U.S. House (MD-3) Mount Saint Agnes, Maryland 1987 1936
1 Maryland Cardin, Ben Democratic Jewish U.S. House (MD-3) Pittsburgh, Maryland 2007 1943
1 Massachusetts Kennedy, Ted Democratic Roman Catholic lawyer Harvard, Virginia 1962 1932
2 Massachusetts Kerry, John Democratic Roman Catholic Lieutenant Governor Yale, Boston College 1985 1943
2 Michigan Levin, Carl Democratic Jewish Detroit City Council Swarthmore, Harvard 1979 1934
1 Michigan Stabenow, Debbie Democratic United Methodist U.S. House (MI-8) Michigan State 2001 1950
2 Minnesota Coleman, Norm Republican Jewish Mayor of St. Paul Hofstra, Iowa 2003 1949
1 Minnesota Klobuchar, Amy Democratic-Farmer-Labor Congregationalist Hennepin County Attorney Yale, Chicago 2007 1960
2 Mississippi Cochran, Thad Republican Baptist U.S. House (MS-4) Mississippi 1979 1937
1 Mississippi Wicker, Roger Republican Southern Baptist U.S. House (MS-1) Mississippi 2007 1951
3 Missouri Bond, Kit Republican Presbyterian Governor Princeton, Virginia 1987 1939
1 Missouri McCaskill, Claire Democratic Roman Catholic State Auditor; Missouri House of Representatives;Jackson County Prosecutor Missouri 2007 1953
2 Montana Baucus, Max Democratic UCC U.S. House (MT-1) Stanford 1979 1941
1 Montana Tester, Jon Democratic Church of God State Senator Great Falls 2007 1956
2 Nebraska Hagel, Chuck Republican Episcopalian electronics executive, investment banker Nebraska-Omaha 1997 1946
1 Nebraska Nelson, Ben Democratic Methodist Governor University of Nebraska 2001 1941
3 Nevada Reid, Harry Democratic LDS U.S. House (NV-1) Southern Utah, Utah State, George Washington 1987 1939
1 Nevada Ensign, John Republican International Church of the Foursquare Gospel U.S. House (NV-1) UNLV, Oregon State, Colorado 2001 1958
3 New Hampshire Gregg, Judd Republican Congregationalist Governor Columbia, Boston University 1993 1947
2 New Hampshire Sununu, John E. Republican Roman Catholic U.S. House (NH-1) MIT, Harvard 2003 1964
2 New Jersey Lautenberg, Frank Democratic Jewish U.S. Senate, Class 1 Columbia 2003 1924
1 New Jersey Menendez, Bob Democratic Roman Catholic U.S. House (NJ-13) St. Peter's College, Rutgers 2006 1954
2 New Mexico Domenici, Pete Republican Roman Catholic Albuquerque City Commission Chairman New Mexico, Denver 1973 1932
1 New Mexico Bingaman, Jeff Democratic Methodist State Attorney General Harvard, Stanford 1983 1943
3 New York Schumer, Chuck Democratic Jewish U.S. House (NY-9) Harvard 1999 1950
1 New York Clinton, Hillary Rodham Democratic Methodist First Lady Wellesley, Yale 2001 1947
2 North Carolina Dole, Elizabeth Republican Methodist Secretary of Labor, President of the American Red Cross Duke, Harvard 2003 1936
3 North Carolina Burr, Richard Republican Methodist U.S. House (NC-5) Wake Forest 2005 1955
1 North Dakota Conrad, Kent Democratic Unitarian Universalist State Tax Commissioner Stanford, George Washington 1987 1948
3 North Dakota Dorgan, Byron Democratic Lutheran U.S. House (ND-At Large) North Dakota, Denver 1993 1942
3 Ohio Voinovich, George Republican Roman Catholic Governor Ohio, Ohio State 1999 1936
1 Ohio Brown, Sherrod Democratic Lutheran U.S. House (OH-13) Yale, Ohio State 2007 1952
2 Oklahoma Inhofe, Jim Republican Presbyterian U.S. House (OK-1) Tulsa 1995 1934
3 Oklahoma Coburn, Tom Republican Baptist U.S. House (OK-2) Oklahoma State, Oklahoma 2005 1948
3 Oregon Wyden, Ron Democratic Jewish U.S. House (OR-3) Stanford, Oregon 1997 1949
2 Oregon Smith, Gordon Republican LDS State Senate President Brigham Young, Southwestern 1997 1952
3 Pennsylvania Specter, Arlen Republican Jewish Philadelphia District Attorney Pennsylvania, Yale 1981 1930
1 Pennsylvania Casey, Bob, Jr. Democratic Roman Catholic State Treasurer Holy Cross, Catholic 2007 1960
2 Rhode Island Reed, Jack Democratic Roman Catholic U.S. House (RI-2) United States Military Academy, Harvard 1997 1949
1 Rhode Island Whitehouse, Sheldon Democratic Episcopalian State Attorney General Yale, Virginia 2007 1955
2 South Carolina Graham, Lindsey Republican Southern Baptist U.S. House (SC-3) South Carolina 2003 1955
3 South Carolina DeMint, Jim Republican Presbyterian U.S. House (SC-4) Tennessee, Clemson University 2005 1951
2 South Dakota Johnson, Tim Democratic Lutheran U.S. House (SD-At Large) South Dakota 1997 1946
3 South Dakota Thune, John Republican Evangelical Christian U.S. House (SD-At Large) Biola, South Dakota 2005 1961
2 Tennessee Alexander, Lamar Republican Presbyterian U.S. Secretary of Education Vanderbilt, New York University 2003 1940
1 Tennessee Corker, Bob Republican Presbyterian Mayor of Chattanooga Tennessee 2007 1952
1 Texas Hutchison, Kay Bailey Republican Episcopalian State Treasurer Texas 1993 1943
2 Texas Cornyn, John Republican Church of Christ State Attorney General Trinity University, St. Mary's University, Virginia 2003 1952
1 Utah Hatch, Orrin Republican LDS attorney Brigham Young, Pittsburgh 1977 1934
3 Utah Bennett, Robert Republican LDS businessman Utah 1993 1933
3 Vermont Leahy, Patrick Democratic Roman Catholic Chittenden County State's Attorney St. Michael's College, Georgetown 1975 1940
1 Vermont Sanders, Bernie Independent Jewish US Rep (VT-At Large) Brooklyn, Chicago 2007 1941
2 Virginia Warner, John Republican Episcopalian U.S. Secretary of the Navy Washington and Lee, Virginia 1979 1927
1 Virginia Webb, Jim Democratic Protestant Secretary of the Navy U.S. Naval Academy, Southern California, Georgetown 2007 1946
3 Washington Murray, Patty Democratic Roman Catholic State Senate Washington State 1993 1950
1 Washington Cantwell, Maria Democratic Roman Catholic U.S. House (WA-1) Miami University 2001 1958
1 West Virginia Byrd, Robert Democratic Baptist U.S. House (WV-6) American 1959 1917
2 West Virginia Rockefeller, Jay Democratic Presbyterian Governor Harvard 1985 1937
1 Wisconsin Kohl, Herb Democratic Jewish State Democratic Party chairman Wisconsin, Harvard 1989 1935
3 Wisconsin Feingold, Russ Democratic Jewish State Senate Wisconsin, Oxford, Harvard 1993 1953
2 Wyoming Enzi, Mike Republican Presbyterian State Senate George Washington, Denver 1997 1944
1 Wyoming Barrasso, John Republican Presbyterian State Senate Georgetown 2007 1952

House of Representatives

Overview

Affiliation Members Voting
share
Delegates and
Resident
Commissioner
Democratic Party 233 53.6% 4 Republican Party 198 45.5% 1
Total 431 (4 vacancies)

Region Democrats Republicans Total States as defined in the US Census
New England 21 1 22 CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT
Mid-Atlantic 47 23 70 DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA
Midwest 34 34 68 MI, IL, IN, OH, WI
Great Plains 16 15 31 IA, KS, MN, MO, ND, NE, SD
South Atlantic 29 42 71 FL, GA, NC, SC, VA, WV
South Central 30 38 68 AL, AR, KY, LA, MS, OK, TN, TX
Mountain 11 17 28 AZ, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, UT, WY
Pacific 45 24 69 AK, CA, HI, OR, WA
Total 233 198 431

Partisan mix of the House by state
State ranked in partisan order Percentage
Democrats
Percentage
Republicans
Democratic/
Republican
Democratic
seat plurality
Massachusetts 100% 0% 10/0 10
Hawaii 100% 0% 2/0 2
Maine 100% 0% 2/0 2
New Hampshire 100% 0% 2/0 2
Rhode Island 100% 0% 2/0 2
North Dakota 100% 0% 1/0 1
South Dakota 100% 0% 1/0 1
Vermont 100% 0% 1/0 1
Connecticut 80% 20% 4/1 3
Oregon 80% 20% 4/1 3
New York 79% 21% 23/6 17
Maryland 75% 25% 6/2 4
Arkansas 75% 25% 3/1 2
Washington 67% 33% 6/3 3
West Virginia 67% 33% 2/1 1
California 64% 36% 34/19 15
Minnesota 63% 38% 5/3 2
Wisconsin 63% 38% 5/3 2
Iowa 60% 40% 3/2 1
Pennsylvania 58% 42% 11/8 3
Colorado 57% 43% 4/3 1
Indiana 56% 44% 5/4 1
Tennessee 56% 44% 5/4 1
New Jersey 54% 46% 7/6 1
North Carolina 54% 46% 7/6 1
United States 54% 46% 233/202 31
Illinois 53% 47% 10/9 1
Arizona 50% 50% 4/4 0
Kansas 50% 50% 2/2 0
Mississippi 50% 50% 2/2 0
Georgia 46% 54% 6/7 -1
Missouri 44% 56% 4/5 -1
Texas 41% 59% 13/19 -5
Michigan 40% 60% 6/9 -3
Ohio 39% 61% 7/11 -4
Florida 36% 64% 9/16 -7
Nevada 33% 67% 1/2 -1
New Mexico 33% 67% 1/2 -1
Utah 33% 67% 1/2 -1
Kentucky 33% 67% 2/4 -2
South Carolina 33% 67% 2/4 -2
Alabama 29% 71% 2/5 -3
Louisiana 29% 71% 2/5 -3
Virginia 27% 73% 3/8 -5
Oklahoma 20% 80% 1/4 -3
Alaska 0% 100% 0/1 -1
Delaware 0% 100% 0/1 -1
Montana 0% 100% 0/1 -1
Wyoming 0% 100% 0/1 -1
Idaho 0% 100% 0/2 -2
Nebraska 0% 100% 0/3 -3
State ranked in partisan order Percentage
Democrats
Percentage
Republicans
Democratic/
Republican
Democratic
seat plurality

Voting members by state

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District Name Party Religion Prior Experience Education Assumed Office Born In
Bonner, Jo Republican Episcopalian congressional aide Alabama 2003 1959
Everett, Terry Republican Baptist journalist, newspaper publisher Enterprise State Junior College (attended) 1993 1937
Rogers, Mike Republican Baptist Calhoun County Commissioner, State House of Representatives Jacksonville State, Birmingham School of Law 2003 1958
Aderholt, Robert Republican Congregationalist Haleyville Municipal Judge Birmingham-Southern, Samford, Cumberland School of Law 1997 1965
Cramer, Bud Democratic Methodist Madison County District Attorney Alabama 1991 1947
Bachus, Spencer Republican Baptist state Republican Party chairman Auburn, Alabama 1993 1947
Davis, Artur Democratic Lutheran Assistant U.S. Attorney Harvard 2003 1967
Young, Don Republican Episcopalian State Senate, ship captain, mayor of Fort Yukon California State University, Chico 1973* 1933
Renzi, Rick Republican Roman Catholic insurance executive Northern Arizona, Catholic 2003 1958
Franks, Trent Republican Baptist non-profit program manager, policy consultant Ottawa (attended) 2003 1957
Shadegg, John Republican Episcopalian lawyer Arizona 1995 1949
Pastor, Ed Democratic Roman Catholic Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, Teacher Arizona State, Arizona 1991* 1943
Mitchell, Harry Democratic Roman Catholic Mayor of Tempe, State Senate Arizona State 2007 1947
Flake, Jeff Republican LDS non-profit program manager Brigham Young 2001 1962
Grijalva, Raúl Democratic Roman Catholic Pima County Board of Supervisors Arizona 2003 1948
Giffords, Gabrielle Democratic Jewish State Senate Scripps, Cornell 2007 1970
Berry, Marion Democratic Methodist pharmacist, farmer Arkansas 1997 1942
Snyder, Vic Democratic Methodist physician, State Senate Willamette, Oregon, Arkansas 1997 1947
Boozman, John Republican Baptist optometrist Southern College of Optometry, Arkansas 2001 1950
Ross, Mike Democratic Methodist financial executive, State Senate Arkansas 2001 1961
Thompson, Mike Democratic Roman Catholic military, State Senate Chico State 1999 1951
Herger, Wally Republican LDS State Assembly California State University, Sacramento (attended) 1987 1945
Lungren, Dan Republican Roman Catholic State Attorney General Norte Dame, Georgetown 2005 1946
Doolittle, John Republican LDS State Senate University of California at Santa Cruz, McGeorge School of Law 1991 1950
Matsui, Doris Democratic Methodist law firm director University of California, Berkeley 2005* 1944
Woolsey, Lynn Democratic Presbyterian Petaluma City Council member,Teacher University of Washington, University of San Francisco 1993 1937
Miller, George Democratic Roman Catholic State Senate San Francisco State University, University of California, Davis 1975 1945
Pelosi, Nancy Democratic Roman Catholic San Francisco Board of Supervisors Trinity Washington University 1987 1940
Lee, Barbara Democratic Baptist State Senate Mills College, University of California, Berkeley 1998* 1946
Tauscher, Ellen Democratic Roman Catholic investment banker Seton Hall University 1997 1951
McNerney, Jerry Democratic Roman Catholic engineering executive University of New Mexico 2007 1951
Vacant
Stark, Pete Democratic Atheist Banking executive Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of California, Berkeley 1973 1931
Eshoo, Anna Democratic Roman Catholic San Mateo County Board of Supervisors Cañada College, Menlo College 1993 1942
Honda, Mike Democratic Protestant State Assembly San Jose State University 2001 1941
Lofgren, Zoe Democratic Christian Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors Stanford University, Santa Clara University 1995 1947
Farr, Sam Democratic Episcopalian State Assembly Willamette University, Santa Clara University, Monterey Institute of International Studies 1993 1941
Cardoza, Dennis Democratic Roman Catholic State Assembly University of Maryland, College Park 2003 1959
Radanovich, George Republican Roman Catholic Mariposa County Board of Supervisors California Polytechnic State University 1995 1955
Costa, Jim Democratic Roman Catholic State Assembly Fresno State University 2005 1952
Nunes, Devin Republican Roman Catholic Director of Rural Development with the United States Department of Agriculture College of the Sequoias, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo 2003 1973
McCarthy, Kevin Republican Baptist State Assembly California State University, Bakersfield 2007 1965
Capps, Lois Democratic Lutheran nurse, teacher Pacific Lutheran University, Yale University, University of California, Santa Barbara 1998* 1938
Gallegly, Elton Republican Protestant Simi Valley City Council Member Huntington Park High School 1987 1944
McKeon, Howard Republican LDS Santa Clarita City Council Member Brigham Young University 1993 1938