List of new members of the 92nd United States Congress

The 92nd United States Congress began on January 3, 1971. There were eight new senators (three Democrats, four Republicans, one Conservative) and 51 new representatives (31 Democrats, 20 Republicans) at the start of the first session. Additionally, five senators (four Democrats, one Republican) and 10 representatives (four Democrats, six Republicans), as well as one new delegate (a Democrat), took office on various dates in order to fill vacancies during the 92nd Congress before it ended on January 3, 1973.

Due to redistricting in New York, two representatives were elected from newly established congressional districts.

Senate

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Took office January 3, 1971

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State Image Senator Seniority Switched party Prior background Birth year Ref
Connecticut   Lowell Weicker (R) 6th
(98th overall)
Yes
Replaced Thomas J. Dodd (D), who lost renomination[a]
U.S. House of Representatives[b]
Connecticut House of Representatives
First Selectman of Greenwich
U.S. Army Reserve
1931 [1]
Florida   Lawton Chiles (D) 8th
(100th overall)
No
Open seat; replaced Spessard Holland (D)
Florida Senate
Florida House of Representatives
U.S. Army Lieutenant
1930 [2]
Maryland   J. Glenn Beall Jr. (R) 5th
(97th overall)
Yes
Defeated Joseph Tydings (D)
U.S. House of Representatives[c]
Maryland House of Delegates
U.S. Navy
1927 [3]
Minnesota   Hubert Humphrey (DFL) 1st
(93rd overall)
No
Open seat; replaced Eugene McCarthy (DFL)
Vice President of the United States
U.S. Senate[d]
Mayor of Minneapolis
1911 [4]
New York   James L. Buckley (C) 7th
(99th overall)
Yes[e]
Defeated Charles Goodell (R)
Director of the Catawba Corp.
U.S. Navy Lieutenant
1923 [5]
Ohio   Robert Taft Jr. (R) 2nd
(94th overall)
Yes
Open seat; replaced Stephen M. Young (D)
U.S. House of Representatives[f]
Ohio House of Representatives
1917 [6]
Tennessee   Bill Brock (R) 3rd
(95th overall)
Yes
Defeated Albert Gore Sr. (D)
U.S. House of Representatives[g]
U.S. Navy
1930 [7]
Texas   Lloyd Bentsen (D) 4th
(96th overall)
No
Replaced Ralph Yarborough (D), who lost renomination
U.S. House of Representatives[h]
Hidalgo County Judge
U.S. Air Force Colonel
1921 [8]

Took office during the 92nd Congress

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State Image Senator Took office Switched party Prior background Birth year Ref
Georgia   David H. Gambrell (D) February 1, 1971 No
Appointed; replaced Richard Russell Jr. (D)
Chair of the Democratic Party of Georgia
Director of the NLADA
U.S. Army Reserve
1929 [9]
Vermont   Robert Stafford (R) September 16, 1971 No
Appointed; replaced Winston L. Prouty (R)
U.S. House of Representatives[i]
Governor of Vermont
Lieutenant Governor of Vermont
Vermont Attorney General
U.S. Navy Reserve Captain
1913 [10]
Louisiana   Elaine Edwards (D) August 1, 1972 No
Appointed; replaced Allen J. Ellender (D)
First Lady of Louisiana 1929 [11]
Georgia   Sam Nunn (D) November 8, 1972 No
Replaced David H. Gambrell (D), who lost nomination
Georgia House of Representatives
U.S. Coast Guard Reserve
1938 [12]
Louisiana   J. Bennett Johnston (D) November 14, 1972 No
Open seat; replaced Elaine Edwards (D)
Louisiana State Senate
Louisiana House of Representatives
U.S. Army J.A.G. Corps
1932 [13]

House of Representatives

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Took office January 3, 1971

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District Representative Switched party Prior background Birth year Ref
Alaska at-large Nick Begich (D) Yes State Senator 1932 [14]
California 7 Ron Dellums (D) No City Councillor 1935 [15]
California 29 George E. Danielson (D) No State Senator 1915 [16]
California 38 Victor Veysey (R) Yes State Assemblyman 1915 [17]
Colorado 1 Mike McKevitt (R) Yes District Attorney 1928 [18]
Connecticut 1 William R. Cotter (D) No Insurance Commissioner 1926 [19]
Connecticut 4 Stewart McKinney (R) Yes State Representative 1931 [20]
Connecticut 6 Ella Grasso (D) Yes Secretary of the State of Connecticut 1919 [21]
Delaware at-large Pete du Pont (R) No State Representative 1935 [22]
Florida 8 Bill Young (R) No State Senator 1930 [23]
Georgia 2 Dawson Mathis (D) No News director 1940 [24]
Illinois 1 Ralph Metcalfe (D) No City Councillor 1910 [25]
Illinois 3 Morgan F. Murphy (D) No Lawyer 1932 [26]
Indiana 4 J. Edward Roush (D) Yes U.S. Representative[j] 1920 [27]
Indiana 5 Elwood Hillis (R) No State Representative 1926 [28]
Kansas 2 William R. Roy (D) Yes Physician 1926 [29]
Kentucky 3 Romano Mazzoli (D) Yes State Senator 1932 [30]
Maryland 4 Paul Sarbanes (D) No State Delegate 1933 [31]
Maryland 6 Goodloe Byron (D) Yes State Senator 1929 [32]
Maryland 7 Parren Mitchell (D) No Activist 1922 [33]
Massachusetts 3 Robert Drinan (D) No Priest 1920 [34]
Massachusetts 9 Louise Day Hicks (D) No City Councillor 1916 [35]
Minnesota 3 Bill Frenzel (R) No State Representative 1928 [36]
Minnesota 7 Robert Bergland (DFL) Yes USDA official 1928 [37]
Montana 1 Richard G. Shoup (R) Yes Mayor of Missoula 1923 [38]
Nebraska 1 Charles Thone (R) No State Party Chair 1924 [39]
Nebraska 2 John Y. McCollister (R) No County Commissioner 1921 [40]
New Mexico 2 Harold L. Runnels (D) Yes State Senator 1924 [41]
New York 5 Norman F. Lent (R) Yes State Senator 1931 [42]
New York 18 Charles Rangel (D) No State Assemblyman 1930 [43]
New York 19 Bella Abzug (D) No Co-founder of WSP 1920 [44]
New York 22 Herman Badillo (D) New seat Borough President of the Bronx 1929 [45]
New York 25 Peter A. Peyser (R) Yes Mayor of Irvington 1921 [46]
New York 27 John G. Dow (D) Yes U.S. Representative[k] 1905 [47]
New York 34 John H. Terry (R) New seat State Assemblyman 1924 [48]
New York 39 Jack Kemp (R) Yes Professional football player 1935 [49]
North Dakota 2 Arthur A. Link (D–NPL) Yes State House Speaker 1914 [50]
Ohio 1 William J. Keating (R) No City Councillor 1927 [51]
Ohio 14 John F. Seiberling (D) Yes Lawyer 1918 [52]
Ohio 20 James V. Stanton (D) No City Council President 1932 [53]
Ohio 24 Walter E. Powell (R) No State Senator 1931 [54]
South Carolina 2 Floyd Spence (R) No State Senator 1928 [55]
South Dakota 1 Frank E. Denholm (D) Yes Corporate counsel 1923 [56]
South Dakota 2 James Abourezk (D) Yes Lawyer 1931 [57]
Tennessee 3 LaMar Baker (R) No State Senator 1915 [58]
Texas 7 Bill Archer (R) No State Representative 1928 [59]
Utah 1 K. Gunn McKay (D) Yes State Representative 1925 [60]
Virginia 7 J. Kenneth Robinson (R) Yes State Senator 1916 [61]
Washington 4 Mike McCormack (D) Yes State Senator 1921 [62]
Wisconsin 1 Les Aspin (D) Yes Advisor to Secretary Robert McNamara 1938 [63]
Wyoming at-large Teno Roncalio (D) Yes U.S. Representative[l] 1916 [64]

Took office during the 92nd Congress

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District Representative Took office Switched party Prior background Birth year Ref
South Carolina 1 Mendel Jackson Davis (D) April 27, 1971 No Congressional staffer 1942 [65]
Maryland 1 William Oswald Mills (R) May 25, 1971 No Congressional staffer 1924 [66]
Pennsylvania 18 John Heinz (R) November 2, 1971 No Businessman 1938 [67]
Kentucky 6 William P. Curlin Jr. (D) December 4, 1971 No State Representative 1933 [68]
Vermont at-large Richard W. Mallary (R) January 7, 1972 No State Senator 1929 [69]
Alabama 3 Elizabeth B. Andrews (D) April 4, 1972 No Teacher 1911 [70]
Illinois 15 Cliffard D. Carlson (R) April 4, 1972 No Manufacturer 1915 [71]
Pennsylvania 27 William Sheldrick Conover (R) April 25, 1972 No Insurance broker 1928 [72]
Louisiana 7 John Breaux (D) September 30, 1972 No Congressional staffer 1944 [73]
Virginia 6 M. Caldwell Butler (R) November 7, 1972 No State Delegate 1925 [74]

Non-voting members

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District Delegate Took office Switched party Prior background Birth year Ref
District of Columbia at-large Walter Fauntroy (D) March 23, 1971 New seat Civil rights leader 1933 [75]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Dodd ran in the general election as an independent and was subsequently defeated by Weicker.
  2. ^ Elected to the 91st Congress, serving from 1969 to 1971 in Connecticut's 4th district.
  3. ^ Elected to the 91st Congress, serving from 1969 to 1971 in Maryland's 6th district.
  4. ^ Previously elected to the 81st Congress, serving from 1949 to 1964.
  5. ^ Buckley joined the Republican Party in 1976, during the 94th Congress.
  6. ^ Elected to the 88th Congress, serving from 1963 to 1965 in Ohio's at-large district; elected again to the 90th United States Congress, serving from 1967 to 1971 in Ohio's 1st district.
  7. ^ Elected to the 88th Congress, serving from 1963 to 1971 in Tennessee's 3rd district.
  8. ^ Elected to the 80th Congress, serving from 1948 to 1955 in Texas's 15th district.
  9. ^ Elected to the 87th Congress, serving from 1961 to 1971 in Vermont's at-large district.
  10. ^ Previously elected to the 86th Congress, serving from 1959 to 1969 in the 5th district.
  11. ^ Previously elected to the 89th Congress, serving from 1965 to 1969.
  12. ^ Previously elected to the 89th Congress, serving from 1965 to 1967.

References

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  1. ^ "WEICKER, Lowell Palmer, Jr". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  2. ^ "CHILES, Lawton Mainor, Jr". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  3. ^ "BEALL, John Glenn, Jr". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  4. ^ "HUMPHREY, Hubert Horatio, Jr". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  5. ^ "BUCKLEY, James Lane". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  6. ^ "TAFT, Robert, Jr". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  7. ^ "BROCK, William Emerson, III". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  8. ^ "BENTSEN, Lloyd Millard, Jr". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  9. ^ "GAMBRELL, David Henry". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  10. ^ "STAFFORD, Robert Theodore". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  11. ^ "EDWARDS, Elaine Schwartzenburg". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  12. ^ "NUNN, Samuel Augustus". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  13. ^ "JOHNSTON, John Bennett, Jr". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  14. ^ "BEGICH, Nicholas Joseph". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  15. ^ "DELLUMS, Ronald V." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  16. ^ "DANIELSON, George Elmore". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  17. ^ "VEYSEY, Victor Vincent". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  18. ^ "MCKEVITT, James Douglas (Mike)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  19. ^ "COTTER, William Ross". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  20. ^ "MCKINNEY, Stewart Brett". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  21. ^ "GRASSO, Ella Tambussi". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  22. ^ "DU PONT, Pierre Samuel, IV". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  23. ^ "YOUNG, Charles William (Bill)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  24. ^ "MATHIS, Marvin Dawson". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  25. ^ "METCALFE, Ralph Harold". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  26. ^ "MURPHY, Morgan Francis". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  27. ^ "ROUSH, John Edward". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  28. ^ "HILLIS, Elwood Haynes". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  29. ^ "ROY, William Robert". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  30. ^ "MAZZOLI, Romano Louis". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  31. ^ "SARBANES, Paul Spyros". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  32. ^ "BYRON, Goodloe Edgar". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  33. ^ "MITCHELL, Parren James". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  34. ^ "DRINAN, Robert Frederick". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  35. ^ "HICKS, Louise Day". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  36. ^ "FRENZEL, William Eldridge". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  37. ^ "BERGLAND, Robert Selmer". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  38. ^ "SHOUP, Richard Gardner (Dick)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  39. ^ "THONE, Charles". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  40. ^ "MCCOLLISTER, John Yetter". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  41. ^ "RUNNELS, Harold Lowell". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  42. ^ "LENT, Norman Frederick". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  43. ^ "RANGEL, Charles B." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  44. ^ "ABZUG, Bella Savitzky". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  45. ^ "BADILLO, Herman". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  46. ^ "PEYSER, Peter A." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  47. ^ "DOW, John Goodchild". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  48. ^ "TERRY, John Hart". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  49. ^ "KEMP, Jack French". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  50. ^ "LINK, Arthur Albert". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  51. ^ "KEATING, William John". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  52. ^ "SEIBERLING, John Frederick". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  53. ^ "STANTON, James Vincent". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  54. ^ "POWELL, Walter Eugene". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  55. ^ "SPENCE, Floyd Davidson". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  56. ^ "DENHOLM, Frank Edward". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  57. ^ "ABOUREZK, James George". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  58. ^ "BAKER, LaMar". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  59. ^ "ARCHER, William Reynolds, Jr". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  60. ^ "MCKAY, Koln Gunn". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  61. ^ "ROBINSON, James Kenneth". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  62. ^ "MCCORMACK, Mike". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  63. ^ "ASPIN, Leslie". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  64. ^ "RONCALIO, Teno". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  65. ^ "DAVIS, Mendel Jackson". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  66. ^ "MILLS, William Oswald". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  67. ^ "HEINZ, Henry John, III". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  68. ^ "CURLIN, William Prather, Jr". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  69. ^ "MALLARY, Richard Walker". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  70. ^ "ANDREWS, Elizabeth Bullock". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  71. ^ "CARLSON, Cliffard Dale". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  72. ^ "CONOVER, William Sheldrick, II". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  73. ^ "BREAUX, John Berlinger". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  74. ^ "BUTLER, Manley Caldwell". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  75. ^ "FAUNTROY, Walter Edward". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Preceded by New members of the 92nd Congress
1971–1973
Succeeded by