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The 102nd United States Congress began on January 3, 1991. There were three new senators (one Democrat, two Republicans) and 43 new representatives (24 Democrats, 18 Republicans, one independent), as well as one new delegate (a Democrat) at the start of the first session. Additionally, six senators (five Democrats, one Republican) and nine representatives (five Democrats, four Republicans) took office on various dates in order to fill vacancies during the 102nd Congress before it ended on January 3, 1993.

Senate

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Took office January 3, 1991

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State Image Senator Seniority Switched party Prior background Birth year Ref
Colorado Hank Brown (R) 1st
(98th overall) 		No
Open seat; replaced William L. Armstrong (R) 		U.S. House of Representatives[a]
Colorado Senate 		1940 [1]
Idaho Larry Craig (R) 2nd
(99th overall) 		No
Open seat; replaced James A. McClure (R) 		U.S. House of Representatives[b]
Idaho Senate 		1945 [2]
Minnesota Paul Wellstone (DFL) 3rd
(100th overall) 		Yes
Defeated Rudy Boschwitz (R) 		Academic 1944 [3]

Took office during the 102nd Congress

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State Image Senator Took office Switched party Prior background Birth year Ref
California John Seymour (R) January 10, 1991 No
Appointed; replaced Pete Wilson (R) 		California State Senate
Mayor of Anaheim 		1937 [4]
Pennsylvania Harris Wofford (D) May 9, 1991 Yes
Appointed; replaced John Heinz (R) 		Pennsylvania Secretary of Labor
Pennsylvania Democratic Party Chair 		1926 [5]
North Dakota Jocelyn Burdick (D–NPL) September 16, 1992 No
Appointed; replaced Quentin Burdick (D–NPL) 		Radio announcer 1922 [6]
California Dianne Feinstein (D) November 10, 1992 Yes
Defeated John Seymour (R) 		Mayor of San Francisco
San Francisco Board of Supervisors 		1933 [7]
North Dakota Byron Dorgan (D–NPL) December 15, 1992 No
Open seat; replaced Kent Conrad (D–NPL)[c] 		U.S. House of Representatives[d]
North Dakota Tax Commissioner 		1942 [8]
Tennessee Harlan Mathews (D) January 2, 1993 No
Appointed; replaced Al Gore (D) 		Tennessee State Treasurer 1927 [9]

House of Representatives

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Took office January 3, 1991

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District Representative Switched party Prior background Birth year Ref
Alabama 5 Robert E. Cramer (D) No District Attorney 1947 [10]
Arkansas 2 Ray Thornton (D) Yes U.S. Representative[e] 1928 [11]
California 1 Frank Riggs (R) Yes Real estate executive 1950 [12]
California 14 John Doolittle (R) No State Senator 1950 [13]
California 17 Cal Dooley (D) Yes Rancher 1954 [14]
California 29 Maxine Waters (D) No State Assemblywoman 1938 [15]
California 44 Duke Cunningham (R) Yes Navy Commander 1941 [16]
Colorado 4 Wayne Allard (R) No State Senator 1943 [17]
Connecticut 3 Rosa DeLauro (D) No Chief of staff 1943 [18]
Connecticut 5 Gary Franks (R) No Alderman 1953 [19]
Florida 2 Pete Peterson (D) Yes Contractor 1935 [20]
Florida 11 Jim Bacchus (D) No Attorney 1949 [21]
Hawaii 1 Neil Abercrombie (D) Yes U.S. Representative[f] 1938 [22]
Idaho 1 Larry LaRocco (D) Yes Broker 1946 [23]
Illinois 16 John W. Cox Jr. (D) Yes State Attorney 1947 [24]
Indiana 3 Tim Roemer (D) Yes Congressional staffer 1956 [25]
Iowa 2 Jim Nussle (R) No District Attorney 1960 [26]
Kansas 5 Dick Nichols (R) No Banker 1926 [27]
Louisiana 2 William J. Jefferson (D) No State Senator 1947 [28]
Maine 1 Thomas Andrews (D) No State Senator 1953 [29]
Maryland 1 Wayne Gilchrest (R) Yes Educator 1946 [30]
Michigan 10 Dave Camp (R) No State Representative 1953 [31]
Michigan 13 Barbara-Rose Collins (D) No City Councilor 1939 [32]
Minnesota 3 Jim Ramstad (R) No State Senator 1946 [33]
Minnesota 7 Collin Peterson (DFL) Yes State Senator 1944 [34]
Missouri 2 Joan Kelly Horn (D) Yes Real estate developer 1936 [35]
Nebraska 3 Bill Barrett (R) No State Senator 1929 [36]
New Hampshire 1 Bill Zeliff (R) No Businessman 1936 [37]
New Hampshire 2 Richard Swett (D) Yes Architect 1957 [38]
New Jersey 12 Dick Zimmer (R) No State Senator 1944 [39]
North Carolina 11 Charles H. Taylor (R) Yes State Senator 1941 [40]
Ohio 1 Charlie Luken (D) No City Councilor 1951 [41]
Ohio 7 Dave Hobson (R) No State Senator 1936 [42]
Ohio 8 John Boehner (R) No State Representative 1949 [43]
Oklahoma 3 William K. Brewster (D) No State Representative 1941 [44]
Oregon 5 Michael J. Kopetski (D) Yes State Representative 1949 [45]
Pennsylvania 18 Rick Santorum (R) Yes Lawyer 1958 [46]
Rhode Island 2 Jack Reed (D) Yes State Senator 1949 [47]
Texas 11 Chet Edwards (D) No State Senator 1951 [48]
Utah 3 Bill Orton (D) Yes Lawyer 1948 [49]
Vermont at-large Bernie Sanders (I) Yes Mayor of Burlington 1941 [50]
Virginia 8 Jim Moran (D) Yes Mayor of Alexandria 1945 [51]
Wisconsin 2 Scott L. Klug (R) Yes Journalist 1953 [52]

Non-voting delegates

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District Delegate Switched party Prior background Birth year Ref
District of Columbia at-large Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) No Chair of the EEOC 1937 [53]

Took office during the 102nd Congress

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District Representative Took office Switched party Prior background Birth year Ref
Texas 3 Sam Johnson (R) May 8, 1991 No State Representative 1930 [54]
Massachusetts 1 John Olver (D) June 18, 1991 Yes State Senator 1936 [55]
Illinois 15 Thomas W. Ewing (R) July 2, 1991 No State Representative 1935 [56]
Arizona 2 Ed Pastor (D) October 3, 1991 No County Supervisor 1943 [57]
Pennsylvania 2 Lucien Blackwell (D) November 5, 1991 No City Councilor 1931 [58]
Virginia 7 George Allen (R) November 5, 1991 No State Delegate 1952 [59]
New York 17 Jerry Nadler (D) November 3, 1992 No State Assemblyman 1947 [60]
North Carolina 1 Eva Clayton (D) November 3, 1992 No County Commissioner 1934 [61]

Non-voting delegates

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District Delegate Took office Switched party Prior background Birth year Ref
Puerto Rico at-large Antonio Colorado (PD/D) March 4, 1992 No Secretary of State of Puerto Rico 1939 [62]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Elected to the 97th Congress, serving from 1981 to 1991 in Colorado's 4th district.
  2. ^ Elected to the 97th Congress, serving from 1981 to 1991 in Idaho's 1st district.
  3. ^ Conrad had planned to retire at the end of this Congress and initially not to run for re-election; however, he subsequently decided to run in the Class I seat for the special election to succeed appointee Jocelyn Burdick. He then won to succeed her and retained his seniority.
  4. ^ Elected to the 97th Congress, serving from 1981 to 1992 in North Dakota's at-large district.
  5. ^ Previously elected to the 93rd Congress, serving from 1973 to 1979 in the 4th district.
  6. ^ Previously elected to the 99th Congress, serving from 1986 to 1987.

References

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  1. ^ "BROWN, George Hanks (Hank)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  2. ^ "CRAIG, Larry Edwin". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  3. ^ "WELLSTONE, Paul David". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  4. ^ "SEYMOUR, John". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  5. ^ "WOFFORD, Harris". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  6. ^ "BURDICK, Jocelyn Birch". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  7. ^ "FEINSTEIN, Dianne". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  8. ^ "DORGAN, Byron Leslie". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  9. ^ "MATHEWS, Harlan". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  10. ^ "CRAMER, Robert E. (Bud), Jr". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  11. ^ "THORNTON, Raymond Hoyt (Ray), Jr". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  12. ^ "RIGGS, Frank D." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  13. ^ "DOOLITTLE, John Taylor". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  14. ^ "DOOLEY, Calvin M." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  15. ^ "WATERS, Maxine". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  16. ^ "CUNNINGHAM, Randall (Duke)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  17. ^ "ALLARD, A. Wayne". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  18. ^ "DELAURO, Rosa L." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  19. ^ "FRANKS, Gary A." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  20. ^ "PETERSON, Douglas Brian (Pete)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  21. ^ "BACCHUS, James". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  22. ^ "ABERCROMBIE, Neil". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  23. ^ "LAROCCO, Larry". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  24. ^ "COX, John W., Jr". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  25. ^ "ROEMER, Timothy John". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  26. ^ "NUSSLE, James Allen". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  27. ^ "NICHOLS, Richard". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  28. ^ "JEFFERSON, William Jennings". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  29. ^ "ANDREWS, Thomas Hiram". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  30. ^ "GILCHREST, Wayne Thomas". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  31. ^ "CAMP, David Lee". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  32. ^ "COLLINS, Barbara-Rose". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  33. ^ "RAMSTAD, James (Jim)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  34. ^ "PETERSON, Collin Clark". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  35. ^ "HORN, Joan Kelly". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  36. ^ "BARRETT, William E." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  37. ^ "ZELIFF, William H., Jr". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  38. ^ "SWETT, Richard". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  39. ^ "ZIMMER, Richard". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  40. ^ "TAYLOR, Charles Hart". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  41. ^ "LUKEN, Charles J." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  42. ^ "HOBSON, David Lee". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  43. ^ "BOEHNER, John Andrew". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  44. ^ "BREWSTER, William K." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  45. ^ "KOPETSKI, Michael J." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  46. ^ "SANTORUM, Richard John (Rick)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  47. ^ "REED, John F. (Jack)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  48. ^ "EDWARDS, Thomas Chester (Chet)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  49. ^ "ORTON, William". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  50. ^ "SANDERS, Bernard". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  51. ^ "MORAN, James P." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  52. ^ "KLUG, Scott L." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  53. ^ "NORTON, Eleanor Holmes". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  54. ^ "JOHNSON, Sam". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  55. ^ "OLVER, John Walter". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  56. ^ "EWING, Thomas W." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  57. ^ "PASTOR, Ed". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  58. ^ "BLACKWELL, Lucien Edward". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  59. ^ "ALLEN, George". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  60. ^ "NADLER, Jerrold Lewis". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  61. ^ "CLAYTON, Eva M." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  62. ^ "COLORADO, Antonio J." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
Preceded by New members of the 102nd Congress
1991–1993 		Succeeded by
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