List of new members of the 90th United States Congress

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The 90th United States Congress began on January 3, 1967. There were four new senators (all Republicans) and 71 new representatives (13 Democrats, 58 Republicans) at the start of the first session. Additionally, five senators (one Democrat, four Republicans) and six representatives (four Democrats, two Republicans) took office on various dates in order to fill vacancies during the 90th Congress before it ended on January 3, 1969.

Contents

Due to redistricting in multiple states, eight representatives were elected from newly created seats.

Senate

Took office January 3, 1967

StateImageSenatorSenioritySwitched partyPrior backgroundBirth yearRef
Illinois Charles Percy.jpg Charles H. Percy (R)2nd
(97th overall)
Yes
Defeated Paul Douglas (D)
President of Bell & Howell
U.S. Navy Lieutenant
1919 [1]
Massachusetts Edward Brooke at 1968 RNC (1) (cropped2).jpg Edward Brooke (R)3rd
(98th overall)
No
Open seat; replaced Leverett Saltonstall (R)
Massachusetts Attorney General
Chair of the Boston Finance Commission
U.S. Army Captain
1919 [2]
Tennessee Howard Baker - 1967 (cropped).jpg Howard Baker (R)4th
(99th overall)
Yes
Replaced Ross Bass (D), who lost renomination
Lawyer
U.S. Navy
1925 [3]
Wyoming Sen Clifford Hansen.jpg Clifford Hansen (R)1st
(96th overall)
No
Open seat; replaced Milward Simpson (R)
Governor of Wyoming
Teton County Commissioner
University of Wyoming Board of Trustees
1912 [4]

Took office during the 90th Congress

StateImageSenatorTook officeSwitched partyPrior backgroundBirth yearRef
Oregon Mark Hatfield - 1967 (cropped) (alt).jpg Mark Hatfield (R)January 10, 1967 Yes
Open seat; replaced Maurine Neuberger (D)
Governor of Oregon
Oregon Secretary of State
U.S. Navy Lieutenant
1922 [5]
New York Senator Charles Goodell in 1968 (cropped).jpg Charles Goodell (R)September 10, 1968Yes
Appointed; replaced Robert F. Kennedy (D)
U.S. House of Representatives [lower-alpha 1]
U.S. Air Force first lieutenant
U.S. Navy seaman apprentice
1926 [6]
Kentucky Marlow Cook.jpg Marlow Cook (R)December 17, 1968 No
Open seat; replaced Thruston Ballard Morton (R)
Jefferson County Judge
Kentucky House of Representatives
U.S. Navy
1926 [7]
Alaska Ted Stevens 91st Congress 1969 (cropped).jpg Ted Stevens (R)December 24, 1968Yes
Appointed; replaced Bob Bartlett (D)
Alaska House of Representatives
U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Interior
U.S. Attorney for Alaska Territory
1923 [8]
Missouri Thomas Eagleton (3x4 crop).jpg Thomas Eagleton (D)December 28, 1968 No
Defeated Edward V. Long (D) in primary
Lieutenant Governor of Missouri
Missouri Attorney General
U.S. Navy
1929 [9]

House of Representatives

Took office January 3, 1967

DistrictRepresentativeSwitched partyPrior backgroundBirth yearRef
Alabama 4 Bill Nichols (R)Yes State Senator 1918 [10]
Alabama 7 Tom Bevill (D)Yes State Representative 1921 [11]
Alaska at-large Howard Pollock (R)Yes State Senator 1920 [12]
Arizona 3 Sam Steiger (R)Yes State Senator 1929 [13]
Arkansas 3 John Paul Hammerschmidt (R)Yes State Party Chair 1922 [14]
California 18 Bob Mathias (R)Yes Olympic decathlete1930 [15]
California 25 Charles E. Wiggins (R)YesMayor of El Monte 1927 [16]
California 33 Jerry Pettis (R)YesBusinessman1916 [17]
Colorado 2 Donald G. Brotzman (R)Yes U.S. Representative [lower-alpha 2] 1922 [18]
Connecticut 6 Thomas Meskill (R)Yes Mayor of New Britain 1928 [19]
Delaware at-large William Roth (R)Yes State Party Chair 1921 [20]
Florida 10 J. Herbert Burke (R)New seat County Commissioner 1913 [21]
Georgia 3 Jack Brinkley (D)Yes State Representative 1930 [22]
Georgia 4 Benjamin B. Blackburn (R)Yes U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander 1927 [23]
Georgia 5 Fletcher Thompson (R)Yes State Senator 1925 [24]
Georgia 8 W. S. Stuckey Jr. (D)NoBusiness executive1935 [25]
Idaho 1 Jim McClure (R)Yes State Senator 1924 [26]
Illinois 19 Tom Railsback (R)Yes State Representative 1932 [27]
Indiana 7 John T. Myers (R)New seatFarmer1927 [28]
Indiana 8 Roger H. Zion (R)YesBusinessman1921 [29]
Iowa 1 Fred Schwengel (R)Yes U.S. Representative [lower-alpha 3] 1906 [30]
Iowa 4 John Henry Kyl (R)Yes U.S. Representative [lower-alpha 4] 1919 [31]
Iowa 6 Wiley Mayne (R)YesLawyer1917 [32]
Iowa 7 William J. Scherle (R)Yes State Representative 1923 [33]
Kansas 3 Larry Winn (R)No NAHB director1919 [34]
Kentucky 3 William Cowger (R)Yes Mayor of Louisville 1922 [35]
Kentucky 4 Gene Snyder (R)Yes U.S. Representative [lower-alpha 5] 1928 [36]
Louisiana 6 John Rarick (D)NoDistrict court judge1924 [37]
Maine 1 Peter Kyros (D)YesLegal counsel1925 [38]
Maryland 8 Gilbert Gude (R)New seat State Senator 1923 [39]
Massachusetts 10 Margaret Heckler (R)No Governor's Councilor 1931 [40]
Michigan 2 Marvin L. Esch (R)Yes State Representative 1927 [41]
Michigan 3 Garry E. Brown (R)Yes State Senate Minority Leader1923 [42]
Michigan 7 Donald Riegle (R)Yes [lower-alpha 6] Businessman1938 [43]
Michigan 11 Philip Ruppe (R)Yes U.S. Navy Lieutenant 1926 [44]
Michigan 19 Jack H. McDonald (R)Yes County Commissioner 1932 [45]
Minnesota 6 John M. Zwach (R)Yes State Senate Majority Leader 1907 [46]
Mississippi 4 Sonny Montgomery (D)Yes State Senator 1920 [47]
Nebraska 1 Robert V. Denney (R)Yes State Party Chair 1916 [48]
New Hampshire 1 Louis C. Wyman (R)Yes U.S. Representative [lower-alpha 7] 1917 [49]
New Jersey 1 John E. Hunt (R)New seat State Senator 1908 [50]
New Jersey 2 Charles W. Sandman Jr. (R)Yes State Senator 1921 [51]
New York 11 Frank J. Brasco (D)NoAttorney1932 [52]
New York 29 Daniel E. Button (R)YesNewspaper editor1917 [53]
North Carolina 4 Jim Gardner (R)Yes State Party Chair 1933 [54]
North Carolina 5 Nick Galifianakis (D)No State Representative 1928 [55]
North Dakota 2 Thomas S. Kleppe (R)YesMayor of Bismarck 1919 [56]
Ohio 1 Robert Taft Jr. (R)Yes U.S. Representative [lower-alpha 8] 1917 [57]
Ohio 3 Charles W. Whalen Jr. (R)Yes State Senator 1920 [58]
Ohio 10 Clarence E. Miller (R)YesMayor of Lancaster 1917 [59]
Ohio 15 Chalmers Wylie (R)New seat State Representative 1920 [60]
Ohio 24 Buz Lukens (R)YesCongressional staffer1931 [61]
Oklahoma 6 James Vernon Smith (R)YesFarmer1926 [62]
Oregon 4 John R. Dellenback (R)Yes State Representative 1918 [63]
Pennsylvania 4 Joshua Eilberg (D)No State Representative 1921 [64]
Pennsylvania 7 Lawrence G. Williams (R)New seat Township Board President 1913 [65]
Pennsylvania 8 Edward G. Biester Jr. (R)NoAssistant district attorney1931 [66]
Pennsylvania 16 Edwin D. Eshleman (R)No State Representative 1920 [67]
Pennsylvania 19 George A. Goodling (R)Yes U.S. Representative [lower-alpha 9] 1896 [68]
Tennessee 7 Ray Blanton (D)No State Representative 1930 [69]
Tennessee 9 Dan Kuykendall (R)YesBusiness executive1924 [70]
Texas 7 George H. W. Bush (R)New seatOil business founder1924 [71]
Texas 8 Bob Eckhardt (D)No State Representative 1913 [72]
Texas 18 Bob Price (R)Yes U.S. Air Force veteran1927 [73]
Texas 23 Abraham Kazen (D)New seat State Senator 1919 [74]
Utah 2 Sherman P. Lloyd (R)Yes U.S. Representative [lower-alpha 10] 1914 [75]
Virginia 8 William L. Scott (R)Yes DOJ attorney1915 [76]
Virginia 9 William C. Wampler (R)Yes U.S. Representative [lower-alpha 11] 1926 [77]
Wisconsin 1 Henry C. Schadeberg (R)Yes U.S. Representative [lower-alpha 12] 1913 [78]
Wisconsin 6 William A. Steiger (R)Yes State Assemblyman 1938 [79]
Wyoming at-large William Henry Harrison III (R)Yes U.S. Representative [lower-alpha 13] 1896 [80]

Took office during the 90th Congress

DistrictRepresentativeTook officeSwitched partyPrior backgroundBirth yearRef
Rhode Island 2 Robert Tiernan (D)March 28, 1967No State Senator 1929 [81]
California 11 Pete McCloskey (R)December 12, 1967NoDeputy district attorney1927 [82]
New York 13 Bertram L. Podell (D)February 20, 1968No State Assemblyman 1925 [83]
Mississippi 3 Charles H. Griffin (D)March 12, 1968NoCongressional aide1926 [84]
Texas 3 James M. Collins (R)August 24, 1968YesBusiness executive1916 [85]
Pennsylvania 20 Joseph M. Gaydos (D)November 5, 1968No State Senator 1926 [86]

See also

Notes

  1. Elected during the 86th Congress, serving from 1959 to 1963 in New York's 43rd district and from 1963 to 1968 in the 38th district .
  2. Previously elected to the 88th Congress, serving from 1963 to 1965.
  3. Previously elected to the 84th Congress, serving from 1955 to 1965.
  4. Previously elected during the 86th Congress, serving from 1959 to 1965.
  5. Previously elected to the 88th Congress, serving from 1963 to 1965 in the 3rd district .
  6. Riegle joined the Democratic Party in February 1973, during the 93rd Congress.
  7. Previously elected to the 88th Congress, serving from 1963 to 1965.
  8. Previously elected to the 88th Congress, serving from 1963 to 1965 in the at-large district .
  9. Previously elected to the 87th Congress, serving from 1961 to 1965.
  10. Previously elected to the 88th Congress, serving from 1963 to 1965.
  11. Previously elected to the 83rd Congress, serving from 1953 to 1955.
  12. Previously elected to the 87th Congress, serving from 1961 to 1965.
  13. Previously elected to the 82nd Congress, serving from 1951 to 1955; elected again to the 87th Congress, serving from 1961 to 1965.

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Preceded by New members of the 90th Congress
1967–1969
Succeeded by