List of new members of the 106th United States Congress

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The 106th United States Congress began on January 3, 1999. There were eight new senators (four Democrats, four Republicans) and 40 new representatives (23 Democrats, 17 Republicans) at the start of the first session. Additionally, two senators (one Democrat, one Republican) and three representatives (one Democrat, two Republicans) took office on various dates in order to fill vacancies during the 106th Congress before it ended on January 3, 2001.

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Senate

Took office January 3, 1999

StateImageSenatorSenioritySwitched partyPrior backgroundBirth year
Arkansas Blanche Lincoln official portrait.jpg Blanche Lincoln (D)4th
(96th overall)
No
Open seat; replaced Dale Bumpers (D)
U.S. House of Representatives [lower-alpha 1] 1960
Idaho Mike Crapo official photo.jpg Mike Crapo (R)3rd
(95th overall)
No
Open seat; replaced Dirk Kempthorne (R)
U.S. House of Representatives [lower-alpha 2]
Idaho Senate
1951
Illinois Peter Fitzgerald cropped.jpg Peter Fitzgerald (R)7th
(99th overall)
Yes
Defeated Carol Moseley Braun (D)
Illinois Senate 1960
Indiana Evan Bayh official portrait v2.jpg Evan Bayh (D)6th
(98th overall)
Yes
Open seat; replaced Dan Coats (R)
Governor of Indiana
Secretary of State of Indiana
1955
Kentucky Jim Bunning official photo.jpg Jim Bunning (R)2nd
(94th overall)
Yes
Open seat; replaced Wendell Ford (D)
U.S. House of Representatives [lower-alpha 3]
Kentucky Senate
Baseball player
1931
New York Charles Schumer official portrait.jpg Chuck Schumer (D)1st
(93rd overall)
Yes
Defeated Al D'Amato (R)
U.S. House of Representatives [lower-alpha 4]
New York State Assembly
1950
North Carolina John Edwards, official Senate photo portrait.jpg John Edwards (D)8th
(100th overall)
Yes
Defeated Lauch Faircloth (R)
Lawyer1953
Ohio George Voinovich official portrait.jpg George Voinovich (R)5th
(97th overall)
Yes
Open seat; replaced John Glenn (D)
Governor of Ohio
Mayor of Cleveland
Ohio House of Representatives
1936

Took office during the 106th Congress

StateImageSenatorTook officeSwitched partyPrior backgroundBirth year
Rhode Island Lincoln Chafee official portrait.jpg Lincoln Chafee (R)November 2, 1999No
Appointed; replaced John Chafee (R)
Mayor of Warwick 1953
Georgia Zell B Miller.jpg Zell Miller (D)July 24, 2000Yes
Appointed; replaced Paul Coverdell (R)
Governor of Georgia
Lieutenant Governor of Georgia
Georgia State Senate
1932

House of Representatives

Took office January 3, 1999

DistrictRepresentativeSwitched partyPrior backgroundBirth year
California 1 Mike Thompson (D)Yes State Senator 1951
California 3 Doug Ose (R)YesReal estate developer1955
California 34 Grace Napolitano (D)No State Assemblywoman 1936
California 36 Steven T. Kuykendall (R)Yes State Assemblyman 1947
California 41 Gary Miller (R)No State Assemblyman 1948
Colorado 2 Mark Udall (D)No State Representative 1950
Colorado 6 Tom Tancredo (R)No State Representative 1945
Connecticut 1 John B. Larson (D)No State Senator 1948
Idaho 2 Mike Simpson (R)No State Representative 1950
Illinois 9 Jan Schakowsky (D)No State Representative 1944
Illinois 13 Judy Biggert (R)No State Representative 1937
Illinois 19 David D. Phelps (D)No State Representative 1947
Indiana 9 Baron Hill (D)No State Representative 1953
Kansas 3 Dennis Moore (D)Yes District attorney 1945
Kentucky 4 Ken Lucas (D)YesJudge1933
Kentucky 6 Ernie Fletcher (R)Yes State Representative 1952
Massachusetts 8 Mike Capuano (D)No Mayor of Somerville 1952
Mississippi 4 Ronnie Shows (D)Yes State Senator 1947
Nebraska 2 Lee Terry (R)No City Councillor 1962
Nevada 1 Shelley Berkley (D)Yes State Assemblywoman 1951
New Jersey 12 Rush Holt Jr. (D)YesScientist1948
New Mexico 3 Tom Udall (D)Yes Attorney General of New Mexico 1948
New York 7 Joe Crowley (D)No State Assemblyman 1962
New York 9 Anthony Weiner (D)No City Councilor 1964
New York 22 John E. Sweeney (R)No New York Labor Commissioner 1955
New York 27 Thomas M. Reynolds (R)No State Assemblyman 1950
North Carolina 8 Robin Hayes (R)Yes State Representative 1945
Ohio 11 Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D)NoProsecutor1949
Oregon 1 David Wu (D)NoLaw clerk1955
Oregon 2 Greg Walden (R)No State Senator 1957
Pennsylvania 10 Don Sherwood (R)NoAutomobile dealer1941
Pennsylvania 13 Joe Hoeffel (D)Yes State Representative 1950
Pennsylvania 15 Pat Toomey (R)YesBusinessman1961
South Carolina 4 Jim DeMint (R)NoMarket researcher1951
Texas 20 Charlie Gonzalez (D)NoJudge1945
Washington 1 Jay Inslee (D)Yes U.S. Representative [lower-alpha 5]
State Representative
1951
Washington 3 Brian Baird (D)YesPsychologist1956
Wisconsin 1 Paul Ryan (R)NoLegislative aide1970
Wisconsin 2 Tammy Baldwin (D)Yes State Assemblywoman 1962
Wisconsin 8 Mark Andrew Green (R)Yes State Assemblyman 1960

Took office during the 106th Congress

DistrictRepresentativeTook officeSwitched partyPrior backgroundBirth year
Georgia 6 Johnny Isakson (R)February 23, 1999 No State Senator 1944
Louisiana 1 David Vitter (R)May 29, 1999 No State Representative 1961
California 42 Joe Baca (D)November 16, 1999 No State Senator 1947

See also

Preceded by New members of the 106th Congress
1999–2001
Succeeded by

Notes

  1. Elected to the 103rd Congress, served from 1993 to 1997 at Arkansas's 1st district .
  2. Elected to the 103rd Congress, served from 1993 to 1999 at Idaho's 2nd district .
  3. Elected to the 100th Congress, served from 1987 to 1999 at Kentucky's 4th district .
  4. Elected to the 97th Congress, served from 1981 to 1983 at New York's 16th district , then from 1983 to 1993 at New York's 10th district and from 1993 to 1999 at New York's 9th district .
  5. Elected to the 103rd Congress, served from 1993 to 1995 at Washington's 4th district .

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