List of new members of the 107th United States Congress

The 107th United States Congress began on January 3, 2001. There were eleven new senators (nine Democrats, two Republicans) and 41 representatives (28 Republicans, 13 Democrats), as well as one new delegate (a Democrat) at the start of the first session. Additionally, four senators (three Republicans, one third party member) and nine representatives (three Democrats, six Republicans) took office on various dates in order to fill vacancies during the 107th Congress before it ended on January 3, 2003.

Senate

Took office January 3, 2001

State	Image	Senator	Seniority	Switched party	Prior background	Birth year
Delaware		Tom Carper (D)	2nd (91st overall)	Yes Defeated William Roth (R)	Governor of Delaware U.S. House of Representatives [a] Treasurer of Delaware	1947
Florida		Bill Nelson (D)	1st (90th overall)	Yes Open seat; replaced Connie Mack III (R)	U.S. House of Representatives [b] Florida House of Representatives	1942
Michigan		Debbie Stabenow (D)	3rd (92nd overall)	Yes Defeated Spencer Abraham (R)	U.S. House of Representatives [c] Michigan Senate Michigan House of Representatives	1950
Minnesota		Mark Dayton (DFL)	11th (100th overall)	Yes Defeated Rod Grams (R)	Minnesota State Auditor	1947
Missouri		Jean Carnahan (D)	10th (99th overall)	Yes Defeated John Ashcroft (R) [d]	First Lady of Missouri	1933
Nebraska		Ben Nelson (D)	7th (96th overall)	No Open seat; replaced Bob Kerrey (D)	Governor of Nebraska	1941
Nevada		John Ensign (R)	4th (93rd overall)	Yes Open seat; replaced Richard Bryan (D)	U.S. House of Representatives [e]	1958
New Jersey		Jon Corzine (D)	9th (98th overall)	No Open seat; replaced Frank Lautenberg (D)	None	1947
New York		Hillary Clinton (D)	8th (97th overall)	No Open seat; replaced Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D)	First Lady of the United States First Lady of Arkansas	1947
Virginia		George Allen (R)	5th (94th overall)	Yes Defeated Chuck Robb (D)	Governor of Virginia U.S. House of Representatives [f] Virginia House of Delegates	1952
Washington		Maria Cantwell (D)	6th (95th overall)	Yes Defeated Slade Gorton (R)	U.S. House of Representatives [g] Washington House of Representatives	1958

Took office during the 107th Congress

State	Image	Senator	Took office	Switched party	Prior background	Birth year
Minnesota		Dean Barkley (IMN)	November 4, 2002	Yes Appointed; replaced Paul Wellstone (DFL)	None	1950
Missouri		Jim Talent (R)	November 25, 2002	Yes Defeated Jean Carnahan (D)	U.S. House of Representatives [h] Missouri House of Representatives	1956
Texas		John Cornyn (R)	December 2, 2002	No Open seat; replaced Phil Gramm (R)	Texas Attorney General Texas Supreme Court	1952
Alaska		Lisa Murkowski (R)	December 20, 2002	No Appointed; replaced Frank Murkowski (R)	Alaska House of Representatives	1957

House of Representatives

Took office January 3, 2001

District	Representative	Switched party	Prior background	Birth year
Arizona 1	Jeff Flake (R)	No	Missionary	1962
Arkansas 4	Mike Ross (D)	Yes	Businessman	1961
California 15	Mike Honda (D)	Yes	State Assemblyman	1941
California 27	Adam Schiff (D)	Yes	State Senator	1960
California 31	Hilda Solis (D)	Yes	State Senator	1957
California 36	Jane Harman (D)	Yes	U.S. House of Representatives [i]	1945
California 48	Darrell Issa (R)	No	CEO of Directed Electronics	1953
California 49	Susan Davis (D)	Yes	State Assemblywoman	1944
Connecticut 2	Rob Simmons (R)	Yes	State Representative	1943
Florida 4	Ander Crenshaw (R)	No	State Senator	1944
Florida 8	Ric Keller (R)	No	Lawyer	1964
Florida 12	Adam Putnam (R)	No	State Representative	1974
Idaho 1	Butch Otter (R)	No	Lieutenant Governor of Idaho	1942
Illinois 10	Mark Kirk (R)	No	Congressional chief of staff	1959
Illinois 15	Tim Johnson (R)	No	State Representative	1946
Indiana 2	Mike Pence (R)	No	Radio host	1959
Indiana 7	Brian D. Kerns (R)	No	Journalist	1957
Michigan 8	Mike Rogers (R)	Yes	State Senator	1963
Minnesota 2	Mark Kennedy (R)	No	Certified Public Accountant	1957
Minnesota 4	Betty McCollum (D)	No	State Representative	1954
Missouri 1	Lacy Clay (D)	No	State Senator	1956
Missouri 2	Todd Akin (R)	No	State Representative	1947
Missouri 6	Sam Graves (R)	Yes	State Senator	1963
Montana at-large	Denny Rehberg (R)	No	Lieutenant Governor of Montana	1955
Nebraska 3	Tom Osborne (R)	No	Football coach	1937
New Jersey 7	Mike Ferguson (R)	No	Instructor	1970
New York 1	Felix Grucci (R)	Yes	Town supervisor	1951
New York 2	Steve Israel (D)	Yes	Town councilman	1958
Ohio 12	Pat Tiberi (R)	No	State Representative	1962
Oklahoma 2	Brad Carson (D)	Yes	White House Fellow	1967
Pennsylvania 4	Melissa Hart (R)	Yes	State Senator	1962
Pennsylvania 19	Todd Russell Platts (R)	No	State Representative	1962
Rhode Island 2	James Langevin (D)	No	Secretary of State of Rhode Island	1964
South Carolina 1	Henry E. Brown Jr. (R)	No	State Representative	1935
Texas 7	John Culberson (R)	No	State Representative	1956
Utah 2	Jim Matheson (D)	Yes	Energy consultant	1960
Virginia 1	Jo Ann Davis (R)	No	State Delegate	1950
Virginia 2	Ed Schrock (R)	Yes	State Senator	1941
Virginia 7	Eric Cantor (R)	No	State Delegate	1963
Washington 2	Rick Larsen (D)	Yes	Lobbyist Snohomish County Councilmember	1965
West Virginia 2	Shelley Moore Capito (R)	Yes	State Delegate	1953

Non-voting members

District	Delegate	Switched party	Prior background	Birth year
Puerto Rico at-large	Aníbal Acevedo Vilá (PD/D)	Yes/No [j]	Lawyer	1962

Took office during the 107th Congress

District	Representative	Took office	Switched party	Prior background	Birth year
Pennsylvania 9	Bill Shuster (R)	May 15, 2001	No	Businessman	1961
California 32	Diane Watson (D)	June 5, 2001	No	U.S. Ambassador to Micronesia	1933
Virginia 4	Randy Forbes (R)	June 19, 2001	Yes	State Senator	1952
Florida 1	Jeff Miller (R)	October 16, 2001	No	State Representative	1959
Massachusetts 9	Stephen Lynch (D)	October 16, 2001	No	State Senator	1955
Arkansas 3	John Boozman (R)	November 20, 2001	No	Optometrist	1950
South Carolina 2	Joe Wilson (R)	December 18, 2001	No	State Senator	1947
Oklahoma 1	John A. Sullivan (R)	February 15, 2002	No	State Representative	1965
Hawaii 2	Ed Case (D)	November 30, 2002	No	State Representative	1952

See also

• List of United States senators in the 107th Congress
• List of members of the United States House of Representatives in the 107th Congress by seniority

Notes

1. Elected to the 98th Congress, serving from 1983 to 1993 in Delaware's at-large congressional district .
2. Elected to the 96th Congress, serving in Florida's 9th congressional district from 1979 to 1983 and in Florida's 11th congressional district from 1983 to 1991.
3. Elected to the 105th Congress, serving from 1997 to 2001 in Michigan's 8th congressional district .
4. Mel Carnahan (D) defeated incumbent John Ashcroft (R), despite his death three weeks prior to the election. Governor Roger B. Wilson appointed his widow Jean to the seat.
5. Elected to the 104th Congress, serving from 1995 to 1999 in Nevada's 1st congressional district .
6. Elected to the 102nd Congress, serving from 1991 to 1993 in Virginia's 7th congressional district .
7. Elected to the 103rd Congress, serving from 1993 to 1995 in Washington's 1st congressional district .
8. Elected to the 103rd Congress, serving from 1993 to 2001 in Missouri's 2nd congressional district .
9. Previously elected to the 103rd Congress, serving from 1993 to 1999.
10. The previous delegate, Carlos Romero Barceló, was registered as New Progressive/Democratic.

Preceded by New members of the 106th Congress	New members of the 107th Congress 2001–2003	Succeeded by New members of the 108th Congress