List of new members of the 107th United States Congress

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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.

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Senate

Took office January 3, 2001

StateImageSenatorSenioritySwitched partyPrior backgroundBirth year
Delaware Thomas Carper.jpg Tom Carper (D)2nd
(91st overall)
Yes
Defeated William Roth (R)
Governor of Delaware
U.S. House of Representatives
Treasurer of Delaware
1947
Florida Bill Nelson.jpg Bill Nelson (D)1st
(90th overall)
Yes
Open seat; replaced Connie Mack III (R)
U.S. House of Representatives
Florida House of Representatives
1942
Michigan Debbie Stabenow.jpg Debbie Stabenow (D)3rd
(92nd overall)
Yes
Defeated Spencer Abraham (R)
U.S. House of Representatives
Michigan Senate
Michigan House of Representatives
1950
Minnesota Mark Dayton official photo.jpg Mark Dayton (DFL)11th
(100th overall)
Yes
Defeated Rod Grams (R)
Minnesota State Auditor 1947
Missouri Jean Carnahan.jpg Jean Carnahan (D)10th
(99th overall)
Yes
Defeated John Ashcroft (R) [lower-alpha 1]
First Lady of Missouri 1933
Nebraska Ben Nelson official photo.jpg Ben Nelson (D)7th
(96th overall)
No
Open seat; replaced Bob Kerrey (D)
Governor of Nebraska 1941
Nevada Sen John Ensign official(2).jpg John Ensign (R)4th
(93rd overall)
Yes
Open seat; replaced Richard Bryan (D)
U.S. House of Representatives 1958
New Jersey SenatorJonCorzine (cropped).jpg Jon Corzine (D)9th
(98th overall)
No
Open seat; replaced Frank Lautenberg (D)
None1947
New York Hillary Rodham Clinton-cropped.jpg 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 official portrait.jpg George Allen (R)5th
(94th overall)
Yes
Defeated Chuck Robb (D)
Governor of Virginia
U.S. House of Representatives
Virginia House of Delegates
1952
Washington Maria Cantwell, official portrait, 110th Congress (cropped).jpg Maria Cantwell (D)6th
(95th overall)
Yes
Defeated Slade Gorton (R)
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington House of Representatives
1958

Took office during the 107th Congress

StateImageSenatorTook officeSwitched partyPrior backgroundBirth year
Minnesota Dean Barkley.jpg Dean Barkley (IMN)November 4, 2002Yes
Appointed; replaced Paul Wellstone (DFL)
None1950
Missouri Jim Talent official photo.jpg Jim Talent (R)November 25, 2002 Yes
Defeated Jean Carnahan (D)
U.S. House of Representatives
Missouri House of Representatives
1956
Texas John Cornyn official portrait.jpg John Cornyn (R)December 2, 2002 No
Open seat; replaced Phil Gramm (R)
Texas Attorney General
Texas Supreme Court
1952
Alaska Lisa Murkowski.jpg Lisa Murkowski (R)December 20, 2002No
Appointed; replaced Frank Murkowski (R)
Alaska House of Representatives 1957

House of Representatives

Took office January 3, 2001

DistrictRepresentativeSwitched partyPrior backgroundBirth year
Arizona 1 Jeff Flake (R)No Missionary 1962
Arkansas 4 Mike Ross (D)YesBusinessman1961
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 [lower-alpha 2] 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)NoLawyer1964
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)NoCongressional chief of staff1959
Illinois 15 Tim Johnson (R)No State Representative 1946
Indiana 2 Mike Pence (R)NoRadio host1959
Indiana 7 Brian D. Kerns (R)NoJournalist1957
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)NoFootball coach1937
New Jersey 7 Mike Ferguson (R)NoInstructor1970
New York 1 Felix Grucci (R)YesTown supervisor1951
New York 2 Steve Israel (D)YesTown councilman1958
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)YesEnergy consultant1960
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)YesLobbyist
Snohomish County Councilmember
1965
West Virginia 2 Shelley Moore Capito (R)Yes State Delegate 1953

Non-voting members

DistrictDelegateSwitched partyPrior backgroundBirth year
Puerto Rico at-large Aníbal Acevedo Vilá (PD/D)Yes/No [lower-alpha 3] Lawyer1962

Took office during the 107th Congress

DistrictRepresentativeTook officeSwitched partyPrior backgroundBirth year
Pennsylvania 9 Bill Shuster (R)May 15, 2001NoBusinessman1961
California 32 Diane Watson (D)June 5, 2001 No U.S. Ambassador to Micronesia 1933
Virginia 4 Randy Forbes (R)June 19, 2001Yes 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 Optometrist1950
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

Notes

  1. 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.
  2. Previously elected to the 103rd Congress, serving from 1993 to 1999.
  3. The previous delegate, Carlos Romero Barceló, was registered as New Progressive/Democratic.
Preceded by New members of the 107th Congress
2001–2003
Succeeded by

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