List of new members of the 94th United States Congress

The 94th United States Congress began on January 3, 1975. There were five new senators (all Democrats) and 92 new representatives (75 Democrats, 17 Republicans) at the start of the first session. Additionally, nine senators (five Democrats, four Republicans) and nine representatives (six Democrats, three Republicans) took office on various dates in order to fill vacancies during the 94th Congress before it ended on January 3, 1977.

Due to redistricting in California, one representative was elected from a newly established congressional district.

Senate

Took office January 3, 1975

State	Image	Senator	Seniority	Switched party	Prior background	Birth year	Ref
Arkansas		Dale Bumpers (D)	2nd (97th overall)	No Defeated J. William Fulbright (D) in a primary	Governor of Arkansas U.S. Marine Corps	1925	[1]
Colorado		Gary Hart (D)	4th (99th overall)	Yes Defeated Peter H. Dominick (R)	Attorney	1936	[2]
Iowa		John Culver (D)	1st (96th overall)	No Open seat; replaced Harold Hughes (D)	U.S. House of Representatives [a] U.S. Marine Corps Captain	1932	[3]
North Carolina		Robert Burren Morgan (D)	3rd (98th overall)	No Open seat; replaced Sam Ervin (D)	North Carolina Attorney General North Carolina Senate U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander	1925	[4]
Vermont		Patrick Leahy (D)	5th (100th overall)	Yes Open seat; replaced George Aiken (R)	Chittenden County State's Attorney	1940	[5]

Took office during the 94th Congress

State	Image	Senator	Took office	Switched party	Prior background	Birth year	Ref
New Hampshire		Norris Cotton (R)	August 8, 1975	No Appointed; replaced Louis C. Wyman (R)	U.S. Senate [b] U.S. House of Representatives [c] Speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives	1900	[6]
New Hampshire		John A. Durkin (D)	September 18, 1975	Yes Open seat; replaced Norris Cotton (R)	New Hampshire Insurance Commissioner U.S. Navy Lieutenant	1936	[7]
Missouri		John Danforth (R)	December 27, 1976	Yes Open seat; replaced Stuart Symington (D)	Missouri Attorney General	1936	[8]
Nebraska		Edward Zorinsky (D)	December 28, 1976	Yes Open seat; replaced Roman Hruska (R)	Mayor of Omaha Omaha Public Power District U.S. Army Reserve	1928	[9]
Ohio		Howard Metzenbaum (D)	December 29, 1976	Yes Defeated Robert Taft Jr. (R)	U.S. Senate [d] Ohio Senate Ohio House of Representatives	1917	[10]
Rhode Island		John Chafee (R)	December 29, 1976	Yes Open seat; replaced John Pastore (D)	U.S. Secretary of the Navy Governor of Rhode Island Rhode Island House of Representatives U.S. Marine Corps Captain	1922	[11]
Michigan		Donald Riegle (D)	December 30, 1976	No Open seat; replaced Philip Hart (D)	U.S. House of Representatives [e]	1938	[12]
Minnesota		Wendell R. Anderson (DFL)	December 30, 1976	No Appointed; replaced Walter Mondale (DFL)	Governor of Minnesota Minnesota Senate Minnesota House of Representatives Olympic ice hockey player U.S. Army	1933	[13]
California		S. I. Hayakawa (R)	January 2, 1977	Yes Defeated John V. Tunney (D)	President of San Francisco State University	1906	[14]

House of Representatives

Took office January 3, 1975

District	Representative	Switched party	Prior background	Birth year	Ref
California 7	George Miller (D)	No	Legislative aide	1945	[15]
California 13	Norman Mineta (D)	Yes	Mayor of San Jose	1931	[16]
California 17	John Hans Krebs (D)	Yes	County Supervisor	1926	[17]
California 24	Henry Waxman (D)	New seat	State Assemblyman	1939	[18]
California 34	Mark W. Hannaford (D)	Yes	Mayor of Lakewood	1925	[19]
California 35	James F. Lloyd (D)	Yes	Mayor of West Covina	1922	[20]
California 38	Jerry M. Patterson (D)	No	Mayor of Santa Ana	1934	[21]
Colorado 2	Tim Wirth (D)	Yes	U.S. DOE official	1939	[22]
Connecticut 2	Chris Dodd (D)	Yes	Lawyer	1944	[23]
Connecticut 6	Toby Moffett (D)	No	CCAG Director	1944	[24]
Florida 5	Richard Kelly (R)	Yes	Circuit Court Judge	1924	[25]
Georgia 4	Elliott H. Levitas (D)	Yes	State Representative	1930	[26]
Georgia 7	Larry McDonald (D)	No	Flight surgeon	1935	[27]
Idaho 2	George V. Hansen (R)	No	U.S. Representative [f]	1930	[28]
Illinois 3	Marty Russo (D)	Yes	Professional advocate	1944	[29]
Illinois 6	Henry Hyde (R)	No	State Representative	1924	[30]
Illinois 10	Abner Mikva (D)	Yes	U.S. Representative [g]	1926	[31]
Illinois 15	Tim Lee Hall (D)	Yes	Educator	1925	[32]
Illinois 24	Paul Simon (D)	No	Lieutenant Governor of Illinois	1928	[33]
Indiana 2	Floyd Fithian (D)	Yes	Educator	1928	[34]
Indiana 6	David W. Evans (D)	Yes	Educator	1946	[35]
Indiana 8	Philip H. Hayes (D)	Yes	State Senator	1940	[36]
Indiana 10	Philip Sharp (D)	Yes	Professor	1942	[37]
Indiana 11	Andrew Jacobs Jr. (D)	Yes	U.S. Representative [h]	1932	[38]
Iowa 2	Mike Blouin (D)	No	State Senator	1945	[39]
Iowa 3	Chuck Grassley (R)	No	State Representative	1933	[40]
Iowa 5	Tom Harkin (D)	Yes	Congressional aide	1939	[41]
Iowa 6	Berkley Bedell (D)	Yes	Business owner	1921	[42]
Kansas 2	Martha Keys (D)	No	Campaign manager	1930	[43]
Kentucky 1	Carroll Hubbard (D)	No	State Senator	1937	[44]
Louisiana 6	Henson Moore (R)	Yes	State Party official	1939	[45]
Maine 1	David F. Emery (R)	Yes	State Representative	1948	[46]
Maryland 5	Gladys Spellman (D)	Yes	County Commissioner	1918	[47]
Massachusetts 3	Joseph D. Early (D)	No	State Representative	1933	[48]
Massachusetts 5	Paul Tsongas (D)	Yes	City Councillor	1941	[49]
Michigan 6	Milton Robert Carr (D)	Yes	Lawyer	1943	[50]
Michigan 17	William M. Brodhead (D)	No	State Representative	1941	[51]
Michigan 18	James J. Blanchard (D)	Yes	Legal advisor	1942	[52]
Minnesota 2	Tom Hagedorn (R)	No	State Representative	1943	[53]
Minnesota 6	Rick Nolan (DFL)	Yes	State Representative	1943	[54]
Minnesota 8	Jim Oberstar (DFL)	No	Congressional staffer	1934	[55]
Montana 1	Max Baucus (D)	Yes	State Representative	1941	[56]
Nebraska 3	Virginia D. Smith (R)	No	Executive advisor	1911	[57]
Nevada at-large	James David Santini (D)	Yes	District Court Judge	1937	[58]
New Hampshire 1	Norman D'Amours (D)	Yes	City Prosecutor	1937	[59]
New Jersey 1	James Florio (D)	Yes	State Assemblyman	1937	[60]
New Jersey 2	William J. Hughes (D)	Yes	Ethics advisor	1932	[61]
New Jersey 5	Millicent Fenwick (R)	No	State Assemblywoman	1910	[62]
New Jersey 7	Andrew Maguire (D)	Yes	U.S. DOS official	1939	[63]
New Jersey 13	Helen Stevenson Meyner (D)	Yes	First Lady of New Jersey	1929	[64]
New York 2	Thomas Downey (D)	Yes	County Legislator	1949	[65]
New York 3	Jerome Ambro (D)	Yes	Town Supervisor	1928	[66]
New York 11	James H. Scheuer (D)	No	U.S. Representative [i]	1920	[67]
New York 13	Stephen Solarz (D)	No	State Assemblyman	1940	[68]
New York 14	Fred Richmond (D)	No	City Councillor	1923	[69]
New York 15	Leo C. Zeferetti (D)	No	Corrections Officer	1927	[70]
New York 24	Richard Ottinger (D)	No	U.S. Representative [j]	1929	[71]
New York 27	Matthew F. McHugh (D)	Yes	District Attorney	1938	[72]
New York 29	Edward W. Pattison (D)	Yes	County Treasurer	1932	[73]
New York 36	John LaFalce (D)	Yes	State Assemblyman	1939	[74]
New York 37	Henry J. Nowak (D)	No	County Comptroller	1935	[75]
North Carolina 5	Stephen L. Neal (D)	Yes	Banker	1934	[76]
North Carolina 8	Bill Hefner (D)	Yes	Entertainer	1930	[77]
Ohio 1	Bill Gradison (R)	Yes	Mayor of Cincinnati	1928	[78]
Ohio 8	Tom Kindness (R)	No	State Representative	1929	[79]
Ohio 23	Ronald M. Mottl (R)	Yes	State Senator	1934	[80]
Oklahoma 2	Ted Risenhoover (D)	No	Newspaper publisher	1934	[81]
Oklahoma 6	Glenn English (D)	Yes	State Party Director	1940	[82]
Oregon 1	Les AuCoin (D)	Yes	State Representative	1942	[83]
Oregon 3	Robert B. Duncan (D)	No	U.S. Representative [k]	1920	[84]
Oregon 4	Jim Weaver (D)	Yes	Real estate developer	1927	[85]
Pennsylvania 5	Richard T. Schulze (R)	No	State Representative	1929	[86]
Pennsylvania 7	Robert W. Edgar (D)	Yes	Chaplain	1943	[87]
Pennsylvania 19	Bill Goodling (R)	No	Educator	1927	[88]
Pennsylvania 25	Gary A. Myers (R)	Yes	Industrial engineer	1937	[89]
Rhode Island 2	Edward Beard (D)	No	State Representative	1940	[90]
South Carolina 3	Butler Derrick (D)	No	State Representative	1936	[91]
South Carolina 5	Kenneth Lamar Holland (D)	No	Attorney	1934	[92]
South Carolina 6	John Jenrette (D)	Yes	State Representative	1936	[93]
South Dakota 1	Larry Pressler (R)	Yes	U.S. Foreign Service officer	1942	[94]
Tennessee 3	Marilyn Lloyd (D)	Yes	Businesswoman	1929	[95]
Tennessee 8	Harold Ford Sr. (D)	Yes	State Representative	1945	[96]
Texas 13	Jack Hightower (D)	Yes	State Senator	1926	[97]
Texas 21	Bob Krueger (D)	No	Academic administrator	1935	[98]
Utah 2	Allan Turner Howe (D)	No	Attorney	1927	[99]
Vermont at-large	Jim Jeffords (R)	No	Vermont Attorney General	1934	[100]
Virginia 8	Herbert Harris (D)	Yes	County Supervisor	1926	[101]
Virginia 10	Joseph L. Fisher (D)	Yes	RFF President	1914	[102]
Washington 3	Don Bonker (D)	No	County Auditor	1937	[103]
Wisconsin 3	Alvin Baldus (D)	Yes	State Assemblyman	1926	[104]
Wisconsin 8	Robert John Cornell (D)	Yes	Priest	1919	[105]
Wisconsin 9	Bob Kasten (R)	No	State Senator	1942	[106]

Took office during the 94th Congress

District	Representative	Took office	Switched party	Prior background	Birth year	Ref
California 37	Shirley Neil Pettis (R)	April 29, 1975	No	Columnist	1924	[107]
Illinois 5	John G. Fary (D)	July 8, 1975	No	State Representative	1911	[108]
Tennessee 5	Clifford Allen (D)	November 25, 1975	No	County Tax Assessor	1912	[109]
New York 39	Stan Lundine (D)	March 2, 1976	Yes	Mayor of Jamestown	1939	[110]
Texas 22	Ron Paul (R)	April 3, 1976	Yes	Obstetrician-gynecologist	1935	[111]
Texas 1	Sam B. Hall Jr. (D)	June 19, 1976	No	Lawyer	1924	[112]
Massachusetts 7	Ed Markey (D)	November 2, 1976	No	State Representative	1946	[113]
Missouri 6	Tom Coleman (R)	November 2, 1976	Yes	State Representative	1943	[114]
Pennsylvania 1	Michael Myers (D)	November 2, 1976	No	State Representative	1943	[115]

See also

• List of United States representatives in the 94th Congress
• List of United States senators in the 94th Congress
• Watergate Babies

Notes

1. Elected to the 89th Congress, serving from 1965 to 1975 in Iowa's 2nd district .
2. Previously elected to the 83rd Congress, serving from 1954 to 1974.
3. Elected to the 80th Congress, serving from 1947 to 1954 in New Hampshire's 2nd district .
4. Previously appointed to the 93rd Congress, serving from January to December 1974.
5. Elected to the 90th Congress, serving from 1967 to 1976 in Michigan's 7th district .
6. Previously elected to the 89th Congress, serving from 1965 to 1969.
7. Previously elected to the 91st Congress, serving from 1969 to 1973 in the 2nd district .
8. Previously elected to the 89th Congress, serving from 1965 to 1973.
9. Previously elected to the 89th Congress, serving from 1965 to 1973 in the 21st district .
10. Previously elected to the 89th Congress, serving from 1965 to 1971 in the 25th district .
11. Previously elected to the 88th Congress, serving from 1963 to 1967 in the 4th district .

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72. "MCHUGH, Matthew Francis". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
73. "PATTISON, Edward Worthington". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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75. "NOWAK, Henry James". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
76. "NEAL, Stephen Lybrook". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
77. "HEFNER, Willie Gathrel (Bill)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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87. "EDGAR, Robert William". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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89. "MYERS, Gary Arthur". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
90. "BEARD, Edward Peter". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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105. "CORNELL, Robert John". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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Preceded by New members of the 93rd Congress

New members of the 94th Congress 1975–1977

Succeeded by New members of the 95th Congress