Thomas Richard Carper is an American politician and former military officer serving as the senior United States senator from Delaware,having held the seat since 2001. A member of the Democratic Party,Carper served in the United States House of Representatives from 1983 to 1993 and was the 71st governor of Delaware from 1993 to 2001.
William Victor Roth Jr. was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington,Delaware. He was a veteran of World War II and a member of the Republican Party. He served from 1967 to 1970 as the lone U.S. Representative from Delaware and from 1971 to 2001 as a U.S. Senator from Delaware. He is the last Republican to serve as and/or be elected a U.S. Senator from Delaware.
Michael Newbold Castle is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 69th Governor of Delaware from 1985 to 1992 and as the U.S. representative from Delaware's at-large congressional district from 1993 to 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Lane Allen Evans was an American attorney and politician who served as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1983 until 2007,representing the 17th District of Illinois. Evans announced that he would not seek reelection in November 2006 and retired at the end of the 109th Congress,due to the increasingly debilitating effects of Parkinson's disease.
The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) is made up of Black members of the United States Congress. Representative Steven Horsford from Nevada,the current chairperson,succeeded Joyce Beatty from Ohio in 2023. Although most members belong to the Democratic Party,the CBC founders envisioned it as a non-partisan organization,and there have been several instances of bipartisan collaboration with Republicans.
Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. was an American jurist and Republican politician who served as mayor of Fort Lauderdale and represented South Florida in the United States House of Representatives from 1981 until 2007. He was defeated for re-election by Ron Klein in 2006.
Robert Cortez Scott is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Virginia's 3rd congressional district since 1993. A member of the Democratic Party,he is the dean of Virginia's congressional delegation and the first Filipino American voting member of Congress. The district serves most of the majority-black precincts of Hampton Roads,including all of the independent cities of Norfolk,Newport News,Hampton and Portsmouth,and parts of the independent city of Chesapeake. From 2019 to 2023,Scott was chair of the House Education and Labor Committee. He has been ranking member on that committee since 2023.
William Emerson Brock III was an American politician from Tennessee. A member of Republican Party,he served in both chambers of the United States Congress as a member of the United States House of Representatives for four terms from 1963 to 1971 and a member of the United States Senate for one term from 1971 to 1977. He later served in the Cabinet of the United States from 1981 to 1987 under U.S. president Ronald Reagan. He was the grandson of William E. Brock Sr.,a Democratic U.S. senator from Tennessee who served from 1929 to 1931.
Richard Schultz Schweiker was an American businessman and politician. A member of the Republican Party,he served as the 14th U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services under President Ronald Reagan from 1981 to 1983. He previously served as a U.S. Representative (1961–1969) and a U.S. Senator (1969–1981) from Pennsylvania. In 1976,Schweiker was Reagan's running mate during his unsuccessful presidential campaign. He was not related to Pennsylvania governor Mark Schweiker.
John Henry Jarman II was a member of the US House of Representatives from Oklahoma for 26 years,from 1951 to 1977.
Thomas Fisher Railsback was an American politician and lawyer who served eight terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1967 to 1983 for Illinois's 19th congressional district. A member of the Republican Party,he sat on the House Judiciary Committee,which in 1974,voted to refer articles of impeachment against President Richard Nixon to the full House.
Richard Taylor "Dick" Schulze is an American businessman and politician from Pennsylvania. A member of the Republican Party,he served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 1993. His district encompassed portions of Montgomery,Delaware,and Chester Counties in the western Philadelphia suburbs.
William Floyd Clinger Jr. was an American attorney and Republican politician who represented northwest and north-central Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1979 to 1997.
William Richard Ratchford was an American politician from Connecticut. He served six terms in the Connecticut House of Representatives,including two as speaker,and three terms in the United States House of Representatives. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
The 115th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States of America federal government,composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives. It met in Washington,D.C.,from January 3,2017,to January 3,2019,during the final weeks of Barack Obama's presidency and the first two years of Donald Trump's presidency. The seats in the House were apportioned based on the 2010 United States census.
Robert Joseph Wittman is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Virginia's 1st congressional district since 2007. The district contains portions of the Richmond suburbs and Hampton Roads area,as well as the Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Dwight Evans is an American politician serving as a U.S. representative from Pennsylvania since 2016. A member of the Democratic Party,he previously served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives,representing the 203rd district for over thirty-five years.
William Hollis Long II is an American politician and auctioneer who served as the U.S. representative for Missouri's 7th congressional district from 2011 to 2023. The district includes much of the southwestern quadrant of the state and is anchored in Springfield. It also includes Joplin and Branson.
Margaret Mary Heckler was an American politician and diplomat who represented Massachusetts's 10th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1967 until 1983. A member of the Republican Party,she also served as the 15th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services from 1983 to 1985,as well as United States ambassador to Ireland from 1986 to 1989.
Michael George Glen Waltz is an American politician and a colonel in the United States Army serving as the U.S. representative for Florida's 6th congressional district. A member of the Republican Party,he was first elected in 2018 and succeeded Ron DeSantis,who went on to be elected the 46th governor of Florida in 2018.
