List of freshman class members of the 115th United States Congress

The 115th United States Congress will begin on January 3, 2017.

New members of the 115th Congress

Senate

State	Senator	Incoming class seniority	Party change?	Prior political experience	Birth year
California	Harris, KamalaKamala Harris (D)	E !5th (98th overall)	No Open seat Replaced Barbara Boxer (D)	Attorney General of California San Francisco District Attorney	1964
Illinois	Duckworth, TammyTammy Duckworth (D)	C !3rd (96th overall)	Yes Defeated Mark Kirk (R)	Member of the U.S. House Assistant Secretary of Veterans' Affairs Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army	1968
Indiana	Young, ToddTodd Young (R)	B !2nd (95th overall)	No Open seat Replaced Dan Coats (R)	Member of the U.S. House Captain, U.S. Marine Corps	1972
Louisiana	TBD	F !6th (99th overall)	TBD Open seat Replacing David Vitter (R)
Maryland	Van Hollen, ChrisChris Van Hollen (D)	A !1st (94th overall)	No Open seat Replaced Barbara Mikulski (D)	Member of the U.S. House State Senator State Delegate	1959
New Hampshire	Hassan, MaggieMaggie Hassan (D)	D !4th (97th overall)	Yes Defeated Kelly Ayotte (R)	Governor of New Hampshire State Senate Majority Leader	1958
Nevada	Cortez Masto, CatherineCatherine Cortez Masto (D)	G !7th (100th overall)	No Open seat Replaced Harry Reid (D)	Nevada Attorney General Attorney	1964

House of Representatives

District	Representative	Party change	Prior background	Birth year
Arizona 1	O'Halleran, TomTom O'Halleran (D)	No	State Senator^[1]	1946
Arizona 5	Biggs, AndyAndy Biggs (R)	No	State Senator	1958
California 17	Khanna, RoRo Khanna (D)	No	Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce	1976
California 20	Panetta, JimmyJimmy Panetta (D)	No	Deputy District Attorney, Monterey County, Lieutenant, U.S. Navy	1969
California 24	Carbajal, SaludSalud Carbajal (D)	No	Santa Barbara County Supervisor	1964
California 44	Barragán, NanetteNanette Barragán (D)	No	Hermosa Beach City Councilwoman	1976
California 46	Correa, LouLou Correa (D)	No	State Senator, Orange County Supervisor, State Assemblyman	1958
Delaware at-large	Blunt Rochester, LisaLisa Blunt Rochester (D)	No	State Labor Secretary, CEO Metropolitan Wilmington Urban League	1961/62
Florida 1	Gaetz, MattMatt Gaetz (R)	Yes	State Representative	1982
Florida 2	Dunn, NealNeal Dunn (R)	Yes	Surgeon; Major, U.S. Army	1953
Florida 4	Rutherford, JohnJohn Rutherford (R)	No	Sheriff of Duval County	1952
Florida 5	Lawson, AlAl Lawson (D)	No	State Senator	1948
Florida 7	Murphy, StephanieStephanie Murphy (D)	Yes	Professor, Rollins College; National Security Specialist	1978
Florida 9	Soto, DarrenDarren Soto (D)	No	State Senator, State Representative	1978
Florida 10	Demings, ValVal Demings (D)	Yes	Chief of Orlando Police Department	1957
Florida 13	Crist, CharlieCharlie Crist (D)	Yes	Governor of Florida, Attorney General, Commissioner of Education^[2]	1956
Florida 18	Mast, BrianBrian Mast (R)	Yes	Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army	1980
Florida 19	Rooney, FrancisFrancis Rooney (R)	No	United States Ambassador to the Holy See	1953
Georgia 3	Ferguson, DrewDrew Ferguson (R)	No	Mayor of West Point; Dentist	1966/67
Illinois 8	Krishnamoorthi, RajaRaja Krishnamoorthi (D)	No	Businessman, Deputy State Treasurer	1973
Illinois 10	Schneider, BradBrad Schneider (D)	Yes	U.S. Representative for IL-10 (2013-2015)	1961
Indiana 3	Banks, JimJim Banks (R)	No	State Senator; Lieutenant, U.S. Navy	1979
Indiana 9	Hollingsworth, TreyTrey Hollingsworth (R)	No	Businessman	1983
Kansas 1	Marshall, RogerRoger Marshall (R)	No	Obstetrician; Captain, U.S. Army	1960
Louisiana 3	TBD (R)	No
Lousiana 4	TBD	TBD
Maryland 4	Brown, AnthonyAnthony Brown (D)	No	Lieutenant Governor; State Delegate; Colonel, U.S. Army	1961
Maryland 8	Raskin, JamieJamie Raskin (D)	No	State Senator	1962
Michigan 1	Bergman, JackJack Bergman (R)	No	Lieutenant General, U.S. Marine Corps	1946/47
Michigan 10	Mitchell, PaulPaul Mitchell (R)	No	Businessman	1956/57
Minnesota 2	Lewis, JasonJason Lewis (R)	No	Radio talk show host	1955
Nebraska 2	Bacon, DonDon Bacon (R)	Yes	Brigadier General, U.S. Air Force	1963
Nevada 3	Rosen, JackyJacky Rosen (D)	Yes	Computer Programmer; President, Congregation Ner Tamid	1957
Nevada 4	Kihuen, RubenRuben Kihuen (D)	Yes	State Senator, State Assemblyman	1980
New Hampshire 1	Shea-Porter, CarolCarol Shea-Porter (D)	Yes	U.S. Representative for NH-1 (2007-2011; 2013-2015)	1952
New Jersey 5	Gottheimer, JoshJosh Gottheimer (D)	Yes	Government Staffer, Speechwriter	1975
New York 3	Suozzi, ThomasThomas Suozzi (D)	No	Nassau County Executive, Mayor of Glen Cove	1962
New York 13	Espaillat, AdrianoAdriano Espaillat (D)	No	State Senator, State Assemblyman	1954
New York 19	Faso, JohnJohn Faso (R)	No	State Assemblyman	1952
New York 22	Tenney, ClaudiaClaudia Tenney (R)	No	State Assemblywoman	1961
North Carolina 13	Budd, TedTed Budd (R)	No	Businessman	1971/72
Pennsylvania 8	Fitzpatrick, BrianBrian Fitzpatrick (R)	No	Special Agent, FBI	1973
Pennsylvania 16	Smucker, LloydLloyd Smucker (R)	No	State Senator	1964
Tennessee 8	Kustoff, DavidDavid Kustoff (R)	No	U.S. Attorney, W.D. Tenn.	1966
Texas 15	González, VincenteVincente González (D)	No	Attorney	1967/68
Texas 19	Arrington, JodeyJodey Arrington (R)	No	Businessman, Texas Tech Vice Chancellor	1972
Virginia 2	Taylor, ScottScott Taylor (R)	No	State Delegate, Captain, Navy SEAL	1979
Virginia 4	McEachin, DonaldDonald McEachin (D)	Yes	State Senator, State Delegate	1961
Virginia 5	Garrett, TomTom Garrett (R)	No	State Senator; Captain, U.S. Army	1972
Washington 7	Jayapal, PramilaPramila Jayapal (D)	No	State Senator	1965
Wisconsin 8	Gallagher, MikeMike Gallagher (R)	No	Businessman; Captain, U.S. Marine Corps	1984
Wyoming at-large	Cheney, LizLiz Cheney (R)	No	Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs	1966

Non-voting members

District	Delegate	Party change?	Prior background	Birth year
Puerto Rico at-large	González, JennifferJenniffer González (PNP/R)	Yes/No^[3]	State House Minority Leader	1976

References

↑ Served in the state Senate as a Republican.
↑ Served in these positions as a Republican.
↑ González and outgoing Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi are both members of the New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico, but Pierluisi aligns with the Democratic Party nationally.

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United States Congress

Members and leaders

Members

Current	By length of service Freshmen Youngest members Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico Delegates Longest-serving members ever

Senate	Current by seniority by age Dean of the Senate Former senators Living Earliest serving Earliest living Expelled or censured Classes Born outside the U.S.

House	Current by seniority Dean of the House Former representatives Living Oldest living Earliest serving Expelled, censured, and reprimanded Deaths by year

Leaders

Senate	President (list) President pro tempore (list) Majority and minority leaders Assistant party leaders Democratic Caucus (Chair Secretary Policy Committee Chair) Republican Conference (Chair Vice-Chair Policy Committee Chair)

House	Speaker Leaders Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group Democratic Caucus Republican Conference

Districts

Caucuses,
women and
minorities

Powers, privileges, procedure, committees, history, and media

Powers	Article I Copyright Commerce (Dormant) Contempt of Congress Declaration of war Impeachment Naturalization "Necessary and Proper" Power of enforcement Taxing/spending

Privileges and benefits	Salaries Franking Immunity

Procedure	Act of Congress (list) Appropriation bill Blue slip Budget resolution Censure Closed sessions House Senate Cloture Concurrent resolution Continuing resolution Dear colleague letter Discharge petition Engrossed bill Enrolled bill Expulsion Joint resolution Joint session (list) Lame-duck session Majority of the majority (Hastert Rule) Multiple referral Procedures (House) Quorum call Reconciliation Rider Saxbe fix Sponsorship Suspension of the rules Unanimous consent Veto Line-item veto Pocket veto Veto override

Senate-specific	Advice and consent Classes Executive communication Executive session Filibuster Jefferson's Manual Senate Journal Morning business Nuclear option Presiding Officer Recess appointment Reconciliation Riddick's Senate Procedure Senate hold Senatorial courtesy Seniority Standing Rules Tie-breaking votes Traditions Treaty Clause

Committees	Chairman and ranking member Of the Whole Conference Discharge petition Hearings Markup Oversight List (Joint) List (House) List (Senate) Select and special Standing Subcommittees

Items	Gavels Mace of the House Seal of the Senate

History	Biographical Directory Divided government House Gerrymandering Party control Senate Senate election disputes Senatorial memoirs Representative memoirs

Media	C-SPAN Congressional Quarterly The Hill Politico Roll Call

Offices, employees, services, and the Capitol Complex

Legislative
offices

Offices

Senate	Curator Historical Library

House	Congressional Ethics Emergency Planning, Preparedness, and Operations Interparliamentary Affairs Legislative Counsel Law Revision Counsel Library

Employees

Senate	Secretary Chaplain Curator Inspector General Historian Librarian Pages Parliamentarian Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper

House	Chaplain Chief Administrative Officer Clerk Doorkeeper Floor Operations Floor Services Chief Historian Pages (Page Board) Parliamentarian Postmaster Reading Clerk Sergeant at Arms

Library of
Congress

Government
Publishing Office

Capitol

Office
buildings

Senate	Dirksen Hart Mountains and Clouds Russell

House	Building Commission Cannon Ford Longworth O'Neill Rayburn

Other
facilities

Websites: House of Representatives; Senate

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