# 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 | Senator | Seniority | Switched party | Prior background | Birth year |
| Arkansas | Dale Bumpers (D) | 2nd (97th overall) | No Defeated J. William Fulbright (D) in a primary | Governor of Arkansas U.S. Marine Corps | 1925 |
| Colorado | Gary Hart (D) | 4th (99th overall) | Yes Defeated Peter H. Dominick (R) | Attorney | 1936 |
| Iowa | John Culver (D) | 1st (96th overall) | No Open seat; replaced Harold Hughes (D) | U.S. House of Representatives U.S. Marine Corps Captain | 1932 |
| 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 |
| Vermont | Patrick Leahy (D) | 5th (100th overall) | Yes Open seat; replaced George Aiken (R) | Chittenden County State's Attorney | 1940 |

### Took office during the 94th Congress

| State | Senator | Took office | Switched party | Prior background | Birth year |
| New Hampshire | Norris Cotton (R) | August 8, 1975 | No Appointed; replaced Louis C. Wyman (R) | U.S. Senate U.S. House of Representatives Speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives | 1900 |
| 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 |
| Missouri | John Danforth (R) | December 27, 1976 | Yes Open seat; replaced Stuart Symington (D) | Missouri Attorney General | 1936 |
| 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 |
| Ohio | Howard Metzenbaum (D) | December 29, 1976 | Yes Defeated Robert Taft Jr. (R) | U.S. Senate Ohio Senate Ohio House of Representatives | 1917 |
| 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 |
| Michigan | Donald Riegle (D) | December 30, 1976 | No Open seat; replaced Philip Hart (D) | U.S. House of Representatives | 1938 |
| 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 |
| California | S. I. Hayakawa (R) | January 2, 1977 | Yes Defeated John V. Tunney (D) | President of San Francisco State University | 1906 |

## House of Representatives
### Took office January 3, 1975

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

### Took office during the 94th Congress

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