# List of new members of the 103rd United States Congress

The 103rd United States Congress began on January 3, 1993. There were ten new senators (five Democrats, five Republicans) and 108 new representatives (61 Democrats, 47 Republicans), as well as two new delegates (both Democrats), at the start of the first session. Additionally, four senators (one Democrat, three Republicans) and eight representatives (three Democrats, five Republicans) took office on various dates in order to fill vacancies during the 103rd Congress before it ended on January 3, 1995.
Due to redistricting after the 1990 census, 27 representatives were elected from newly established congressional districts.

## Senate
### Took office January 3, 1993

| State | Senator | Seniority | Switched party | Prior background | Birth year |
| California | Barbara Boxer (D) | 1st (90th overall) | No Open seat; replaced Alan Cranston (D) | U.S. House of Representatives | 1940 |
| Colorado | Ben Nighthorse Campbell (D) | 3rd (92nd overall) | No Open seat; replaced Tim Wirth (D) | U.S. House of Representatives Colorado House of Representatives | 1933 |
| Georgia | Paul Coverdell (R) | 7th (96th overall) | Yes Defeated Wyche Fowler (D) | Director of the Peace Corps Georgia State Senate | 1939 |
| Idaho | Dirk Kempthorne (R) | 11th (100th overall) | No Open seat; replaced Steve Symms (R) | Mayor of Boise | 1951 |
| Illinois | Carol Moseley Braun (D) | 5th (94th overall) | No Defeated Alan J. Dixon (D) in a primary | Cook County Recorder of Deeds Illinois House of Representatives | 1947 |
| New Hampshire | Judd Gregg (R) | 2nd (91st overall) | No Open seat; replaced Warren Rudman (R) | Governor of New Hampshire U.S. House of Representatives Executive Council of New Hampshire | 1947 |
| North Carolina | Lauch Faircloth (R) | 6th (95th overall) | Yes Defeated Terry Sanford (D) | North Carolina Secretary of Commerce | 1928 |
| Utah | Bob Bennett (R) | 10th (99th overall) | No Open seat; replaced Jake Garn (R) | Businessman | 1933 |
| Washington | Patty Murray (D) | 9th (98th overall) | No Open seat; replaced Brock Adams (D) | Washington State Senate | 1950 |
| Wisconsin | Russ Feingold (D) | 8th (97th overall) | Yes Defeated Bob Kasten (R) | Wisconsin Senate | 1953 |

### Took office during the 103rd Congress

| State | Senator | Took office | Switched party | Prior background | Birth year |
| Texas | Bob Krueger (D) | January 21, 1993 | No Appointed; replaced Lloyd Bentsen (D) | Railroad Commission of Texas U.S. House of Representatives | 1935 |
| Texas | Kay Bailey Hutchison (R) | June 14, 1993 | Yes Defeated Bob Krueger (D) | Texas State Treasurer Texas House of Representatives | 1943 |
| Oklahoma | Jim Inhofe (R) | November 16, 1994 | Yes Open seat; replaced David Boren (D) | U.S. House of Representatives Mayor of Tulsa Oklahoma Senate Oklahoma House of Representatives | 1934 |
| Tennessee | Fred Thompson (R) | December 2, 1994 | Yes Open seat; replaced Harlan Mathews (D) | Attorney | 1942 |

## House of Representatives
### Took office January 3, 1993

| District | Representative | Switched party | Prior background | Birth year |
| Alabama 2 | Terry Everett (R) | No | Journalist | 1937 |
| Alabama 6 | Spencer Bachus (R) | Yes | State Board of Education | 1947 |
| Alabama 7 | Earl Hilliard (D) | No | State Senator | 1942 |
| Arizona 1 | Sam Coppersmith (D) | Yes | Law clerk | 1955 |
| Arizona 6 | Karan English (D) | New seat | State Senator | 1949 |
| Arkansas 1 | Blanche Lincoln (D) | No | Congressional staffer | 1960 |
| Arkansas 3 | Tim Hutchinson (R) | No | State Representative | 1949 |
| Arkansas 4 | Jay Dickey (R) | Yes | City attorney | 1939 |
| California 1 | Daniel Hamburg (D) | Yes | County Supervisor | 1948 |
| California 6 | Lynn Woolsey (D) | No | Teacher | 1937 |
| California 10 | William P. Baker (R) | New seat | State Assemblyman | 1940 |
| California 11 | Richard Pombo (R) | New seat | City Councilor | 1961 |
| California 14 | Anna Eshoo (D) | Yes | County Supervisor | 1942 |
| California 22 | Michael Huffington (R) | No | Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense | 1947 |
| California 25 | Buck McKeon (R) | New seat | City Councilor | 1938 |
| California 30 | Xavier Becerra (D) | No | State Assemblyman | 1958 |
| California 33 | Lucille Roybal-Allard (D) | New seat | State Assemblywoman | 1941 |
| California 36 | Jane Harman (D) | No | White House staffer | 1945 |
| California 37 | Walter R. Tucker III (D) | No | Mayor of Compton | 1957 |
| California 38 | Steve Horn (R) | Yes | University President | 1931 |
| California 39 | Ed Royce (R) | No | State Senator | 1951 |
| California 41 | Jay Kim (R) | New seat | Mayor of Diamond Bar | 1939 |
| California 43 | Ken Calvert (R) | New seat | Real estate agent | 1953 |
| California 49 | Lynn Schenk (D) | New seat | Port Commissioner | 1945 |
| California 50 | Bob Filner (D) | New seat | City Councilor | 1942 |
| Colorado 3 | Scott McInnis (R) | Yes | State Representative | 1953 |
| Delaware at-large | Mike Castle (R) | Yes | Governor of Delaware | 1939 |
| Florida 3 | Corrine Brown (D) | New seat | State Representative | 1946 |
| Florida 4 | Tillie Fowler (R) | No | City Councilor | 1942 |
| Florida 5 | Karen Thurman (D) | New seat | State Senator | 1951 |
| Florida 7 | John Mica (R) | New seat | State Representative | 1943 |
| Florida 12 | Charles T. Canady (R) | No | State Representative | 1954 |
| Florida 13 | Dan Miller (R) | New seat | Businessman | 1942 |
| Florida 17 | Carrie Meek (D) | No | State Senator | 1926 |
| Florida 20 | Peter Deutsch (D) | No | State Representative | 1957 |
| Florida 21 | Lincoln Díaz-Balart (R) | New seat | State Senator | 1954 |
| Florida 23 | Alcee Hastings (D) | New seat | U.S. District Court Judge | 1936 |
| Georgia 1 | Jack Kingston (R) | Yes | State Representative | 1955 |
| Georgia 2 | Sanford Bishop (D) | No | State Senator | 1947 |
| Georgia 3 | Mac Collins (R) | Yes | State Senator | 1944 |
| Georgia 4 | John Linder (R) | New seat | State Representative | 1942 |
| Georgia 9 | Nathan Deal (D) | No | State Senator | 1942 |
| Georgia 10 | Don Johnson Jr. (D) | No | State Senator | 1948 |
| Georgia 11 | Cynthia McKinney (D) | New seat | State Representative | 1955 |
| Idaho 2 | Mike Crapo (R) | Yes | State Senator | 1951 |
| Illinois 1 | Bobby Rush (D) | No | City Councilor | 1946 |
| Illinois 2 | Mel Reynolds (D) | No | Professor | 1952 |
| Illinois 4 | Luis Gutiérrez (D) | New seat | City Councilor | 1953 |
| Illinois 16 | Don Manzullo (R) | Yes | Attorney | 1944 |
| Indiana 5 | Steve Buyer (R) | Yes | Lawyer | 1958 |
| Kentucky 1 | Thomas Barlow (D) | No | Businessman | 1940 |
| Kentucky 6 | Scotty Baesler (D) | Yes | Mayor of Lexington | 1941 |
| Louisiana 4 | Cleo Fields (D) | New seat | State Senator | 1962 |
| Maryland 4 | Albert Wynn (D) | New seat | State Senator | 1951 |
| Maryland 6 | Roscoe Bartlett (R) | Yes | Professor | 1926 |
| Massachusetts 3 | Peter I. Blute (R) | Yes | State Representative | 1956 |
| Massachusetts 5 | Marty Meehan (D) | No | Attorney | 1956 |
| Massachusetts 6 | Peter G. Torkildsen (R) | Yes | State Representative | 1958 |
| Michigan 1 | Bart Stupak (D) | Yes | State Representative | 1952 |
| Michigan 2 | Pete Hoekstra (R) | No | Businessman | 1953 |
| Michigan 5 | James A. Barcia (D) | No | State Senator | 1952 |
| Michigan 7 | Nick Smith (R) | No | State Senator | 1934 |
| Michigan 11 | Joe Knollenberg (R) | No | Insurance agent | 1933 |
| Minnesota 2 | David Minge (DFL) | Yes | Lawyer | 1942 |
| Minnesota 6 | Rod Grams (R) | Yes | News anchor | 1948 |
| Missouri 2 | Jim Talent (R) | Yes | State Representative | 1956 |
| Missouri 6 | Pat Danner (D) | Yes | State Senator | 1934 |
| New Jersey 7 | Bob Franks (R) | No | State Assemblyman | 1951 |
| New Jersey 8 | Herb Klein (D) | No | State Assemblyman | 1930 |
| New Jersey 13 | Bob Menendez (D) | No | State Senator | 1954 |
| New York 2 | Rick Lazio (R) | Yes | County Legislator | 1958 |
| New York 3 | Peter T. King (R) | No | County Comptroller | 1944 |
| New York 4 | David A. Levy (R) | No | Town Councilor | 1953 |
| New York 12 | Nydia Velázquez (D) | No | City Councilor | 1953 |
| New York 14 | Carolyn Maloney (D) | Yes | City Councilor | 1946 |
| New York 24 | John M. McHugh (R) | No | State Senator | 1948 |
| New York 26 | Maurice Hinchey (D) | No | State Assemblyman | 1938 |
| New York 30 | Jack Quinn (R) | Yes | Town Supervisor | 1951 |
| North Carolina 12 | Mel Watt (D) | New seat | State Senator | 1945 |
| North Dakota at-large | Earl Pomeroy (D–NPL) | No | North Dakota Insurance Commissioner | 1952 |
| Ohio 1 | David S. Mann (D) | No | Mayor of Cincinnati | 1939 |
| Ohio 6 | Ted Strickland (D) | Yes | Psychologist | 1941 |
| Ohio 10 | Martin Hoke (R) | Yes | Businessman | 1952 |
| Ohio 13 | Sherrod Brown (D) | No | Ohio Secretary of State | 1952 |
| Ohio 15 | Deborah Pryce (R) | No | Judge | 1951 |
| Ohio 19 | Eric Fingerhut (D) | No | State Senator | 1959 |
| Oklahoma 5 | Ernest Istook (R) | No | Lawyer | 1950 |
| Oregon 1 | Elizabeth Furse (D) | No | Businesswoman | 1936 |
| Pennsylvania 4 | Ron Klink (D) | No | Journalist | 1951 |
| Pennsylvania 6 | Tim Holden (D) | No | Sheriff | 1957 |
| Pennsylvania 8 | James C. Greenwood (R) | Yes | State Senator | 1951 |
| Pennsylvania 13 | Marjorie Margolies (D) | Yes | Journalist | 1942 |
| Pennsylvania 15 | Paul McHale (D) | Yes | State Representative | 1950 |
| South Carolina 4 | Bob Inglis (R) | Yes | Lawyer | 1959 |
| South Carolina 6 | Jim Clyburn (D) | No | Advisor | 1940 |
| Texas 23 | Henry Bonilla (R) | Yes | News executive | 1954 |
| Texas 28 | Frank Tejeda (D) | New seat | State Senator | 1945 |
| Texas 29 | Gene Green (D) | New seat | State Senator | 1947 |
| Texas 30 | Eddie Bernice Johnson (D) | New seat | State Senator | 1935 |
| Utah 2 | Karen Shepherd (D) | No | State Senator | 1940 |
| Virginia 3 | Bobby Scott (D) | New seat | State Senator | 1947 |
| Virginia 6 | Bob Goodlatte (R) | Yes | Lawyer | 1952 |
| Virginia 11 | Leslie Byrne (D) | New seat | State Delegate | 1946 |
| Washington 1 | Maria Cantwell (D) | Yes | State Representative | 1958 |
| Washington 4 | Jay Inslee (D) | Yes | State Representative | 1951 |
| Washington 8 | Jennifer Dunn (R) | No | State Party Chair | 1941 |
| Washington 9 | Mike Kreidler (D) | New seat | State Senator | 1943 |
| Wisconsin 5 | Tom Barrett (D) | No | State Senator | 1953 |

#### Non-voting members

| District | Delegate | Switched party | Prior background | Birth year |
| Guam at-large | Robert A. Underwood (D) | Yes | Educator | 1948 |
| Puerto Rico at-large | Carlos Romero Barceló (NP/D) | Yes/No | Governor of Puerto Rico | 1932 |

### Took office during the 103rd Congress

| District | Representative | Took office | Switched party | Prior background | Birth year |
| Mississippi 2 | Bennie Thompson (D) | April 13, 1993 | No | County Supervisor | 1948 |
| Ohio 2 | Rob Portman (R) | May 4, 1993 | No | White House Counsel | 1955 |
| Wisconsin 1 | Peter W. Barca (D) | May 4, 1993 | No | State Assemblyman | 1955 |
| California 17 | Sam Farr (D) | June 8, 1993 | No | State Assemblyman | 1941 |
| Michigan 3 | Vern Ehlers (R) | December 7, 1993 | No | State Senator | 1934 |
| Oklahoma 6 | Frank Lucas (R) | May 10, 1994 | Yes | Farmer | 1960 |
| Kentucky 2 | Ron Lewis (R) | May 24, 1994 | Yes | Pastor | 1946 |
| Oklahoma 1 | Steve Largent (R) | November 29, 1994 | No | Football player | 1954 |