# List of new members of the 95th United States Congress

The 95th United States Congress began on January 3, 1977. There were 11 new senators (six Democrats, five Republicans) and 64 new representatives (45 Democrats, 19 Republicans), as well as one new delegate (a Democrat), at the start of the first session. Additionally, 12 senators (six Democrats, six Republicans) and six representatives (two Democrats, four Republicans) took office on various dates in order to fill vacancies during the 95th Congress before it ended on January 3, 1979.

## Senate
### Took office January 3, 1977

| State | Senator | Seniority | Switched party | Prior background | Birth year |
| Arizona | Dennis DeConcini (D) | 8th (97th overall) | Yes Open seat; replaced Paul Fannin (R) | Pima County Attorney U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps | 1937 |
| Hawaii | Spark Matsunaga (D) | 1st (90th overall) | Yes Open seat; replaced Hiram Fong (R) | U.S. House of Representatives Hawaii Territorial Legislature U.S. Army Captain | 1916 |
| Indiana | Richard Lugar (R) | 6th (95th overall) | Yes Defeated Vance Hartke (D) | Mayor of Indianapolis U.S. Navy Lieutenant | 1932 |
| Maryland | Paul Sarbanes (D) | 4th (93rd overall) | Yes Defeated J. Glenn Beall Jr. (R) | U.S. House of Representatives Maryland House of Delegates | 1933 |
| Montana | John Melcher (D) | 2nd (91st overall) | No Open seat; replaced Mike Mansfield (D) | U.S. House of Representatives U.S. Army | 1924 |
| New Mexico | Harrison Schmitt (R) | 10th (99th overall) | Yes Defeated Joseph Montoya (D) | NASA astronaut Geologist | 1935 |
| New York | Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D) | 5th (94th overall) | Yes Defeated James L. Buckley (R) | U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations U.S. Ambassador to India Counselor to President Richard Nixon U.S. Assistant Secretary of Labor | 1927 |
| Pennsylvania | John Heinz (R) | 3rd (92nd overall) | No Open seat; replaced Hugh Scott (R) | U.S. House of Representatives Air Force Reserve Command | 1938 |
| Tennessee | Jim Sasser (D) | 7th (96th overall) | Yes Defeated Bill Brock (R) | Lawyer U.S. Marine Corps Reserve | 1936 |
| Utah | Orrin Hatch (R) | 9th (98th overall) | Yes Defeated Frank Moss (D) | Lawyer | 1934 |
| Wyoming | Malcolm Wallop (R) | 11th (100th overall) | Yes Defeated Gale W. McGee (D) | Wyoming Senate Wyoming House of Representatives U.S. Army | 1933 |

### Took office during the 95th Congress

| State | Senator | Took office | Switched party | Prior background | Birth year |
| Arkansas | Kaneaster Hodges Jr. (D) | December 10, 1977 | No Appointed; replaced John L. McClellan (D) | Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Newport City Attorney | 1938 |
| Montana | Paul G. Hatfield (D) | January 22, 1978 | No Appointed; replaced Lee Metcalf (D) | Montana Supreme Court Montana District Court Judge | 1928 |
| Minnesota (Class 1) | Muriel Humphrey (DFL) | January 25, 1978 | No Appointed; replaced Hubert Humphrey (DFL) | Second Lady of the United States First Lady of Minneapolis | 1912 |
| Alabama | Maryon Pittman Allen (D) | June 8, 1978 | No Appointed; replaced James Allen (D) | Journalist | 1925 |
| Minnesota (Class 1) | David Durenberger (R) | November 8, 1978 | Yes Open seat; replaced Muriel Humphrey (DFL) | Lawyer U.S. Army | 1934 |
| Alabama | Donald Stewart (D) | November 8, 1978 | No Defeated Maryon Pittman Allen (D) in a primary | Alabama Senate Alabama House of Representatives U.S. Magistrate Judge U.S. Army | 1940 |
| Montana | Max Baucus (D) | December 15, 1978 | No Defeated Paul G. Hatfield (D) in a primary | U.S. House of Representatives Montana House of Representatives | 1941 |
| Kansas | Nancy Kassebaum (R) | December 23, 1978 | No Open seat; replaced James B. Pearson (R) | Radio station executive | 1932 |
| Mississippi | Thad Cochran (R) | December 27, 1978 | Yes Open seat; replaced James Eastland (D) | U.S. House of Representatives U.S. Navy Ensign | 1937 |
| Minnesota (Class 2) | Rudy Boschwitz (R) | December 30, 1978 | Yes Defeated Wendell R. Anderson (DFL) | Retail businessman U.S. Army Signal Corps | 1930 |
| Wyoming | Alan Simpson (R) | January 1, 1979 | No Open seat; replaced Clifford Hansen (R) | Wyoming House of Representatives U.S. Army Second Lieutenant | 1931 |
| Virginia | John Warner (R) | January 2, 1979 | No Open seat; replaced William L. Scott (R) | U.S. Secretary of the Navy U.S. Under Secretary of the Navy Assistant U.S. Attorney U.S. Marine Corps Captain | 1927 |

## House of Representatives
### Took office January 3, 1977

| District | Representative | Switched party | Prior background | Birth year |
| Alabama 5 | Ronnie Flippo (D) | No | State Senator | 1937 |
| Arizona 3 | Bob Stump (D) | Yes | State Senator | 1927 |
| Arizona 4 | Eldon Rudd (R) | No | County Supervisor | 1920 |
| Arkansas 2 | Jim Guy Tucker (D) | No | Arkansas Attorney General | 1943 |
| California 16 | Leon Panetta (D) | Yes | Office for Civil Rights Director | 1938 |
| California 23 | Anthony Beilenson (D) | No | State Senator | 1932 |
| California 27 | Bob Dornan (R) | No | Actor | 1933 |
| California 40 | Robert Badham (R) | No | State Assemblyman | 1929 |
| Delaware at-large | Thomas B. Evans Jr. (R) | No | RNC Co-chair | 1931 |
| Florida 8 | Andy Ireland (D) | No | Banker | 1930 |
| Georgia 8 | Billy Lee Evans (D) | No | State Representative | 1941 |
| Georgia 9 | Ed Jenkins (D) | No | Assistant U.S. Attorney | 1933 |
| Georgia 10 | Doug Barnard Jr. (D) | No | GDOT board member | 1922 |
| Hawaii 1 | Cecil Heftel (D) | No | Radio broadcaster | 1924 |
| Hawaii 2 | Daniel Akaka (D) | No | DHEW official | 1924 |
| Illinois 15 | Tom Corcoran (R) | Yes | Legislative staffer | 1939 |
| Indiana 1 | Adam Benjamin Jr. (D) | No | State Senator | 1935 |
| Indiana 4 | Dan Quayle (R) | Yes | Lawyer | 1947 |
| Indiana 8 | David L. Cornwell (D) | No | U.S. Army | 1945 |
| Iowa 1 | Jim Leach (R) | Yes | U.S. Foreign Service officer | 1942 |
| Kansas 4 | Dan Glickman (D) | Yes | School Board Member | 1944 |
| Louisiana 1 | Richard A. Tonry (D) | No | State Representative | 1935 |
| Louisiana 5 | Jerry Huckaby (D) | No | Management executive | 1941 |
| Maryland 3 | Barbara Mikulski (D) | No | City Councillor | 1936 |
| Maryland 8 | Newton Steers (R) | No | State Senator | 1917 |
| Michigan 2 | Carl Pursell (R) | No | State Senator | 1932 |
| Michigan 4 | David Stockman (R) | No | Congressional staffer | 1946 |
| Michigan 5 | Harold S. Sawyer (R) | Yes | Prosecutor | 1920 |
| Michigan 7 | Dale Kildee (D) | No | State Senator | 1929 |
| Michigan 12 | David Bonior (D) | No | State Representative | 1945 |
| Minnesota 4 | Bruce Vento (DFL) | No | State Representative | 1940 |
| Missouri 2 | Robert A. Young (D) | No | State Senator | 1923 |
| Missouri 3 | Dick Gephardt (D) | No | Alderman | 1941 |
| Missouri 4 | Ike Skelton (D) | No | State Senator | 1931 |
| Missouri 9 | Harold Volkmer (D) | No | State Representative | 1931 |
| Montana 2 | Ron Marlenee (R) | Yes | Rancher | 1935 |
| Nebraska 2 | John Joseph Cavanaugh III (D) | Yes | State Senator | 1945 |
| New Jersey 9 | Harold C. Hollenbeck (R) | Yes | State Senator | 1938 |
| New Jersey 14 | Joseph A. LeFante (D) | No | State Assemblyman | 1928 |
| New York 20 | Ted Weiss (D) | No | City Councillor | 1927 |
| New York 23 | Bruce F. Caputo (R) | No | State Assemblyman | 1943 |
| North Carolina 3 | Charles Orville Whitley (D) | No | Congressional staffer | 1927 |
| North Carolina 11 | V. Lamar Gudger (D) | No | State Senator | 1919 |
| Ohio 2 | Tom Luken (D) | Yes | U.S. Representative | 1925 |
| Ohio 13 | Don Pease (D) | Yes | State Senator | 1931 |
| Ohio 18 | Douglas Applegate (D) | No | State Senator | 1928 |
| Ohio 20 | Mary Rose Oakar (D) | No | City Councillor | 1940 |
| Oklahoma 3 | Wes Watkins (D) | No | State Senator | 1938 |
| Oklahoma 5 | Mickey Edwards (R) | No | Professor | 1937 |
| Pennsylvania 3 | Raymond Lederer (D) | No | State Representative | 1938 |
| Pennsylvania 8 | Peter H. Kostmayer (D) | Yes | Press secretary | 1946 |
| Pennsylvania 16 | Bob Walker (R) | No | Congressional staffer | 1942 |
| Pennsylvania 17 | Allen E. Ertel (D) | Yes | District Attorney | 1937 |
| Pennsylvania 18 | Doug Walgren (D) | Yes | Corporate attorney | 1940 |
| Pennsylvania 22 | Austin Murphy (D) | No | State Senator | 1927 |
| Pennsylvania 23 | Joseph S. Ammerman (D) | Yes | State Senator | 1924 |
| Pennsylvania 24 | Marc L. Marks (R) | Yes | County Solicitor | 1927 |
| Tennessee 4 | Al Gore (D) | No | Investigative reporter | 1948 |
| Texas 5 | Jim Mattox (D) | Yes | State Representative | 1943 |
| Texas 22 | Robert Gammage (D) | Yes | State Senator | 1938 |
| Utah 2 | David Daniel Marriott (R) | Yes | Business executive | 1939 |
| Virginia 1 | Paul Trible (R) | Yes | Commonwealth's Attorney | 1946 |
| Washington 6 | Norm Dicks (D) | No | Legislative staffer | 1940 |
| West Virginia 4 | Nick Rahall (D) | No | Business owner | 1949 |

#### Non-voting members

| District | Delegate | Switched party | Prior background | Birth year | Ref |
| Puerto Rico at-large | Baltasar Corrada del Río (NP/D) | Yes/No | Lawyer | 1935 | |

### Took office during the 95th Congress

| District | Representative | Took office | Switched party | Prior background | Birth year |
| Minnesota 7 | Arlan Stangeland (R) | February 22, 1977 | Yes | State Representative | 1930 |
| Georgia 5 | Wyche Fowler (D) | April 6, 1977 | No | City Councillor | 1940 |
| Washington 7 | John E. Cunningham (R) | May 17, 1977 | Yes | State Senator | 1931 |
| Louisiana 1 | Bob Livingston (R) | August 27, 1977 | Yes | Assistant U.S. Attorney | 1943 |
| New York 18 | Bill Green (R) | February 14, 1978 | Yes | U.S. DHUD official | 1929 |
| New York 21 | Robert Garcia (D) | February 21, 1978 | No | State Senator | 1933 |