# List of new members of the 111th United States Congress

The 111th United States Congress began on January 3, 2009. There were nine new senators (seven Democrats, two Republicans) and 54 new representatives (32 Democrats, 22 Republicans), as well as two new delegates (one Democrat, one independent), at the start of its first session. Additionally, 12 senators (nine Democrats, three Republicans) and 11 representatives (seven Democrats, four Republicans) took office on various dates in order to fill vacancies during the 111th Congress before it ended on January 3, 2011.
The presidents of the House Democratic freshman class were Gerry Connolly of Virginia and Martin Heinrich of New Mexico, while the president of the House Republican freshman class was Steve Austria of Ohio.

## Senate
### Took office January 3, 2009

| State | Senator | Seniority | Switched party | Prior background | Birth year |
| Alaska | Mark Begich (D) | 9th (98th overall) | Yes Defeated Ted Stevens (R) | Mayor of Anchorage Anchorage Assembly | 1962 |
| Colorado | Mark Udall (D) | 1st (90th overall) | Yes Open seat; replaced Wayne Allard (R) | U.S. House of Representatives Colorado House of Representatives Executive director of Outward Bound | 1950 |
| Idaho | Jim Risch (R) | 6th (95th overall) | No Open seat; replaced Larry Craig (R) | Governor of Idaho Lieutenant Governor of Idaho President pro tempore of the Idaho Senate Ada County Prosecutor | 1943 |
| Nebraska | Mike Johanns (R) | 3rd (92nd overall) | No Open seat; replaced Chuck Hagel (R) | U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Governor of Nebraska Mayor of Lincoln Lancaster County Board of Commissioners | 1950 |
| New Hampshire | Jeanne Shaheen (D) | 4th (93rd overall) | Yes Defeated John E. Sununu (R) | Governor of New Hampshire New Hampshire Senate | 1947 |
| New Mexico | Tom Udall (D) | 2nd (91st overall) | Yes Open seat; replaced Pete Domenici (R) | U.S. House of Representatives Attorney General of New Mexico Assistant U.S. Attorney | 1948 |
| North Carolina | Kay Hagan (D) | 7th (96th overall) | Yes Defeated Elizabeth Dole (R) | North Carolina Senate | 1953 |
| Oregon | Jeff Merkley (D) | 8th (97th overall) | Yes Defeated Gordon H. Smith (R) | Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives | 1956 |
| Virginia | Mark Warner (D) | 5th (94th overall) | Yes Open seat; replaced John Warner (R) | Governor of Virginia Chair of the Democratic Party of Virginia | 1954 |

### Took office during the 111th Congress

| State | Senator | Took office | Switched party | Prior background | Birth year |
| Illinois | Roland Burris (D) | January 15, 2009 | No Appointed; replaced Barack Obama (D) | Illinois Attorney General Illinois Comptroller Illinois Director of General Services Bank examiner for Comptroller James J. Saxon | 1937 |
| Delaware | Ted Kaufman (D) | January 16, 2009 | No Appointed; replaced Joe Biden (D) | Broadcasting Board of Governors Chief of staff to U.S. Senator Joe Biden | 1939 |
| Colorado | Michael Bennet (D) | January 21, 2009 | No Appointed; replaced Ken Salazar (D) | Superintendent of Denver Public Schools Chief of staff to Mayor John Hickenlooper | 1964 |
| New York | Kirsten Gillibrand (D) | January 26, 2009 | No Appointed; replaced Hillary Clinton (D) | U.S. House of Representatives Special counsel to Secretary Andrew Cuomo | 1966 |
| Minnesota | Al Franken (DFL) | July 7, 2009 | Yes Defeated Norm Coleman (R) | Comedian Host of The Al Franken Show | 1951 |
| Florida | George LeMieux (R) | September 9, 2009 | No Appointed; replaced Mel Martínez (R) | Chief of staff to Governor Charlie Crist Deputy Florida Attorney General Chair of the Broward County Republican Party | 1969 |
| Massachusetts | Paul G. Kirk (D) | September 24, 2009 | No Appointed; replaced Ted Kennedy (D) | Chair of the Democratic National Committee Democratic National Committee Treasurer | 1938 |
| Massachusetts | Scott Brown (R) | February 4, 2010 | Yes Open seat; replaced Paul G. Kirk (D) | Massachusetts Senate Massachusetts House of Representatives Wrentham Selectman U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps | 1959 |
| West Virginia | Carte Goodwin (D) | July 16, 2010 | No Appointed; replaced Robert Byrd (D) | Chief counsel to Governor Joe Manchin | 1974 |
| Delaware | Chris Coons (D) | November 15, 2010 | No Open seat; replaced Ted Kaufman (D) | New Castle County Executive New Castle County Council | 1963 |
| West Virginia | Joe Manchin (D) | November 15, 2010 | No Open seat; replaced Carte Goodwin (D) | Governor of West Virginia Secretary of State of West Virginia West Virginia Senate West Virginia House of Delegates | 1947 |
| Illinois | Mark Kirk (R) | November 29, 2010 | Yes Open seat; replaced Roland Burris (D) | U.S. House of Representatives U.S. Navy Reserve | 1959 |

## House of Representatives
### Took office January 3, 2009

| District | Representative | Switched party | Prior background | Birth year |
| Alabama 2 | Bobby Bright (D) | Yes Open seat; replaced Terry Everett (R) | Mayor of Montgomery | 1952 |
| Alabama 5 | Parker Griffith (D) | No Open seat; replaced Bud Cramer (D) | Alabama Senate U.S. Army Medical Corps | 1942 |
| Arizona 1 | Ann Kirkpatrick (D) | Yes Open seat; replaced Rick Renzi (R) | Arizona House of Representatives | 1950 |
| California 4 | Tom McClintock (R) | No Open seat; replaced John Doolittle (R) | California State Senate California State Assembly | 1956 |
| California 52 | Duncan D. Hunter (R) | No Open seat; replaced Duncan L. Hunter (R) | Real estate developer U.S. Marine Corps Major | 1976 |
| Colorado 2 | Jared Polis (D) | No Open seat; replaced Mark Udall (D) | Colorado State Board of Education | 1975 |
| Colorado 4 | Betsy Markey (D) | Yes Defeated Marilyn Musgrave (R) | Legislative aide | 1956 |
| Colorado 6 | Mike Coffman (R) | No Open seat; replaced Tom Tancredo (R) | Secretary of State of Colorado Colorado State Treasurer Colorado Senate Colorado House of Representatives U.S. Marine Corps Major | 1955 |
| Connecticut 4 | Jim Himes (D) | Yes Defeated Chris Shays (R) | Greenwich Housing Authority Vice President of Goldman Sachs | 1966 |
| Florida 8 | Alan Grayson (D) | Yes Defeated Ric Keller (R) | Businessman | 1958 |
| Florida 15 | Bill Posey (R) | No Open seat; replaced Dave Weldon (R) | Florida Senate Florida House of Representatives Rockledge City Council | 1947 |
| Florida 16 | Tom Rooney (R) | Yes Defeated Tim Mahoney (D) | U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps | 1970 |
| Florida 24 | Suzanne Kosmas (D) | Yes Defeated Tom Feeney (R) | Florida House of Representatives | 1944 |
| Idaho 1 | Walt Minnick (D) | Yes Defeated Bill Sali (R) | Staff assistant to President Richard Nixon U.S. Army First Lieutenant | 1942 |
| Illinois 11 | Debbie Halvorson (D) | Yes Open seat; replaced Jerry Weller (R) | Illinois Senate Crete Township Clerk | 1958 |
| Illinois 18 | Aaron Schock (R) | No Open seat; replaced Ray LaHood (R) | Illinois House of Representatives Peoria Board of Education | 1981 |
| Kansas 2 | Lynn Jenkins (R) | Yes Defeated Nancy Boyda (D) | Kansas State Treasurer Kansas Senate Kansas House of Representatives | 1963 |
| Kentucky 2 | Brett Guthrie (R) | No Open seat; replaced Ron Lewis (R) | Kentucky Senate U.S. Army First Lieutenant | 1964 |
| Louisiana 2 | Joseph Cao (R) | Yes Defeated William Jefferson (D) | Professional advocate | 1967 |
| Louisiana 4 | John Fleming (R) | No Open seat; replaced Jim McCrery (R) | Webster Parish Coroner U.S. Navy | 1951 |
| Louisiana 6 | Bill Cassidy (R) | Yes Defeated Don Cazayoux (D) | Louisiana State Senate Physician | 1957 |
| Maine 1 | Chellie Pingree (D) | No Open seat; replaced Tom Allen (D) | Maine Senate | 1955 |
| Maryland 1 | Frank Kratovil (D) | Yes Replaced Wayne Gilchrest (R), who was defeated in a primary | Queen Anne's County State's Attorney | 1968 |
| Michigan 7 | Mark Schauer (D) | Yes Defeated Tim Walberg (R) | Michigan Senate Michigan House of Representatives Battle Creek City Commission | 1961 |
| Michigan 9 | Gary Peters (D) | Yes Defeated Joe Knollenberg (R) | Michigan Lottery Commissioner Michigan Senate Rochester Hills City Council Navy Supply Corps Lieutenant Commander | 1958 |
| Minnesota 3 | Erik Paulsen (R) | No Open seat; replaced Jim Ramstad (R) | Minnesota House of Representatives | 1965 |
| Mississippi 3 | Gregg Harper (R) | No Open seat; replaced Chip Pickering (R) | Brandon City Prosecutor Richland City Prosecutor Chair of the Rankin County Republican Party | 1956 |
| Missouri 9 | Blaine Luetkemeyer (R) | No Open seat; replaced Kenny Hulshof (R) | Missouri Tourism Director Missouri House of Representatives St. Elizabeth Board of Trustees | 1952 |
| Nevada 3 | Dina Titus (D) | Yes Defeated Jon Porter (R) | Nevada Senate Political science professor | 1950 |
| New Jersey 3 | John Adler (D) | Yes Open seat; replaced Jim Saxton (R) | New Jersey Senate Cherry Hill Township Council | 1959 |
| New Jersey 7 | Leonard Lance (R) | No Open seat; replaced Mike Ferguson (R) | New Jersey Senate New Jersey General Assembly | 1952 |
| New Mexico 1 | Martin Heinrich (D) | Yes Open seat; replaced Heather Wilson (R) | Albuquerque City Council | 1971 |
| New Mexico 2 | Harry Teague (D) | Yes Open seat; replaced Steve Pearce (R) | Lea County Board of Commissioners | 1949 |
| New Mexico 3 | Ben Ray Luján (D) | No Open seat; replaced Tom Udall (D) | New Mexico Public Regulation Commission | 1972 |
| New York 13 | Michael McMahon (D) | Yes Open seat; replaced Vito Fossella (R) | New York City Council | 1957 |
| New York 21 | Paul Tonko (D) | No Open seat; replaced Michael McNulty (D) | President of the NYSERDA New York State Assembly Montgomery County Board of Supervisors | 1949 |
| New York 25 | Dan Maffei (D) | Yes Open seat; replaced James T. Walsh (R) | Congressional staffer | 1968 |
| New York 26 | Chris Lee (R) | No Open seat; replaced Thomas M. Reynolds (R) | Businessman | 1964 |
| New York 29 | Eric Massa (D) | Yes Defeated Randy Kuhl (R) | Congressional staffer U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander | 1959 |
| North Carolina 8 | Larry Kissell (D) | Yes Defeated Robin Hayes (R) | Businessman | 1951 |
| Ohio 1 | Steve Driehaus (D) | Yes Defeated Steve Chabot (R) | Ohio House of Representatives Peace Corps | 1966 |
| Ohio 7 | Steve Austria (R) | No Open seat; replaced Dave Hobson (R) | Ohio Senate Ohio House of Representatives | 1958 |
| Ohio 15 | Mary Jo Kilroy (D) | Yes Open seat; replaced Deborah Pryce (R) | Franklin County Board of Commissioners Columbus Board of Education | 1949 |
| Ohio 16 | John Boccieri (D) | Yes Open seat; replaced Ralph Regula (R) | Ohio Senate Ohio House of Representatives U.S. Air Force Reserve Colonel | 1969 |
| Oregon 5 | Kurt Schrader (D) | No Open seat; replaced Darlene Hooley (D) | Oregon State Senate Oregon House of Representatives Veterinarian | 1951 |
| Pennsylvania 3 | Kathy Dahlkemper (D) | Yes Defeated Phil English (R) | Co-founder of the Lake Erie Arboretum | 1957 |
| Pennsylvania 5 | Glenn Thompson (R) | No Open seat; replaced John Peterson (R) | Chair of the Centre County Republican Party Bald Eagle School Board Rehabilitation therapist manager | 1959 |
| Tennessee 1 | Phil Roe (R) | No Defeated David Davis (R) in a primary | Mayor of Johnson City Johnson City Board of Commissioners U.S. Army Medical Corps | 1945 |
| Texas 22 | Pete Olson (R) | Yes Defeated Nick Lampson (D) | Congressional staffer U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander | 1962 |
| Utah 3 | Jason Chaffetz (R) | No Defeated Chris Cannon (R) in a primary | Utah Valley Board of Trustees Chief of staff to Governor Jon Huntsman Jr. | 1967 |
| Virginia 2 | Glenn Nye (D) | Yes Defeated Thelma Drake (R) | USAID staff member U.S. Foreign Service officer | 1974 |
| Virginia 5 | Tom Perriello (D) | Yes Defeated Virgil Goode (R) | Entrepreneur | 1974 |
| Virginia 11 | Gerry Connolly (D) | Yes Open seat; replaced Tom Davis (R) | Fairfax County Board of Supervisors | 1950 |
| Wyoming at-large | Cynthia Lummis (R) | No Open seat; replaced Barbara Cubin (R) | Wyoming State Treasurer Wyoming Senate Wyoming House of Representatives | 1954 |

#### Non-voting delegates

| District | Image | Delegate | Switched party | Prior background | Birth year | Ref |
| Northern Mariana Islands at-large | | Gregorio Sablan (I) | New seat | Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives U.S. Army | 1955 | |
| Puerto Rico at-large | | Pedro Pierluisi (NP/D) | No/Yes Open seat; replaced Luis Fortuño (NP/R) | Secretary of Justice of Puerto Rico | 1959 | |

### Took office during the 111th Congress

| District | Representative | Took office | Switched party | Prior background | Birth year |
| Illinois 5 | Mike Quigley (D) | April 21, 2009 | No Succeeded Rahm Emanuel (D) | Cook County Board of Commissioners | 1958 |
| New York 20 | Scott Murphy (D) | April 29, 2009 | No Succeeded Kirsten Gillibrand (D) | Entrepreneur | 1970 |
| California 32 | Judy Chu (D) | July 14, 2009 | No Succeeded Hilda Solis (D) | California State Board of Equalization California State Assembly Monterey Park City Council Garvey School District | 1953 |
| California 10 | John Garamendi (D) | November 5, 2009 | No Succeeded Ellen Tauscher (D) | Lieutenant Governor of California California Insurance Commissioner U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Interior California State Senate California State Assembly | 1945 |
| New York 23 | Bill Owens (D) | November 6, 2009 | Yes Succeeded John M. McHugh (R) | Lawyer U.S. Air Force Reserve Captain | 1949 |
| Florida 19 | Ted Deutch (D) | April 15, 2010 | No Succeeded Robert Wexler (D) | Florida Senate | 1966 |
| Pennsylvania 12 | Mark Critz (D) | May 20, 2010 | No Succeeded John Murtha (D) | Business manager | 1962 |
| Hawaii 1 | Charles Djou (R) | May 25, 2010 | Yes Succeeded Neil Abercrombie (D) | Honolulu City Council Hawaii House of Representatives Vice Chair of the Hawaii Republican Party U.S. Army Reserve | 1970 |
| Georgia 9 | Tom Graves (R) | June 14, 2010 | No Succeeded Nathan Deal (R) | Georgia House of Representatives | 1970 |
| Indiana 3 | Marlin Stutzman (R) | November 2, 2010 | No Succeeded Mark Souder (D) | Indiana Senate Indiana House of Representatives | 1976 |
| New York 29 | Tom Reed (R) | November 18, 2010 | Yes Succeeded Eric Massa (D) | Mayor of Corning | 1971 |