# List of new members of the 112th United States Congress

The 112th United States Congress began on January 3, 2011. There were 13 new senators (one Democrat, 12 Republicans) and 94 new representatives (nine Democrats, 85 Republicans) at the start of its first session. Additionally, three senators (one Democrat, two Republicans) and 10 representatives (seven Democrats, three Republicans) took office on various dates in order to fill vacancies during the 112th Congress before it ended on January 3, 2013.
The president of the House Democratic freshman class was Terri Sewell of Alabama, while the president of the House Republican freshman class was Austin Scott of Georgia. Additionally, the Republican's freshmen liaisons were Kristi Noem of South Dakota and Tim Scott of South Carolina.
This freshmen class was overwhelmingly Republican, resulting in an even larger prevalence of Republican freshmen than during the Republican Revolution of 1994, with approximately 23% of the 47 elected Republican senators and 33% of the 242 elected Republican representatives being first-timers.

## Senate
### Took office January 3, 2011

| State | Senator | Seniority | Switched party | Prior background | Birth year |
| Arkansas | John Boozman (R) | 5th (92nd overall) | Yes Defeated Blanche Lincoln (D) | U.S. House of Representatives Rogers Public School Board Optometrist | 1950 |
| Connecticut | Richard Blumenthal (D) | 11th (98th overall) | No Open seat; replaced Chris Dodd (D) | Connecticut Attorney General Connecticut State Senate Connecticut House of Representatives U.S. Attorney for Connecticut U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Sergeant | 1946 |
| Florida | Marco Rubio (R) | 8th (95th overall) | No Open seat; replaced George LeMieux (R) | Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives West Miami City Commissioner | 1971 |
| Indiana | Dan Coats (R) | 1st (88th overall) | Yes Open seat; replaced Evan Bayh (D) | U.S. Senate U.S. Ambassador to Germany U.S. House of Representatives U.S. Army Staff Sergeant | 1943 |
| Kansas | Jerry Moran (R) | 3rd (90th overall) | No Open seat; replaced Sam Brownback (R) | U.S. House of Representatives Kansas Senate | 1954 |
| Kentucky | Rand Paul (R) | 10th (97th overall) | No Open seat; replaced Jim Bunning (R) | Ophthalmologist | 1963 |
| Missouri | Roy Blunt (R) | 2nd (89th overall) | No Open seat; replaced Kit Bond (R) | U.S. House of Representatives President of Southwest Baptist University Missouri Secretary of State Greene County Clerk | 1950 |
| New Hampshire | Kelly Ayotte (R) | 13th (100th overall) | No Open seat; replaced Judd Gregg (R) | Attorney General of New Hampshire New Hampshire Department of Justice | 1968 |
| North Dakota | John Hoeven (R) | 7th (94th overall) | Yes Open seat; replaced Byron Dorgan (D–NPL) | Governor of North Dakota President of the Bank of North Dakota | 1957 |
| Ohio | Rob Portman (R) | 4th (91st overall) | No Open seat; replaced George Voinovich (R) | Director of the Office of Management and Budget U.S. Trade Representative U.S. House of Representatives White House Director of Legislative Affairs | 1955 |
| Pennsylvania | Pat Toomey (R) | 6th (93rd overall) | Yes Replaced Arlen Specter (D), who was defeated in a primary | President of the Club for Growth U.S. House of Representatives | 1961 |
| Utah | Mike Lee (R) | 12th (99th overall) | No Defeated Bob Bennett (R) in a primary | Clerk for Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Assistant U.S. Attorney | 1971 |
| Wisconsin | Ron Johnson (R) | 9th (96th overall) | Yes Defeated Russ Feingold (D) | Plastics manufacturer | 1955 |

### Took office during the 112th Congress

| State | Senator | Took office | Switched party | Prior background | Birth year |
| Nevada | Dean Heller (R) | May 9, 2011 | No Appointed; replaced John Ensign (R) | U.S. House of Representatives Secretary of State of Nevada Nevada Assembly | 1960 |
| Hawaii | Brian Schatz (D) | December 26, 2012 | No Appointed; replaced Daniel Inouye (D) | Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii Chair of the Democratic Party of Hawaii Hawaii House of Representatives | 1972 |
| South Carolina | Tim Scott (R) | January 2, 2013 | No Appointed; replaced Jim DeMint (R) | U.S. House of Representatives South Carolina House of Representatives Charleston County Council | 1965 |

## House of Representatives
### Took office January 3, 2011

| District | Representative | Switched party | Prior background | Birth year |
| Alabama 2 | Martha Roby (R) | Yes Defeated Bobby Bright (D) | Montgomery City Council | 1976 |
| Alabama 5 | Mo Brooks (R) | No Defeated Parker Griffith (R) in a primary | Madison County Commission Madison County District Attorney Alabama House of Representatives | 1954 |
| Alabama 7 | Terri Sewell (D) | No Open seat; replaced Artur Davis (D) | Lawyer | 1965 |
| Arizona 1 | Paul Gosar (R) | Yes Defeated Ann Kirkpatrick (D) | Dentist | 1958 |
| Arizona 3 | Ben Quayle (R) | No Open seat; replaced John Shadegg (R) | Lawyer | 1976 |
| Arizona 5 | David Schweikert (R) | Yes Defeated Harry Mitchell (D) | Maricopa County Treasurer Arizona House of Representatives | 1962 |
| Arkansas 1 | Rick Crawford (R) | Yes Open seat; replaced Marion Berry (D) | Radio announcer U.S. Army Sergeant | 1966 |
| Arkansas 2 | Tim Griffin (R) | Yes Open seat; replaced Vic Snyder (D) | U.S. Attorney for Eastern Arkansas U.S. Army Reserve Colonel | 1968 |
| Arkansas 3 | Steve Womack (R) | No Open seat; replaced John Boozman (R) | Mayor of Rogers Rogers City Council Arkansas National Guard Colonel | 1957 |
| California 19 | Jeff Denham (R) | No Open seat; replaced George Radanovich (R) | California State Senate U.S. Air Force Reserve Staff Sergeant | 1967 |
| California 33 | Karen Bass (D) | No Open seat; replaced Diane Watson (D) | Speaker of the California State Assembly | 1953 |
| Colorado 3 | Scott Tipton (R) | Yes Defeated John Salazar (D) | Colorado House of Representatives | 1956 |
| Colorado 4 | Cory Gardner (R) | Yes Defeated Betsy Markey (D) | Colorado House of Representatives | 1974 |
| Delaware at-large | John Carney (D) | Yes Open seat; replaced Mike Castle (R) | Lieutenant Governor of Delaware | 1956 |
| Florida 2 | Steve Southerland (R) | Yes Defeated Allen Boyd (R) | Mortician | 1965 |
| Florida 5 | Rich Nugent (R) | No Open seat; replaced Ginny Brown-Waite (R) | Hernando County Sheriff Illinois Air National Guard | 1951 |
| Florida 8 | Daniel Webster (R) | Yes Defeated Alan Grayson (D) | Florida Senate Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives | 1949 |
| Florida 12 | Dennis Ross (R) | No Open seat; replaced Adam Putnam (R) | Florida House of Representatives | 1959 |
| Florida 17 | Frederica Wilson (D) | No Open seat; replaced Kendrick Meek (D) | Florida Senate Florida House of Representatives Miami-Dade County School Board | 1942 |
| Florida 22 | Allen West (R) | Yes Defeated Ron Klein (D) | Civilian advisor to the Afghan National Army U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel | 1961 |
| Florida 24 | Sandy Adams (R) | Yes Defeated Suzanne Kosmas (D) | Florida House of Representatives Orange County Sheriff's Office U.S. Air Force | 1956 |
| Florida 25 | David Rivera (R) | New seat | Florida House of Representatives | 1965 |
| Georgia 7 | Rob Woodall (R) | No Open seat; replaced John Linder (R) | Attorney | 1970 |
| Georgia 8 | Austin Scott (R) | Yes Defeated Jim Marshall (D) | Georgia House of Representatives | 1969 |
| Hawaii 1 | Colleen Hanabusa (D) | Yes Defeated Charles Djou (R) | President of the Hawaii Senate | 1951 |
| Idaho 1 | Raúl Labrador (R) | Yes Defeated Walt Minnick (D) | Idaho House of Representatives | 1967 |
| Illinois 8 | Joe Walsh (R) | Yes Defeated Melissa Bean (D) | Business executive | 1961 |
| Illinois 10 | Bob Dold (R) | No Open seat; replaced Mark Kirk (R) | Staffer for Vice President Dan Quayle | 1969 |
| Illinois 11 | Adam Kinzinger (R) | Yes Defeated Debbie Halvorson (D) | McLean County Board U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel | 1978 |
| Illinois 14 | Randy Hultgren (R) | Yes Defeated Bill Foster (D) | Illinois Senate Illinois House of Representatives DuPage County Board | 1966 |
| Illinois 17 | Bobby Schilling (R) | Yes Defeated Phil Hare (D) | Business owner | 1964 |
| Indiana 4 | Todd Rokita (R) | No Open seat; replaced Steve Buyer (R) | Secretary of State of Indiana | 1970 |
| Indiana 8 | Larry Bucshon (R) | Yes Open seat; replaced Brad Ellsworth (D) | Cardiothoracic surgeon U.S. Navy Reserve | 1962 |
| Indiana 9 | Todd Young (R) | Yes Defeated Baron Hill (D) | Orange County assistant deputy prosecutor U.S. Marine Corps Captain | 1972 |
| Kansas 1 | Tim Huelskamp (R) | No Open seat; replaced Jerry Moran (R) | Kansas Senate | 1968 |
| Kansas 3 | Kevin Yoder (R) | Yes Open seat; replaced Dennis Moore (D) | Kansas House of Representatives | 1976 |
| Kansas 4 | Mike Pompeo (R) | No Open seat; replaced Todd Tiahrt (R) | Aerospace manufacturing entrepreneur U.S. Army Captain | 1963 |
| Louisiana 2 | Cedric Richmond (D) | Yes Defeated Joseph Cao (R) | Louisiana House of Representatives | 1973 |
| Louisiana 3 | Jeff Landry (R) | Yes Open seat; replaced Charlie Melançon (D) | St. Martin Parish Sheriff's Office Louisiana National Guard Sergeant | 1970 |
| Maryland 1 | Andy Harris (R) | Yes Defeated Frank Kratovil (D) | Maryland Senate U.S. Navy Medical Corps | 1957 |
| Massachusetts 10 | Bill Keating (D) | No Open seat; replaced Bill Delahunt (D) | Norfolk County District Attorney Massachusetts Senate Massachusetts House of Representatives | 1952 |
| Michigan 1 | Dan Benishek (R) | Yes Open seat; replaced Bart Stupak (D) | Physician | 1952 |
| Michigan 2 | Bill Huizenga (R) | No Open seat; replaced Pete Hoekstra (R) | Michigan House of Representatives | 1969 |
| Michigan 3 | Justin Amash (R) | No Open seat; replaced Vern Ehlers (R) | Michigan House of Representatives | 1980 |
| Michigan 7 | Tim Walberg (R) | Yes Defeated Mark Schauer (D) | U.S. House of Representatives Michigan House of Representatives | 1951 |
| Michigan 13 | Hansen Clarke (D) | No Defeated Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (D) in a primary | Michigan Senate Michigan House of Representatives | 1957 |
| Minnesota 8 | Chip Cravaack (R) | Yes Defeated Jim Oberstar (DFL) | Commercial airline pilot U.S. Navy Reserve Captain | 1959 |
| Mississippi 1 | Alan Nunnelee (R) | Yes Defeated Travis Childers (D) | Mississippi State Senate | 1958 |
| Mississippi 4 | Steven Palazzo (R) | Yes Defeated Gene Taylor (D) | Mississippi House of Representatives Mississippi National Guard Sergeant | 1970 |
| Missouri 4 | Vicky Hartzler (R) | Yes Defeated Ike Skelton (D) | Missouri House of Representatives | 1960 |
| Missouri 7 | Billy Long (R) | No Open seat; replaced Roy Blunt (R) | Auctioneer business owner | 1955 |
| Nevada 3 | Joe Heck (R) | Yes Defeated Dina Titus (D) | Nevada Senate Physician U.S. Army Reserve Brigadier General | 1961 |
| New Hampshire 1 | Frank Guinta (R) | Yes Defeated Carol Shea-Porter (D) | Mayor of Manchester Manchester Board of Aldermen New Hampshire House of Representatives | 1970 |
| New Hampshire 2 | Charles Bass (R) | Yes Open seat; replaced Paul Hodes (D) | U.S. House of Representatives New Hampshire Senate | 1952 |
| New Jersey 3 | Jon Runyan (R) | Yes Defeated John Adler (D) | Professional football player | 1973 |
| New Mexico 2 | Steve Pearce (R) | Yes Defeated Harry Teague (D) | U.S. House of Representatives New Mexico House of Representatives U.S. Air Force Captain | 1947 |
| New York 13 | Michael Grimm (R) | Yes Defeated Michael McMahon (D) | Federal Bureau of Investigation U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Corporal | 1970 |
| New York 19 | Nan Hayworth (R) | Yes Defeated John Hall (D) | Ophthalmologist | 1959 |
| New York 20 | Chris Gibson (R) | Yes Defeated Scott Murphy (D) | College administrator U.S. Army Colonel | 1964 |
| New York 24 | Richard Hanna (R) | Yes Defeated Mike Arcuri (D) | Business owner | 1951 |
| New York 25 | Ann Marie Buerkle (R) | Yes Defeated Dan Maffei (D) | Assistant New York Attorney General Syracuse Common Council Registered nurse | 1951 |
| North Carolina 2 | Renee Ellmers (R) | Yes Defeated Bob Etheridge (D) | Dunn Planning Board Registered nurse | 1964 |
| North Dakota at-large | Rick Berg (R) | Yes Defeated Earl Pomeroy (D–NPL) | Speaker of the North Dakota House of Representatives | 1959 |
| Ohio 1 | Steve Chabot (R) | Yes Defeated Steve Driehaus (D) | U.S. House of Representatives Hamilton County Board of Commissioners Cincinnati City Council | 1953 |
| Ohio 6 | Bill Johnson (R) | Yes Defeated Charlie Wilson (D) | Corporate executive U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel | 1954 |
| Ohio 15 | Steve Stivers (R} | Yes Defeated Mary Jo Kilroy (D) | Ohio Senate Ohio National Guard Brigadier General | 1965 |
| Ohio 16 | Jim Renacci (R) | Yes Defeated John Boccieri (D) | Mayor of Wadsworth Wadsworth City Council | 1958 |
| Ohio 18 | Bob Gibbs (R) | Yes Defeated Zack Space (D) | Ohio Senate Ohio House of Representatives President of the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation | 1954 |
| Oklahoma 5 | James Lankford (R) | No Open seat; replaced Mary Fallin (R) | Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma | 1968 |
| Pennsylvania 3 | Mike Kelly (R) | Yes Defeated Kathy Dahlkemper (D) | Butler County Council Butler School Board | 1948 |
| Pennsylvania 7 | Pat Meehan (R) | Yes Open seat; replaced Joe Sestak (D) | U.S. Attorney for Eastern Pennsylvania Delaware County District Attorney | 1955 |
| Pennsylvania 8 | Mike Fitzpatrick (R) | Yes Defeated Patrick Murphy (D) | U.S. House of Representatives Bucks County Board of Commissioners | 1963 |
| Pennsylvania 10 | Tom Marino (R) | Yes Defeated Chris Carney (D) | U.S. Attorney for Middle Pennsylvania Lycoming County District Attorney | 1952 |
| Pennsylvania 11 | Lou Barletta (R) | Yes Defeated Paul Kanjorski (D) | Mayor of Hazleton Hazleton City Council | 1956 |
| Rhode Island 1 | David Cicilline (D) | No Open seat; replaced Patrick J. Kennedy (D) | Mayor of Providence Rhode Island House of Representatives | 1961 |
| South Carolina 1 | Tim Scott (R) | No Open seat; replaced Henry Brown (R) | South Carolina House of Representatives Charleston County Council | 1965 |
| South Carolina 3 | Jeff Duncan (R) | No Open seat; replaced Gresham Barrett (R) | South Carolina House of Representatives | 1966 |
| South Carolina 4 | Trey Gowdy (R) | No Defeated Bob Inglis (R) in a primary | South Carolina Circuit Court Solicitor Assistant U.S. Attorney | 1964 |
| South Carolina 5 | Mick Mulvaney (R) | Yes Defeated John Spratt (D) | South Carolina Senate South Carolina House of Representatives | 1967 |
| South Dakota at-large | Kristi Noem (R) | Yes Defeated Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D) | South Dakota House of Representatives | 1971 |
| Tennessee 3 | Chuck Fleischmann (R) | No Open seat; replaced Zach Wamp (R) | Lawyer | 1962 |
| Tennessee 4 | Scott DesJarlais (R) | Yes Defeated Lincoln Davis (D) | Physician | 1964 |
| Tennessee 6 | Diane Black (R) | Yes Open seat; replaced Bart Gordon (D) | Tennessee Senate Tennessee House of Representatives Registered nurse | 1951 |
| Tennessee 8 | Stephen Fincher (R) | Yes Open seat; replaced John Tanner (D) | Farming business owner | 1973 |
| Texas 17 | Bill Flores (R) | Yes Defeated Chet Edwards (D) | Texas Real Estate Commission Energy company executive | 1954 |
| Texas 23 | Quico Canseco (R) | Yes Defeated Ciro Rodriguez (D) | Bank executive | 1949 |
| Texas 27 | Blake Farenthold (R) | Yes Defeated Solomon Ortiz (D) | Lawyer | 1961 |
| Virginia 2 | Scott Rigell (R) | Yes Defeated Glenn Nye (D) | Car dealership owner U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Sergeant | 1960 |
| Virginia 5 | Robert Hurt (R) | Yes Defeated Tom Perriello (D) | Virginia Senate Virginia House of Delegates Chatham Town Council | 1969 |
| Virginia 9 | Morgan Griffith (R) | Yes Defeated Rick Boucher (D) | Virginia House of Delegates | 1958 |
| Washington 3 | Jaime Herrera (R) | Yes Open seat; replaced Brian Baird (D) | Washington House of Representatives Congressional staffer | 1978 |
| West Virginia 1 | David McKinley (R) | Yes Replaced Alan Mollohan (D), who was defeated in a primary | Chair of the West Virginia Republican Party West Virginia House of Delegates | 1947 |
| Wisconsin 7 | Sean Duffy (R) | Yes Open seat; replaced Dave Obey (D) | Ashland County District Attorney Reality television personality | 1971 |
| Wisconsin 8 | Reid Ribble (R) | Yes Defeated Steve Kagen (D) | Business owner | 1956 |

### Took office during the 112th Congress

| District | Representative | Took office | Switched party | Prior background | Birth year |
| New York 26 | Kathy Hochul (D) | June 1, 2011 | Yes Succeeded Chris Lee (R) | Erie County Clerk Hamburg Town Board Congressional staffer | 1958 |
| California 36 | Janice Hahn (D) | July 19, 2011 | No Succeeded Jane Harman (D) | Los Angeles City Council Los Angeles Charter Reform Commission | 1952 |
| Nevada 2 | Mark Amodei (R) | September 15, 2011 | No Succeeded Dean Heller (R) | Chair of the Nevada Republican Party Nevada Senate Nevada Assembly U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps | 1958 |
| New York 9 | Bob Turner (R) | September 15, 2011 | Yes Succeeded Anthony Weiner (D) | Businessman U.S. Army Specialist | 1941 |
| Oregon 1 | Suzanne Bonamici (D) | February 7, 2012 | No Succeeded David Wu (D) | Oregon State Senate Oregon House of Representatives | 1954 |
| Arizona 8 | Ron Barber (D) | June 19, 2012 | No Succeeded Gabby Giffords (D) | Staff for U.S. Representative Gabby Giffords | 1945 |
| Kentucky 4 | Thomas Massie (R) | November 13, 2012 | No Succeeded Geoff Davis (R) | Lewis County Judge/Executive | 1971 |
| Michigan 11 | David Curson (D) | November 13, 2012 | Yes Succeeded Thaddeus McCotter (R) | Union representative U.S. Marine Corps | 1948 |
| Washington 1 | Suzan DelBene (D) | November 13, 2012 | No Succeeded Jay Inslee (D) | Washington Director of Revenue Technology business executive | 1962 |
| New Jersey 10 | Donald Payne Jr. (D) | November 15, 2012 | No Succeeded Donald M. Payne (D) | President of the Municipal Council of Newark Essex County Board of Chosen Freeholders New Jersey Highway Authority | 1958 |