# List of new members of the 102nd United States Congress

The 102nd United States Congress began on January 3, 1991. There were three new senators (one Democrat, two Republicans) and 43 new representatives (24 Democrats, 18 Republicans, one independent), as well as one new delegate (a Democrat) at the start of the first session. Additionally, six senators (five Democrats, one Republican) and nine representatives (five Democrats, four Republicans) took office on various dates in order to fill vacancies during the 102nd Congress before it ended on January 3, 1993.

## Senate
### Took office January 3, 1991

| State | Senator | Seniority | Switched party | Prior background | Birth year |
| Colorado | Hank Brown (R) | 1st (98th overall) | No Open seat; replaced William L. Armstrong (R) | U.S. House of Representatives Colorado Senate | 1940 |
| Idaho | Larry Craig (R) | 2nd (99th overall) | No Open seat; replaced James A. McClure (R) | U.S. House of Representatives Idaho Senate | 1945 |
| Minnesota | Paul Wellstone (DFL) | 3rd (100th overall) | Yes Defeated Rudy Boschwitz (R) | Academic | 1944 |

### Took office during the 102nd Congress

| State | Senator | Took office | Switched party | Prior background | Birth year |
| California | John Seymour (R) | January 10, 1991 | No Appointed; replaced Pete Wilson (R) | California State Senate Mayor of Anaheim | 1937 |
| Pennsylvania | Harris Wofford (D) | May 9, 1991 | Yes Appointed; replaced John Heinz (R) | Pennsylvania Secretary of Labor Pennsylvania Democratic Party Chair | 1926 |
| North Dakota | Jocelyn Burdick (D–NPL) | September 16, 1992 | No Appointed; replaced Quentin Burdick (D–NPL) | Radio announcer | 1922 |
| California | Dianne Feinstein (D) | November 10, 1992 | Yes Defeated John Seymour (R) | Mayor of San Francisco San Francisco Board of Supervisors | 1933 |
| North Dakota | Byron Dorgan (D–NPL) | December 15, 1992 | No Open seat; replaced Kent Conrad (D–NPL) | U.S. House of Representatives North Dakota Tax Commissioner | 1942 |
| Tennessee | Harlan Mathews (D) | January 2, 1993 | No Appointed; replaced Al Gore (D) | Tennessee State Treasurer | 1927 |

## House of Representatives
### Took office January 3, 1991

| District | Representative | Switched party | Prior background | Birth year |
| Alabama 5 | Robert E. Cramer (D) | No | District Attorney | 1947 |
| Arkansas 2 | Ray Thornton (D) | Yes | U.S. Representative | 1928 |
| California 1 | Frank Riggs (R) | Yes | Real estate executive | 1950 |
| California 14 | John Doolittle (R) | No | State Senator | 1950 |
| California 17 | Cal Dooley (D) | Yes | Rancher | 1954 |
| California 29 | Maxine Waters (D) | No | State Assemblywoman | 1938 |
| California 44 | Duke Cunningham (R) | Yes | Navy Commander | 1941 |
| Colorado 4 | Wayne Allard (R) | No | State Senator | 1943 |
| Connecticut 3 | Rosa DeLauro (D) | No | Chief of staff | 1943 |
| Connecticut 5 | Gary Franks (R) | No | Alderman | 1953 |
| Florida 2 | Pete Peterson (D) | Yes | Contractor | 1935 |
| Florida 11 | Jim Bacchus (D) | No | Attorney | 1949 |
| Hawaii 1 | Neil Abercrombie (D) | Yes | U.S. Representative | 1938 |
| Idaho 1 | Larry LaRocco (D) | Yes | Broker | 1946 |
| Illinois 16 | John W. Cox Jr. (D) | Yes | State Attorney | 1947 |
| Indiana 3 | Tim Roemer (D) | Yes | Congressional staffer | 1956 |
| Iowa 2 | Jim Nussle (R) | No | District Attorney | 1960 |
| Kansas 5 | Dick Nichols (R) | No | Banker | 1926 |
| Louisiana 2 | William J. Jefferson (D) | No | State Senator | 1947 |
| Maine 1 | Thomas Andrews (D) | No | State Senator | 1953 |
| Maryland 1 | Wayne Gilchrest (R) | Yes | Educator | 1946 |
| Michigan 10 | Dave Camp (R) | No | State Representative | 1953 |
| Michigan 13 | Barbara-Rose Collins (D) | No | City Councilor | 1939 |
| Minnesota 3 | Jim Ramstad (R) | No | State Senator | 1946 |
| Minnesota 7 | Collin Peterson (DFL) | Yes | State Senator | 1944 |
| Missouri 2 | Joan Kelly Horn (D) | Yes | Real estate developer | 1936 |
| Nebraska 3 | Bill Barrett (R) | No | State Senator | 1929 |
| New Hampshire 1 | Bill Zeliff (R) | No | Businessman | 1936 |
| New Hampshire 2 | Richard Swett (D) | Yes | Architect | 1957 |
| New Jersey 12 | Dick Zimmer (R) | No | State Senator | 1944 |
| North Carolina 11 | Charles H. Taylor (R) | Yes | State Senator | 1941 |
| Ohio 1 | Charlie Luken (D) | No | City Councilor | 1951 |
| Ohio 7 | Dave Hobson (R) | No | State Senator | 1936 |
| Ohio 8 | John Boehner (R) | No | State Representative | 1949 |
| Oklahoma 3 | William K. Brewster (D) | No | State Representative | 1941 |
| Oregon 5 | Michael J. Kopetski (D) | Yes | State Representative | 1949 |
| Pennsylvania 18 | Rick Santorum (R) | Yes | Lawyer | 1958 |
| Rhode Island 2 | Jack Reed (D) | Yes | State Senator | 1949 |
| Texas 11 | Chet Edwards (D) | No | State Senator | 1951 |
| Utah 3 | Bill Orton (D) | Yes | Lawyer | 1948 |
| Vermont at-large | Bernie Sanders (I) | Yes | Mayor of Burlington | 1941 |
| Virginia 8 | Jim Moran (D) | Yes | Mayor of Alexandria | 1945 |
| Wisconsin 2 | Scott L. Klug (R) | Yes | Journalist | 1953 |

#### Non-voting delegates

| District | Delegate | Switched party | Prior background | Birth year | Ref |
| District of Columbia at-large | Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) | No | Chair of the EEOC | 1937 | |

### Took office during the 102nd Congress

| District | Representative | Took office | Switched party | Prior background | Birth year |
| Texas 3 | Sam Johnson (R) | May 8, 1991 | No | State Representative | 1930 |
| Massachusetts 1 | John Olver (D) | June 18, 1991 | Yes | State Senator | 1936 |
| Illinois 15 | Thomas W. Ewing (R) | July 2, 1991 | No | State Representative | 1935 |
| Arizona 2 | Ed Pastor (D) | October 3, 1991 | No | County Supervisor | 1943 |
| Pennsylvania 2 | Lucien Blackwell (D) | November 5, 1991 | No | City Councilor | 1931 |
| Virginia 7 | George Allen (R) | November 5, 1991 | No | State Delegate | 1952 |
| New York 17 | Jerry Nadler (D) | November 3, 1992 | No | State Assemblyman | 1947 |
| North Carolina 1 | Eva Clayton (D) | November 3, 1992 | No | County Commissioner | 1934 |

#### Non-voting delegates

| District | Delegate | Took office | Switched party | Prior background | Birth year | Ref |
| Puerto Rico at-large | Antonio Colorado (PD/D) | March 4, 1992 | No | Secretary of State of Puerto Rico | 1939 | |