List of new members of the 101st United States Congress
# List of new members of the 101st United States Congress

The 101st United States Congress began on January 3, 1989. There were 11 new senators (five Democrats, six Republicans) and 31 new representatives (16 Democrats, 15 Republicans), as well as one new delegate (a Democrat) at the start of the first session. Additionally, two senators (one Democrat, one Republican) and 12 representatives (nine Democrats, three Republicans) took office on various dates in order to fill vacancies during the 101st Congress before it ended on January 3, 1991.

## Senate

### Took office January 3, 1989

| State | Senator | Seniority | Switched party | Prior background | Birth year |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Connecticut | Joe Lieberman (D) | 10th (99th overall) | Yes Defeated Lowell Weicker (R) | Connecticut Attorney General Connecticut State Senate | 1942 |
| Florida | Connie Mack III (R) | 5th (94th overall) | Yes Open seat; replaced Lawton Chiles (D) | U.S. House of Representatives | 1940 |
| Indiana | Dan Coats (R) | 4th (93rd overall) | No Appointed; replaced Dan Quayle (R) | U.S. House of Representatives U.S. Army Staff Sergeant | 1943 |
| Mississippi | Trent Lott (R) | 2nd (91st overall) | Yes Open seat; replaced John C. Stennis (D) | U.S. House of Representatives | 1941 |
| Montana | Conrad Burns (R) | 11th (100th overall) | Yes Defeated John Melcher (D) | Yellowstone County Commission U.S. Marine Corps | 1935 |
| Nebraska | Bob Kerrey (D) | 8th (97th overall) | Yes Defeated David Karnes (R) | Governor of Nebraska U.S. Navy SEAL | 1943 |
| Nevada | Richard Bryan (D) | 6th (95th overall) | Yes Defeated Chic Hecht (R) | Governor of Nevada Nevada Attorney General U.S. Army | 1937 |
| Vermont | Jim Jeffords (R) | 3rd (92nd overall) | No Open seat; replaced Robert Stafford (R) | U.S. House of Representatives Vermont Attorney General U.S. Navy Reserve Captain | 1934 |
| Virginia | Chuck Robb (D) | 7th (96th overall) | Yes Open seat; replaced Paul Trible (R) | Governor of Virginia Lieutenant Governor of Virginia U.S. Marine Corps Major | 1939 |
| Washington | Slade Gorton (R) | 1st (90th overall) | No Open seat; replaced Daniel J. Evans (R) | U.S. Senate Attorney General of Washington Washington House of Representatives U.S. Air Force Reserve Colonel | 1928 |
| Wisconsin | Herb Kohl (D) | 9th (98th overall) | No Open seat; replaced William Proxmire (D) | Chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin U.S. Army Reserve | 1935 |

### Took office during the 101st Congress

| State | Image | Senator | Took office | Switched party | Prior background | Birth year | Ref |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hawaii | | Daniel Akaka (D) | May 16, 1990 | No Appointed; replaced Spark Matsunaga (D) | U.S. House of Representatives U.S. Army Corporal | 1924 | |
| New Hampshire | | Bob Smith (R) | December 7, 1990 | No Open seat; replaced Gordon J. Humphrey (R) | U.S. House of Representatives U.S. Navy Reserve | 1941 | |

## House of Representatives

### Took office January 3, 1989

| District | Representative | Switched party | Prior background | Birth year |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| California 12 | Tom Campbell (R) | No | State Senator | 1952 |
| California 40 | Christopher Cox (R) | No | Attorney | 1952 |
| California 42 | Dana Rohrabacher (R) | No | Press secretary | 1947 |
| Florida 4 | Craig James (R) | Yes | Lawyer | 1941 |
| Florida 6 | Cliff Stearns (R) | Yes | Engineer | 1941 |
| Florida 13 | Porter Goss (R) | No | CIA officer | 1938 |
| Florida 14 | Harry Johnston (D) | No | State Senate President | 1931 |
| Georgia 4 | Ben Jones (D) | Yes | Actor | 1941 |
| Illinois 4 | George E. Sangmeister (D) | Yes | State Senator | 1931 |
| Illinois 22 | Glenn Poshard (D) | No | State Senator | 1945 |
| Massachusetts 2 | Richard Neal (D) | No | Mayor of Springfield | 1949 |
| Mississippi 4 | Michael Parker (D) | No | Businessman | 1949 |
| Mississippi 5 | Larkin I. Smith (R) | No | Sheriff | 1944 |
| Missouri 7 | Mel Hancock (R) | No | Advocate | 1929 |
| Nebraska 2 | Peter Hoagland (D) | Yes | State Senator | 1941 |
| New Hampshire 2 | Charles Douglas III (R) | No | State Supreme Court Justice | 1942 |
| New Jersey 10 | Donald M. Payne (D) | No | City Councilor | 1934 |
| New Mexico 1 | Steven Schiff (R) | No | Lawyer | 1947 |
| New York 19 | Eliot Engel (D) | No | State Assemblyman | 1947 |
| New York 20 | Nita Lowey (D) | Yes | Assistant Secretary of State of New York | 1937 |
| New York 23 | Michael McNulty (D) | No | State Assemblyman | 1947 |
| New York 27 | James T. Walsh (R) | No | City Council President | 1947 |
| New York 31 | Bill Paxon (R) | No | State Assemblyman | 1954 |
| Ohio 5 | Paul Gillmor (R) | No | State Senate President | 1939 |
| Rhode Island 1 | Ronald Machtley (R) | Yes | U.S. Navy Reserve Commander | 1948 |
| Tennessee 8 | John Tanner (D) | No | State Representative | 1944 |
| Texas 13 | Bill Sarpalius (D) | Yes | State Senator | 1948 |
| Texas 14 | Greg Laughlin (D) | Yes | Lawyer | 1942 |
| Vermont at-large | Peter Plympton Smith (R) | No | Lieutenant Governor of Vermont | 1945 |
| Washington 3 | Jolene Unsoeld (D) | No | State Representative | 1931 |
| Washington 7 | Jim McDermott (D) | No | State Senator | 1936 |

**Non-voting delegates**

| District | Delegate | Switched party | Prior background | Birth year | Ref |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| American Samoa at-large | Eni Faleomavaega (D) | No | Lieutenant Governor of American Samoa | 1943 | |

### Took office during the 101st Congress

| District | Representative | Took office | Switched party | Prior background | Birth year |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Indiana 4 | Jill Long Thompson (D) | March 28, 1989 | Yes | Educator | 1952 |
| Alabama 3 | Glen Browder (D) | April 4, 1989 | No | Secretary of State of Alabama | 1943 |
| Wyoming at-large | Craig L. Thomas (R) | April 26, 1989 | No | State Representative | 1933 |
| Florida 18 | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R) | August 29, 1989 | Yes | State Senator | 1952 |
| California 15 | Gary Condit (D) | September 12, 1989 | No | State Assemblyman | 1948 |
| Texas 12 | Pete Geren (D) | September 12, 1989 | No | Attorney | 1952 |
| Mississippi 5 | Gene Taylor (D) | October 17, 1989 | Yes | State Senator | 1953 |
| Texas 18 | Craig Washington (D) | December 9, 1989 | No | State Senator | 1941 |
| New York 14 | Susan Molinari (R) | March 20, 1990 | No | City Councilor | 1958 |
| New York 18 | José E. Serrano (D) | March 20, 1990 | No | State Assemblyman | 1943 |
| Hawaii 2 | Patsy Mink (D) | September 22, 1990 | No | U.S. Representative | 1927 |
| New Jersey 1 | Rob Andrews (D) | November 6, 1990 | No | Chosen Freeholder | 1957 |
