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List of new members of the 90th United States Congress

The 90th United States Congress began on January 3, 1967. There were four new senators (all Republicans) and 71 new representatives (13 Democrats, 58 Republicans) at the start of the first session. Additionally, five senators (one Democrat, four Republicans) and six representatives (four Democrats, two Republicans) took office on various dates in order to fill vacancies during the 90th Congress before it ended on January 3, 1969.

Due to redistricting in multiple states, eight representatives were elected from newly created seats.

Senate

Took office January 3, 1967

StateImageSenatorSenioritySwitched partyPrior backgroundBirth yearRef
Illinois Charles H. Percy (R)2nd
(97th overall)		Yes
Defeated Paul Douglas (D)		President of Bell & Howell
U.S. Navy Lieutenant		1919[1]
Massachusetts Edward Brooke (R)3rd
(98th overall)		No
Open seat; replaced Leverett Saltonstall (R)		Massachusetts Attorney General
Chair of the Boston Finance Commission
U.S. Army Captain		1919[2]
Tennessee Howard Baker (R)4th
(99th overall)		Yes
Replaced Ross Bass (D), who lost renomination		Lawyer
U.S. Navy		1925[3]
Wyoming Clifford Hansen (R)1st
(96th overall)		No
Open seat; replaced Milward Simpson (R)		Governor of Wyoming
Teton County Commissioner
University of Wyoming Board of Trustees		1912[4]

Took office during the 90th Congress

StateImageSenatorTook officeSwitched partyPrior backgroundBirth yearRef
Oregon Mark Hatfield (R)January 10, 1967Yes
Open seat; replaced Maurine Neuberger (D)		Governor of Oregon
Oregon Secretary of State
U.S. Navy Lieutenant		1922[5]
New York Charles Goodell (R)September 10, 1968Yes
Appointed; replaced Robert F. Kennedy (D)		U.S. House of Representatives[a]
U.S. Air Force first lieutenant
U.S. Navy seaman apprentice		1926[6]
Kentucky Marlow Cook (R)December 17, 1968No
Open seat; replaced Thruston Ballard Morton (R)		Jefferson County Judge
Kentucky House of Representatives
U.S. Navy		1926[7]
Alaska Ted Stevens (R)December 24, 1968Yes
Appointed; replaced Bob Bartlett (D)		Alaska House of Representatives
U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Interior
U.S. Attorney for Alaska Territory		1923[8]
Missouri Thomas Eagleton (D)December 28, 1968No
Defeated Edward V. Long (D) in primary		Lieutenant Governor of Missouri
Missouri Attorney General
U.S. Navy		1929[9]

House of Representatives

Took office January 3, 1967

DistrictRepresentativeSwitched partyPrior backgroundBirth yearRef
Alabama 4Bill Nichols (R)YesState Senator1918[10]
Alabama 7Tom Bevill (D)YesState Representative1921[11]
Alaska at-largeHoward Pollock (R)YesState Senator1920[12]
Arizona 3Sam Steiger (R)YesState Senator1929[13]
Arkansas 3John Paul Hammerschmidt (R)YesState Party Chair1922[14]
California 18Bob Mathias (R)YesOlympic decathlete1930[15]
California 25Charles E. Wiggins (R)YesMayor of El Monte1927[16]
California 33Jerry Pettis (R)YesBusinessman1916[17]
Colorado 2Donald G. Brotzman (R)YesU.S. Representative[b]1922[18]
Connecticut 6Thomas Meskill (R)YesMayor of New Britain1928[19]
Delaware at-largeWilliam Roth (R)YesState Party Chair1921[20]
Florida 10J. Herbert Burke (R)New seatCounty Commissioner1913[21]
Georgia 3Jack Brinkley (D)YesState Representative1930[22]
Georgia 4Benjamin B. Blackburn (R)YesU.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander1927[23]
Georgia 5Fletcher Thompson (R)YesState Senator1925[24]
Georgia 8W. S. Stuckey Jr. (D)NoBusiness executive1935[25]
Idaho 1Jim McClure (R)YesState Senator1924[26]
Illinois 19Tom Railsback (R)YesState Representative1932[27]
Indiana 7John T. Myers (R)New seatFarmer1927[28]
Indiana 8Roger H. Zion (R)YesBusinessman1921[29]
Iowa 1Fred Schwengel (R)YesU.S. Representative[c]1906[30]
Iowa 4John Henry Kyl (R)YesU.S. Representative[d]1919[31]
Iowa 6Wiley Mayne (R)YesLawyer1917[32]
Iowa 7William J. Scherle (R)YesState Representative1923[33]
Kansas 3Larry Winn (R)NoNAHB director1919[34]
Kentucky 3William Cowger (R)YesMayor of Louisville1922[35]
Kentucky 4Gene Snyder (R)YesU.S. Representative[e]1928[36]
Louisiana 6John Rarick (D)NoDistrict court judge1924[37]
Maine 1Peter Kyros (D)YesLegal counsel1925[38]
Maryland 8Gilbert Gude (R)New seatState Senator1923[39]
Massachusetts 10Margaret Heckler (R)NoGovernor's Councilor1931[40]
Michigan 2Marvin L. Esch (R)YesState Representative1927[41]
Michigan 3Garry E. Brown (R)YesState Senate Minority Leader1923[42]
Michigan 7Donald Riegle (R)Yes[f]Businessman1938[43]
Michigan 11Philip Ruppe (R)YesU.S. Navy Lieutenant1926[44]
Michigan 19Jack H. McDonald (R)YesCounty Commissioner1932[45]
Minnesota 6John M. Zwach (R)YesState Senate Majority Leader1907[46]
Mississippi 4Sonny Montgomery (D)YesState Senator1920[47]
Nebraska 1Robert V. Denney (R)YesState Party Chair1916[48]
New Hampshire 1Louis C. Wyman (R)YesU.S. Representative[g]1917[49]
New Jersey 1John E. Hunt (R)New seatState Senator1908[50]
New Jersey 2Charles W. Sandman Jr. (R)YesState Senator1921[51]
New York 11Frank J. Brasco (D)NoAttorney1932[52]
New York 29Daniel E. Button (R)YesNewspaper editor1917[53]
North Carolina 4Jim Gardner (R)YesState Party Chair1933[54]
North Carolina 5Nick Galifianakis (D)NoState Representative1928[55]
North Dakota 2Thomas S. Kleppe (R)YesMayor of Bismarck1919[56]
Ohio 1Robert Taft Jr. (R)YesU.S. Representative[h]1917[57]
Ohio 3Charles W. Whalen Jr. (R)YesState Senator1920[58]
Ohio 10Clarence E. Miller (R)YesMayor of Lancaster1917[59]
Ohio 15Chalmers Wylie (R)New seatState Representative1920[60]
Ohio 24Buz Lukens (R)YesCongressional staffer1931[61]
Oklahoma 6James Vernon Smith (R)YesFarmer1926[62]
Oregon 4John R. Dellenback (R)YesState Representative1918[63]
Pennsylvania 4Joshua Eilberg (D)NoState Representative1921[64]
Pennsylvania 7Lawrence G. Williams (R)New seatTownship Board President1913[65]
Pennsylvania 8Edward G. Biester Jr. (R)NoAssistant district attorney1931[66]
Pennsylvania 16Edwin D. Eshleman (R)NoState Representative1920[67]
Pennsylvania 19George A. Goodling (R)YesU.S. Representative[i]1896[68]
Tennessee 7Ray Blanton (D)NoState Representative1930[69]
Tennessee 9Dan Kuykendall (R)YesBusiness executive1924[70]
Texas 7George H. W. Bush (R)New seatOil business founder1924[71]
Texas 8Bob Eckhardt (D)NoState Representative1913[72]
Texas 18Bob Price (R)YesU.S. Air Force veteran1927[73]
Texas 23Abraham Kazen (D)New seatState Senator1919[74]
Utah 2Sherman P. Lloyd (R)YesU.S. Representative[j]1914[75]
Virginia 8William L. Scott (R)YesDOJ attorney1915[76]
Virginia 9William C. Wampler (R)YesU.S. Representative[k]1926[77]
Wisconsin 1Henry C. Schadeberg (R)YesU.S. Representative[l]1913[78]
Wisconsin 6William A. Steiger (R)YesState Assemblyman1938[79]
Wyoming at-largeWilliam Henry Harrison III (R)YesU.S. Representative[m]1896[80]

Took office during the 90th Congress

DistrictRepresentativeTook officeSwitched partyPrior backgroundBirth yearRef
Rhode Island 2Robert Tiernan (D)March 28, 1967NoState Senator1929[81]
California 11Pete McCloskey (R)December 12, 1967NoDeputy district attorney1927[82]
New York 13Bertram L. Podell (D)February 20, 1968NoState Assemblyman1925[83]
Mississippi 3Charles H. Griffin (D)March 12, 1968NoCongressional aide1926[84]
Texas 3James M. Collins (R)August 24, 1968YesBusiness executive1916[85]
Pennsylvania 20Joseph M. Gaydos (D)November 5, 1968NoState Senator1926[86]

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Preceded by
New members of the 89th Congress
 New members of the 90th Congress
1967–1969		Succeeded by
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