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.
State | Image | Senator | Seniority | Switched party | Prior background | Birth year | Ref |
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Colorado | Hank Brown (R) | 1st (98th overall) |
No Open seat; replaced William L. Armstrong (R) |
U.S. House of Representatives[a] Colorado Senate |
1940 | [1] | |
Idaho | Larry Craig (R) | 2nd (99th overall) |
No Open seat; replaced James A. McClure (R) |
U.S. House of Representatives[b] Idaho Senate |
1945 | [2] | |
Minnesota | Paul Wellstone (DFL) | 3rd (100th overall) |
Yes Defeated Rudy Boschwitz (R) |
Academic | 1944 | [3] |
State | Image | Senator | Took office | Switched party | Prior background | Birth year | Ref |
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California | John Seymour (R) | January 10, 1991 | No Appointed; replaced Pete Wilson (R) |
California State Senate Mayor of Anaheim |
1937 | [4] | |
Pennsylvania | Harris Wofford (D) | May 9, 1991 | Yes Appointed; replaced John Heinz (R) |
Pennsylvania Secretary of Labor Pennsylvania Democratic Party Chair |
1926 | [5] | |
North Dakota | Jocelyn Burdick (D–NPL) | September 16, 1992 | No Appointed; replaced Quentin Burdick (D–NPL) |
Radio announcer | 1922 | [6] | |
California | Dianne Feinstein (D) | November 10, 1992 | Yes Defeated John Seymour (R) |
Mayor of San Francisco San Francisco Board of Supervisors |
1933 | [7] | |
North Dakota | Byron Dorgan (D–NPL) | December 15, 1992 | No Open seat; replaced Kent Conrad (D–NPL)[c] |
U.S. House of Representatives[d] North Dakota Tax Commissioner |
1942 | [8] | |
Tennessee | Harlan Mathews (D) | January 2, 1993 | No Appointed; replaced Al Gore (D) |
Tennessee State Treasurer | 1927 | [9] |
District | Delegate | Switched party | Prior background | Birth year | Ref |
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District of Columbia at-large | Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) | No | Chair of the EEOC | 1937 | [53] |
District | Representative | Took office | Switched party | Prior background | Birth year | Ref |
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Texas 3 | Sam Johnson (R) | May 8, 1991 | No | State Representative | 1930 | [54] |
Massachusetts 1 | John Olver (D) | June 18, 1991 | Yes | State Senator | 1936 | [55] |
Illinois 15 | Thomas W. Ewing (R) | July 2, 1991 | No | State Representative | 1935 | [56] |
Arizona 2 | Ed Pastor (D) | October 3, 1991 | No | County Supervisor | 1943 | [57] |
Pennsylvania 2 | Lucien Blackwell (D) | November 5, 1991 | No | City Councilor | 1931 | [58] |
Virginia 7 | George Allen (R) | November 5, 1991 | No | State Delegate | 1952 | [59] |
New York 17 | Jerry Nadler (D) | November 3, 1992 | No | State Assemblyman | 1947 | [60] |
North Carolina 1 | Eva Clayton (D) | November 3, 1992 | No | County Commissioner | 1934 | [61] |
District | Delegate | Took office | Switched party | Prior background | Birth year | Ref |
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Puerto Rico at-large | Antonio Colorado (PD/D) | March 4, 1992 | No | Secretary of State of Puerto Rico | 1939 | [62] |