Freshman members on the Capitol steps

The 115th United States Congress began on January 3, 2017. There were seven new senators (five Democrats, two Republicans) and 52 new representatives (25 Democrats, 27 Republicans), as well as one new delegate (a Republican), at the start of its first session. Additionally, five senators (two Democrats, three Republicans) and 15 representatives (six Democrats, nine Republicans) took office on various dates in order to fill vacancies during the 115th Congress before it ended on January 3, 2019.

Due to court-ordered redistricting in three states, three representatives were elected from newly established congressional districts.

The co-presidents of the House Democratic freshman class were Nanette Barragán of California, Val Demings of Florida, and Donald McEachin of Virginia, while the president of the House Republican freshman class was Jack Bergman of Michigan. Additionally, the Democratic Freshmen Leadership Representative was Colleen Hanabusa of Hawaii (who was elected during the 114th Congress), and the Republican's freshmen liaison was Paul Mitchell of Michigan.[1][2]

Senate

Took office January 3, 2017

State Image Senator Seniority Switched party Prior background Birth year Ref
California Kamala Harris (D) 5th
(98th overall) 		No
Open seat; replaced Barbara Boxer (D) 		Attorney General of California
San Francisco District Attorney 		1964 [3]
Illinois Tammy Duckworth (D) 3rd
(96th overall) 		Yes
Defeated Mark Kirk (R) 		U.S. House of Representatives[a]
Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Illinois Director of Veterans' Affairs
U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel 		1968 [4]
Indiana Todd Young (R) 2nd
(95th overall) 		No
Open seat; replaced Dan Coats (R) 		U.S. House of Representatives[b]
Orange County assistant deputy prosecutor
U.S. Marine Corps Captain 		1972 [5]
Louisiana John Kennedy (R) 6th
(99th overall) 		No
Open seat; replaced David Vitter (R) 		Louisiana State Treasurer
Louisiana Secretary of Revenue 		1951 [6]
Maryland Chris Van Hollen (D) 1st
(94th overall) 		No
Open seat; replaced Barbara Mikulski (D) 		U.S. House of Representatives[c]
Maryland Senate
Maryland House of Delegates 		1959 [7]
Nevada Catherine Cortez Masto (D) 7th
(100th overall) 		No
Open seat; replaced Harry Reid (D) 		Nevada Attorney General 1964 [8]
New Hampshire Maggie Hassan (D) 4th
(97th overall) 		Yes
Defeated Kelly Ayotte (R) 		Governor of New Hampshire
Majority Leader of the New Hampshire Senate 		1958 [9]

Took office during the 115th Congress

State Image Senator Took office Switched party Prior background Birth year Ref
Alabama Luther Strange (R) February 9, 2017 No
Appointed; replaced Jeff Sessions (R) 		Attorney General of Alabama 1953 [10]
Alabama Doug Jones (D) January 3, 2018 Yes
Replaced Luther Strange (R), who lost nomination 		U.S. Attorney for Northern Alabama
Assistant U.S. Attorney 		1954 [11]
Minnesota Tina Smith (DFL) January 3, 2018 No
Appointed; replaced Al Franken (DFL) 		Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota
Chief of staff to Governor Mark Dayton
Chief of staff to Mayor R. T. Rybak 		1958 [12]
Mississippi Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) April 9, 2018 No
Appointed; replaced Thad Cochran (R) 		Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce
Mississippi State Senate 		1959 [13]
Arizona Jon Kyl (R) September 5, 2018 No
Appointed; replaced John McCain (R) 		U.S. Senate[d]
U.S. House of Representatives[e] 		1942 [14]

House of Representatives

Took office January 3, 2017

District Image Representative Switched party Prior background Birth year Ref
Arizona 1 Tom O'Halleran (D) No
Open seat; replaced Ann Kirkpatrick (D) 		Arizona Senate
Arizona House of Representatives 		1946 [15]
Arizona 5 Andy Biggs (R) No
Open seat; replaced Matt Salmon (R) 		President of the Arizona Senate
Arizona House of Representatives 		1958 [16]
California 17 Ro Khanna (D) No
Defeated Mike Honda (D) 		Lawyer 1976 [17]
California 20 Jimmy Panetta (D) No
Open seat; replaced Sam Farr (D) 		Monterey County deputy district attorney
U.S. Navy Reserve 		1969 [18]
California 24 Salud Carbajal (D) No
Open seat; replaced Lois Capps (D) 		Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors
U.S. Marine Corps Reserve 		1964 [19]
California 44 Nanette Barragán (D) No
Open seat; replaced Janice Hahn (D) 		Hermosa Beach City Council 1976 [20]
California 46 Lou Correa (D) No
Open seat; replaced Loretta Sanchez (D) 		California State Senate
Orange County Board of Supervisors
California State Assembly 		1958 [21]
Delaware at-large Lisa Blunt Rochester (D) No
Open seat; replaced John Carney (D) 		Delaware Secretary of Labor
CEO of the Wilmington Urban League 		1962 [22]
Florida 1 Matt Gaetz (R) No
Open seat; replaced Jeff Miller (R) 		Florida House of Representatives 1982 [23]
Florida 2 Neal Dunn (R) Yes
Open seat; replaced Gwen Graham (D) 		Surgeon
U.S. Army Major 		1953 [24]
Florida 4 John Rutherford (R) No
Open seat; replaced Ander Crenshaw (R) 		Sheriff of Jacksonville 1952 [25]
Florida 5 Al Lawson (D) No
Replaced Corrine Brown (D), who lost renomination 		Minority Leader of the Florida Senate
Florida House of Representatives 		1948 [26]
Florida 7 Stephanie Murphy (D) Yes
Defeated John Mica (R) 		National security specialist 1978 [27]
Florida 9 Darren Soto (D) No
Open seat; replaced Alan Grayson (D) 		Florida Senate
Florida House of Representatives 		1978 [28]
Florida 10 Val Demings (D) New seat Chief of the Orlando Police Department 1957 [29]
Florida 13 Charlie Crist (D) Yes
Defeated David Jolly (R) 		Governor of Florida
Florida Attorney General
Florida Education Commissioner
Florida Senate 		1956 [30]
Florida 18 Brian Mast (R) Yes
Open seat; replaced Patrick Murphy (D) 		National Nuclear Security Administration
U.S. Army EOD specialist 		1980 [31]
Florida 19 Francis Rooney (R) No
Open seat; replaced Curt Clawson (R) 		U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See 1953 [32]
Georgia 3 Drew Ferguson (R) No
Open seat; replaced Lynn Westmoreland (R) 		Mayor of West Point
Dentist 		1966 [33]
Illinois 8 Raja Krishnamoorthi (D) No
Open seat; replaced Tammy Duckworth (D) 		Campaign staffer
Lawyer 		1973 [34]
Illinois 10 Brad Schneider (D) Yes
Defeated Bob Dold (R) 		U.S. House of Representatives[f] 1961 [35]
Indiana 3 Jim Banks (R) No
Open seat; replaced Marlin Stutzman (R) 		Indiana Senate
U.S. Navy Reserve Lieutenant 		1979 [36]
Indiana 9 Trey Hollingsworth (R) No
Open seat; replaced Todd Young (R) 		Entrepreneur 1983 [37]
Kansas 1 Roger Marshall (R) No
Replaced Tim Huelskamp (R), who lost renomination 		Obstetrician
U.S. Army Reserve Captain 		1960 [38]
Louisiana 3 Clay Higgins (R) No
Open seat; replaced Charles Boustany (R) 		Lafayette City Marshal
St. Landry Sheriff's Office
Louisiana National Guard Staff Sergeant 		1961 [39]
Louisiana 4 Mike Johnson (R) No
Open seat; replaced John Fleming (R) 		Louisiana House of Representatives 1972 [40]
Maryland 4 Anthony Brown (D) No
Open seat; replaced Donna Edwards (D) 		Lieutenant Governor of Maryland
Maryland House of Delegates
U.S. Army Reserve Colonel 		1961 [41]
Maryland 8 Jamie Raskin (D) No
Open seat; replaced Chris Van Hollen (D) 		Maryland Senate 1962 [42]
Michigan 1 Jack Bergman (R) No
Open seat; replaced Dan Benishek (R) 		U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant General 1947 [43]
Michigan 10 Paul Mitchell (R) No[g]
Open seat; replaced Candice Miller (R) 		St. Clair City Council
Owner of Ross Medical Education Center 		1956 [44]
Minnesota 2 Jason Lewis (R) No
Open seat; replaced John Kline (R) 		Radio personality 1955 [45]
Nebraska 2 Don Bacon (R) Yes
Defeated Brad Ashford (D) 		Assistant professor at Bellevue University
U.S. Air Force Brigadier General 		1963 [46]
Nevada 3 Jacky Rosen (D) Yes
Open seat; replaced Joe Heck (R) 		Computer software developer 1957 [47]
Nevada 4 Ruben Kihuen (D) Yes
Defeated Cresent Hardy (R) 		Nevada Senate
Nevada Assembly 		1980 [48]
New Hampshire 1 Carol Shea-Porter (D) Yes
Defeated Frank Guinta (R) 		U.S. House of Representatives[h] 1952 [49]
New Jersey 5 Josh Gottheimer (D) Yes
Defeated Scott Garrett (R) 		Counselor to FCC Chair Julius Genachowski
Vice President of Burson Cohn & Wolfe
Speechwriter for President Bill Clinton 		1975 [50]
New York 3 Thomas Suozzi (D) No
Open seat; replaced Steve Israel (D) 		Nassau County Executive
Mayor of Glen Cove 		1962 [51]
New York 13 Adriano Espaillat (D) No
Open seat; replaced Charles Rangel (D) 		New York State Senate
New York State Assembly 		1954 [52]
New York 19 John Faso (R) No
Open seat; replaced Chris Gibson (R) 		Minority Leader of the New York State Assembly 1952 [53]
New York 22 Claudia Tenney (R) No
Open seat; replaced Richard Hanna (R) 		New York State Assembly 1961 [54]
North Carolina 13 Ted Budd (R) New seat Business owner 1971 [55]
Pennsylvania 8 Brian Fitzpatrick (R) No
Open seat; replaced Mike Fitzpatrick (R) 		Assistant U.S. Attorney
Federal Bureau of Investigation 		1973 [56]
Pennsylvania 16 Lloyd Smucker (R) No
Open seat; replaced Joe Pitts (R) 		Pennsylvania State Senate
West Lampeter Township Board of Supervisors 		1964 [57]
Tennessee 8 David Kustoff (R) No
Open seat; replaced Stephen Fincher (R) 		U.S. Attorney for Western Tennessee 1966 [58]
Texas 15 Vicente Gonzalez (D) No
Open seat; replaced Rubén Hinojosa (D) 		Lawyer 1967 [59]
Texas 19 Jodey Arrington (R) No
Open seat; replaced Randy Neugebauer (R) 		Vice Chancellor of Texas Tech University
Chief of staff to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Special Assistant to President George W. Bush 		1972 [60]
Virginia 2 Scott Taylor (R) No
Open seat; replaced Scott Rigell (R) 		Virginia House of Delegates
U.S. Navy SEAL 		1979 [61]
Virginia 4 Donald McEachin (D) New seat Virginia Senate
Virginia House of Delegates 		1961 [62]
Virginia 5 Tom Garrett (R) No
Open seat; replaced Robert Hurt (R) 		Virginia Senate
Louisa County Commonwealth's Attorney 		1972 [63]
Washington 7 Pramila Jayapal (D) No
Open seat; replaced Jim McDermott (D) 		Washington State Senate 1965 [64]
Wisconsin 8 Mike Gallagher (R) No
Open seat; replaced Reid Ribble (R) 		Congressional staffer
U.S. Marine Corps Captain 		1984 [65]
Wyoming at-large Liz Cheney (R) No
Open seat; replaced Cynthia Lummis (R) 		Deputy Assistant Secretary of State
Co-chair of the Iran Syria Policy and Operations Group 		1966 [66]

Non-voting members

District Image Delegate Switched party Prior background Birth year Ref
Puerto Rico at-large Jenniffer González (NP/R) No/Yes
Open seat; replaced Pedro Pierluisi (NP/D) 		Speaker of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives
Chair of the Republican Party of Puerto Rico 		1976 [67]

Took office during the 115th Congress

District Image Representative Took office Switched party Prior background Birth year Ref
Kansas 4 Ron Estes (R) April 25, 2017 No
Succeeded Mike Pompeo (R) 		Kansas State Treasurer
Sedgwick County Treasurer 		1956 [68]
Montana at-large Greg Gianforte (R) June 21, 2017 No
Succeeded Ryan Zinke (R) 		Co-founder of RightNow Technologies
Electrical engineer 		1961 [69]
Georgia 6 Karen Handel (R) June 26, 2017 No
Succeeded Tom Price (R) 		Georgia Secretary of State
Fulton County Board of Commissioners 		1962 [70]
South Carolina 5 Ralph Norman (R) June 26, 2017 No
Succeeded Mick Mulvaney (R) 		South Carolina House of Representatives 1953 [71]
California 34 Jimmy Gomez (D) July 11, 2017 No
Succeeded Xavier Becerra (D) 		California State Assembly
Labor organizer 		1974 [72]
Utah 3 John Curtis (R) November 13, 2017 No
Succeeded Jason Chaffetz (R) 		Mayor of Provo 1960 [73]
Pennsylvania 18 Conor Lamb (D) April 12, 2018 Yes
Succeeded Tim Murphy (R) 		Assistant U.S. Attorney
U.S. Marine Corps Major 		1984 [74]
Arizona 8 Debbie Lesko (R) May 7, 2018 No
Succeeded Trent Franks (R) 		Arizona Senate
Arizona House of Representatives 		1958 [75]
Texas 27 Michael Cloud (R) July 10, 2018 No
Succeeded Blake Farenthold (R) 		Business owner 1975 [76]
Ohio 12 Troy Balderson (R) September 5, 2018 No
Succeeded Pat Tiberi (R) 		Ohio Senate
Ohio House of Representatives 		1962 [77]
New York 25 Joseph Morelle (D) November 13, 2018 No
Succeeded Louise Slaughter (D) 		Majority Leader of the New York State Assembly
Monroe County Legislature 		1957 [78]
Oklahoma 1 Kevin Hern (R) November 13, 2018 No
Open seat; replaced Jim Bridenstine (R) 		Businessman 1961 [79]
Pennsylvania 7 Mary Gay Scanlon (D) November 13, 2018 Yes
Succeeded Pat Meehan (R) 		Wallingford-Swarthmore School Board 1959 [80]
Pennsylvania 15 Susan Wild (D) November 27, 2018 Yes
Succeeded Charlie Dent (R) 		Solicitor of Allentown 1957 [81]
Michigan 13 Brenda Jones (D) November 29, 2018 No
Succeeded John Conyers (D) 		President of the Detroit City Council 1959 [82]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Elected to the 113th Congress, serving from 2013 to 2017 in Illinois's 8th district.
  2. ^ Elected to the 112th Congress, serving from 2011 to 2017 in Indiana's 9th district.
  3. ^ Elected to the 108th Congress, serving from 2003 to 2017 in Maryland's 8th district.
  4. ^ Previously elected to the 104th Congress, serving from 1995 to 2013.
  5. ^ Elected to the 100th Congress, serving from 1987 to 1995 in Arizona's 4th district.
  6. ^ Previously elected to the 113th Congress, serving from 2013 to 2015.
  7. ^ Mitchell became an independent in December 2020, during the 116th Congress.
  8. ^ Previously elected to the 110th Congress, serving from 2007 to 2011; elected again to the 113th Congress, serving from 2013 to 2015.

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