List of new members of the 115th United States Congress
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
Took office during the 115th Congress
House of Representatives
Took office January 3, 2017
Non-voting members
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
References
^ "Freshman Class Leaders" . Office of the House Historian .
^ Klein, Betsy (January 3, 2017). "House freshman class co-presidents 'optimistic' about unity in new Congress" . CNN . Retrieved November 16, 2018 .
^ "HARRIS, Kamala Devi" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "DUCKWORTH, Tammy" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "YOUNG, Todd" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "KENNEDY, John Neely" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "VAN HOLLEN, Christopher" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "CORTEZ MASTO, Catherine Marie" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "HASSAN, Margaret Wood (Maggie)" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "STRANGE, Luther Johnson, III" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "JONES, Gordon Douglas (Doug)" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "SMITH, Tina" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "HYDE-SMITH, Cindy" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "KYL, Jon Llewellyn" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "O'HALLERAN, Thomas C." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "BIGGS, Andrew S." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "KHANNA, Ro" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "PANETTA, James Varni" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "CARBAJAL, Salud" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "BARRAGÁN, Nanette" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "CORREA, Jose Luis" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "BLUNT ROCHESTER, Lisa" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "GAETZ, Matthew L., II" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "DUNN, Neal Patrick" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "RUTHERFORD, John Henry" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "LAWSON, Alfred, Jr" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "MURPHY, Stephanie" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "SOTO, Darren Michael" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "DEMINGS, Valdez" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "CRIST, Charlie Joseph, Jr" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "MAST, Brian Jeffery" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "ROONEY, Francis" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "FERGUSON, Anderson Drew, IV" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "KRISHNAMOORTHI, S. Raja" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "SCHNEIDER, Brad" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "BANKS, James E." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "HOLLINGSWORTH, Joseph Albert (Trey), III" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "MARSHALL, Roger Wayne" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "HIGGINS, Clay" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "JOHNSON, Mike" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "BROWN, Anthony Gregory" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "RASKIN, Jamie Ben" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "BERGMAN, John" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "MITCHELL, Paul" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "LEWIS, Jason Mark" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "BACON, Donald J." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "ROSEN, Jacklyn Sheryl" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "KIHUEN, Ruben J." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "SHEA-PORTER, Carol" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "GOTTHEIMER, Josh S." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "SUOZZI, Thomas" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "ESPAILLAT, Adriano J." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "FASO, John J." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "TENNEY, Claudia" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "BUDD, Theodore Paul" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "FITZPATRICK, Brian K." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "SMUCKER, Lloyd K." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "KUSTOFF, David" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "GONZALEZ, Vicente, Jr" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "ARRINGTON, Jodey Cook" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "TAYLOR, Scott William" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "MCEACHIN, Aston Donald" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "GARRETT, Thomas Alexander, Jr" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "JAYAPAL, Pramila" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "GALLAGHER, Michael" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "CHENEY, Liz" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "GONZÁLEZ-COLÓN, Jenniffer" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "ESTES, Ron" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "GIANFORTE, Greg" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "HANDEL, Karen" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "HANDEL, Karen" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "GOMEZ, Jimmy" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "CURTIS, John R." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "LAMB, Conor" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "LESKO, Debbie" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "CLOUD, Michael" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "BALDERSON, Troy" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "MORELLE, Joseph" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "HERN, Kevin" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "SCANLON, Mary Gay" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "WILD, Susan" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
^ "JONES, Brenda" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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