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

Notes

Lieberman became an independent who caucused with Democrats in January 2007, at the start of the 110th Congress.
Elected in the 98th Congress, serving from 1983 to 1989 in the Florida's 13th congressional district.
Elected in the 97th Congress, serving from 1981 to 1989 in the Indiana's 4th congressional district.
Elected in the 93rd Congress, serving from 1973 to 1989 in the Mississippi's 5th congressional district.
Jeffords became an independent who caucused with Democrats in June 2001, during the 107th Congress.
Elected in the 94th Congress, serving from 1975 to 1989 in the Vermont's at-large congressional district.
Previously elected to the 97th Congress, serving from 1981 to 1987.
Elected in the 95th Congress, serving from 1977 to 1990 in the Hawaii's 2nd congressional district.
Elected in the 99th Congress, serving from 1985 to 1990 in the New Hampshire's 1st congressional district.
Parker joined the Republican Party in November 1995, during the 104th Congress.
Previously elected to the 89th Congress, serving from 1965 to 1977.

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Preceded byNew members of the 100th Congress

New members of the 101st Congress
1989–1991

Succeeded byNew members of the 102nd Congress

United States Congress

Members and leaders

Membership

Members	By length of service By shortness of service Youngest members Non-voting members Unseated members
Senate	Members seniority Dean Former Expelled or censured Classes Born outside the U.S. Resigned Appointed Switched parties
House	Members seniority Dean Former Expelled, censured, and reprimanded Served a single term Lost re-election in a primary Switched parties Elected but did not serve
New members	90th (1967) 91st (1969) 92nd (1971) 93rd (1973) 94th (1975) 95th (1977) 96th (1979) 97th (1981) 98th (1983) 99th (1985) 100th (1987) 101st (1989) 102nd (1991) 103rd (1993) 104th (1995) 105th (1997) 106th (1999) 107th (2001) 108th (2003) 109th (2005) 110th (2007) 111th (2009) 112th (2011) 113th (2013) 114th (2015) 115th (2017) 116th (2019) 117th (2021) 118th (2023) 119th (2025)

Leaders

Senate	President list President pro tempore list Leaders Democratic Caucus Chair Secretary Policy Committee Chair Republican Conference Chair Vice-Chair Policy Committee Chair
House	Speaker list Leaders Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group Democratic Caucus Republican Conference

Districts

Groups

Congressional caucus	Caucuses of the United States Congress
Ethnic and racial	African-American members Senate House Black Caucus Arab and Middle Eastern members Asian Pacific American members Asian Pacific American Caucus Hispanic and Latino members list Hispanic Caucus Hispanic Conference Jewish members Congressional Jewish Caucus Native American members
Gender and sexual identity	LGBT members Equality Caucus Women Senate House Issues Caucus current House
Occupation	Physicians
Religion	Buddhist members Hindu members Jewish members Mormon (LDS) members Muslim members Quaker members Sikh members

Powers, privileges, procedure, committees, history, media

Powers

Privileges

Procedure

Senate-specific

Committees

Items

History

Media

Capitol Complex (Capitol Hill)

Legislative
offices

Offices

Senate	Curator Historical Library
House	Congr. Ethics Emergency Planning, Preparedness, and Operations Interparliamentary Affairs Law Revision Counsel Legislative Counsel Library

Employees

Senate	Secretary Chaplain Curator Historian Librarian Pages Parliamentarian Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper
House	Chaplain Chief Administrative Officer Clerk Doorkeeper Floor Operations Floor Services Chief Historian Pages Board Parliamentarian Postmaster Reading Clerk Sergeant at Arms