List of new members of the 103rd United States Congress

The 103rd United States Congress began on January 3, 1993. There were ten new senators (five Democrats, five Republicans) and 108 new representatives (61 Democrats, 47 Republicans), as well as two new delegates (both Democrats), at the start of the first session. Additionally, four senators (one Democrat, three Republicans) and eight representatives (three Democrats, five Republicans) took office on various dates in order to fill vacancies during the 103rd Congress before it ended on January 3, 1995.

Due to redistricting after the 1990 census, 27 representatives were elected from newly established congressional districts.

Senate

Took office January 3, 1993

StateImageSenatorSenioritySwitched partyPrior backgroundBirth year
California Barbara Boxer (D)1st
(90th overall)
No
Open seat; replaced Alan Cranston (D)
U.S. House of Representatives[a]1940
Colorado Ben Nighthorse Campbell (D)3rd
(92nd overall)
No[b]
Open seat; replaced Tim Wirth (D)
U.S. House of Representatives[c]
Colorado House of Representatives
1933
Georgia Paul Coverdell (R)7th
(96th overall)
Yes
Defeated Wyche Fowler (D)
Director of the Peace Corps
Georgia State Senate
1939
Idaho Dirk Kempthorne (R)11th
(100th overall)
No
Open seat; replaced Steve Symms (R)
Mayor of Boise1951
Illinois Carol Moseley Braun (D)5th
(94th overall)
No
Replaced Alan J. Dixon (D), who lost renomination
Cook County Recorder of Deeds
Illinois House of Representatives
1947
New Hampshire Judd Gregg (R)2nd
(91st overall)
No
Open seat; replaced Warren Rudman (R)
Governor of New Hampshire
U.S. House of Representatives[d]
Executive Council of New Hampshire
1947
North Carolina Lauch Faircloth (R)6th
(95th overall)
Yes
Defeated Terry Sanford (D)
North Carolina Secretary of Commerce1928
Utah Bob Bennett (R)10th
(99th overall)
No
Open seat; replaced Jake Garn (R)
Businessman1933
Washington Patty Murray (D)9th
(98th overall)
No
Open seat; replaced Brock Adams (D)
Washington State Senate1950
Wisconsin Russ Feingold (D)8th
(97th overall)
Yes
Defeated Bob Kasten (R)
Wisconsin Senate1953

Took office during the 103rd Congress

StateImageSenatorTook officeSwitched partyPrior backgroundBirth year
Texas Bob Krueger (D)January 21, 1993No
Appointed; replaced Lloyd Bentsen (D)
Railroad Commission of Texas
U.S. House of Representatives[e]
1935
Texas Kay Bailey Hutchison (R)June 14, 1993Yes
Defeated Bob Krueger (D)
Texas State Treasurer
Texas House of Representatives
1943
Oklahoma Jim Inhofe (R)November 16, 1994Yes
Open seat; replaced David Boren (D)
U.S. House of Representatives[f]
Mayor of Tulsa
Oklahoma Senate
Oklahoma House of Representatives
1934
Tennessee Fred Thompson (R)December 2, 1994Yes
Open seat; replaced Harlan Mathews (D)
Attorney1942

House of Representatives

Took office January 3, 1993

DistrictRepresentativeSwitched partyPrior backgroundBirth year
Alabama 2Terry Everett (R)NoJournalist1937
Alabama 6Spencer Bachus (R)YesState Board of Education1947
Alabama 7Earl Hilliard (D)NoState Senator1942
Arizona 1Sam Coppersmith (D)YesLaw clerk1955
Arizona 6Karan English (D)New seatState Senator1949
Arkansas 1Blanche Lincoln (D)NoCongressional staffer1960
Arkansas 3Tim Hutchinson (R)NoState Representative1949
Arkansas 4Jay Dickey (R)YesCity attorney1939
California 1Daniel Hamburg (D)YesCounty Supervisor1948
California 6Lynn Woolsey (D)NoTeacher1937
California 10William P. Baker (R)New seatState Assemblyman1940
California 11Richard Pombo (R)New seatCity Councilor1961
California 14Anna Eshoo (D)YesCounty Supervisor1942
California 22Michael Huffington (R)NoDeputy Assistant Secretary of Defense1947
California 25Buck McKeon (R)New seatCity Councilor1938
California 30Xavier Becerra (D)NoState Assemblyman1958
California 33Lucille Roybal-Allard (D)New seatState Assemblywoman1941
California 36Jane Harman (D)NoWhite House staffer1945
California 37Walter R. Tucker III (D)NoMayor of Compton1957
California 38Steve Horn (R)YesUniversity President1931
California 39Ed Royce (R)NoState Senator1951
California 41Jay Kim (R)New seatMayor of Diamond Bar1939
California 43Ken Calvert (R)New seatReal estate agent1953
California 49Lynn Schenk (D)New seatPort Commissioner1945
California 50Bob Filner (D)New seatCity Councilor1942
Colorado 3Scott McInnis (R)YesState Representative1953
Delaware at-largeMike Castle (R)YesGovernor of Delaware1939
Florida 3Corrine Brown (D)New seatState Representative1946
Florida 4Tillie Fowler (R)NoCity Councilor1942
Florida 5Karen Thurman (D)New seatState Senator1951
Florida 7John Mica (R)New seatState Representative1943
Florida 12Charles T. Canady (R)NoState Representative1954
Florida 13Dan Miller (R)New seatBusinessman1942
Florida 17Carrie Meek (D)NoState Senator1926
Florida 20Peter Deutsch (D)NoState Representative1957
Florida 21Lincoln Díaz-Balart (R)New seatState Senator1954
Florida 23Alcee Hastings (D)New seatU.S. District Court Judge1936
Georgia 1Jack Kingston (R)YesState Representative1955
Georgia 2Sanford Bishop (D)NoState Senator1947
Georgia 3Mac Collins (R)YesState Senator1944
Georgia 4John Linder (R)New seatState Representative1942
Georgia 9Nathan Deal (D)No[g]State Senator1942
Georgia 10Don Johnson Jr. (D)NoState Senator1948
Georgia 11Cynthia McKinney (D)New seatState Representative1955
Idaho 2Mike Crapo (R)YesState Senator1951
Illinois 1Bobby Rush (D)NoCity Councilor1946
Illinois 2Mel Reynolds (D)NoProfessor1952
Illinois 4Luis Gutiérrez (D)New seatCity Councilor1953
Illinois 16Don Manzullo (R)YesAttorney1944
Indiana 5Steve Buyer (R)YesLawyer1958
Kentucky 1Thomas Barlow (D)NoBusinessman1940
Kentucky 6Scotty Baesler (D)YesMayor of Lexington1941
Louisiana 4Cleo Fields (D)New seatState Senator1962
Maryland 4Albert Wynn (D)New seatState Senator1951
Maryland 6Roscoe Bartlett (R)YesProfessor1926
Massachusetts 3Peter I. Blute (R)YesState Representative1956
Massachusetts 5Marty Meehan (D)NoAttorney1956
Massachusetts 6Peter G. Torkildsen (R)YesState Representative1958
Michigan 1Bart Stupak (D)YesState Representative1952
Michigan 2Pete Hoekstra (R)NoBusinessman1953
Michigan 5James A. Barcia (D)NoState Senator1952
Michigan 7Nick Smith (R)NoState Senator1934
Michigan 11Joe Knollenberg (R)NoInsurance agent1933
Minnesota 2David Minge (DFL)YesLawyer1942
Minnesota 6Rod Grams (R)YesNews anchor1948
Missouri 2Jim Talent (R)YesState Representative1956
Missouri 6Pat Danner (D)YesState Senator1934
New Jersey 7Bob Franks (R)NoState Assemblyman1951
New Jersey 8Herb Klein (D)NoState Assemblyman1930
New Jersey 13Bob Menendez (D)NoState Senator1954
New York 2Rick Lazio (R)YesCounty Legislator1958
New York 3Peter T. King (R)NoCounty Comptroller1944
New York 4David A. Levy (R)NoTown Councilor1953
New York 12Nydia Velázquez (D)NoCity Councilor1953
New York 14Carolyn Maloney (D)YesCity Councilor1946
New York 24John M. McHugh (R)NoState Senator1948
New York 26Maurice Hinchey (D)NoState Assemblyman1938
New York 30Jack Quinn (R)YesTown Supervisor1951
North Carolina 12Mel Watt (D)New seatState Senator1945
North Dakota at-largeEarl Pomeroy (D–NPL)NoNorth Dakota Insurance Commissioner1952
Ohio 1David S. Mann (D)NoMayor of Cincinnati1939
Ohio 6Ted Strickland (D)YesPsychologist1941
Ohio 10Martin Hoke (R)YesBusinessman1952
Ohio 13Sherrod Brown (D)NoOhio Secretary of State1952
Ohio 15Deborah Pryce (R)NoJudge1951
Ohio 19Eric Fingerhut (D)NoState Senator1959
Oklahoma 5Ernest Istook (R)NoLawyer1950
Oregon 1Elizabeth Furse (D)NoBusinesswoman1936
Pennsylvania 4Ron Klink (D)NoJournalist1951
Pennsylvania 6Tim Holden (D)NoSheriff1957
Pennsylvania 8James C. Greenwood (R)YesState Senator1951
Pennsylvania 13Marjorie Margolies (D)YesJournalist1942
Pennsylvania 15Paul McHale (D)YesState Representative1950
South Carolina 4Bob Inglis (R)YesLawyer1959
South Carolina 6Jim Clyburn (D)NoAdvisor1940
Texas 23Henry Bonilla (R)YesNews executive1954
Texas 28Frank Tejeda (D)New seatState Senator1945
Texas 29Gene Green (D)New seatState Senator1947
Texas 30Eddie Bernice Johnson (D)New seatState Senator1935
Utah 2Karen Shepherd (D)NoState Senator1940
Virginia 3Bobby Scott (D)New seatState Senator1947
Virginia 6Bob Goodlatte (R)YesLawyer1952
Virginia 11Leslie Byrne (D)New seatState Delegate1946
Washington 1Maria Cantwell (D)YesState Representative1958
Washington 4Jay Inslee (D)YesState Representative1951
Washington 8Jennifer Dunn (R)NoState Party Chair1941
Washington 9Mike Kreidler (D)New seatState Senator1943
Wisconsin 5Tom Barrett (D)NoState Senator1953

Non-voting members

DistrictDelegateSwitched partyPrior backgroundBirth year
Guam at-largeRobert A. Underwood (D)YesEducator1948
Puerto Rico at-largeCarlos Romero Barceló (NP/D)Yes/No[h]Governor of Puerto Rico1932

Took office during the 103rd Congress

DistrictRepresentativeTook officeSwitched partyPrior backgroundBirth year
Mississippi 2Bennie Thompson (D)April 13, 1993NoCounty Supervisor1948
Ohio 2Rob Portman (R)May 4, 1993NoWhite House Counsel1955
Wisconsin 1Peter W. Barca (D)May 4, 1993NoState Assemblyman1955
California 17Sam Farr (D)June 8, 1993NoState Assemblyman1941
Michigan 3Vern Ehlers (R)December 7, 1993NoState Senator1934
Oklahoma 6Frank Lucas (R)May 10, 1994YesFarmer1960
Kentucky 2Ron Lewis (R)May 24, 1994YesPastor1946
Oklahoma 1Steve Largent (R)November 29, 1994NoFootball player1954

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Preceded by New members of the 103rd Congress
1993–1995
Succeeded by