List of new members of the 111th United States Congress

The 111th United States Congress began on January 3, 2009. There were nine new senators (seven Democrats, two Republicans) and 54 new representatives (32 Democrats, 22 Republicans), as well as two new delegates (one Democrat, one independent), at the start of its first session. Additionally, 12 senators (nine Democrats, three Republicans) and 11 representatives (seven Democrats, four Republicans) took office on various dates in order to fill vacancies during the 111th Congress before it ended on January 3, 2011.

40 new members of the 111th Congress.^[a]

The presidents of the House Democratic freshman class were Gerry Connolly of Virginia and Martin Heinrich of New Mexico, while the president of the House Republican freshman class was Steve Austria of Ohio.^[1]

Senate

Took office January 3, 2009

State	Image	Senator	Seniority	Switched party	Prior background	Birth year	Ref
Alaska		Mark Begich (D)	9th (98th overall)	Yes Defeated Ted Stevens (R)	Mayor of Anchorage Anchorage Assembly	1962	[2]
Colorado		Mark Udall (D)	1st (90th overall)	Yes Open seat; replaced Wayne Allard (R)	U.S. House of Representatives[b] Colorado House of Representatives Executive director of Outward Bound	1950	[3]
Idaho		Jim Risch (R)	6th (95th overall)	No Open seat; replaced Larry Craig (R)	Governor of Idaho Lieutenant Governor of Idaho President pro tempore of the Idaho Senate Ada County Prosecutor	1943	[4]
Nebraska		Mike Johanns (R)	3rd (92nd overall)	No Open seat; replaced Chuck Hagel (R)	U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Governor of Nebraska Mayor of Lincoln Lancaster County Board of Commissioners	1950	[5]
New Hampshire		Jeanne Shaheen (D)	4th (93rd overall)	Yes Defeated John E. Sununu (R)	Governor of New Hampshire New Hampshire Senate	1947	[6]
New Mexico		Tom Udall (D)	2nd (91st overall)	Yes Open seat; replaced Pete Domenici (R)	U.S. House of Representatives[c] Attorney General of New Mexico Assistant U.S. Attorney	1948	[7]
North Carolina		Kay Hagan (D)	7th (96th overall)	Yes Defeated Elizabeth Dole (R)	North Carolina Senate	1953	[8]
Oregon		Jeff Merkley (D)	8th (97th overall)	Yes Defeated Gordon H. Smith (R)	Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives	1956	[9]
Virginia		Mark Warner (D)	5th (94th overall)	Yes Open seat; replaced John Warner (R)	Governor of Virginia Chair of the Democratic Party of Virginia	1954	[10]

Took office during the 111th Congress

State	Image	Senator	Took office	Switched party	Prior background	Birth year	Ref
Illinois		Roland Burris (D)	January 15, 2009	No Appointed; replaced Barack Obama (D)	Illinois Attorney General Illinois Comptroller Illinois Director of General Services Bank examiner for Comptroller James J. Saxon	1937	[11]
Delaware		Ted Kaufman (D)	January 16, 2009	No Appointed; replaced Joe Biden (D)	Broadcasting Board of Governors Chief of staff to U.S. Senator Joe Biden	1939	[12]
Colorado		Michael Bennet (D)	January 21, 2009	No Appointed; replaced Ken Salazar (D)	Superintendent of Denver Public Schools Chief of staff to Mayor John Hickenlooper	1964	[13]
New York		Kirsten Gillibrand (D)	January 26, 2009	No Appointed; replaced Hillary Clinton (D)	U.S. House of Representatives[d] Special counsel to Secretary Andrew Cuomo	1966	[14]
Minnesota		Al Franken (DFL)	July 7, 2009	Yes Defeated Norm Coleman (R)	Comedian Host of The Al Franken Show	1951	[15]
Florida		George LeMieux (R)	September 9, 2009	No Appointed; replaced Mel Martínez (R)	Chief of staff to Governor Charlie Crist Deputy Florida Attorney General Chair of the Broward County Republican Party	1969	[16]
Massachusetts		Paul G. Kirk (D)	September 24, 2009	No Appointed; replaced Ted Kennedy (D)	Chair of the Democratic National Committee Democratic National Committee Treasurer	1938	[17]
Massachusetts		Scott Brown (R)	February 4, 2010	Yes Open seat; replaced Paul G. Kirk (D)	Massachusetts Senate Massachusetts House of Representatives Wrentham Selectman U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps	1959	[18]
West Virginia		Carte Goodwin (D)	July 16, 2010	No Appointed; replaced Robert Byrd (D)	Chief counsel to Governor Joe Manchin	1974	[19]
Delaware		Chris Coons (D)	November 15, 2010	No Open seat; replaced Ted Kaufman (D)	New Castle County Executive New Castle County Council	1963	[20]
West Virginia		Joe Manchin (D)	November 15, 2010	No Open seat; replaced Carte Goodwin (D)	Governor of West Virginia Secretary of State of West Virginia West Virginia Senate West Virginia House of Delegates	1947	[21]
Illinois		Mark Kirk (R)	November 29, 2010	Yes Open seat; replaced Roland Burris (D)	U.S. House of Representatives[e] U.S. Navy Reserve	1959	[22]

House of Representatives

Took office January 3, 2009

District	Image	Representative	Switched party	Prior background	Birth year	Ref
Alabama 2		Bobby Bright (D)	Yes Open seat; replaced Terry Everett (R)	Mayor of Montgomery	1952	[23]
Alabama 5		Parker Griffith (D)	No[f] Open seat; replaced Bud Cramer (D)	Alabama Senate U.S. Army Medical Corps	1942	[24]
Arizona 1		Ann Kirkpatrick (D)	Yes Open seat; replaced Rick Renzi (R)	Arizona House of Representatives	1950	[25]
California 4		Tom McClintock (R)	No Open seat; replaced John Doolittle (R)	California State Senate California State Assembly	1956	[26]
California 52		Duncan D. Hunter (R)	No Open seat; replaced Duncan L. Hunter (R)	Real estate developer U.S. Marine Corps Major	1976	[27]
Colorado 2		Jared Polis (D)	No Open seat; replaced Mark Udall (D)	Colorado State Board of Education	1975	[28]
Colorado 4		Betsy Markey (D)	Yes Defeated Marilyn Musgrave (R)	Legislative aide	1956	[29]
Colorado 6		Mike Coffman (R)	No Open seat; replaced Tom Tancredo (R)	Secretary of State of Colorado Colorado State Treasurer Colorado Senate Colorado House of Representatives U.S. Marine Corps Major	1955	[30]
Connecticut 4		Jim Himes (D)	Yes Defeated Chris Shays (R)	Greenwich Housing Authority Vice President of Goldman Sachs	1966	[31]
Florida 8		Alan Grayson (D)	Yes Defeated Ric Keller (R)	Businessman	1958	[32]
Florida 15		Bill Posey (R)	No Open seat; replaced Dave Weldon (R)	Florida Senate Florida House of Representatives Rockledge City Council	1947	[33]
Florida 16		Tom Rooney (R)	Yes Defeated Tim Mahoney (D)	U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps	1970	[34]
Florida 24		Suzanne Kosmas (D)	Yes Defeated Tom Feeney (R)	Florida House of Representatives	1944	[35]
Idaho 1		Walt Minnick (D)	Yes Defeated Bill Sali (R)	Staff assistant to President Richard Nixon U.S. Army First Lieutenant	1942	[36]
Illinois 11		Debbie Halvorson (D)	Yes Open seat; replaced Jerry Weller (R)	Illinois Senate Crete Township Clerk	1958	[37]
Illinois 18		Aaron Schock (R)	No Open seat; replaced Ray LaHood (R)	Illinois House of Representatives Peoria Board of Education	1981	[38]
Kansas 2		Lynn Jenkins (R)	Yes Defeated Nancy Boyda (D)	Kansas State Treasurer Kansas Senate Kansas House of Representatives	1963	[39]
Kentucky 2		Brett Guthrie (R)	No Open seat; replaced Ron Lewis (R)	Kentucky Senate U.S. Army First Lieutenant	1964	[40]
Louisiana 2		Joseph Cao (R)	Yes Defeated William Jefferson (D)	Professional advocate	1967	[41]
Louisiana 4		John Fleming (R)	No Open seat; replaced Jim McCrery (R)	Webster Parish Coroner U.S. Navy	1951	[42]
Louisiana 6		Bill Cassidy (R)	Yes Defeated Don Cazayoux (D)	Louisiana State Senate Physician	1957	[43]
Maine 1		Chellie Pingree (D)	No Open seat; replaced Tom Allen (D)	Maine Senate	1955	[44]
Maryland 1		Frank Kratovil (D)	Yes Replaced Wayne Gilchrest (R), who was defeated in a primary	Queen Anne's County State's Attorney	1968	[45]
Michigan 7		Mark Schauer (D)	Yes Defeated Tim Walberg (R)	Michigan Senate Michigan House of Representatives Battle Creek City Commission	1961	[46]
Michigan 9		Gary Peters (D)	Yes Defeated Joe Knollenberg (R)	Michigan Lottery Commissioner Michigan Senate Rochester Hills City Council Navy Supply Corps Lieutenant Commander	1958	[47]
Minnesota 3		Erik Paulsen (R)	No Open seat; replaced Jim Ramstad (R)	Minnesota House of Representatives	1965	[48]
Mississippi 3		Gregg Harper (R)	No Open seat; replaced Chip Pickering (R)	Brandon City Prosecutor Richland City Prosecutor Chair of the Rankin County Republican Party	1956	[49]
Missouri 9		Blaine Luetkemeyer (R)	No Open seat; replaced Kenny Hulshof (R)	Missouri Tourism Director Missouri House of Representatives St. Elizabeth Board of Trustees	1952	[50]
Nevada 3		Dina Titus (D)	Yes Defeated Jon Porter (R)	Nevada Senate Political science professor	1950	[51]
New Jersey 3		John Adler (D)	Yes Open seat; replaced Jim Saxton (R)	New Jersey Senate Cherry Hill Township Council	1959	[52]
New Jersey 7		Leonard Lance (R)	No Open seat; replaced Mike Ferguson (R)	New Jersey Senate New Jersey General Assembly	1952	[53]
New Mexico 1		Martin Heinrich (D)	Yes Open seat; replaced Heather Wilson (R)	Albuquerque City Council	1971	[54]
New Mexico 2		Harry Teague (D)	Yes Open seat; replaced Steve Pearce (R)	Lea County Board of Commissioners	1949	[55]
New Mexico 3		Ben Ray Luján (D)	No Open seat; replaced Tom Udall (D)	New Mexico Public Regulation Commission	1972	[56]
New York 13		Michael McMahon (D)	Yes Open seat; replaced Vito Fossella (R)	New York City Council	1957	[57]
New York 21		Paul Tonko (D)	No Open seat; replaced Michael McNulty (D)	President of the NYSERDA New York State Assembly Montgomery County Board of Supervisors	1949	[58]
New York 25		Dan Maffei (D)	Yes Open seat; replaced James T. Walsh (R)	Congressional staffer	1968	[59]
New York 26		Chris Lee (R)	No Open seat; replaced Thomas M. Reynolds (R)	Businessman	1964	[60]
New York 29		Eric Massa (D)	Yes Defeated Randy Kuhl (R)	Congressional staffer U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander	1959	[61]
North Carolina 8		Larry Kissell (D)	Yes Defeated Robin Hayes (R)	Businessman	1951	[62]
Ohio 1		Steve Driehaus (D)	Yes Defeated Steve Chabot (R)	Ohio House of Representatives Peace Corps	1966	[63]
Ohio 7		Steve Austria (R)	No Open seat; replaced Dave Hobson (R)	Ohio Senate Ohio House of Representatives	1958	[64]
Ohio 15		Mary Jo Kilroy (D)	Yes Open seat; replaced Deborah Pryce (R)	Franklin County Board of Commissioners Columbus Board of Education	1949	[65]
Ohio 16		John Boccieri (D)	Yes Open seat; replaced Ralph Regula (R)	Ohio Senate Ohio House of Representatives U.S. Air Force Reserve Colonel	1969	[66]
Oregon 5		Kurt Schrader (D)	No Open seat; replaced Darlene Hooley (D)	Oregon State Senate Oregon House of Representatives Veterinarian	1951	[67]
Pennsylvania 3		Kathy Dahlkemper (D)	Yes Defeated Phil English (R)	Co-founder of the Lake Erie Arboretum	1957	[68]
Pennsylvania 5		Glenn Thompson (R)	No Open seat; replaced John Peterson (R)	Chair of the Centre County Republican Party Bald Eagle School Board Rehabilitation therapist manager	1959	[69]
Tennessee 1		Phil Roe (R)	No Defeated David Davis (R) in a primary	Mayor of Johnson City Johnson City Board of Commissioners U.S. Army Medical Corps	1945	[70]
Texas 22		Pete Olson (R)	Yes Defeated Nick Lampson (D)	Congressional staffer U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander	1962	[71]
Utah 3		Jason Chaffetz (R)	No Defeated Chris Cannon (R) in a primary	Utah Valley Board of Trustees Chief of staff to Governor Jon Huntsman Jr.	1967	[72]
Virginia 2		Glenn Nye (D)	Yes Defeated Thelma Drake (R)	USAID staff member U.S. Foreign Service officer	1974	[73]
Virginia 5		Tom Perriello (D)	Yes Defeated Virgil Goode (R)	Entrepreneur	1974	[74]
Virginia 11		Gerry Connolly (D)	Yes Open seat; replaced Tom Davis (R)	Fairfax County Board of Supervisors	1950	[75]
Wyoming at-large		Cynthia Lummis (R)	No Open seat; replaced Barbara Cubin (R)	Wyoming State Treasurer Wyoming Senate Wyoming House of Representatives	1954	[76]

Non-voting delegates

District	Image	Delegate	Switched party	Prior background	Birth year	Ref
Northern Mariana Islands at-large		Gregorio Sablan (I)	New seat	Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives U.S. Army	1955	[77]
Puerto Rico at-large		Pedro Pierluisi (NP/D)	No/Yes Open seat; replaced Luis Fortuño (NP/R)	Secretary of Justice of Puerto Rico	1959	[78]

Took office during the 111th Congress

District	Image	Representative	Took office	Switched party	Prior background	Birth year	Ref
Illinois 5		Mike Quigley (D)	April 21, 2009	No Succeeded Rahm Emanuel (D)	Cook County Board of Commissioners	1958	[79]
New York 20		Scott Murphy (D)	April 29, 2009	No Succeeded Kirsten Gillibrand (D)	Entrepreneur	1970	[80]
California 32		Judy Chu (D)	July 14, 2009	No Succeeded Hilda Solis (D)	California State Board of Equalization California State Assembly Monterey Park City Council Garvey School District	1953	[81]
California 10		John Garamendi (D)	November 5, 2009	No Succeeded Ellen Tauscher (D)	Lieutenant Governor of California California Insurance Commissioner U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Interior California State Senate California State Assembly	1945	[82]
New York 23		Bill Owens (D)	November 6, 2009	Yes Succeeded John M. McHugh (R)	Lawyer U.S. Air Force Reserve Captain	1949	[83]
Florida 19		Ted Deutch (D)	April 15, 2010	No Succeeded Robert Wexler (D)	Florida Senate	1966	[84]
Pennsylvania 12		Mark Critz (D)	May 20, 2010	No Succeeded John Murtha (D)	Business manager	1962	[85]
Hawaii 1		Charles Djou (R)	May 25, 2010	Yes Succeeded Neil Abercrombie (D)	Honolulu City Council Hawaii House of Representatives Vice Chair of the Hawaii Republican Party U.S. Army Reserve	1970	[86]
Georgia 9		Tom Graves (R)	June 14, 2010	No Succeeded Nathan Deal (R)	Georgia House of Representatives	1970	[87]
Indiana 3		Marlin Stutzman (R)	November 2, 2010	No Succeeded Mark Souder (D)	Indiana Senate Indiana House of Representatives	1976	[88]
New York 29		Tom Reed (R)	November 18, 2010	Yes Succeeded Eric Massa (D)	Mayor of Corning	1971	[89]

See also

• List of United States senators in the 111th Congress
• List of members of the United States House of Representatives in the 111th Congress by seniority

Notes

1. One pictured member, Marcia Fudge, is not technically a freshman; as she was sworn in near the end of the 110th Congress.
2. Elected to the 106th Congress, serving from 1999 to 2009 in Colorado's 2nd district.
3. Elected to the 106th Congress, serving from 1999 to 2009 in New Mexico's 3rd district.
4. Elected to the 110th Congress, serving from 2007 to 2009 in New York's 20th district.
5. Elected to the 107th Congress, serving from 2001 to 2010 in Illinois's 10th district.
6. Griffith joined the Republican Party in December 2009.