List of freshman class members of the 111th United States Congress

40 new members of the 111th Congress.
_{(One pictured member, Marcia Fudge, is not technically a freshman; as she was sworn in near the end of the 110th Congress.)}

The 111th United States Congress began on January 3, 2009. As of November 30, 2010, there were at least 21 new senators and 65 new representatives.

New members at the beginning of the 111th Congress

Senate

See also: List of current United States Senators and 110th United States Congress age and generation

State	Senator	Party change?	Prior background	Religion	Birth year
Alaska	Mark Begich (D)	Yes Defeated Ted Stevens	Anchorage Assembly, Mayor of Anchorage	Roman Catholic	1962
Colorado	Mark Udall (D)	Yes Open seat; Replaced Wayne Allard	State Representative, U.S. House of Representatives	Christian	1950
Idaho	Jim Risch (R)	No Open seat; Replaced Larry Craig	State Senate Majority Leader, Governor of Idaho, Lieutenant Governor of Idaho	Roman Catholic	1943
Minnesota	Al Franken (D)	Yes Defeated Norm Coleman	Comedian, Author, Radio Host, and Political Commentator	Judaism	1951
Nebraska	Mike Johanns (R)	No Open seat; Replaced Chuck Hagel	Mayor of Lincoln, Governor of Nebraska, United States Secretary of Agriculture	Roman Catholic	1950
New Hampshire	Jeanne Shaheen (D)	Yes Defeated John Sununu	New Hampshire State Senate, Governor of New Hampshire	Protestant	1947
New Mexico	Tom Udall (D)	Yes Open seat; Replaced Pete Domenici	Attorney General of New Mexico, U.S. House of Representatives	Mormon	1948
North Carolina	Kay Hagan (D)	Yes Defeated Elizabeth Dole	Sunday School Teacher, State Senator	Presbyterian	1953
Oregon	Jeff Merkley (D)	Yes Defeated Gordon Smith	Oregon House of Representatives, Oregon House Speaker	Lutheran	1956
Virginia	Mark Warner (D)	Yes Open seat; Replaced John Warner	Governor of Virginia	Presbyterian	1954

• The Minnesota Supreme Court declared Al Franken the winner over incumbent Norm Coleman after a long dispute over the results of the 2008 election.^[1]

House of Representatives

See also: List of current members of the United States House of Representatives

District	Representative	Party Change?	Prior background	Religion	Birth year
Alabama 2	Bobby Bright (D)	Yes	Mayor of Montgomery	Baptist	1952
Alabama 5	Parker Griffith (D)	No [2]	oncologist State Senator	Episcopalian	1942
Arizona 1	Ann Kirkpatrick (D)	Yes	attorney Arizona House of Representatives	Roman Catholic	1950
California 4	Tom McClintock (R)	No	State Senator	Baptist	1956
California 52	Duncan D. Hunter (R)	No	United States Marine Corps	Protestant	1976
Colorado 2	Jared Polis (D)	No	Businessman, Colorado State Board of Education	Jewish	1975
Colorado 4	Betsy Markey (D)	Yes	Businesswoman	Roman Catholic	1956
Colorado 6	Mike Coffman (R)	No	State Legislator, Colorado State Treasurer, Colorado Secretary of State	United Methodist	1955
Connecticut 4	Jim Himes (D)	Yes	Businessman	Presbyterian	1966
Florida 8	Alan Grayson (D)	Yes	Attorney	Jewish	1958
Florida 15	Bill Posey (R)	No	State Senator	Methodist	1947
Florida 16	Tom Rooney (R)	Yes	Attorney	Roman Catholic	1970
Florida 24	Suzanne Kosmas (D)	Yes	State Representative	Methodist	1944
Idaho 1	Walt Minnick (D)	Yes	Businessman	Unitarian	1942
Illinois 11	Debbie Halvorson (D)	Yes	State Senate Majority Leader	Lutheran	1958
Illinois 18	Aaron Schock (R)	No	State Representative	Baptist	1981
Kansas 2	Lynn Jenkins (R)	Yes	State Legislator, Kansas State Treasurer	United Methodist	1963
Kentucky 2	Brett Guthrie (R)	No	State Senator	Church of Christ	1964
Louisiana 2	Anh "Joseph" Cao (R)	Yes	Attorney, Orleans Parish Board of Election Supervisors	Roman Catholic	1967
Louisiana 4	John C. Fleming (R)	No	Physician, Webster Parish Coroner	Baptist	1951
Louisiana 6	Bill Cassidy (R)	Yes	Physician State Senator	Christian	1957
Maine 1	Chellie Pingree (D)	No	Common Cause President, State Senate Majority Leader	Lutheran	1955
Maryland 1	Frank Kratovil (D)	Yes	Queen Anne's County State's Attorney	Episcopalian	1968
Michigan 7	Mark Schauer (D)	Yes	Michigan House of Representatives State Senate Minority Leader	Protestant	1961
Michigan 9	Gary Peters (D)	Yes	Political Science professor at Central Michigan University State Senator, Michigan Lottery Commissioner	Lutheran	1958
Minnesota 3	Erik Paulsen (R)	No	State Representative	Lutheran	1965
Mississippi 3	Gregg Harper (R)	No	Attorney, Rankin County Party Chairman	Baptist	1956
Missouri 9	Blaine Luetkemeyer (R)	No	Missouri House of Representatives, State Tourism Director	Roman Catholic	1960
Nevada 3	Dina Titus (D)	Yes	Professor at University of Nevada, Las Vegas, State Senate Minority Leader	Greek Orthodox	1950
New Jersey 3	John Adler (D)	Yes	attorney Cherry Hill Township Council, State Senator	Jewish	1959
New Jersey 7	Leonard Lance (R)	No	State Senator	Roman Catholic	1952
New Mexico 1	Martin Heinrich (D)	Yes	Albuquerque City Council President	Lutheran	1971
New Mexico 2	Harry Teague (D)	Yes	Lea County Commissioner	Baptist	1949
New Mexico 3	Ben R. Luján (D)	No	New Mexico Public Regulation Commissioner	Roman Catholic	1972
New York 13	Michael McMahon (D)	Yes	attorney New York City Councilman	Roman Catholic	1957
New York 21	Paul Tonko (D)	No	Engineer, State Assemblyman	Roman Catholic	1949
New York 25	Dan Maffei (D)	Yes	Congressional aide	Roman Catholic	1968
New York 26	Chris Lee (R)	No	Philanthropist	Protestant	1964
New York 29	Eric Massa (D)	Yes	Philanthropist, United States Navy	Roman Catholic	1959
North Carolina 8	Larry Kissell (D)	Yes	Social Studies Teacher	Southern Baptist	1951
Ohio 1	Steve Driehaus (D)	Yes	State Representative	Roman Catholic	1966
Ohio 7	Steve Austria (R)	No	State Representative, State Senator	Roman Catholic	1958
Ohio 15	Mary Jo Kilroy (D)	Yes	Franklin County Commissioner	Roman Catholic	1949
Ohio 16	John Boccieri (D)	Yes	State Representative, State Senator	Roman Catholic	1969
Oregon 5	Kurt Schrader (D)	No	Veterinarian State Representative, State Senator	Episcopalian	1951
Pennsylvania 3	Kathy Dahlkemper (D)	Yes	Businesswoman clinical dietitian	Roman Catholic	1957
Pennsylvania 5	Glenn Thompson (R)	No	Centre County Party Chairman	Protestant	1959
Tennessee 1	Phil Roe (R)	No	Physician, Mayor of Johnson City	Methodist	1945
Texas 22	Pete Olson (R)	Yes	Congressional aide	United Methodist	1962
Utah 3	Jason Chaffetz (R)	No	Businessman	Mormon	1967
Virginia 2	Glenn Nye (D)	Yes	Foreign Service Officer	Presbyterian	1974
Virginia 5	Tom Perriello (D)	Yes	Attorney	Roman Catholic	1974
Virginia 11	Gerry Connolly (D)	Yes	Fairfax County Board of Supervisors	Roman Catholic	1950
Wyoming at-Large	Cynthia Lummis (R)	No	State Legislator, Wyoming State Treasurer	Lutheran	1954

Non-voting members

District	Representative	Switched Party	Prior background	Religion	Birth year
Puerto Rico at-large	Pedro Pierluisi (PNP/D)	Yes[3]	Puerto Rico Secretary of Justice	Roman Catholic	1959
Northern Mariana Islands at-large	Gregorio Sablan (I)[4]	New Seat	Election Commission Director	Roman Catholic	1955

New members who joined during the 111th Congress

Senate

State	Senator	Prior background	Religion	Birth year	Assumed office	Notes
Illinois	Roland Burris (D)	Illinois Attorney General Illinois Comptroller	Baptist	1937	January 15, 2009	Replaced Barack Obama (D), who resigned November 16, 2008 to focus on his transition to the presidency
Delaware	Ted Kaufman (D)	Congressional Chief of Staff	Roman Catholic	1939	January 16, 2009	Replaced Joe Biden (D), who resigned on January 15, 2009 in expectation of becoming Vice President of the United States.
Colorado	Michael Bennet (D)	Denver Public Schools Superintendent	Unknown	1964	January 22, 2009	Replaced Ken Salazar (D), who resigned to become Secretary of the Interior on January 20, 2009.
New York	Kirsten Gillibrand (D)	United States Representative	Roman Catholic	1966	January 26, 2009	Replaced Hillary Rodham Clinton (D), who resigned to become Secretary of State on January 21, 2009.
Florida	George LeMieux (R)	Attorney, Chief of Staff to Gov. Charlie Crist, Deputy Florida Attorney General	Roman Catholic	1969	September 10, 2009	Replaced Mel Martinez (R), who resigned on September 9, 2009.
Massachusetts	Paul G. Kirk (D)	Attorney, Democratic National Committee chair	Roman Catholic	1938	September 25, 2009	Replaced Ted Kennedy (D), who died on August 25, 2009.
Massachusetts	Scott Brown (R)	Attorney, Massachusetts State Senator	Protestant	1959	February 4, 2010	Replaced Paul G. Kirk (D), who decided not to run.
West Virginia	Carte Goodwin (D)	Attorney, General Counsel to Gov. Joe Manchin	Methodist	1974	July 20, 2010	Replaced Robert Byrd (D), who died on June 28, 2010.
West Virginia	Joe Manchin (D)	West Virginia House of Delegates, West Virginia Senate, West Virginia Secretary of State, Governor of West Virginia	Catholic	1947	November 15, 2010	Replaced Carte Goodwin (D), in the Special Election taking place Nov. 2nd 2010.
Delaware	Chris Coons (D)	Political Aide, New Castle County Council, New Castle County Executive	Presbyterian	1963	November 15, 2010	Replaced Ted Kaufman (D), in the Special Election taking place Nov. 2nd 2010.
Illinois	Mark Kirk (R)	U.S. Representative	United Church of Christ	1959	November 29, 2010	Replaced Roland Burris (D) in the special election taking place Nov. 2nd 2010.

House

District	Representative	Prior background	Religion	Birth year	Assumed office	Notes
Illinois 5	Mike Quigley (D)	Cook County Commissioner	Roman Catholic	1959	April 21, 2009	Replaced Rahm Emanuel (D), who resigned January 2, 2009 in expectation of becoming White House Chief of Staff
New York 20	Scott Murphy (D)	Businessman, venture capitalist	Roman Catholic	1970	April 29, 2009	Replaced Kirsten Gillibrand (D), who resigned January 26, 2009 after being appointed to the Senate.
California 32	Judy Chu (D)	Mayor of Monterey Park, California State Assembly, State Board of Equalization member		1953	July 16, 2009	Replaced Hilda Solis (D), who resigned February 24, 2009 after being sworn in as United States Secretary of Labor.
California 10	John Garamendi (D)	Lieutenant Governor of California, California Insurance Commissioner, Deputy US Secretary of the Interior, California Senate, California Assembly	Christian	1945	November 5, 2009	Replaced Ellen Tauscher (D), who resigned June 26, 2009 after being sworn in as Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs.
New York 23	Bill Owens (D)	U.S. Air Force veteran, Professor of business at SUNY Plattsburgh	Roman Catholic	1949	November 6, 2009	Replaced John M. McHugh (R), who resigned September 21, 2009 after being sworn in as Secretary of the Army.
Florida 19	Ted Deutch (D)	State Senator	Jewish	1966	April 15, 2010	Replaced Robert Wexler (D), who resigned January 3, 2010 to become President of the Center for Middle East Peace & Economic Cooperation.
Pennsylvania 12	Mark Critz (D)	12th District regional director	Roman Catholic	1962	May 20, 2010	Replaced John Murtha (D), who died on February 8, 2010.
Hawaii 1	Charles Djou (R)	Hawaii House of Representatives, Honolulu City Council	Christian	1970	May 25, 2010	Replaced Neil Abercrombie (D), who resigned February 28, 2010 to focus on his gubernatorial campaign.
Georgia 9	Tom Graves (R)	Georgia House of Representatives	Southern Baptist	1970	June 14, 2010	Replaced Nathan Deal (R), who resigned March 21, 2010 to focus on his gubernatorial campaign.
Indiana 3	Marlin Stutzman (R)	Indiana Senate, Indiana House of Representatives	Baptist	1976	November 16, 2010	Replaced Mark Souder (R), who resigned May 18 (effective May 21), after admitting an affair.
New York 29	Tom Reed (R)	Mayor of Corning, New York	Roman Catholic	1971	November 18, 2010	Replaced Eric Massa (D), who resigned March 8, due to sexual misconduct allegations, a recurrence of cancer, and pressure from his party.

References

1. ^ Minn. finally has a winner in Senate race: Franken
2. ^ However, Griffith changed parties in December 2009, see AP (2009-12-23). Democrat in House switches to GOP. The Boston Globe, 23 December 2009. Retrieved from http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2009/12/23/democrat_in_house_switches_to_gop/.
3. ^ Pierluisi replaced Luis Fortuño, both of whom belonged to the Puerto Rican New Progressive Party. However, Fortuño caucused with the Republicans, so there was a party change
4. ^ Later switched to the Democratic Party.

Preceded by List of 110th Congress freshmen

Freshman-class members of the 111th Congress

Succeeded by List of 112th Congress freshmen