List of freshman class members of the 110th United States Congress

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The 110th United States Congress began on January 4, 2007. There were 10 new senators and 54 new representatives. The representatives comprise a diverse group reflecting the multiculturalism of the U.S. One representative graduated with a high school class of 25; another is said to have a net worth of $50 million. Backgrounds include teachers, musicians, authors, engineers, a vice admiral, and a professional football player. Religions include Christianity, Buddhism, Judaism, and Islam (none claim to be atheist or agnostic). When taking office, ages ranged from 33 to 66, placing the class mostly in the baby boomer and generation X categories.

1 New members at the beginning of the 110th Congress
- 1.1 Senate
- 1.2 House of Representatives
2 New members who joined during the 110th Congress
- 2.1 Senate
- 2.2 House of Representatives
3 References

[edit] New members at the beginning of the 110th Congress

These senators and representatives have served since the beginning of the Congress on January 4, 2007

[edit] Senate

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

State	Senator	Party	Prior background	Religion	Birth year
Maryland	Ben Cardin	Democratic	U.S. House of Representatives	Jewish	1943
Minnesota	Amy Klobuchar	Democratic	Hennepin County Attorney	Congregationalist	1960
Missouri	Claire McCaskill	Democratic	State Auditor	Roman Catholic	1953
Montana	Jon Tester	Democratic	State Senate President	Church of God	1956
Ohio	Sherrod Brown	Democratic	U.S. House of Representatives	Lutheran	1952
Pennsylvania	Bob Casey, Jr.	Democratic	State Treasurer	Roman Catholic	1960
Rhode Island	Sheldon Whitehouse	Democratic	State Attorney General	Episcopalian	1955
Tennessee	Bob Corker	Republican	Mayor of Chattanooga	Presbyterian	1952
Vermont	Bernie Sanders	Independent	U.S. House of Representatives	Jewish	1941
Virginia	Jim Webb	Democratic	Secretary of the Navy	Protestant	1946

[edit] House of Representatives

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

District	Representative	Prior background	Religion	Birth year
Arizona 5	Harry Mitchell	Mayor of Tempe	Roman Catholic	1940
Arizona 8	Gabrielle Giffords	State Senator	Jewish	1970
California 11	Jerry McNerney	Engineer	Roman Catholic	1951
California 22	Kevin McCarthy	State Assemblyman	Baptist	1965
Colorado 5	Doug Lamborn	State Senator	Protestant	1954
Colorado 7	Ed Perlmutter	State Senator	Evangelical Christian	1953
Connecticut 2	Joe Courtney	State Representative	Roman Catholic	1953
Connecticut 5	Chris Murphy	State Senator	Protestant	1973
Florida 9	Gus Bilirakis	State Representative	Greek Orthodox	1963
Florida 11	Kathy Castor	Hillsborough County Commissioner	Presbyterian	1966
Florida 13	Vern Buchanan	Business owner	Baptist	1951
Florida 16	Tim Mahoney	COO of vFinance	Methodist	1956
Florida 22	Ron Klein	State Senator	Jewish	1957
Georgia 4	Hank Johnson	County Commissioner	Buddhist	1954
Hawaii 2	Mazie Hirono	Lieutenant Governor	Buddhist	1947
Idaho 1	Bill Sali	State Representative	Evangelical Christian	1954
Illinois 6	Peter Roskam	State Senator	Anglican	1961
Illinois 17	Phil Hare	Union President	Roman Catholic	1949
Indiana 2	Joe Donnelly	Lawyer	Roman Catholic	1955
Indiana 8	Brad Ellsworth	Vanderburgh County Sheriff	Roman Catholic	1958
Indiana 9	Baron Hill	former U.S. Representative	Church of Christ	1953
Iowa 1	Bruce Braley	Lawyer	Presbyterian	1957
Iowa 2	David Loebsack	Political Science Professor	Methodist	1952
Kansas 2	Nancy Boyda	Chemist	Methodist	1955
Kentucky 3	John Yarmuth	Publisher	Jewish	1947
Maryland 3	John Sarbanes	Lawyer	Greek Orthodox	1962
Michigan 7	Tim Walberg	State Representative	Protestant	1951
Minnesota 1	Tim Walz	Teacher	Lutheran (raised Catholic)	1964
Minnesota 5	Keith Ellison	State Representative	Sunni Muslim	1963
Minnesota 6	Michele Bachmann	State Senator	Evangelical Lutheran	1956
Nebraska 3	Adrian M. Smith	State Legislator	Evangelical Christian	1970
Nevada 2	Dean Heller	Secretary of State	Mormon	1960
New Hampshire 1	Carol Shea-Porter	Social Worker	Roman Catholic	1954
New Hampshire 2	Paul Hodes	Assistant State Attorney General	Jewish	1951
New York 11	Yvette D. Clarke	New York City Council member	African Methodist Episcopal	1964
New York 19	John Hall	Musician	Roman Catholic	1948
New York 20	Kirsten Gillibrand	Lawyer	Roman Catholic	1966
New York 24	Michael Arcuri	Oneida County District Attorney	Roman Catholic	1959
North Carolina 11	Heath Shuler	Real estate professional and former NFL player	Baptist	1971
Ohio 4	Jim Jordan	State Senator	Evangelical Christian	1964
Ohio 6	Charlie Wilson	State Senator	Roman Catholic	1943
Ohio 13	Betty Sutton	State Representative	United Methodist	1963
Ohio 18	Zack Space	City Law Director	Greek Orthodox	1961
Oklahoma 5	Mary Fallin	Lieutenant Governor	Protestant	1954
Pennsylvania 4	Jason Altmire	Legislative assistant	Roman Catholic	1968
Pennsylvania 7	Joe Sestak	Navy vice admiral	Roman Catholic	1951
Pennsylvania 8	Patrick Murphy	Professor	Roman Catholic	1973
Pennsylvania 10	Chris Carney	Associate Professor	Roman Catholic	1959
Tennessee 1	David Davis	State Representative	Baptist	1959
Tennessee 9	Steve Cohen	State Senator	Jewish	1949
Texas 22	Nick Lampson	former U.S. Representative	Roman Catholic	1945
Texas 23	Ciro Rodriguez	former U.S. Representative	Roman Catholic	1946
Vermont At-Large	Peter Welch	State Senator	Roman Catholic	1947
Wisconsin 8	Steve Kagen	Medical Doctor	Jewish	1949

[edit] New members who joined during the 110th Congress

These members joined after the Congress had started due to the death or resignation of their predecessor.

[edit] Senate

State	Senator	Prior background	Religion	Birth Year	Assumed office	Notes
Wyoming	John Barrasso	Physician	Presbyterian	1952	June 25, 2007	Replaced Craig Thomas, who died June 4, 2007
Mississippi	Roger Wicker	U.S. Representative	Southern Baptist	1951	December 31, 2007	Replaced Trent Lott, who resigned December 18, 2007

[edit] House of Representatives

District	Representative	Prior background	Religion	Birth year	Assumed office	Notes
Georgia 10	Paul Broun	Physician	Baptist	1946	July 25, 2007	Replaced Charlie Norwood (R), who died February 13, 2007.
California 37	Laura Richardson	State Assemblywoman	Methodist	1962	September 4, 2007	Replaced Juanita Millender-McDonald (D), who died April 22, 2007.
Massachusetts 5	Niki Tsongas	Lawyer: Dean of External Affairs at Middlesex Community College	Greek Orthodox	1946	October 18, 2007	Replaced Marty Meehan (D), who resigned July 1, 2007.
Ohio 5	Bob Latta	Lawyer	Roman Catholic	1956	December 13, 2007	Replaced Paul Gillmor (R), who died September 5, 2007.
Virginia 1	Rob Wittman	State Delegate	Episcopalian	1959	December 13, 2007	Replaced Jo Ann Davis (R), who died October 6, 2007.
Illinois 14	Bill Foster	Businessman, Physicist		1955	March 11, 2008	Replaced Dennis Hastert (R), who resigned November 26, 2007.
Indiana 7	André Carson	Indianapolis City-County Council member	Islam	1974	March 13, 2008	Replaced Julia Carson (D), who died December 15, 2007.
California 12	Jackie Speier	State Senator		1950	April 10, 2008	Replaced Tom Lantos (D), who died February 11, 2008.
Louisiana 6	Don Cazayoux	State Representative	Roman Catholic	1964	May 6, 2008	Replaced Richard Baker (R), who retired February 2, 2008.
Louisiana 1	Steve Scalise	State Senator	Roman Catholic	1965	May 7, 2008	Replaced Bobby Jindal (R), who retired January 14, 2008.

[edit] References

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