List of freshman class members of the 109th United States Congress

The 109th United States Congress began on January 4, 2005. There were 9 new Senators (7R, 2D) elected and 40 new Representatives (24R, 16D).

New members at the beginning of the 109th Congress

These senators and representatives served at the beginning of the Congress on January 4, 2005.

Senate

See also: List of current United States Senators and 109th United States Congress age and generation

State	Senator	Party	Switched Party	Prior background	Religion	Birth year
Colorado	Ken Salazar	Democratic	Yes Open Seat; Replaced Ben Nighthorse Campbell	Attorney General of Colorado	Roman Catholic	1955
Florida	Mel Martinez	Republican	Yes Open Seat; Replaced Bob Graham	United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development	Roman Catholic	1946
Georgia	Johnny Isakson	Republican	Yes Open Seat; Replaced Zell Miller	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives	United Methodist	1944
Illinois	Barack Obama	Democratic	Yes Open Seat; Replaced Peter Fitzgerald	Member of Illinois Senate	Christianity/United Church of Christ	1961
Louisiana	David Vitter	Republican	Yes Open Seat; Replaced John Breaux	Former Member Louisiana House of Representatives, Member U.S. House of Representatives	Roman Catholic	1961
North Carolina	Richard Burr	Republican	Yes Open Seat; Replaced John Edwards	Member U.S. House of Representatives	Methodist	1955
Oklahoma	Tom Coburn	Republican	No Open Seat; Replaced Don Nickles	Former Member U.S. House of Representatives	Baptist	1948
South Carolina	Jim DeMint	Republican	Yes Open Seat; Replaced Ernest Hollings	MemberU.S. House of Representatives	Presbyterian	1951
South Dakota	John Thune	Republican	Yes Defeated Tom Daschle	Former MemberU.S. House of Representatives	Evangelical Christian	1961

House of Representatives

District	Representative	Switched Party	Prior background	Religion	Birth year
California 3	Daniel Lungren	No	Former Congressman	Roman Catholic	1946
California 20	Jim Costa	No	Family Farmer	Roman Catholic	1952
Colorado 3	John Salazar	Yes	Soldier	Roman Catholic	1953
Florida 14	Connie Mack IV	No	State Representative	Roman Catholic	1967
Florida 20	Debbie Wasserman Schultz	No	State Representative State Senator	Jewish	1966
Georgia 4	Cynthia McKinney	No	Former Congresswoman	Roman Catholic	1955
Georgia 6	Tom Price	No	State Senator	Presbyterian	1954
Georgia 8	Lynn Westmoreland	No	State Representative	Baptist	1950
Georgia 12	John Barrow	Yes	Athens City Council, Athens County Commissioner	Baptist	1955
Illinois 3	Dan Lipinski	No	Political Assistant, College Professor	Roman Catholic	1966
Illinois 8	Melissa Bean	Yes	Sales Executive	Serbian Orthodox	1962
Indiana 9	Mike Sodrel	Yes	Guardsman, Automotive Executive	Baptist	1945
Kentucky 4	Geoff Davis	Yes	Ranger, Manufacturing Consultant	Baptist	1958
Louisiana 1	Bobby Jindal	No	Consultant	Roman Catholic	1971
Louisiana 3	Charlie Melancon	Yes	Small Business Owner	Roman Catholic	1947
Louisiana 7	Charles Boustany	Yes	Surgeon	Episcopalian	1956
Michigan 7	Joe Schwarz	No	Physician	Roman Catholic	1937
Missouri 3	Russ Carnahan	No	State Representative	Methodist	1958
Missouri 5	Emanuel Cleaver	No	Minister	United Methodist	1944
Nebraska 1	Jeff Fortenberry	No	Publishing Executive, Economist	Roman Catholic	1960
New York 27	Brian Higgins	Yes	Political Assistant	Roman Catholic	1959
New York 29	Randy Kuhl	No	State Representative, State Senator, Attorney	Episcopalian	1943
North Carolina 5	Virginia Foxx	No	State Senator, College Professor/Administrator	Roman Catholic	1943
North Carolina 10	Patrick McHenry	No	State Representative, Realtor	Roman Catholic	1975
Oklahoma 2	Dan Boren	No	State Representative	Methodist	1973
Pennsylvania 8	Mike Fitzpatrick	No	Attorney	Roman Catholic	1963
Pennsylvania 13	Allyson Schwartz	No	State Senator	Jewish	1948
Pennsylvania 15	Charlie Dent	No	State Representative	Presbyterian	1960
South Carolina 4	Bob Inglis	No	Attorney	Presbyterian Church in America	1959
Texas 1	Louie Gohmert	Yes	Soldier	Southern Baptist	1953
Texas 2	Ted Poe	Yes	Prosecutor, Judge Harris County, Airmen	Church of Christ	1948
Texas 9	Al Green	No	Justice of the Peace Harris County, Attorney	Baptist	1947
Texas 10	Michael McCaul	Yes	Federal Prosecutor	Roman Catholic	1952
Texas 11	Mike Conaway	Yes	Soldier	Southern Baptist	1948
Texas 24	Kenny Marchant	Yes	State Representative	Church of the Nazarene	1951
Texas 28	Henry Cuellar	No	State Representative, Secretary of State Texas,	Roman Catholic	1955
Virginia 2	Thelma Drake	No	State Representative, Realtor	United Church of Christ	1949
Washington 5	Cathy McMorris	No	State Representative, Orchardist	Christian	1969
Washington 8	Dave Reichert	No	Sheriff King, County, Airmen	Lutheran – Missouri Synod	1950
Wisconsin 4	Gwen Moore	No	State Representative, State Senate, Civic Affairs Specialist	Baptist	1951

References

Preceded by List of 108th Congress freshmen	Freshman-class members of the 109th Congress	Succeeded by List of 110th Congress freshmen

United States Congress

Members and leaders

Members

Current	By length of service Freshmen Youngest members Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico Delegates Longest-serving members ever

Senate	Current by seniority by age Dean of the Senate Former senators Living Earliest serving Earliest living Expelled or censured Classes Born outside the U.S.

House	Current by seniority Dean of the House Former representatives Living Oldest living Earliest serving Expelled, censured, and reprimanded Deaths by year

Leaders

Senate	President (list) President pro tempore (list) Majority and minority leaders Assistant party leaders Democratic Caucus (Chair Secretary Policy Committee Chair) Republican Conference (Chair Vice-Chair Policy Committee Chair)

House	Speaker Leaders Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group Democratic Caucus Republican Conference

Districts

Caucuses,
women and
minorities

Powers, privileges, procedure, committees, history, and media

Powers	Article I Copyright Commerce (Dormant) Contempt of Congress Declaration of war Impeachment Naturalization "Necessary and Proper" Power of enforcement Taxing/spending

Privileges and benefits	Salaries Franking Immunity

Procedure	Act of Congress (list) Appropriation bill Blue slip Budget resolution Censure Closed sessions House Senate Cloture Concurrent resolution Continuing resolution Dear colleague letter Discharge petition Engrossed bill Enrolled bill Expulsion Joint resolution Joint session (list) Lame-duck session Majority of the majority (Hastert Rule) Multiple referral Procedures (House) Quorum call Reconciliation Rider Saxbe fix Sponsorship Suspension of the rules Unanimous consent Veto Line-item veto Pocket veto Veto override

Senate-specific	Advice and consent Classes Executive communication Executive session Filibuster Jefferson's Manual Senate Journal Morning business Nuclear option Presiding Officer Recess appointment Reconciliation Riddick's Senate Procedure Senate hold Senatorial courtesy Seniority Standing Rules Tie-breaking votes Traditions Treaty Clause

Committees	Chairman and ranking member Of the Whole Conference Discharge petition Hearings Markup Oversight List (Joint) List (House) List (Senate) Select and special Standing Subcommittees

Items	Gavels Mace of the House Seal of the Senate

History	Biographical Directory Divided government House Gerrymandering Party control Senate Senate election disputes Senatorial memoirs Representative memoirs

Media	C-SPAN Congressional Quarterly The Hill Politico Roll Call

Offices, employees, services, and the Capitol Complex

Legislative
offices

Offices

Senate	Curator Historical Library

House	Congressional Ethics Emergency Planning, Preparedness, and Operations Interparliamentary Affairs Legislative Counsel Law Revision Counsel Library

Employees

Senate	Secretary Chaplain Curator Inspector General Historian Librarian Pages Parliamentarian Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper

House	Chaplain Chief Administrative Officer Clerk Doorkeeper Floor Operations Floor Services Chief Historian Pages (Page Board) Parliamentarian Postmaster Reading Clerk Sergeant at Arms

Library of
Congress

Government
Publishing Office

Capitol

Office
buildings

Senate	Dirksen Hart Mountains and Clouds Russell

House	Building Commission Cannon Ford Longworth O'Neill Rayburn

Other
facilities

Websites: House of Representatives; Senate

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