- Ron Paul
Ronald Ernest Paul (born August 20, 1935) is a 10th-term Congressman from Lake Jackson, Texas, a member of the Republican Party, a physician, and a candidate for the 2008 presidential election. He has represented Texas's 14th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1997 and represented Texas's 22nd district in 1976 and from 1979 to 1985. He earned the nickname "Dr.
- Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon was the thirty-seventh President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974, and the thirty-sixth Vice President of the United States in the administration of Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961). During the Second World War, he served as a Navy lieutenant commander in the Pacific, before being elected to the Congress, and later serving as Vice President. After an unsuccessful presidential run in 1960, Nixon was elected in 1968.
- Henry Waxman
Henry Arnold Waxman, born to a Jewish family September 12, 1939, in Los Angeles, California, is an American politician. He has represented (map) in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1975. Waxman, a Democrat, is considered to be one of the most influential liberal members of Congress. He serves the cities of West Hollywood, Santa Monica and Beverly Hills, and parts of the city of Los Angeles.
- Richard Shelby
Richard Craig Shelby (born May 6 1934), sometimes known as Dick Shelby, is an American politician. He currently is the senior U.S. Senator from Alabama. Originally elected to the Senate as a Democrat, Shelby switched to the Republican Party in 1994 when it gained the majority in Congress.
- Robert Byrd
Robert Carlyle Byrd (born November 20 1917) is the senior United States Senator from West Virginia and a member of the Democratic Party. Byrd has held the office since January 3 1959, making him the longest-serving member of the Senate in history. He is also currently the longest-serving and oldest member of the United States Congress. Byrd is currently President "pro tempore" of the United States Senate of the 110th United States Congress, …
- George Allen
George Felix Allen (born March 8, 1952) is a former Republican United States Senator from the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the son of former NFL head coach George Allen. Allen served Virginia in the state legislature, as Governor, and in both bodies of the U.S. Congress. Allen lost his 2006 bid for re-election to Democrat Jim Webb. Allen presently serves on the Reagan Ranch Board of Governors of Young America's Foundation where he is a Reagan Ranch Presidential Scholar.
- Dan Burton
Danny "Dan" Lee Burton (born June 21 1938), American politician, is a member of the United States House of Representatives for. A Republican, his first term in the United States Congress began in January 1983. He was elected to his twelfth term in November 2006. Burton remains one of the most controversial members of Congress. The 5th District is in central Indiana and includes all of Tipton, Grant, Miami, Wabash, Huntington, Hamilton, and Hancock counties, …
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (also known as Ileana Ros; born July 15 1952) is a Republican United States Representative for (map), having held that office since 1989. She was born in Havana, Cuba, was educated at Florida International University where she received a BA in Education and an MA in Educational Leadership, and also attended the University of Miami where she received a PhD in Higher Education.
- Bill Nelson
Clarence William "Bill" Nelson is the senior U.S. Senator from Florida. Nelson is a Democrat. Nelson became the second sitting member of the United States Congress to fly in space when he flew aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia as a Payload Specialist during NASA mission STS-61-C (January 12–18, 1986).
- Terri Schiavo
Theresa Marie "Terri" Schiavo (December 3, 1963 - March 31, 2005), from St. Petersburg, Florida, United States was a woman who suffered brain damage and became dependent on a feeding tube. She collapsed in her home on February 25, 1990, and experienced respiratory and cardiac arrest, leading to 15 years of institutionalization and a diagnosis of persistent vegetative state (PVS). In 1998, Michael Schiavo, her husband and guardian, …
- John Tyler
John Tyler, Jr. (March 29, 1790 - January 18, 1862) was the tenth (1841-1845) President of the United States. A long-time Democrat-Republican, he was elected Vice President on the Whig ticket and on becoming president in 1841, broke with that party. His term as Vice President began on March 4, 1841 and one month later, on April 4, incumbent President William Henry Harrison died of what is today believed to have been viral pneumonia.
- Daniel Webster
Daniel Webster (January 18 1782 - October 24 1852), was a leading American statesman during the nation's antebellum era. Webster first rose to regional prominence through his defense of New England shipping interests. His increasingly nationalistic views and the effectiveness with which he articulated them led Webster to become one of the most famous orators and influential Whig leaders of the Second Party System.
- Neil Abercrombie
Neil A. Abercrombie (born June 26, 1938) is an American politician and elder statesman of the Democratic Party of Hawaii. He is most notable for his service in the United States House of Representatives representing the First Congressional District of Hawaii (map) since 1991. Abercrombie was born in Buffalo, New York to Vera June and Donald Abercrombie. Upon graduating from Williamsville High School (now Williamsville South High School), …
- Joe Baca
Jose "Joe" Baca (born January 23 1947), an American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1999, representing the California's 43rd congressional district (map). Rep. Joe Baca has served in Congress since winning a special election in 1999 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative George Brown.
- Heather Wilson
Heather A. Wilson (born December 30 1960), is a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing. She is the first and so far only woman veteran elected to the United States Congress. Much of her legislative focus has been on national security issues.
- John Carter
John Rodr Carter (born November 6 1941) is the Republican United States Congressional Representative from (map). Carter was born in Houston, but has spent most of his life in central Texas. Since 1971, he has lived in Round Rock, a suburb of Austin. He has been married to Erika Carter for almost 40 years, and they have four grown children. Carter graduated from Texas Tech University with a degree in history in 1964, …
- John Breaux
John Berlinger Breaux (last name pronounced BRO) was a United States senator from Louisiana from 1987 until 2005. He was also a member of the U.S. House from 1972 to 1987. He was considered one of the more conservative national legislators from the Democratic Party. Breaux was a member of the New Democrat Coalition.
- Dick Armey
Richard Keith "Dick" Armey (born July 7, 1940 in) is a former U.S. Representative from Texas' 26th Congressional District (1985-2003) and House Majority Leader (1995-2003). He was one of the architects of the "Republican Revolution" of the 1990s, in which Republicans were elected to majorities of both houses of Congress, and the chief author of the Republican Contract with America.
- Shirley Chisholm
Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm was an American politician, educator and author. She was a Congresswoman, representing New York's 12th District for seven terms from 1968-1983. In 1968, she became the first African American woman elected to Congress. On January 23, 1972, she became the first African American candidate for President of the United States. She won 162 delegates.
- Tip O'Neill
Thomas Phillip "Tip" O'Neill, Jr. (December 9, 1912 – January 5, 1994) was an American politician. O'Neill was an outspoken liberal Democrat and influential member of the U.S. Congress, serving in the House of Representatives for 34 years and representing two congressional districts of Massachusetts. He was the Speaker of the House from 1977 until his retirement in 1987, making him the second longest-serving Speaker in U.S. history after Sam Rayburn.
- Richard
Richard (Dick) Richards was born in Ogden, Utah. He was active in the Republican and politics from the late 1960s until the 1980s, and served as Chairman of the Republican National Committee from 1981 to 1983. He served in the United States Army from 1952 until 1955, finishing his service as an officer with the 7th Cavalry Regiment. Before being drafted he had been active in politics, organizing the Junior Republican League while studying at Weber State College in Ogden, …
- William Randolph Hearst
William Randolph Hearst I (April 29, 1863 - August 14, 1951) was an American newspaper magnate.
- Charlie Rose
Charles Grandison (Charlie) Rose III (born August 10 1939) was a Democratic United States Congressman who served from 1973 to 1997. Rose was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina. He attended Davidson College, earning his LL.B., and he received his Juris Doctor from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. For several years, Rose practiced as a lawyer, and in 1970, he became a prosecutor for Raleigh district courts.
- Lynn Westmoreland
Lynn Westmoreland (born April 2, 1950), a politician from the U.S. state of Georgia, was elected in 2004 to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Republican representing the state's 3rd Congressional district. He was born in Atlanta, Georgia, but calls Grantville, Georgia his home. He is married to Joan Westmoreland and has three children and six grandchildren. Prior to his election to the United States Congress, …
- Rod Blagojevich
Gov. Rod Blagojevich 's lead attorney says he plans to resign from his criminal case. Ed Genson 's decision Friday comes one day after Blagojevich's defense team sent mixed signals over whether the governor would file a lawsuit to block his impeachment trial in the state Senate. ( Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:49:32 GMT )
- Henry Wilson
Henry Wilson (February 16, 1812 - November 22, 1875) was a Senator from Massachusetts and the eighteenth Vice President of the United States. He was a leading Republican who devoted his enormous energies to the destruction of what he considered the slavocracy, that is the conspiracy of slave owners to seize control of the federal government and block the progress of liberty. Wilson was born Jeremiah Jones Colbath in Farmington, New Hampshire.
- Luis Fortuño
Luis Guillermo Fortuño-Burset is a corporate lawyer and politician from Puerto Rico. He is the Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico to the United States Congress since January 3, 2005, and is affiliated with the New Progressive Party (PNP) and the United States Republican Party. He is also the Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Conference and the Ranking Member of the newly-created House Subcommittee on Insular Affairs.
- Bruce Braley
Bruce Braley (born October 30, 1957) is the Democratic Congressman for Iowa's first Congressional District, first elected in the 2006 election. The district lies in northeastern Iowa and includes Davenport, Bettendorf, Cedar Falls and Waterloo. Braley was born in Grinnell, Iowa. His family owned a farm in nearby Brooklyn, Iowa. Braley attended college at Iowa State University, and he earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Iowa.
- Mazie Hirono
Mazie Keiko Hirono in is an American politician who was the second Asian immigrant elected lieutenant governor of a state of the United States. A lifelong Democrat, she ran against Linda Lingle for Governor of Hawaii in 2002, one of the few gubernatorial races in United States history where two major parties nominated women to challenge each other. Hirono is currently the congresswoman for.
- Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann (born Michele Amble on April 6 1956) is the Republican Representative of Minnesota's 6<sup >th</sup> congressional district, one of eight congressional districts in Minnesota. The district includes many of the northern suburbs of the Twin Cities, and also includes St. Cloud.
- Ralph Regula
Ralph Regula (born December 3, 1924 in Beach City, Ohio) is a Representative in the United States Congress from the 16th District of the State of Ohio, elected to his 18th term in November 2006. He is a member of the Republican Party and is the second longest serving Republican member of the US House. The 16th district includes the city of Canton, containing Stark and Wayne counties, as well as the southern portions of Medina and Ashland counties.
- Kenny Marchant
Kenneth "Kenny" Marchant, a Republican from Texas, was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 2004. He was born February 23, 1951 in Bonham, Texas, though he calls Coppell, Texas, home. He is married to Donna Marchant and has four children. Prior to being elected to the United States Congress, Marchant graduated from Southern Nazarene University in Bethany, Oklahoma with a business degree, was a real estate developer, and owned a homebuilding company.
- John Bell
John Bell (also known as "The Great Apostate") (February 15, 1797 - September 10, 1869) was a U.S. politician, attorney, and plantation owner. A wealthy slaveholder from Tennessee, Bell served in the United States Congress in both the House of Representatives and Senate. He began his career as a Democrat, he eventually fell out with Andrew Jackson and became a Whig.
- Laura Richardson
Laura Richardson (born 1962) represents California's 55th Assembly District. The district encompasses the inland section of Long Beach, Carson, and most of Lakewood. She is a Democrat. Richardson is currently the Democratic nominee for United States Congress in California's 37th congressional district in the 2007 special election to fill the vacancy resulting from the death of Juanita Millender-McDonald.
- Gus Bilirakis
Gus Michael Bilirakis (born February 8, 1963 in Gainesville, Florida) is a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for. Bilirakis was elected to replace his father, Mike Bilirakis, who did not run for reelection after 23 years in the United States Congress. Before being elected to Congress, Gus Bilirakis had been a member of the Florida House of Representatives since 1998
- Charles Wilson
Charles Wilson (born June 1, 1933) was a United States naval officer and Democratic United States Congressman from District Two in Texas. He has become known for leading Congress into supporting the largest ever CIA covert operation to supply the Afghan Mujahideen during the Soviet-Afghan War. He was even made a General by the Pakistani Military, though he was asked to not wear his uniform inside Pakistan.
- Bob Schieffer
Ambassador Schieffer grew up in Fort Worth attending the public schools. He graduated from Arlington Heights High School in 1966. He attended the University of Texas in Austin where he majored in government and minored in history. He received a B.A. degree in 1970. Ambassador Schieffer immediately entered graduate school where he studied international relations. He received an M.A. Degree in 1972. Ambassador Schieffer has had a life long fascination with politics.
- Paul Hodes
Paul Hodes (born March 21, 1951 in New York City, New York) is an attorney from the U.S. state of New Hampshire who formerly served at the Shaheen & Gordon Law Firm. He is currently the Representative for the 2nd District of New Hampshire in the United States House of Representatives. He is New Hampshire's first Jewish congressman. Hodes was born March 21, 1951. After graduating from The Collegiate School, a private school in New York City, …
- Elizabeth Holtzman
Elizabeth Holtzman (born August 11, 1941, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American Democratic politician. A graduate of Radcliffe College and Harvard Law School, she was the youngest woman ever to serve in United States House of Representatives, having been elected at the age of thirty-one in 1972 from New York's 16th Congressional District, having defeated-in the Democratic primary-Judiciary Committee chairman Emanuel Celler, …
- Eugene McCarthy
Eugene Joseph "Gene" McCarthy was an American politician and a long-time member of the United States Congress from Minnesota. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1949 to 1959 and the U.S. Senate from 1959 to 1971. In the 1968 presidential election, McCarthy unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination for president of the United States to succeed incumbent Lyndon B. Johnson on an anti-Vietnam War platform.