Congress Project

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Demographics of Congress

Age

20-29 1

30-39 19

40-49 76

50-59 187

60-69 175

>70 78

Demographics of Congress

Gender

Female 93

Male 443

Demographics of Congress

Marital Status

Divorced 29

Domestic Partner 2

Engaged 1

Married 457

Single 36

Widowed 14

Demographics of Congress

Party

Democrats 316

Independents 2

Republicans 218

Demographics of Congress

Ethnicity

African American 42

American Indian 1

Asian 8

Caucasian 458

Hispanic 25

Pacific Islander 1

Vietnamese 1

Demographics of Congress

Religion

Catholic 161

Baptist 59

Methodist 53

Presbyterian 43

Jewish 43

Demographics of Congress Occupational Background

269 members (227 Representatives, two Delegates, and 40 Senators) served in state or territorial legislatures

214 members (182 Representatives and 33 Senators) list their occupation as public service/politics

204 (152 Representatives and 51 Senators) list law

201 (175 Representatives and 27 Senators) list business

94 (78 Representatives and 16 Senators) list education

Congress Member from Texas John Cornyn was elected in 2002 defeating Democrat

Ron Kirk Lives in Austin Texas with wife Sandy Cornyn was chosen in November 2008 by his colleagues to serve

as the Chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee.

He was a attorney and he voted against including oil gas smokestacks in mercury regulations

Has two children Haley and Danley

Congress Member from Texas Kay Hutchison won election to the U.S Senate

on June 5,1993 Was elected full term in the U.S. Senate on

Nov. 8, 1994 she was re-elected in 2006 Grew up in La Marque Texas Her great-great-grandfather, Charles S. Taylor

signed the Texas Declaration of Independence

Congress Member from Texas

Representative Joe Barton Elected in 1984 Barton’s diligent work to promote a conservative agenda

and protection of individual rights recently earned him notice from National Journal as one of the “Republicans to Watch” (11/03). No pervious political work Born in Texas Waco Avid Baseball player

Senate leaders President of the senate JOSHEPH R. BIDEN JR.

was the Senator of Delaware for 36 years He was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania He was the youngest people elected to the

United States Senate at the age of 29 He is the 47th Vice President

He lost his wife and 1 year old daughter but his to sons were critically injured but that didn’t stop him

Senate leaders Pres. Pro Tempore ROBERT C. BYRD, Democrat

from West Virginia became the longest serving Member of Congress in Nov. 18,2009

His colleagues elected him to more leadership positions than any other Senator

Everyone in West Virginia only new one man they could depend on and it was Robert

He is true to his faith and his family

Senate leaders Majority Leader HARRY REID He is Nevada senator

Elected 1986 re-elected 1991, 1998 and 2004 Served 3 terms Democratic Has four daughters and a son

Senate leaders Minority Leader MITCH McCONNELL longest-serving U.S. Senator in Kentucky’s history First elected to the Senate in 1984 he is the 15th Senate Republican Leader and only the

second Kentuckian to lead his party in the Senate

Senate leaders Asst. Majority leader RICHARD DURBIN

Democrat from Illinois elected by his fellow Democratic senators in

December 2006 Elected to the U.S. Senate on November 5, 1996 and

re-elected in 2002 In 1999, Durbin was honored as the

American Public Health Association's "Legislator of the Year," and in 2001 he received the American Medical Association's Dr. Nathan Davis Award for Outstanding Government Service.

Senate leaders Asst. Minority leader JON KYL

Republican from Arizona 3rd term after having completed four terms

representing Arizona’s Fourth District in the U.S.

House of Representatives Senator Kyl serves on the Senate Judiciary

Committee, where he has played key roles in the confirmation of John Roberts as Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court and Samuel Alito as

Associate Justice

House Leaders Speaker of the House NANCY PELOSI

Since 1987, Nancy Pelosi has represented California's Eighth District in the House of Representatives

Nancy Pelosi is the first woman in American history to

lead a major party in the U.S. Congress

House Leaders Minority Leader STENY HOYER

Fifth Congressional District from Maryland first elected to serve as House Majority Leader in

November 2006 and again in 2008 Serving 15th term in congress Is one of the longest serving Members of the U.S.

House of Representatives

House Leaders Minority Whip JAMES CLYBURN

Is the first South Carolinian and second African American to serve as Majority Whip in the U.S. House of Representatives

November 16th, 2006, the House Democratic Caucus unanimously elected him

House Leaders

Majority Leader JOHN BOEHNER elected to represent the Eighth Congressional District of Ohio

In his 10th term Nov. 2008 Born in Cincinnati in November 1949 as one

of 12 brothers and sisters,

House Leaders Majority Whip ERIC CANTOR

5th term congressman Representing the seventh District of Virginia Re-election Nov. 2008 Republican He serves as Chairman of the Congressional Task

Force on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare