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unusual facts about 96th United States Congress


Bob Whittaker

Whittaker was elected as a Republican to the Ninety-sixth and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1979-January 3, 1991).


Andrew Maguire

Maguire was elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-fourth, Ninety-fifth and Ninety-sixth Congresses, serving in office from January 3, 1975-January 3, 1981.

Arlen Erdahl

Arlen Ingolf Erdahl (born February 27, 1931) served as a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1963 to 1970, Minnesota Secretary of State from 1971–1975 and was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota, serving the first district from 1979–1983, in the 96th and 97th congresses.

Brian J. Donnelly

Donnelly was elected as a Democrat to the 96th and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1979–January 3, 1993), but was not a candidate for renomination in 1992 to the 103rd Congress.

David Durenberger

He was reelected in 1982 and again in 1988, serving from November 8, 1978, to January 3, 1995, in the 96th, 97th, 98th, 99th, 100th, 101st, 102nd and 103rd Congresses.

Earl Dewitt Hutto

He was elected as a Democrat to the 96th and to the seven succeeding Congresses, serving from January 3, 1979 to January 3, 1995; he was not a candidate in 1994 for reelection to the 104th Congress.

Jerry M. Patterson

He served as chairman of the Select Committee on Committee Reform (Ninety-sixth Congress), and chaired the House Subcommittee on International Development Finance in the Ninety-seventh and Ninety-eighth Congress.

Omar Burleson

He was not a candidate for reelection in 1978 to the Ninety-sixth Congress and was succeeded by fellow Democrat Charles Stenholm of Stamford, also in Jones County.

Shirley Chisholm

From 1977 to 1981, during the 95th Congress and 96th Congress, Chisholm was elected to a position in the House Democratic leadership, as Secretary of the House Democratic Caucus.


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