OPENING THE RECORD
You’re exploring historyJanuary 2, 1959
A FACE. A ROLE. A PUBLIC RECORD.
Meet Congress.
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542 people on this date
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U.S. Representative
Charles Anthony Buckley
New York · District 24
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U.S. Representative
Hamer Harold Budge
Idaho · District 2
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U.S. Representative
Usher Lloyd Burdick
North Dakota · At large
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U.S. Representative
Omar Truman Burleson
Texas · District 17
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U.S. Representative
John Anthony Burns
Hawaii · At large
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U.S. Representative
Alvin Ray Bush
Pennsylvania · District 17
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U.S. Senator
Prescott Sheldon Bush
Connecticut
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U.S. Senator
John Marshall Butler
Maryland
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U.S. Senator
Harry Flood Byrd
Virginia
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U.S. Representative
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia · District 6
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U.S. Representative
Emmet Francis Byrne
Illinois · District 3
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U.S. Representative
James Aloysius Byrne
Pennsylvania · District 3
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U.S. Representative
John William Byrnes
Wisconsin · District 8
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U.S. Representative
Gordon Canfield
New Jersey · District 8
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U.S. Representative
Clarence Andrew Cannon
Missouri · District 9
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U.S. Senator
Homer Earl Capehart
Indiana
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U.S. Senator
Frank Carlson
Kansas
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U.S. Representative
Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan
Missouri · District 8
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U.S. Representative
Joseph Leonard Carrigg
Pennsylvania · District 10
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U.S. Senator
John Albert Carroll
Colorado
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U.S. Senator
Clifford Philip Case
New Jersey
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U.S. Senator
Francis Higbee Case
South Dakota
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U.S. Representative
Elford Albin Cederberg
Michigan · District 10
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U.S. Representative
Emanuel Celler
New York · District 11
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Checked Sep 7, 2026