OPENING THE RECORD
You’re exploring historyJanuary 2, 1963
A FACE. A ROLE. A PUBLIC RECORD.
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549 people on this date
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U.S. Representative
Cleveland Monroe Bailey
West Virginia · District 3
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U.S. Representative
Howard Henry Baker
Tennessee · District 2
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U.S. Representative
John Finley Baldwin Jr.
California · District 6
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U.S. Representative
Walter Stephan Baring Jr.
Nevada · At large
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U.S. Representative
William Aloysius Barrett
Pennsylvania · District 1
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U.S. Representative
Robert Raymond Barry
New York · District 27
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U.S. Senator
Edward Lewis Bartlett
Alaska
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U.S. Representative
Perkins Bass
New Hampshire · District 2
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U.S. Representative
Ross Bass
Tennessee · District 6
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U.S. Representative
William Henry Bates
Massachusetts · District 6
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U.S. Representative
James Franklin Battin
Montana · District 2
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U.S. Senator
James Glenn Beall
Maryland
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U.S. Representative
Frank John Becker
New York · District 3
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U.S. Representative
Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr.
Texas · District 3
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U.S. Representative
Ralph Frederick Beermann
Nebraska · District 3
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U.S. Representative
Page Henry Belcher
Oklahoma · District 1
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U.S. Representative
Alphonzo Bell
California · District 16
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U.S. Representative
Charles Edward Bennett
Florida · District 2
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U.S. Representative
John Bonifas Bennett
Michigan · District 12
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U.S. Senator
Wallace Foster Bennett
Utah
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U.S. Representative
Ellis Yarnal Berry
South Dakota · District 2
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U.S. Representative
Jackson Edward Betts
Ohio · District 8
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U.S. Senator
Alan Harvey Bible
Nevada
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U.S. Representative
John Anton Blatnik
Minnesota · District 8
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Checked Sep 7, 2026