OPENING THE RECORD
Government on this dateDecember 28, 1978
PEOPLE & OFFICES
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U.S. Representative
James Abdnor
South Dakota · District 2
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U.S. Senator
James George Abourezk
South Dakota
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U.S. Representative
Brockman Adams
Washington · District 7
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Joseph Patrick Addabbo
New York · District 7
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Daniel K. Akaka
Hawaii · District 2
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William Vollie Alexander Jr.
Arkansas · District 1
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Clifford Robertson Allen
Tennessee · District 5
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U.S. Representative
Jerome Anthony Ambro Jr.
New York · District 3
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Joseph Scofield Ammerman
Pennsylvania · District 23
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Glenn Malcolm Anderson
California · District 32
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U.S. Representative
John Bayard Anderson
Illinois · District 16
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U.S. Senator
Wendell Richard Anderson
Minnesota
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U.S. Representative
Ike Franklin Andrews
North Carolina · District 4
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U.S. Representative
Mark Andrews
North Dakota · At large
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Frank Annunzio
Illinois · District 11
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Douglas Earl Applegate
Ohio · District 18
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U.S. Representative
Bill Archer
Texas · District 7
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William Lester Armstrong
Colorado · District 5
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John Milan Ashbrook
Ohio · District 17
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U.S. Representative
Thomas Ludlow Ashley
Ohio · District 9
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Leslie Aspin
Wisconsin · District 1
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Les AuCoin
Oregon · District 1
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U.S. Representative
Robert Edward Badham
California · District 40
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U.S. Representative
Herman Badillo
New York · District 21
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