OPENING THE RECORD
You’re exploring historyJanuary 2, 1979
A FACE. A ROLE. A PUBLIC RECORD.
Meet Congress.
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544 people on this date
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U.S. Representative
Wilbur Clarence Daniel
Virginia · District 5
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U.S. Representative
George Elmore Danielson
California · District 30
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U.S. Representative
Mendel Jackson Davis
South Carolina · District 1
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U.S. Senator
Dennis Webster DeConcini
Arizona
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U.S. Representative
James Joseph Delaney
New York · District 9
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U.S. Representative
Ronald Vernie Dellums
California · District 8
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U.S. Representative
John Herman Dent
Pennsylvania · District 21
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U.S. Representative
Butler Carson Derrick Jr.
South Carolina · District 3
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U.S. Representative
Edward Joseph Derwinski
Illinois · District 4
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U.S. Representative
Samuel Leeper Devine
Ohio · District 12
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U.S. Representative
William Louis Dickinson
Alabama · District 2
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U.S. Representative
Norman D. Dicks
Washington · District 6
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U.S. Representative
Charles Coles Diggs Jr.
Michigan · District 13
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U.S. Representative
John D. Dingell
Michigan · District 16
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U.S. Representative
Christopher J. Dodd
Connecticut · District 2
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U.S. Senator
Robert Joseph Dole
Kansas
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U.S. Senator
Pete V. Domenici
New Mexico
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U.S. Representative
Robert Kenneth Dornan
California · District 27
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U.S. Representative
Thomas Joseph Downey
New York · District 2
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U.S. Representative
Robert Frederick Drinan
Massachusetts · District 4
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U.S. Representative
John James Duncan
Tennessee · District 2
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U.S. Representative
Robert Blackford Duncan
Oregon · District 3
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U.S. Senator
David Ferdinand Durenberger
Minnesota
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U.S. Senator
John Anthony Durkin
New Hampshire
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Checked Sep 7, 2026