OPENING THE RECORD
You’re exploring historyJanuary 2, 1981
A FACE. A ROLE. A PUBLIC RECORD.
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544 people on this date
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U.S. Representative
William Hill Boner
Tennessee · District 5
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U.S. Representative
David E. Bonior
Michigan · District 12
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U.S. Representative
Don Leroy Bonker
Washington · District 3
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U.S. Senator
David Lyle Boren
Oklahoma
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U.S. Senator
Rudolph Eli Boschwitz
Minnesota
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U.S. Representative
David Reece Bowen
Mississippi · District 2
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U.S. Representative
John Brademas
Indiana · District 3
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U.S. Senator
William Warren Bradley
New Jersey
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U.S. Representative
John B. Breaux
Louisiana · District 7
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U.S. Representative
Jack Thomas Brinkley
Georgia · District 3
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U.S. Representative
William McNulty Brodhead
Michigan · District 17
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U.S. Representative
Jack Bascom Brooks
Texas · District 9
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U.S. Representative
William S. Broomfield
Michigan · District 19
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U.S. Representative
Clarence J. Brown Jr.
Ohio · District 7
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U.S. Representative
George E. Brown Jr.
California · District 36
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U.S. Representative
James Thomas Broyhill
North Carolina · District 10
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U.S. Representative
John Hall Buchanan Jr.
Alabama · District 6
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U.S. Senator
Dale Bumpers
Arkansas
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U.S. Senator
Quentin Northrup Burdick
North Dakota
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U.S. Representative
Clair Walter Burgener
California · District 43
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U.S. Representative
William Dean Burlison
Missouri · District 10
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U.S. Representative
John Lowell Burton
California · District 5
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U.S. Representative
Phillip Burton
California · District 6
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U.S. Representative
Manley Caldwell Butler
Virginia · District 6
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Checked Sep 7, 2026