OPENING THE RECORD
Government on this dateJanuary 2, 1981
PEOPLE & OFFICES
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U.S. Senator
Harry Flood Byrd Jr.
Virginia
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U.S. Senator
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
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U.S. Representative
Beverly Barton Butcher Byron
Maryland · District 6
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U.S. Representative
Carroll Ashmore Campbell Jr.
South Carolina · District 4
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U.S. Senator
Howard Walter Cannon
Nevada
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U.S. Representative
William Carney
New York · District 1
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U.S. Representative
Milton Robert Carr
Michigan · District 6
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U.S. Representative
Tim Lee Carter
Kentucky · District 5
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U.S. Representative
John Joseph Cavanaugh
Nebraska · District 2
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U.S. Senator
John Hubbard Chafee
Rhode Island
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U.S. Representative
William Venroe Chappell Jr.
Florida · District 4
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U.S. Representative
Richard Bruce Cheney
Wyoming · At large
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U.S. Senator
Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr.
Florida
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U.S. Representative
Shirley Anita Chisholm
New York · District 12
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U.S. Senator
Frank Forrester Church
Idaho
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U.S. Representative
Donald Holst Clausen
California · District 2
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U.S. Representative
William Lacy Clay Sr.
Missouri · District 1
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U.S. Representative
James Colgate Cleveland
New Hampshire · District 2
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U.S. Representative
William Floyd Clinger Jr.
Pennsylvania · District 23
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U.S. Senator
Thad Cochran
Mississippi
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U.S. Representative
Anthony Lee Coelho
California · District 15
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U.S. Senator
William Sebastian Cohen
Maine
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U.S. Representative
Earl Thomas Coleman
Missouri · District 6
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U.S. Representative
Cardiss Collins
Illinois · District 7
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