OPENING THE RECORD
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544 people on this date
U.S. Representative
Frederick C. Boucher
Virginia · District 9
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U.S. Representative
Barbara Boxer
California · District 6
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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
Charles Robin Britt
North Carolina · District 6
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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 18
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U.S. Representative
George Hanks Brown
Colorado · District 4
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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 Wiley Bryant
Texas · District 5
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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
Dan Burton
Indiana · District 6
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U.S. Representative
Sala Galante Burton
California · District 5
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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. Representative
William Carney
New York · District 1
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U.S. Representative
Thomas R. Carper
Delaware · At large
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U.S. Representative
Milton Robert Carr
Michigan · District 6
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U.S. Senator
John Hubbard Chafee
Rhode Island
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U.S. Representative
Rodney Dennis Chandler
Washington · District 8
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U.S. Representative
William Venroe Chappell Jr.
Florida · District 4
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Checked Sep 7, 2026