OPENING THE RECORD
You’re exploring historyJanuary 2, 1987
A FACE. A ROLE. A PUBLIC RECORD.
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544 people on this date
U.S. Representative
Robert A. Borski
Pennsylvania · District 3
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U.S. Senator
Rudolph Eli Boschwitz
Minnesota
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U.S. Representative
Douglas Harry Bosco
California · District 1
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U.S. Representative
Frederick C. Boucher
Virginia · District 9
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U.S. Representative
Eldon Beau Boulter
Texas · District 13
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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
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
Terry Lee Bruce
Illinois · District 19
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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. Representative
Albert Garza Bustamante
Texas · District 23
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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
H. L. Callahan
Alabama · District 1
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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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Checked Sep 7, 2026