OPENING THE RECORD
You’re exploring historyJanuary 2, 1971
A FACE. A ROLE. A PUBLIC RECORD.
People in public service.
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559 people on this date
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U.S. Representative
Walter Stephan Baring Jr.
Nevada · At large
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U.S. Representative
William Aloysius Barrett
Pennsylvania · District 1
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U.S. Representative
William Henry Bates
Massachusetts · District 6
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U.S. Representative
James Franklin Battin
Montana · District 2
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U.S. Senator
Birch Evans Bayh
Indiana
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U.S. Representative
John Glenn Beall Jr.
Maryland · District 6
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U.S. Representative
Page Henry Belcher
Oklahoma · District 1
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U.S. Representative
Alphonzo Bell
California · District 28
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U.S. Senator
Henry Louis Bellmon
Oklahoma
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U.S. Representative
Charles Edward Bennett
Florida · District 3
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U.S. Senator
Wallace Foster Bennett
Utah
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U.S. Representative
Ellis Yarnal Berry
South Dakota · District 2
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U.S. Representative
Jackson Edward Betts
Ohio · District 8
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U.S. Representative
Tom Bevill
Alabama · District 7
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U.S. Representative
Mario Biaggi
New York · District 24
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U.S. Senator
Alan Harvey Bible
Nevada
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U.S. Representative
Edward George Biester Jr.
Pennsylvania · District 8
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U.S. Representative
Jonathan Brewster Bingham
New York · District 23
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Associate Justice
Hugo Lafayette Black
Supreme Court of the United States
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U.S. Representative
Benjamin Bentley Blackburn
Georgia · District 4
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Associate Justice
Harry A. Blackmun
Supreme Court of the United States
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U.S. Representative
Leonard Ray Blanton
Tennessee · District 7
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U.S. Representative
John Anton Blatnik
Minnesota · District 8
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U.S. Senator
James Caleb Boggs
Delaware
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Checked Sep 7, 2026