OPENING THE RECORD
You’re exploring historyJanuary 2, 1977
A FACE. A ROLE. A PUBLIC RECORD.
People in public service.
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U.S. Senator
Howard Henry Baker Jr.
Tennessee
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U.S. Representative
Alvin James Baldus
Wisconsin · District 3
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U.S. Representative
William Aloysius Barrett
Pennsylvania · District 1
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U.S. Senator
Dewey Follett Bartlett
Oklahoma
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U.S. Representative
Max Baucus
Montana · District 1
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U.S. Representative
Robert Edmund Bauman
Maryland · District 1
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U.S. Senator
Birch Evans Bayh
Indiana
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U.S. Senator
John Glenn Beall Jr.
Maryland
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U.S. Representative
Edward Peter Beard
Rhode Island · District 2
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U.S. Representative
Robin Leo Beard Jr.
Tennessee · District 6
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U.S. Representative
Berkley Warren Bedell
Iowa · District 6
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U.S. Representative
Alphonzo Bell
California · District 27
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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
Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr.
Texas
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Resident Commissioner
Jaime Benítez
Puerto Rico · At large
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U.S. Representative
Robert Selmer Bergland
Minnesota · District 7
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U.S. Representative
Tom Bevill
Alabama · District 4
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U.S. Representative
Mario Biaggi
New York · District 10
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U.S. Senator
Joseph R. Biden Jr.
Delaware
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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 22
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Associate Justice
Harry A. Blackmun
Supreme Court of the United States
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U.S. Representative
James Johnston Blanchard
Michigan · District 18
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Checked Sep 7, 2026