OPENING THE RECORD
You’re exploring historyNovember 6, 1978
A FACE. A ROLE. A PUBLIC RECORD.
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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. Senator
Richard Clarence Clark
Iowa
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U.S. Representative
Donald Holst Clausen
California · District 2
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U.S. Representative
Delwin Morgan Clawson
California · District 33
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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
Thad Cochran
Mississippi · District 4
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U.S. Representative
William Sebastian Cohen
Maine · District 2
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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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U.S. Representative
James Mitchell Collins
Texas · District 3
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U.S. Representative
Barber Benjamin Conable Jr.
New York · District 35
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U.S. Representative
Silvio Ottavio Conte
Massachusetts · District 1
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U.S. Representative
John Conyers, Jr.
Michigan · District 1
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U.S. Representative
Thomas Joseph Corcoran
Illinois · District 15
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U.S. Representative
James Charles Corman
California · District 21
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U.S. Representative
Robert John Cornell
Wisconsin · District 8
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U.S. Representative
David Lance Cornwell
Indiana · District 8
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Resident Commissioner
Baltasar Corrada-del Río
Puerto Rico · At large
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U.S. Representative
William Ross Cotter
Connecticut · District 1
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U.S. Representative
Robert Lawrence Coughlin
Pennsylvania · District 13
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U.S. Representative
Philip M. Crane
Illinois · District 12
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U.S. Senator
Alan Cranston
California
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Checked Sep 7, 2026