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Government on this dateDecember 28, 1978
PEOPLE & OFFICES
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U.S. Representative
J. Herbert Burke
Florida · District 12
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U.S. Representative
James Anthony Burke
Massachusetts · District 11
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U.S. Representative
Yvonne Brathwaite Burke
California · District 28
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U.S. Representative
Omar Truman Burleson
Texas · District 17
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U.S. Representative
William Dean Burlison
Missouri · District 10
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U.S. Representative
John Lowell Burton
California · District 5
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U.S. Representative
Phillip Burton
California · District 6
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U.S. Representative
Manley Caldwell Butler
Virginia · District 6
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U.S. Senator
Harry Flood Byrd Jr.
Virginia
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U.S. Senator
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
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U.S. Representative
Goodloe Edgar Byron
Maryland · District 6
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U.S. Senator
Howard Walter Cannon
Nevada
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U.S. Representative
Bruce Faulkner Caputo
New York · District 23
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U.S. Representative
Charles Joseph Carney
Ohio · District 19
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U.S. Representative
Milton Robert Carr
Michigan · District 6
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President
James Earl Carter
United States
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U.S. Representative
Tim Lee Carter
Kentucky · District 5
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U.S. Senator
Clifford Philip Case
New Jersey
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U.S. Representative
John Joseph Cavanaugh
Nebraska · District 2
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U.S. Representative
Elford Albin Cederberg
Michigan · District 10
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U.S. Senator
John Hubbard Chafee
Rhode Island
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U.S. Representative
William Venroe Chappell Jr.
Florida · District 4
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U.S. Senator
Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr.
Florida
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U.S. Representative
Shirley Anita Chisholm
New York · District 12
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