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Government on this dateJanuary 2, 1981
PEOPLE & OFFICES
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U.S. Senator
Robert William Packwood
Oregon
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U.S. Representative
Leon Edward Panetta
California · District 16
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U.S. Representative
Charles Pashayan Jr.
California · District 17
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U.S. Representative
Edward James Patten
New Jersey · District 15
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U.S. Representative
Jerry Mumford Patterson
California · District 38
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U.S. Representative
Ron Paul
Texas · District 22
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U.S. Representative
Donald James Pease
Ohio · District 13
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U.S. Senator
Claiborne de Borda Pell
Rhode Island
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U.S. Representative
Claude Denson Pepper
Florida · District 14
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U.S. Senator
Charles Harting Percy
Illinois
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U.S. Representative
Carl Dewey Perkins
Kentucky · District 7
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U.S. Representative
Thomas E. Petri
Wisconsin · District 6
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U.S. Representative
Peter A. Peyser
New York · District 23
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U.S. Representative
James Jarrell Pickle
Texas · District 10
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U.S. Representative
John Edward Porter
Illinois · District 10
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Associate Justice
Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Supreme Court of the United States
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U.S. Senator
Larry Lee Pressler
South Dakota
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U.S. Representative
Lunsford Richardson Preyer
North Carolina · District 6
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U.S. Representative
Charles Melvin Price
Illinois · District 23
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U.S. Representative
Joel McFee Pritchard
Washington · District 1
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U.S. Senator
William Proxmire
Wisconsin
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U.S. Senator
David Hampton Pryor
Arkansas
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U.S. Representative
Carl Duane Pursell
Michigan · District 2
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U.S. Representative
James Danforth Quayle
Indiana · District 4
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