OPENING THE RECORD
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U.S. Representative
Anthony Lee Coelho
California · District 15
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U.S. Senator
William Sebastian Cohen
Maine
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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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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
James Andrew Courter
New Jersey · District 13
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U.S. Representative
Daniel Bever Crane
Illinois · District 22
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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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U.S. Representative
George William Crockett Jr.
Michigan · District 13
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U.S. Senator
John Chester Culver
Iowa
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U.S. Senator
John Claggett Danforth
Missouri
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U.S. Representative
Robert Williams Daniel Jr.
Virginia · District 4
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U.S. Representative
Wilbur Clarence Daniel
Virginia · District 5
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U.S. Representative
George Elmore Danielson
California · District 30
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U.S. Representative
William Edwin Dannemeyer
California · District 39
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Checked Sep 7, 2026