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U.S. Representative
Milton Robert Carr
Michigan · District 6
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U.S. Senator
John Hubbard Chafee
Rhode Island
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U.S. Representative
Rodney Dennis Chandler
Washington · District 8
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U.S. Representative
William Venroe Chappell Jr.
Florida · District 4
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U.S. Representative
Eugene A. Chappie
California · District 2
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U.S. Representative
Richard Bruce Cheney
Wyoming · At large
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U.S. Senator
Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr.
Florida
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U.S. Representative
James McClure Clarke
North Carolina · District 11
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U.S. Representative
William Lacy Clay Sr.
Missouri · District 1
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U.S. Representative
William Floyd Clinger Jr.
Pennsylvania · District 23
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U.S. Representative
Daniel Coats
Indiana · District 4
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U.S. Senator
Thad Cochran
Mississippi
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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
Ronald D’Emory Coleman
Texas · District 16
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U.S. Representative
Cardiss Collins
Illinois · District 7
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U.S. Representative
Barber Benjamin Conable Jr.
New York · District 30
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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
Jim Cooper
Tennessee · District 4
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U.S. Representative
Thomas Joseph Corcoran
Illinois · District 14
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Resident Commissioner
Baltasar Corrada-del Río
Puerto Rico · At large
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U.S. Representative
Robert Lawrence Coughlin
Pennsylvania · District 13
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