[20080820]RS20723_参众两院新生（按政党划分）：1913-2008.pdf

1 For example, in the House in the 63rd Congress, Democratic freshmen numbered 102,Republican 44. In the House in the 64th Congress, Republican freshmen numbered 93, Democrats38. Thus, the total for the two Congresses was 140 new Democrats and 137 new Republicans.This pattern appears repeatedly in both the House and the Senate. After the Republicans gainedcontrol of the House in the 104th Congress with 73 freshmen, the Democratic freshmen totaled65 in the following two Congresses, while the number of Republican freshmen totaled 49. Order Code RS20723Updated August 20, 2008Freshmen in the House of Representativesand Senate by Political Party: 1913-2008Mildred AmerSpecialist in American National GovernmentGovernment and Finance DivisionSummarySixty-five freshmen were elected in November 2006 to the 110th Congress: 55 tothe House and 10 to the Senate. Most of the freshmen were Democrats, thus enablingthe party to regain control of both houses of Congress after 12 years. The 103rd Congressfreshmen class (elected in November 1992), which was composed of 110 newRepresentatives and 12 new Senators, represented the largest freshman class in morethan four decades. Two years later, in 1994,