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CONGRESS PROJECT
By: Tyler Smith & Schyler Witt
The Congress
There are 541 Congressional members.
United States is in it’s 111’th Congressional Session.
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Demographics – Ethnicity
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Demographics - Occupations
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Demographics - Religions
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Congress of Texas
The 6th District of Texas The 6th District is made
up of Navarro County, Freestone County, Ellis County, some of Limestone County, Leon County, some of Trinity County, Some of Tarrant County, and Houston County
Texas has 32 representatives
Senator John Cornyn of Texas
Year Elected: 2002 Number of Terms: 2 Year of Re-Election: 2014 Political Work: Bexar Co.
District Judge (1984-1990), Texas Supreme Court, 1991-1997, Texas Attorney General (1999-2002)
Hometown: Houston, TX
Senator Kay Hutchinson of Texas
Year Elected: 1993 Number of Terms: 1 Year of Re-Election:
2012 Political Work: Texas
State Treasurer, Texas House of Representatives
Hometown: Galveston, TX
President of the Senate
Joseph Biden Jr.
Year Elected: 1978 Number of Terms: 6 Home town:
Scranton, Pennsylvania
President Pro Tempore
Robert C. Byrd
Year Elected: 1967 Number of Terms:
9 Hometown: North
Wilkesboro, North Carolina
Assistant Majority Leader
Richard Durbin
Year Elected: 1997
Number of Terms: 3
Hometown: East St Louis, Illinois
Majority Leader
Harry Reid Year Elected:
1987 Number of
Terms: 4 Hometown:
Searchlight, Nevada
Minority Leader
Mitch McConnell
Year Elected: 1985
Number of Terms: 6
Hometown: Sheffield, Alabama
Assistant Minority
Jon Kyle Year Elected:
1995 Number of
Terms: 3 Hometown:
Oakland, Nebraska
Speaker of the House
Nancy Pelosi
Year Elected: 1987
Number of Terms: 5
Hometown: Baltimore, Maryland
Minority Leader
John Boehner
Year Elected: 1991
Number of Terms: 10
Hometown: Cincinnati, Ohio
Majority Leader
Steny Hoyer
Year Elected: 1981
Number of Terms: 8
Hometown: New York, New York
Minority Whip
James Clyburn
Year Elected: 1970
Number of Terms: 12
Hometown: Sumter, South Carolina
Majority Whip
Roy Blunt Year Elected:
1997 Number of
Terms: 5 Hometown:
Niangua, Missouri