List of party switchers in the United States

== Switches by Democrats == === Democratic to Republican === ==== 1850–1899 ==== 1855 – Reuben Fenton, while U.S. representative from New York (1853–1855 and 1857–1864), later governor of New York (1865–1868) and U.S. senator from New York (1869–1875) 1856 – Simon Cameron, while U.S. senator from Pennsylvania (1856–1861 and 1867–1877) and United States secretary of war (1861–1862) 1856 – Galusha A. Grow, while U.S. representative from Pennsylvania (1851–1863 and 1894–1903), later 28th speaker of the United States House of Representatives (1861–1863) 1856 – Hannibal Hamlin, while U.S. senator for Maine (1848–1861 and 1869–1881), later governor of Maine (1857) and 15th vice president of the United States (1861–1865) 1856 – Glenni William Scofield, while U.S. representative from Pennsylvania (1863–1875) 1860s – Ambrose Burnside, later Governor of Rhode Island (1866–1869) and U.S. senator from Rhode Island (1875–1881) 1860s – Benjamin Franklin Butler, later became U.S. representative from Massachusetts (1867–1875 and 1877–1879) and governor of Massachusetts (1883–1884) 1860s – James M. Hinds, later U.S. representative from Arkansas (1868) 1864 – Thompson Campbell, former U.S. representative from Illinois (1851–1853) 1865 – John A. Logan, while U.S. representative from Illinois (1853–1862 and 1867–1871), later U.S. senator from Illinois (1871–1877 and 1879–1886) 1865 – Knute Nelson, later U.S. representative from Minnesota (1883–1889), governor of Minnesota (1893–1895), and U.S. senator from Minnesota (1895–1923) 1867 – John Adams Dix, former United States secretary of the treasury (1861) & U.S. senator from New York (1845–1849); later governor of New York (1873–1874) 1869 – David P. Lewis, later governor of Alabama (1872–1874) 1870 – James Lawrence Orr, former speaker of the United States House of Representatives (1857–1859) and U.S. representative (1849–1859), later governor of South Carolina (1865–1868) 1893 – James A. Walker, lieutenant governor of Virginia (1878–1882), later U.S. representative for Virginia (1895–1899) 1896 – Irving W. Drew, former New Hampshire state senator, later U.S. senator from New Hampshire (1918) ==== 1900–1949 ==== 1904 – Harry M. Wurzbach, later U.S. representative from Texas (1921–1929 and 1930–1931) 1911 – Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo, later governor of New Mexico (1919–1921) and U.S. senator from New Mexico (1928–1929) 1933 – Raymond Moley, adviser to President Franklin D. Roosevelt 1939 – Wendell Willkie, later Republican nominee for president in 1940 1940 – Jack Porter, challenger to Lyndon Johnson in the 1948 Texas Senate elections 1946 – Rudolph G. Tenerowicz, former U.S. representative from Michigan (1939–1943) 1947 – John Aspinwall Roosevelt, son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt 1948 – J. Thomas Watson, former Florida Attorney General (1941–1949) 1949 – Joseph A. McArdle, former U.S. representative from Pennsylvania (1939–1942) 1949 – Rush D. Holt Sr., former U.S. senator from West Virginia (1935–1941) ==== 1950–1959 ==== 1951 – John Tower, later U.S. senator from Texas (1961–1985) 1951- Thad Hutchinson, future chair of the Republican Party of Texas 1952 – Alphonzo E. Bell Jr., later U.S. representative from California (1961–1977) 1952 – Henry Hyde, later U.S. representative from Illinois (1975–2007) 1955 – Ben Adamowski, later Cook County State's Attorney 1956 – Johnston Murray, former governor of Oklahoma (1951–1955) 1958 – Phil Ferguson, former U.S. representative from Oklahoma (1935–1941), Republican nominee for Governor of Oklahoma in 1958 1958 – Odell Pollard, later chair of the Arkansas Republican Party ==== 1960–1969 ==== 1960 – Robert Daniel, later U.S. representative from Virginia (1973–1983) 1960 – Claude R. Kirk Jr., later governor of Florida (1967–1971) 1960 – Arthur Ravenel Jr., South Carolina state representative, later U.S. representative from South Carolina (1987–1995) 1960 – Marion Hartzog Smoak, later Chief of Protocol of the United States (1972–1974) 1961 – Jack Cox, former Texas state representative 1962 – Jim Gardner, later U.S. representative (1967–1969) and lieutenant governor (1989–1993) of North Carolina 1962 – W. Don MacGillivray, California state representative 1962 – James D. Martin, later U.S. representative from Alabama (1965–1967) 1962 – David L. McCain, Florida Supreme Court justice 1962 – Ronald Reagan, while an actor and former Screen Actors Guild president, later 33rd governor of California (1967–1975) and 40th president of the United States (1981–1989) 1962 – Floyd Spence, South Carolina state representative, later a U.S. representative from South Carolina (1971–2001) 1962 – Dave Treen, later U.S. representative from Louisiana (1973–1980) and governor of Louisiana (1980–1984) 1963 – FitzGerald Bemiss, Virginia state senator 1963 – James H. Boyce, later chairman of the Louisiana Republican Party 1963 – M. Patton Echols, Virginia state senator 1963 – Burnet R. Maybank Jr., former Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina (1959–1963) 1963 – Stanford Morse, Mississippi state senator 1963 – Rubel Phillips, former Mississippi public service commissioner 1963 – Edward Lunn Young, later U.S. representative from South Carolina (1973–1975) 1964 – Arthur Glenn Andrews, later U.S. representative from Alabama (1965–1967) 1964 – Iris Faircloth Blitch, former U.S. representative from Georgia (1955–1963) 1964 – Howard Callaway, later U.S. representative from Georgia (1965–1967) and United States secretary of the Army (1973–1975) 1964 – William Dickinson, later a U.S. representative from Alabama (1965–1993) 1964 – John Paul Hammerschmidt, later U.S. representative from Arkansas (1967–1993) 1964 – Charles W. Pickering, later Mississippi state senator and judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi (2004) 1964 – Clarke Reed, later chairman of the Mississippi Republican Party 1964 – Strom Thurmond, while U.S. senator from South Carolina (1954–2003) 1964 – Faith Whittlesey, Pennsylvania state representative 1965 – Arthur R. Outlaw, mayor of Mobile, Alabama 1965 – George Yarbrough, Mississippi state senator 1966 – Fred Connors, South Carolina state representative 1966 – Henry Grover, Texas state representative 1966 – Jerome Hughes, South Carolina state representative 1966 – Reid Moore Jr., Florida state representative 1967 – Bill Archer, Texas health commissioner, later a U.S. representative (1971–2001) 1967 – David L. Brower, Florida state representative 1967 – Thad Cochran, later a U.S. representative from Mississippi (1973–1978) and U.S. senator from Mississippi (1978–2018) 1967 – Jerry H. Geisler, Virginia state representative 1967 – Jack B. Ray, State treasurer of Georgia (1965–71) 1967 – Ronnie Thompson, mayor of Macon, Georgia 1968 – Grailey Berryhill, Tennessee state representative 1968 – James L. Bentley, Comptroller General of Georgia (1963–1971) 1968 – Jim Caldwell, Arkansas state representative 1968 – Phil Campbell, Commissioner of Agriculture of Georgia (1955–1969) 1968 – Sanford Charron, former Michigan state representative 1968 – William E. Dannemeyer, former California state representative and later U.S. representative from California (1979–1993) 1968 – R. Earl Dixon, Florida state representative 1968 – Alpha A. Fowler Jr., member of the Georgia Public Service Commission 1968 – Gordon McLendon, radio broadcaster and frequent political candidate in Texas 1968 – Curtis S. Person Jr., Tennessee state representative 1968 – Crawford Pilcher, member of the Georgia Public Service Commission 1969 – Guy O. Farley Jr., Virginia state representative 1969 – Raymond R. Guest Jr., Virginia state representative 1969 – Donald Hazelton, Florida state representative ==== 1970–1979 ==== 1970 – Bob Barr, later U.S. representative from Georgia (1995–2003) 1970 – John Chichester, Virginia state senator 1970 – A. C. Clemons, Louisiana state senator (1960–1972) 1970 – Sterling Cockrill, Arkansas state representative 1970 – J. Robert Cooper, Georgia state representative 1970 – Jesse Helms, later U.S. senator from North Carolina (1973–2003) 1970 – William Oswald Mills, later U.S. representative from Maryland (1971–1973) 1971 – Tillie K. Fowler, later U.S. representative from Florida (1993–2001) 1971 – James Nowlin, Texas state representative 1972 – Thomas F. Hartnett, later U.S. representative from South Carolina (1981–1987) 1972 – Trent Lott, later U.S. representative from Mississippi (1973–1989) and U.S. senator from Mississippi (1989–2007) 1972 – Robert R. Neall, later secretary of the Maryland Department of Health (2018–2020) 1972 – Graham Purcell Jr., U.S. representative from Texas (1962–1973) 1973 – John Connally, former United States secretary of the treasury (1971–1972) and former governor of Texas (1963–1969) 1973 – Mills E. Godwin Jr., former governor of Virginia (1966–1970) and lieutenant Governor of Virginia (1962–1966), later re-elected governor of Virginia (1974–1978) 1973 – Samuel I. Hayakawa, president of San Francisco State University, later U.S. senator from California (1977–1983) 1975 – Elizabeth Dole, later United States secretary of transportation (1983–1987), United States secretary of labor (1989–1990) and U.S. senator from North Carolina (2003–2009) 1975 – John Jarman, while U.S. representative from Oklahoma (1951–1977) 1976 – Leon Bramlett, former chair of the Mississippi Democratic Party 1976 – Shirley Winsley, Washington state representative 1977 – Lane Carson, Louisiana state representative 1977 – A. J. McNamara, Louisiana state representative 1978 – Michele Bachmann, later U.S. representative from Minnesota (2007–2015) 1978 – Thomas Bliley, mayor of Richmond, Virginia, and later U.S. representative from Virginia (1981–2001) 1978 – Robert G. Jones, Louisiana state senator 1978 – Chris Smith, later U.S. representative from New Jersey (1981–present) 1979 – Clay Ford, former Arkansas state representative and later a Florida state representative 1979 – Armistead I. Selden Jr., former U.S. representative from Alabama (1953–1969) and United States ambassador to New Zealand (1974–1979) ==== 1980–1989 ==== 1980s – Mike Pence, future U.S. representative for Indiana (2001–2013), governor of Indiana (2013–2017) and vice president of the United States (2017–2021) 1980 – Mac Collins, later U.S. representative from Georgia (1993–2005) 1980 – Jim Donelon, later Louisiana insurance commissioner (2006–2024) 1980 – Jesse Monroe Knowles, Louisiana state senator 1980 – John Otho Marsh Jr., former U.S. representative from Virginia (1963–1971), and future U.S. secretary of the Army (1981–1989) 1980 – Frank D. White, later governor of Arkansas (1981–1983) 1980 – Sam Yorty, former U.S. representative for California (1951–1955) and mayor of Los Angeles, California (1961–1973) 1981 – Eugene Atkinson, while U.S. representative from Pennsylvania (1979–1983) 1981 – Larry Kudlow, later director of the National Economic Council (2018–2021) 1981 – Pete von Reichbauer, Washington state senator 1981 – Bob Stump, while U.S. representative from Arizona (1977–2003) 1982 – Condoleezza Rice, later United States national security advisor (2001–2005) and United States secretary of state (2005–2009) 1982 – Franklin Sutton, Georgia state senator 1982 – Joseph P. Wyatt Jr., former U.S. representative from Texas (1979–1981) 1983 – Phil Gramm, while U.S. representative from Texas (1979–1985) and later U.S. senator from Texas (1985–2002) 1983 – Bob Martinez, while mayor of Tampa, Florida, later governor of Florida (1987–1991) and director of the National Drug Control Policy (1991–1993) 1983 – Edward D.L.G. Pangelinan, while resident representative from the Northern Mariana Islands (1978–1984) 1984 – V.J. Bella, Louisiana state representative 1984 – Sonny Callahan, Alabama state senator, later U.S. representative from Alabama (1985–2003) 1984 – Andy Ireland, while U.S. representative from Florida (1977–1993) 1984 – Eddie Knox, mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina 1985 – Kent Hance, former U.S. representative from Texas (1979–1985) 1985 – Edward J. King, former governor of Massachusetts (1979–1983) 1985 – Jeane Kirkpatrick, while U.S. ambassador to the United Nations (1981–1985) 1985 – Dexter Lehtinen, Florida state representative, later U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida (1988–1992) 1986 – Richard Baker, Louisiana state representative, later U.S. representative from Louisiana (1987–2008) 1986 – William Bennett, while U.S. secretary of education (1985–1988) 1986 – Charles T. Canady, Florida state representative, later U.S. representative from Florida (1993–2001), justice of the Supreme Court of Florida (2008–present) and chief justice of the Supreme Court of Florida (2010–2012) 1986 – Frank Rizzo, former mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1986 – James David Santini, former U.S. representative from Nevada (1975–1983) 1987 – Paul Hardy, former secretary of state of Louisiana (1976–1980), later lieutenant governor of Louisiana (1988–1992) 1987 – Roy Moore, later chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court (2001–2003) 1987 – Sam Panayotovich, while Illinois state representative and political ally of Edward Vrdolyak (below) 1987 – James C. Smith, attorney general of Florida (1979–1987), later Florida secretary of state (1987–1995) 1987 – Edward Vrdolyak (born 1937), while Chicago city councilmember. 1988 – David Duke, Louisiana state representative 1988 – Mike Johanns, later governor of Nebraska (1999–2005), United States secretary of agriculture (2005–2007) and U.S. senator from Nebraska (2009–2015) 1988 – Jim McCrery, later U.S. representative from Louisiana (1988–2009) 1988 – John Rice, Alabama state senator 1989 – John Amari, Alabama state senator 1989 – Bill Grant, while U.S. representative from Florida (1987–1991) 1989 – Pete Johnson, while state auditor of Mississippi (1988–1992) 1989 – W. Fox McKeithen, secretary of state of Louisiana (1988–2005) 1989 – Harvey S. Peeler Jr., South Carolina state senator 1989 – Rick Perry, Texas state representative, later agriculture commissioner of Texas and governor of Texas (2000–2015) 1989 – Tommy F. Robinson, while U.S. representative from Arkansas (1985–1991) ==== 1990–1999 ==== 1990 – Jason Chaffetz, later U.S. representative from Utah (2009–2017) 1990 – Lauch Faircloth, later U.S. senator from North Carolina (1993–1999) 1990 – Vito Fossella, later U.S. representative from New York (1997–2009) 1990 – Tom Vandergriff, former U.S. representative from Texas (1983–1985) 1991 – David Beasley, later governor of South Carolina (1995–1999) 1991 – Buddy Roemer, while governor of Louisiana (1988–1992) 1991 – Bret Schundler, mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey 1992 – Mark Candon, former member of the Vermont House of Representatives, later the Republican nominee for Vermont's at-large congressional district in 1998 1992 – Byron Looper, Tennessee state representative 1993 – Edward H. Krebs, Pennsylvania state representative 1993 – Pedro G. Nieto, Texas state representative 1993 – J. Roland Smith, South Carolina state representative 1994 – Ed Austin, while mayor of Jacksonville, Florida 1994 – Eli Bebout, Wyoming state representative 1994 – Mike Bowers, while attorney general of Georgia (1981–1997) 1994 – Bill Finkbeiner, Washington state representative 1994 – Fob James, former governor of Alabama (1979–1983), later re-elected as governor of Alabama (1995–1999) 1994 – Woody Jenkins, Louisiana state representative 1994 – Walter B. Jones, while running as a Democrat for U.S. House from North Carolina.

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List of party switchers in the United States

== Switches by Democrats == === Democratic to Republican === ==== 1850–1899 ==== 1855 – Reuben Fenton, while U.S. representative from New York (1853–1855 and 1857–1864), later governor of New York (1865–1868) and U.S. senator from New York (1869–1875) 1856 – Simon Cameron, while U.S. senator from Pennsylvania (1856–1861 and 1867–1877) and United States secretary of war (1861–1862) 1856 – Galusha A. Grow, while U.S. representative from Pennsylvania (1851–1863 and 1894–1903), later 28th speaker of the United States House of Representatives (1861–1863) 1856 – Hannibal Hamlin, while U.S. senator for Maine (1848–1861 and 1869–1881), later governor of Maine (1857) and 15th vice president of the United States (1861–1865) 1856 – Glenni William Scofield, while U.S. representative from Pennsylvania (1863–1875) 1860s – Ambrose Burnside, later Governor of Rhode Island (1866–1869) and U.S. senator from Rhode Island (1875–1881) 1860s – Benjamin Franklin Butler, later became U.S. representative from Massachusetts (1867–1875 and 1877–1879) and governor of Massachusetts (1883–1884) 1860s – James M. Hinds, later U.S. representative from Arkansas (1868) 1864 – Thompson Campbell, former U.S. representative from Illinois (1851–1853) 1865 – John A. Logan, while U.S. representative from Illinois (1853–1862 and 1867–1871), later U.S. senator from Illinois (1871–1877 and 1879–1886) 1865 – Knute Nelson, later U.S. representative from Minnesota (1883–1889), governor of Minnesota (1893–1895), and U.S. senator from Minnesota (1895–1923) 1867 – John Adams Dix, former United States secretary of the treasury (1861) & U.S. senator from New York (1845–1849); later governor of New York (1873–1874) 1869 – David P. Lewis, later governor of Alabama (1872–1874) 1870 – James Lawrence Orr, former speaker of the United States House of Representatives (1857–1859) and U.S. representative (1849–1859), later governor of South Carolina (1865–1868) 1893 – James A. Walker, lieutenant governor of Virginia (1878–1882), later U.S. representative for Virginia (1895–1899) 1896 – Irving W. Drew, former New Hampshire state senator, later U.S. senator from New Hampshire (1918) ==== 1900–1949 ==== 1904 – Harry M. Wurzbach, later U.S. representative from Texas (1921–1929 and 1930–1931) 1911 – Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo, later governor of New Mexico (1919–1921) and U.S. senator from New Mexico (1928–1929) 1933 – Raymond Moley, adviser to President Franklin D. Roosevelt 1939 – Wendell Willkie, later Republican nominee for president in 1940 1940 – Jack Porter, challenger to Lyndon Johnson in the 1948 Texas Senate elections 1946 – Rudolph G. Tenerowicz, former U.S. representative from Michigan (1939–1943) 1947 – John Aspinwall Roosevelt, son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt 1948 – J. Thomas Watson, former Florida Attorney General (1941–1949) 1949 – Joseph A. McArdle, former U.S. representative from Pennsylvania (1939–1942) 1949 – Rush D. Holt Sr., former U.S. senator from West Virginia (1935–1941) ==== 1950–1959 ==== 1951 – John Tower, later U.S. senator from Texas (1961–1985) 1951- Thad Hutchinson, future chair of the Republican Party of Texas 1952 – Alphonzo E. Bell Jr., later U.S. representative from California (1961–1977) 1952 – Henry Hyde, later U.S. representative from Illinois (1975–2007) 1955 – Ben Adamowski, later Cook County State's Attorney 1956 – Johnston Murray, former governor of Oklahoma (1951–1955) 1958 – Phil Ferguson, former U.S. representative from Oklahoma (1935–1941), Republican nominee for Governor of Oklahoma in 1958 1958 – Odell Pollard, later chair of the Arkansas Republican Party ==== 1960–1969 ==== 1960 – Robert Daniel, later U.S. representative from Virginia (1973–1983) 1960 – Claude R. Kirk Jr., later governor of Florida (1967–1971) 1960 – Arthur Ravenel Jr., South Carolina state representative, later U.S. representative from South Carolina (1987–1995) 1960 – Marion Hartzog Smoak, later Chief of Protocol of the United States (1972–1974) 1961 – Jack Cox, former Texas state representative 1962 – Jim Gardner, later U.S. representative (1967–1969) and lieutenant governor (1989–1993) of North Carolina 1962 – W. Don MacGillivray, California state representative 1962 – James D. Martin, later U.S. representative from Alabama (1965–1967) 1962 – David L. McCain, Florida Supreme Court justice 1962 – Ronald Reagan, while an actor and former Screen Actors Guild president, later 33rd governor of California (1967–1975) and 40th president of the United States (1981–1989) 1962 – Floyd Spence, South Carolina state representative, later a U.S. representative from South Carolina (1971–2001) 1962 – Dave Treen, later U.S. representative from Louisiana (1973–1980) and governor of Louisiana (1980–1984) 1963 – FitzGerald Bemiss, Virginia state senator 1963 – James H. Boyce, later chairman of the Louisiana Republican Party 1963 – M. Patton Echols, Virginia state senator 1963 – Burnet R. Maybank Jr., former Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina (1959–1963) 1963 – Stanford Morse, Mississippi state senator 1963 – Rubel Phillips, former Mississippi public service commissioner 1963 – Edward Lunn Young, later U.S. representative from South Carolina (1973–1975) 1964 – Arthur Glenn Andrews, later U.S. representative from Alabama (1965–1967) 1964 – Iris Faircloth Blitch, former U.S. representative from Georgia (1955–1963) 1964 – Howard Callaway, later U.S. representative from Georgia (1965–1967) and United States secretary of the Army (1973–1975) 1964 – William Dickinson, later a U.S. representative from Alabama (1965–1993) 1964 – John Paul Hammerschmidt, later U.S. representative from Arkansas (1967–1993) 1964 – Charles W. Pickering, later Mississippi state senator and judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi (2004) 1964 – Clarke Reed, later chairman of the Mississippi Republican Party 1964 – Strom Thurmond, while U.S. senator from South Carolina (1954–2003) 1964 – Faith Whittlesey, Pennsylvania state representative 1965 – Arthur R. Outlaw, mayor of Mobile, Alabama 1965 – George Yarbrough, Mississippi state senator 1966 – Fred Connors, South Carolina state representative 1966 – Henry Grover, Texas state representative 1966 – Jerome Hughes, South Carolina state representative 1966 – Reid Moore Jr., Florida state representative 1967 – Bill Archer, Texas health commissioner, later a U.S. representative (1971–2001) 1967 – David L. Brower, Florida state representative 1967 – Thad Cochran, later a U.S. representative from Mississippi (1973–1978) and U.S. senator from Mississippi (1978–2018) 1967 – Jerry H. Geisler, Virginia state representative 1967 – Jack B. Ray, State treasurer of Georgia (1965–71) 1967 – Ronnie Thompson, mayor of Macon, Georgia 1968 – Grailey Berryhill, Tennessee state representative 1968 – James L. Bentley, Comptroller General of Georgia (1963–1971) 1968 – Jim Caldwell, Arkansas state representative 1968 – Phil Campbell, Commissioner of Agriculture of Georgia (1955–1969) 1968 – Sanford Charron, former Michigan state representative 1968 – William E. Dannemeyer, former California state representative and later U.S. representative from California (1979–1993) 1968 – R. Earl Dixon, Florida state representative 1968 – Alpha A. Fowler Jr., member of the Georgia Public Service Commission 1968 – Gordon McLendon, radio broadcaster and frequent political candidate in Texas 1968 – Curtis S. Person Jr., Tennessee state representative 1968 – Crawford Pilcher, member of the Georgia Public Service Commission 1969 – Guy O. Farley Jr., Virginia state representative 1969 – Raymond R. Guest Jr., Virginia state representative 1969 – Donald Hazelton, Florida state representative ==== 1970–1979 ==== 1970 – Bob Barr, later U.S. representative from Georgia (1995–2003) 1970 – John Chichester, Virginia state senator 1970 – A. C. Clemons, Louisiana state senator (1960–1972) 1970 – Sterling Cockrill, Arkansas state representative 1970 – J. Robert Cooper, Georgia state representative 1970 – Jesse Helms, later U.S. senator from North Carolina (1973–2003) 1970 – William Oswald Mills, later U.S. representative from Maryland (1971–1973) 1971 – Tillie K. Fowler, later U.S. representative from Florida (1993–2001) 1971 – James Nowlin, Texas state representative 1972 – Thomas F. Hartnett, later U.S. representative from South Carolina (1981–1987) 1972 – Trent Lott, later U.S. representative from Mississippi (1973–1989) and U.S. senator from Mississippi (1989–2007) 1972 – Robert R. Neall, later secretary of the Maryland Department of Health (2018–2020) 1972 – Graham Purcell Jr., U.S. representative from Texas (1962–1973) 1973 – John Connally, former United States secretary of the treasury (1971–1972) and former governor of Texas (1963–1969) 1973 – Mills E. Godwin Jr., former governor of Virginia (1966–1970) and lieutenant Governor of Virginia (1962–1966), later re-elected governor of Virginia (1974–1978) 1973 – Samuel I. Hayakawa, president of San Francisco State University, later U.S. senator from California (1977–1983) 1975 – Elizabeth Dole, later United States secretary of transportation (1983–1987), United States secretary of labor (1989–1990) and U.S. senator from North Carolina (2003–2009) 1975 – John Jarman, while U.S. representative from Oklahoma (1951–1977) 1976 – Leon Bramlett, former chair of the Mississippi Democratic Party 1976 – Shirley Winsley, Washington state representative 1977 – Lane Carson, Louisiana state representative 1977 – A. J. McNamara, Louisiana state representative 1978 – Michele Bachmann, later U.S. representative from Minnesota (2007–2015) 1978 – Thomas Bliley, mayor of Richmond, Virginia, and later U.S. representative from Virginia (1981–2001) 1978 – Robert G. Jones, Louisiana state senator 1978 – Chris Smith, later U.S. representative from New Jersey (1981–present) 1979 – Clay Ford, former Arkansas state representative and later a Florida state representative 1979 – Armistead I. Selden Jr., former U.S. representative from Alabama (1953–1969) and United States ambassador to New Zealand (1974–1979) ==== 1980–1989 ==== 1980s – Mike Pence, future U.S. representative for Indiana (2001–2013), governor of Indiana (2013–2017) and vice president of the United States (2017–2021) 1980 – Mac Collins, later U.S. representative from Georgia (1993–2005) 1980 – Jim Donelon, later Louisiana insurance commissioner (2006–2024) 1980 – Jesse Monroe Knowles, Louisiana state senator 1980 – John Otho Marsh Jr., former U.S. representative from Virginia (1963–1971), and future U.S. secretary of the Army (1981–1989) 1980 – Frank D. White, later governor of Arkansas (1981–1983) 1980 – Sam Yorty, former U.S. representative for California (1951–1955) and mayor of Los Angeles, California (1961–1973) 1981 – Eugene Atkinson, while U.S. representative from Pennsylvania (1979–1983) 1981 – Larry Kudlow, later director of the National Economic Council (2018–2021) 1981 – Pete von Reichbauer, Washington state senator 1981 – Bob Stump, while U.S. representative from Arizona (1977–2003) 1982 – Condoleezza Rice, later United States national security advisor (2001–2005) and United States secretary of state (2005–2009) 1982 – Franklin Sutton, Georgia state senator 1982 – Joseph P. Wyatt Jr., former U.S. representative from Texas (1979–1981) 1983 – Phil Gramm, while U.S. representative from Texas (1979–1985) and later U.S. senator from Texas (1985–2002) 1983 – Bob Martinez, while mayor of Tampa, Florida, later governor of Florida (1987–1991) and director of the National Drug Control Policy (1991–1993) 1983 – Edward D.L.G. Pangelinan, while resident representative from the Northern Mariana Islands (1978–1984) 1984 – V.J. Bella, Louisiana state representative 1984 – Sonny Callahan, Alabama state senator, later U.S. representative from Alabama (1985–2003) 1984 – Andy Ireland, while U.S. representative from Florida (1977–1993) 1984 – Eddie Knox, mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina 1985 – Kent Hance, former U.S. representative from Texas (1979–1985) 1985 – Edward J. King, former governor of Massachusetts (1979–1983) 1985 – Jeane Kirkpatrick, while U.S. ambassador to the United Nations (1981–1985) 1985 – Dexter Lehtinen, Florida state representative, later U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida (1988–1992) 1986 – Richard Baker, Louisiana state representative, later U.S. representative from Louisiana (1987–2008) 1986 – William Bennett, while U.S. secretary of education (1985–1988) 1986 – Charles T. Canady, Florida state representative, later U.S. representative from Florida (1993–2001), justice of the Supreme Court of Florida (2008–present) and chief justice of the Supreme Court of Florida (2010–2012) 1986 – Frank Rizzo, former mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1986 – James David Santini, former U.S. representative from Nevada (1975–1983) 1987 – Paul Hardy, former secretary of state of Louisiana (1976–1980), later lieutenant governor of Louisiana (1988–1992) 1987 – Roy Moore, later chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court (2001–2003) 1987 – Sam Panayotovich, while Illinois state representative and political ally of Edward Vrdolyak (below) 1987 – James C. Smith, attorney general of Florida (1979–1987), later Florida secretary of state (1987–1995) 1987 – Edward Vrdolyak (born 1937), while Chicago city councilmember. 1988 – David Duke, Louisiana state representative 1988 – Mike Johanns, later governor of Nebraska (1999–2005), United States secretary of agriculture (2005–2007) and U.S. senator from Nebraska (2009–2015) 1988 – Jim McCrery, later U.S. representative from Louisiana (1988–2009) 1988 – John Rice, Alabama state senator 1989 – John Amari, Alabama state senator 1989 – Bill Grant, while U.S. representative from Florida (1987–1991) 1989 – Pete Johnson, while state auditor of Mississippi (1988–1992) 1989 – W. Fox McKeithen, secretary of state of Louisiana (1988–2005) 1989 – Harvey S. Peeler Jr., South Carolina state senator 1989 – Rick Perry, Texas state representative, later agriculture commissioner of Texas and governor of Texas (2000–2015) 1989 – Tommy F. Robinson, while U.S. representative from Arkansas (1985–1991) ==== 1990–1999 ==== 1990 – Jason Chaffetz, later U.S. representative from Utah (2009–2017) 1990 – Lauch Faircloth, later U.S. senator from North Carolina (1993–1999) 1990 – Vito Fossella, later U.S. representative from New York (1997–2009) 1990 – Tom Vandergriff, former U.S. representative from Texas (1983–1985) 1991 – David Beasley, later governor of South Carolina (1995–1999) 1991 – Buddy Roemer, while governor of Louisiana (1988–1992) 1991 – Bret Schundler, mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey 1992 – Mark Candon, former member of the Vermont House of Representatives, later the Republican nominee for Vermont's at-large congressional district in 1998 1992 – Byron Looper, Tennessee state representative 1993 – Edward H. Krebs, Pennsylvania state representative 1993 – Pedro G. Nieto, Texas state representative 1993 – J. Roland Smith, South Carolina state representative 1994 – Ed Austin, while mayor of Jacksonville, Florida 1994 – Eli Bebout, Wyoming state representative 1994 – Mike Bowers, while attorney general of Georgia (1981–1997) 1994 – Bill Finkbeiner, Washington state representative 1994 – Fob James, former governor of Alabama (1979–1983), later re-elected as governor of Alabama (1995–1999) 1994 – Woody Jenkins, Louisiana state representative 1994 – Walter B. Jones, while running as a Democrat for U.S. House from North Carolina.

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