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Below are the 81 Members of Congress who previously worked as paid, full-time Congressional aides. Internships, fellowships and campaign work are not included.
| Member | Congressional Office | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) | Sen. Howard Baker Jr. (R-Tenn.) | 1967-68 |
| Rep. Jason Altmire (D-Pa.) | Rep. Pete Peterson (D-Fla.) | 1991-96 |
| Rep. Charles Bass (R-N.H.) | Sen. William Cohen (R-Maine) | 1974 |
| Rep. David Emery (R-Maine) | 1975-79 | |
| Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) | Sen. Abraham Ribicoff (D-Conn.) | 1975-76 |
| Rep. Jo Bonner (R-Ala.) | Rep. Sonny Callahan (R-Ala.) | 1985-2002 |
| Rep. Dan Boren (D-Okla.) | Rep. Wes Watkins (R-Okla.) | 2000-01 |
| Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) | Rep. John Burton (D-Calif.) | 1974-76 |
| Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mich.) | Rep. Bill Schuette (R-Mich.) | 1984-87 |
| Rep. Dennis Cardoza (D-Calif.) | Rep. Gary Condit (D-Calif.) | 1989 |
| Rep. John Carney (D-Del.) | Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del.) | 1987-89 |
| Rep. Hansen Clarke (D-Mich.) | Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) | 1989-90 |
| Rep. William Lacy Clay (D-Mo.) | House Clerk | 1977-83 |
| Sen. Dan Coats (R-Ind.) | Rep. Dan Quayle (R-Ind.) | 1976-80 |
| Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.) | Rep. Mickey Edwards (R-Okla.) | 1982-84 |
| Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) | Rep./Sen. William Cohen (R-Maine) | 1975-87 |
| Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) | Senate Foreign Relations Committee | 1979-89 |
| Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) | Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) | 1958-61 |
| Rep. Jim Costa (D-Calif.) | Rep. John Krebs (D-Calif.) | 1975-76 |
| Rep. Mark Critz (D-Pa.) | Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.) | 2001-10 |
| Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) | Rep. James Weaver (D-Ore.) | 1977-82 |
| Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) | Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) | 1981-87 |
| Rep. Charlie Dent (R-Pa.) | Rep. Don Ritter (R-Pa.) | 1982 |
| Rep. Norm Dicks (D-Wash.) | Sen. Warren Magnuson (D-Wash.) | 1968-76 |
| Rep. Robert Dold (R-Ill.) | House Government Reform Committee | 1996-98 |
| Del. Eni Faleomavaega (D-American Samoa) | Del. A.U. Fuimaono (D-American Samoa) | 1973-75 |
| House Interior and Insular Affairs Committee | 1975-81 | |
| Rep. Bob Filner (D-Calif.) | Sen. Hubert Humphrey (D-Minn.) | 1975 |
| Rep. Donald Fraser (D-Minn.) | 1976 | |
| Rep. Jim Bates (D-Calif.) | 1984 | |
| Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-Neb.) | Senate Governmental Affairs subcommittee | 1985-86 |
| Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) | Rep. Michael Harrington (D-Mass.) | 1971-72 |
| Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-Ohio) | Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-Ohio) | 1999 |
| Rep. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) | Sen. Wayne Allard (R-Colo.) | 2002-05 |
| Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) | Rep. M. Caldwell Butler (R-Va.) | 1977-79 |
| Rep. Tim Griffin (R-Ark.) | House Government Reform Committee | 1997-99 |
| Rep. Frank Guinta (R-N.H.) | Rep. Jeb Bradley (R-N.H.) | 2003-05 |
| Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) | Rep. Neal Smith (D-Iowa) | 1969-70 |
| Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas) | Sen. Phil Gramm (R-Texas) | 1985-89 |
| Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-Wash.) | Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) | 2005-07 |
| Rep. Kathy Hochul (D-N.Y.) | Rep. John LaFalce (D-N.Y.) | 1984-86 |
| Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-N.Y.) | 1986-88 | |
| Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-Mich.) | Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-Mich.) | 1997-2003 |
| Rep. Randy Hultgren (R-Ill.) | Rep. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) | 1988-90 |
| Rep. Steve Israel (D-N.Y.) | Rep. Richard Ottinger (D-N.Y.) | 1980-83 |
| Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) | House Assassinations Committee | 1977-78 |
| Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) | Rep. John Edward Porter (R-Ill.) | 1984-89 |
| House International Relations Committee | 1995-2000 | |
| Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) | Rep. Ronald Dellums (D-Calif.) | 1975-86 |
| Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-Calif.) | Rep. Jerry Pettis (R-Calif.) | 1967 |
| Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-Ill.) | Rep. Rod Blagojevich (D-Ill.) | 1999-2000 |
| Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) | Rep. Don Edwards (D-Calif.) | 1970-79 |
| Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) | Rep. Bill Thomas (R-Calif.) | 1987-2002 |
| Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) | Sen. Marlow Cook (R-Ky.) | 1969-70 |
| Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) | Rep. Joe Moakley (D-Mass.) | 1981-93 |
| Rep. Patrick Meehan (R-Pa.) | Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) | 1990, 1992-94 |
| Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) | Congressional Budget Office | 1985-89 |
| Rep. John Mica (R-Fla.) | Sen. Paula Hawkins (R-Fla.) | 1981-85 |
| Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.) | Senate Appropriations Committee | 1976-79 |
| Rep. Pete Olson (R-Texas) | Sen. Phil Gramm (R-Texas) | 1998-2002 |
| Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) | 2002-07 | |
| Rep. Erik Paulsen (R-Minn.) | Rep. Jim Ramstad (R-Minn.) | 1990-94 |
| Rep. Nick Rahall (D-W.Va.) | Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) | 1971-74 |
| Rep. Denny Rehberg (R-Mont.) | Rep. Ron Marlenee (R-Mont.) | 1979-82 |
| Sen. Conrad Burns (R-Mont.) | 1989-91 | |
| Rep. Laura Richardson (D-Calif.) | Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-Calif.) | 1996-98 |
| Rep. David Rivera (R-Fla.) | Sen. Connie Mack (R-Fla.) | 1989 |
| Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) | Sen. Frank Carlson (R-Kan.) | 1967-68 |
| Rep. Keith Sebelius (R-Kan.) | 1968-80 | |
| Rep. Tom Rooney (R-Fla.) | Sen. Connie Mack (R-Fla.) | 1993 |
| Rep. Peter Roskam (R-Ill.) | Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Texas) | 1985-86 |
| Rep. Henry Hyde (R-Ill.) | 1986-87 | |
| Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) | Sen. Bob Kasten (R-Wis.) | 1992 |
| Rep./Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) | 1995-97 | |
| Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) | Rep. James Traficant Jr. (D-Ohio) | 1995-97 |
| Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) | Rep. William Cohen (R-Maine) | 1973 |
| Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) | Rep. Leo Ryan (D-Calif.) | 1976-78 |
| Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) | Rep. Tom Loeffler (R-Texas) | 1983-85 |
| Rep. Larry Combest (R-Texas) | 1985-88 | |
| Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) | Sen. James Abdnor (R-S.D.) | 1985-86 |
| Senate Small Business Committee | 1989 | |
| Rep. Patrick Tiberi (R-Ohio) | Rep. John Kasich (R-Ohio) | 1983-91 |
| Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.) | Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del.) | 1973 |
| Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) | Rep. David Stockman (R-Mich.) | 1977-81 |
| Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) | Sen. Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. (R-Md.) | 1985-87 |
| Senate Foreign Relations Committee | 1987-89 | |
| Rep. Nydia Velбzquez (D-N.Y.) | Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.) | 1983 |
| Rep. Peter Visclosky (D-Ind.) | Rep. Adam Benjamin Jr. (D-Ind.) | 1977-82 |
| Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.) | Rep. Denny Smith (R-Ore.) | 1981-86 |
| Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.) | House Veterans' Affairs Committee | 1977-81 |
| Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) | Rep. Trent Lott (R-Miss.) | 1980-82 |
| Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.) | Rep. Edward Biester (R-Pa.) | 1968-71 |
| Rep. Rob Woodall (R-Ga.) | Rep. John Linder (R-Ga.) | 1994-2010 |
| Rep. John Yarmuth (D-Ky.) | Sen. Marlow Cook (R-Ky.) | 1971-74 |
| Rep. Todd Young (R-Ind.) | Sen. Dick Lugar (R-Ind.) | 2001-03 |