How many moustaches are present in the newly minted 113th Congress? What percentage of women comprise the Senate? Discover the answers and many interesting facts in this slideshow about our U.S. representatives.

1. Meet Your
113 Congress
th

2. Session will run
Jan. 3, 2013 – Jan. 3, 2015

3. Senate
Majority: 51 Democrats
Minority: 47 Republicans
2 Independents
caucusing with Democrats

4. Senate
Majority Leader:
Harry Reid (D-NV)
Minority Leader:
Mitch McConnell (R-KY)

5. House
Majority: 232 Republicans
Minority: 200 Democrats
3 Seats Vacant
as of 1.22.2013

6. House
Majority Leader:
Eric Cantor (R-VA)
Minority Leader:
Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)

7. Freshmen
Senate: 12 freshmen
House: 82 freshmen
17.5% of Congress

8. Freshmen
Class President:
Rep. Luke Messer (R-IN)

9. Freshmen
Money Spent to get Elected
The Most: $39,309,855
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA)

10. Freshmen
Money Spent to get Elected
The Least: $290,759
Rep. Steve Stockman (R-TX)

11. Retired
10 Senators:
6 Democrats
3 Republicans
1 Independent

12. Retired
25 House Members:
14 Democrats
11 Republicans

13. Resigned
11 Members of Congress:
6 Democrats
5 Republicans

14. Deaths
1 Death in Congress:
Rep. Donald Payne (D-NJ)

15. Women
98 Women in Congress
Senate: 20
House: 78
18% of Congress

16. Service
Longest Serving Senator:
Patrick Leahy (D-VT)
32 Years

17. Service
Longest Serving
Congressman:
John Dingell (D-MI)
53 Years

18. Age
Average Age
Senate: 62
House: 57

19. Age
Youngest Members
Senate: Chris Murphy (D-CT),
39 years old
House: Patrick Murphy (D-FL),
29 years old

20. Age
Oldest Members
Senate: Frank Lautenberg
(D-NJ), 89 years old
House: Ralph Hall (R-TX),
89 years old

21. Education
Bachelor or Associate’s
Total: 146 Members
Senate: 24
House: 122

22. Education
Advanced Degrees
Total: 359 Members
Senate: 75
House: 284

23. Previous Occupations
Lawyers
Total: 173 Members
Senate: 45
House: 128

24. Previous Occupations
Career Politicians
Total: 64 Members
Senate: 9
House: 55

25. Previous Occupations
Real Estate
Total: 39 Members
Senate: 7
House: 32

26. Previous Occupations
Physicians or Clinicians
Total: 24 Members
Senate: 4
House: 20

27. Previous Occupations
Blue Collar Laborers
Total: 21 Members
Senate: 4
House: 17

28. Previous Occupations
Homemakers
Total: 21 Members
Senate: 5
House: 16

29. Previous Occupations
Farmers/Ranchers
Total: 15 Members
Senate: 3
House: 12

30. Previous Occupations
Military
Total: 13 Members
Senate: 1
House: 12

31. Previous Occupations
Military
This includes Tammy Duckworth
(D-IL), a double-amputee who
served as a co-pilot of a Black
Hawk helicopter in Iraq (Army) in
Nov. 2004

32. Previous Occupations
Clergy
Total: 6 Members
House: 6

33. Previous Occupations
Professional Sports
Total: 5 Members
House: 5

34. Religion
Protestant
Total: 56% of Members
Senate: 52
House: 247

35. Religion
Top 5 Protestant Religions
73 Baptist
Senate: 9
House: 64

36. Religion
Top 5 Protestant Religions
53 Presbyterian
Senate: 15
House: 28

37. Religion
Top 5 Protestant Religions
46 Methodist
Senate: 8
House: 38

38. Religion
Top 5 Protestant Religions
39 Anglican/Episcopal
Senate: 4
House: 35

39. Religion
Top 5 Protestant Religions
23 Lutheran
Senate: 5
House: 18

40. Religion
Catholic
Total: 31% of Members
Senate: 27
House: 136

41. Religion
Jewish
Total: 6.2% of Members
Senate: 11
House: 22

42. Religion
Mormon
Total: 2.8% of Members
Senate: 7
House: 8

43. Religion
Buddhists
Total: 3 Members
Senate: 1
House: 2

44. Religion
Muslims
Total: 2 Members
House: 2

45. Religion
Hindu
Total: 1 Member
House: 1
First time for a Hindu
representative to be in Congress

46. Moustaches
Total: 25 Members
Senate: 2
House: 23

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