The first sitting of the 118th Congress was from January 3, 2023, to January 3, 2025. Of the members of the House who sat during this session, 176 members had previous employment in public service or politics. A further 168 worked in business or banking before joining the House of Representatives.
Previous employment of members of the House of Representatives 118th Congress in the United States in 2023, by party
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Data as of the end of the first session of each Congress. The 118th Congress had two sessions, the first of which ran from January 3, 2023 to January 3, 2025.
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Brookings Institution. (November 24, 2024). Previous employment of members of the House of Representatives 118th Congress in the United States in 2023, by party [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 06, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1361629/previous-occupations-house-representatives-party-us/
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