--- title: Meet the Freshman Class in Congress description: Congress will swear in its most diverse group of lawmakers in U.S. history this week. canonical: https://time.com/3655965/thebrief-meet-the-freshman-class-in-congress/ author: TIME Video article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-01-06T18:17:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T03:19:43.292Z article:section: Politics og:title: Meet congress' diverse freshman class og:description: Congress will swear in its most diverse group of lawmakers in U.S. history this week. og:url: https://time.com/3655965/thebrief-meet-the-freshman-class-in-congress/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2a1b97be1263c6f6/698778675f570f5e53b1489f/brief010615_gif1.gif?branch=production&width=750&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: BRIEF010615_gif1 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Meet congress' diverse freshman class twitter:description: Congress will swear in its most diverse group of lawmakers in U.S. history this week. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2a1b97be1263c6f6/698778675f570f5e53b1489f/brief010615_gif1.gif?branch=production&width=750&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # #TheBrief: Meet the Freshman Class in Congress by [TIME Video](https://time.com/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Jan 6, 2015 6:17 PM UTC  by [TIME Video](https://time.com/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Jan 6, 2015 6:17 PM UTC Congress will swear in its most diverse group of lawmakers in U.S. history this week. The newly formed group’s demographic breakdown is as follows: 104 women; 100 black, Asian, Native American, or Hispanic members; and Congress’ first black female Republican. Age is also a diversifying factor. The youngest women elected to congress will be joining at 30-years-old, and several other young lawmakers will be joining her. To find out more about the newest lawmakers in D.C. watch #TheBrief. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3655965/thebrief-meet-the-freshman-class-in-congress/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3655965/thebrief-meet-the-freshman-class-in-congress/"},"headline":"#TheBrief: Meet the Freshman Class in Congress","datePublished":"2015-01-06T18:17:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:19:43.292Z","description":"The House will welcome 58 mostly Republican freshmen","url":"https://time.com/3655965/thebrief-meet-the-freshman-class-in-congress/","keywords":["The Brief","Senate","Congress","politics","House of Representatives","us"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2a1b97be1263c6f6/698778675f570f5e53b1489f/brief010615_gif1.gif?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2a1b97be1263c6f6/698778675f570f5e53b1489f/brief010615_gif1.gif?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"BRIEF010615_gif1","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/the-brief/","name":"The Brief"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3655965/thebrief-meet-the-freshman-class-in-congress/","name":"#TheBrief: Meet the Freshman Class in Congress"}}]}] ```