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Two hundred eleven members of the 111th Congress have participated in Scouting. The X indicates the member was a Scout as a youth, earned Eagle Scout rank, or has been a volunteer as an adult.

Alabama

	Youth Member	Eagle Scout	Adult Volunteer
Senator Jeff Sessions (R)	X	X
Senator Richard C. Shelby (R)	X
Representative Robert B. Aderholt (R)	X
Representative Spencer Bachus (R)	X
Representative Parker Griffith (D)	X		X

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Alaska

	Youth Member	Eagle Scout	Adult Volunteer
Representative Don Young (R)	X

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Arizona

	Youth Member	Eagle Scout	Adult Volunteer
Senator Jon Kyl (R)	X
Senator John McCain (R)	X		X
Representative Jeff Flake (R)	X		X
Representative Harry Mitchell (D)	X
Representative John Shadegg (R)	X

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Arkansas

	Youth Member	Eagle Scout	Adult Volunteer
Senator Mark Pryor (D)	X
Representative Marion Berry (D)	X
Representative Mike Ross (D)	X
Representative Vic Snyder (D)	X

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California

	Youth Member	Eagle Scout	Adult Volunteer
Representative Howard L. Berman (D)	X
Representative Ken Calvert (R)	X
Representative David Dreier (R)	X
Representative Sam Farr (D)	X
Representative Bob Filner (D)	X
Representative Wally Herger (R)	X
Representative Darrell Issa (R)	X
Representative Jerry Lewis (R)	X
Representative Dan Lungren (R)	X
Representative Howard P. McKeon (R)	X		X
Representative Jerry McNerney (D)	X		X
Representative Gary Miller (R)	X
Representative George Miller (D)	X
Representative George P. Radanovich (R)	X
Representative Dana Rohrabacher (R)	X	X
Representative Edward R. Royce (R)	X
Representative Pete Stark (D)	X
Representative Mike Thompson (D)	X
Representative Henry A. Waxman (D)	X

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Connecticut

	Youth Member	Eagle Scout	Adult Volunteer
Senator Christopher J. Dodd (D)	X
Senator Joseph I. Lieberman (I)	X
Representative Jim Hines (D)	X
Representative John B. Larson (D)	X

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Delaware

	Youth Member	Eagle Scout	Adult Volunteer
Senator Thomas R. Carper (D)	X		X

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Florida

	Youth Member	Eagle Scout	Adult Volunteer
Representative Gus Bilirakis (R)	X
Representative F. Allen Boyd (D)	X
Representative Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R)	X
Representative Clifford B. Stearns (R)	X
Representative C. W. Young (R)	X

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Georgia

	Youth Member	Eagle Scout	Adult Volunteer
Senator Saxby Chambliss (R)	X
Senator Johnny Isakson (R)	X		X
Representative Sanford D. Bishop (D)	X	X
Representative Paul C. Broun (R)	X
Representative Phil Gingrey (R)	X

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Hawaii

	Youth Member	Eagle Scout	Adult Volunteer
Representative Neil Abercrombie (D)	X

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Idaho

	Youth Member	Eagle Scout	Adult Volunteer
Senator Michael D. Crapo (R)	X	X	X
Senator James E. Risch (R)	X
Representative Mike Simpson (R)	X		X

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Illinois

	Youth Member	Eagle Scout	Adult Volunteer
Senator Richard J. Durbin (D)	X
Representative Danny K. Davis (D)			X
Representative Jesse L. Jackson (D)	X
Representative Timothy V. Johnson (R)	X		X
Representative Mark Steven Kirk (R)	X
Representative Donald A. Manzullo (R)	X
Representative Bobby L. Rush (D)	X
Representative John M. Shimkus (R)	X

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Indiana

	Youth Member	Eagle Scout	Adult Volunteer
Senator Evan Bayh (D)	X
Senator Richard G. Lugar (R)	X	X
Representative Dan Burton (R)	X
Representative Steve Buyer (R)	X
Representative Brad Ellsworth (D)	X		X
Representative Baron Hill (D)	X
Representative Mike Pence (R)	X
Representative Peter J. Visclosky (D)	X

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Iowa

	Youth Member	Eagle Scout	Adult Volunteer
Senator Charles E. Grassley (R)	X
Representative Bruce Braley (D)	X		X
Representative Steve King (R)	X

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Kansas

	Youth Member	Eagle Scout	Adult Volunteer
Senator Pat Roberts (R)	X
Representative Dennis Moore (D)	X
Representative Jerry Moran (R)	X		X

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Kentucky

	Youth Member	Eagle Scout	Adult Volunteer
Representative Hal Rogers (R)	X		X
Representative Ed Whitfield (R)	X

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Louisiana

	Youth Member	Eagle Scout	Adult Volunteer
Representative Rodney Alexander (R)	X
Representative Charles Boustany (R)	X
Representative Charlie Melancon (D)	X

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Maryland

	Youth Member	Eagle Scout	Adult Volunteer
Representative C. A. Ruppersberger (D)	X
Representative John P. Sarbanes (D)	X

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Massachusetts

	Youth Member	Eagle Scout	Adult Volunteer
Senator John F. Kerry (D)	X
Representative Edward J. Markey (D)	X
Representative James P. McGovern (D)	X
Representative John F. Tierney (D)	X

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Michigan

	Youth Member	Eagle Scout	Adult Volunteer
Representative Dave Camp (R)	X
Representative John D. Dingell (D)	X		X
Representative Dale E. Kildee (D)			X
Representative Mike Rogers (R)	X
Representative Bart Stupak (D)	X	X	X
Representative Fred Upton (R)	X		X

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Minnesota

	Youth Member	Eagle Scout	Adult Volunteer
Representative John Kline (R)	X		X
Representative James L. Oberstar (D)	X
Representative Tim Walz (D)	X

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Mississippi

	Youth Member	Eagle Scout	Adult Volunteer
Senator Thad Cochran (R)	X	X	X
Representative Gene Taylor (D)	X		X
Representative Bennie G. Thompson (D)	X

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Missouri

	Youth Member	Eagle Scout	Adult Volunteer
Senator Christopher S. Bond (R)	X
Representative Todd Akin (R)			X
Representative Roy D. Blunt (R)			X
Representative Russ Carnahan (D)	X	X
Representative Wm. Lacy Clay (D)	X
Representative Emanuel Cleaver (D)	X
Representative Sam Graves (R)	X	X
Representative Ike Skelton (D)	X	X	X

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Montana

	Youth Member	Eagle Scout	Adult Volunteer
Senator Max S. Baucus (D)	X

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Nebraska

	Youth Member	Eagle Scout	Adult Volunteer
Representative Jeff Fortenberry (R)	X
Representative Lee Terry (R)	X

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Nevada

	Youth Member	Eagle Scout	Adult Volunteer
Senator Harry M. Reid (D)	X		X

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New Hampshire

	Youth Member	Eagle Scout	Adult Volunteer
Senator Judd Gregg (R)	X

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New Jersey

	Youth Member	Eagle Scout	Adult Volunteer
Representative Rodney P. Frelinghuysen (R)	X
Representative Scott Garrett (R)	X
Representative Rush Holt (D)	X		X
Representative Donald M. Payne (D)	X
Representative Steve Rothman (D)	X
Representative Christopher H. Smith (R)	X	X

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New Mexico

	Youth Member	Eagle Scout	Adult Volunteer
Senator Jeff Bingaman (D)	X	X

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New York

	Youth Member	Eagle Scout	Adult Volunteer
Senator Charles E. Schumer (D)	X
Representative Gary L. Ackerman (D)	X	X
Representative Michael Arcuri (D)	X
Representative Timothy H. Bishop (D)	X
Representative Joseph Crowley (D)	X
Representative John Hall (D)	X
Representative Brian Higgins (D)	X
Representative Maurice D. Hinchey (D)	X
Representative Steve Israel (D)	X
Representative John M. McHugh (R)	X
Representative Gregory W. Meeks (D)	X
Representative Edolphus Towns (D)			X

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North Carolina

	Youth Member	Eagle Scout	Adult Volunteer
Representative G. K. Butterfield (D)	X
Representative Bob Etheridge (D)	X		X
Representative Patrick McHenry (R)	X
Representative Mike McIntyre (D)	X		X
Representative Brad Miller (D)	X

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North Dakota

	Youth Member	Eagle Scout	Adult Volunteer
Senator Kent Conrad (D)	X
Senator Byron L. Dorgan (D)	X

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Ohio

	Youth Member	Eagle Scout	Adult Volunteer
Senator Sherrod Brown (D)	X	X
Senator George V. Voinovich (R)	X		X
Representative John A. Boehner (R)	X
Representative Dennis J. Kucinich (D)	X
Representative Steven C. LaTourette (R)	X		X
Representative Robert E. Latta (R)	X
Representative Charlie Wilson (D)	X

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Oklahoma

	Youth Member	Eagle Scout	Adult Volunteer
Senator James M. Inhofe (R)	X
Representative Dan Boren (D)	X
Representative Frank D. Lucas (R)	X

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Oregon

	Youth Member	Eagle Scout	Adult Volunteer
Representative Earl Blumenauer (D)	X
Representative Peter A. DeFazio (D)	X
Representative Greg Walden (R)	X	X

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Pennsylvania

	Youth Member	Eagle Scout	Adult Volunteer
Representative Jason Altmire (D)	X
Representative Charlie Dent (R)			X
Representative Mike Doyle (D)	X		X
Representative Chaka Fattah (D)	X
Representative Jim Gerlach (R)	X
Representative Paul E. Kanjorski (D)	X		X
Representative John P. Murtha (D)	X		X
Representative Joseph R. Pitts (R)	X
Representative Todd Russell Platts (R)	X

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Rhode Island

	Youth Member	Eagle Scout	Adult Volunteer
Senator Jack Reed (D)	X
Representative James R. Langevin (D)	X

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South Carolina

	Youth Member	Eagle Scout	Adult Volunteer
Senator Lindsey O. Graham (R)	X
Representative Henry E. Brown (R)	X
Representative James E. Clyburn (D)	X
Representative John M. Spratt (D)	X
Representative Joe Wilson (R)			X

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Tennessee

	Youth Member	Eagle Scout	Adult Volunteer
Senator Lamar Alexander (R)	X	X	X
Representative Marsha Blackburn (R)			X
Representative Jim Cooper (D)	X	X	X
Representative Lincoln Davis (D)			X
Representative John J. Duncan (R)			X
Representative Bart Gordon (D)	X
Representative John S. Tanner (D)	X		X
Representative Glenn W. “GT” Thompson (R)	X	X	X
Representative Zach Wamp (R)	X

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Texas

	Youth Member	Eagle Scout	Adult Volunteer
Representative Joe Barton (R)	X		X
Representative Kevin Brady (R)	X
Representative K. Michael Conaway (R)	X
Representative John Culberson (R)	X
Representative Chet Edwards (D)	X
Representative Louie Gohmert (R)	X	X	X
Representative Kay Granger (R)			X
Representative Jeb Hensarling (R)	X	X
Representative Sheila Jackson Lee (D)			X
Representative Sam Johnson (R)	X
Representative Michael McCaul (R)	X
Representative Solomon P. Ortiz (D)	X		X
Representative Ron Paul (R)	X
Representative Ted Poe (R)	X
Representative Silvestre Reyes (D)	X
Representative Pete Sessions (R)	X	X	X

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Utah

	Youth Member	Eagle Scout	Adult Volunteer
Senator Robert F. Bennett (R)	X
Senator Orrin G. Hatch (R)	X		X

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Vermont

	Youth Member	Eagle Scout	Adult Volunteer
Senator Patrick Leahy (D)	X		X

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Virginia

	Youth Member	Eagle Scout	Adult Volunteer
Representative Rick Boucher (D)	X
Representative J. Randy Forbes (R)	X
Representative Bob Goodlatte (R)	X		X
Representative Robert C. Scott (D)	X
Representative Robert J. Wittman (R)			X

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Washington

	Youth Member	Eagle Scout	Adult Volunteer
Representative Brian Baird (D)	X
Representative Norm Dicks (D)	X
Representative Doc Hastings (R)	X
Representative Jim McDermott (D)	X
Representative Adam Smith (D)	X

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West Virginia

	Youth Member	Eagle Scout	Adult Volunteer
Senator Robert C. Byrd (D)	X
Representative Alan B. Mollohan (D)	X
Representative Nick J. Rahall (D)	X

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Wisconsin

	Youth Member	Eagle Scout	Adult Volunteer
Senator Russell D. Feingold (D)	X
Representative Thomas E. Petri (R)	X
Representative Paul D. Ryan (R)	X

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Wyoming

	Youth Member	Eagle Scout	Adult Volunteer
Senator John Barrasso (R)	X
Senator Michael B. Enzi (R)	X	X	X

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