Portrait of the 113th Congress

There will be over 90 new members of Congress sworn into office on Jan 3 — a diverse group of men, women, straight, gay, married, single, well-known and unknown.

The freshman class of 2013 includes an animal vet (Ted Yoho (R-FL)), a reindeer farmer (Kerry Bentivolio (R-MI)), a scion of a legendary family (Joseph Kennedy (D-MA)), a famous twin (Joaquin Castro (D-TX), whose brother gave the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention). Joining the 12 newly-elected members of the upper chamber — three Republicans, eight Democrats and one independent — will be Tim Scott (R-SC), the House member who was appointed to fill the seat of Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC), who resigned this month.

The lower chamber will gain 82 new lawmakers: 35 Republicans and 47 Democrats. The lower chamber also is losing some of its most well-known members: Reps. Barney Frank (D-MA), Ron Paul (R-TX), and Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) are leaving. But there will be some familiar faces returning to Capitol Hill — seven incoming House members have served in the lower chamber before: Republican Matt Salmon of Arizona, Democrat Alan Grayson of Florida, Democrat Bill Foster of Illinois, Democrat Rick Nolan of Minnesota, Democrat Carol Shea Porter of New Hampshire, Democrat Dina Titus of Nevada, and Texas Republican Steve Stockman.