Of the 75 Members in the 111th Congress who started their Congressional careers as staffers for Representatives, Senators, or Committees , 30 of them were first elected to the seats previously held by their former bosses.

Senate :

- Sen. Robert F. Bennett, R-Utah was elected in 1992 to the seat previously held by his father from 1951-1974, the late Republican Wallace F. Bennett, for whom he also worked. Bennett also worked for Rep. Sherman P. Lloyd, R-Utah.

- Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn. was elected in 2002 to the seat previously held by his former boss, Sen. Howard H. Baker Jr.

- Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif. was elected to the House in 1982 to succeed her former boss, retiring Rep. John L. Burton, before running for and winning a Senate seat in 1992.

- Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, was elected in 1996 to succeed her former boss, retiring Sen. William S. Cohen. Collins worked for Cohen in the Senate as well as during his tenure in the House.

- Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., was elected in 1981 to succeed his former boss, retiring Rep. Keith G. Sebelius, before running for and winning a Senate seat in 1996.

- Sen. Olympia J. Snowe, R-Maine, like her colleague Susan Collins, began her Congressional career working for William S. Cohen when he was in the House. When he ran for Senate, Snowe was elected to his seat

House:

- Rep. Jo Bonner, R-Ala. was elected in 2002 to succeed retiring Rep. Sonny Callahan, for whom he served as chief of staff.

- Rep. Dave Camp, R-Mich. was elected in 1990 to succeed his former boss, Rep. Bill Schuette, who resigned his seat to launch an unsuccessful Senate campaign.

- Rep. Dennis Cardoza, D-Calif. challenged his boss, Gary A. Condit, in the Democratic primary while he was still in office in 2002. Condit, plagued by scandal that he had had an affair with a young female intern who was found dead, lost to Cardoza, who went on to win the seat in the general election.

- Rep. Peter A. DeFazio, D-Ore., was elected in 1986 to succeed retiring Rep. James Weaver, for whom he was a Congressional aide.

- Rep. Charlie Dent, R-Pa., was elected in 2004 to the House seat once held by his former boss, Rep. Don Ritter.

- Rep. Steve Driehaus, D-Ohio, was elected in 2008 to the House seat once held by his former boss, Rep. Charles Luken.

- Rep. Marcia L. Fudge, D-Ohio, was elected in 2008 to the House seat left vacant by the sudden death of Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones. Fudge had previously served as Jones’ chief of staff.

- Rep. Robert W. Goodlatte, R-Va., was elected in 1992 to the House seat once held by his former boss, Rep. M. Caldwell Butler.

- Rep. Phil Hare, D-Ill., was elected in 2006 to succeed his boss, retiring Rep. Lane Evans, for whom he worked for 24 years.

- Rep. Mark Steven Kirk, R-Ill., was elected in 2000 to succeed his former boss, retiring Rep. John Edward Porter, for whom he served as chief of staff. Kirk also worked as a professional staff member for the then-called House International Relations Committee.

- Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., was elected in 1998 to succeed her former boss, retiring Rep. Ross Dellums, who is currently the Mayor of Oakland, California.

- Rep. Jerry Lewis, R-Calif., was elected in 1978 to the seat once held by his former boss, Rep. Jerry L. Pettis. When Pettis died in 1975, his wife, Shirley Neil Pettis, succeeded him. She sat in the seat for two terms before deciding not to seek reelection, at which point Lewis ran and won.

- Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., was elected in 1994 to succeed her former boss, retiring Rep. Don Edwards.

- Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., was elected in 2006 to succeed his former boss, retiring Rep. Bill Thomas.

- Rep. James L. Oberstar, D-Minn., was elected in 1974 to succeed his boss, retiring Rep. John A. Blatnik, for whom he served as chief aide for nearly 12 years.

- Rep. Erik Paulsen, R-Minn, was elected in 2008 to succeed his former boss, retiring Rep. Jim Ramstad.

- Rep. Peter Roskam, R-Ill., was elected in 2006 to succeed his former boss, retiring Rep. Henry J. Hyde. Roskam also worked for former Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Texas.

- Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, was elected in 2002 to succeed his former boss, Rep. James A. Traficant Jr., who was expelled from Congress and subsequently imprisoned for federal corruption charges.

- Rep. Mark Souder, R-Ind., was elected in 2002 to the seat once held by his former boss, Daniel R. Coats, for whom he worked during his House and Senate tenures. Souder also worked for the House Select Committee on Children, Youth & Families

- Pat Tiberi, R-Ohio, was elected in 2000 to succeed his former boss, retiring Rep. Joh R. Kasich.

- Rep. Peter J. Visclosky, D-Ind., was elected in 1984 to the seat once held by his former boss, Rep. Adam Benjamin Jr.

- Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., was elected in 1998 to the seat once held by his former boss, Rep. Denny Smith.

- Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., was elected in 1998 to succeed his boss, Charles E. Schumer, who was that year running for a seat in the Senate.

- Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., was elected in 1987 to the House seat once held by his former boss, Rep. David A. Stockman.

-- Emma Dumain, Congress.org

Correction: This list has been updated to include Sen. Roberts and Rep. Upton.