WASHINGTON (AllPolitics) -- Who are the 37 members of the House Judiciary Committee who decided President Bill Clinton's action were impeachable? The panel is made up of 21 Republicans and 16 Democrats and is known on Capitol Hill as one of the most divided and partisan committees.

Here are thumbnail profiles of the representatives who decided to send four articles of impeachment charging Clinton with perjury, obstruction of justice and abuse of power to the full House:

Judiciary Committee leaders

Rep. Henry Hyde (R-Illinois) As chairman of the House Judiciary Committee since 1994, Hyde, 74, heads up one of the most contentious panels on Capitol Hill. The conservative Republican was first elected to Congress by his suburban Chicago district in 1974. On both sides of the aisle Hyde has a reputation for being intellectual and honest, though some Democrats on his committee accused him of leading the proceedings as a "benevolent dictator." Hyde himself was forced to acknowledge an adulterous affair that took place 30 years ago, after it was exposed in the media.

Rep. John Conyers (D-Michigan) As the ranking Democratic member of the committee, Conyers, 69, has the unenviable task of standing up for the minority's position. But he has the advantage of experience as the only member of the panel to have served during Watergate (he voted to impeach former President Richard Nixon.) First elected to the House in 1964, the Detroit representative was one of the Congressional Black Caucus' founders.

Republicans (in order of seniority)

Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-Wisconsin) Sensenbrenner, 55, is the second ranking majority member on the panel. First elected in 1978 to represent the suburbs of Milwaukee, he has risen to the most senior ranks of the House GOP. He has served as a chairman of the Judiciary Committee's panel on crime, and currently chairs the House Science Committee. Sensenbrenner is known as a stickler for ethics and he strongly believed the allegations against Clinton merited impeachment proceedings.

Rep. Bill McCollum (R-Florida) First elected to the House in 1980, the conservative McCollum, 54, represents most of Orlando and surrounding Orange County. In addition to his Judiciary committee duties, he serves as the chairman of the House Crime Subcommittee. Notably, McCollum led the Republican fight against the Brady bill, the Clinton Administration's gun control legislation.

Rep. George Gekas (R-Pennsylvania) Representing the Susquehanna Valley, including Harrisburg, since 1982, Gekas, 68, also chairs the Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law. He has a consistently conservative voting record and is best known in the House for his career-long crusade for the death penalty.

Rep. Howard Coble (R-North Carolina) Greensboro born and raised, Coble has represented his hometown in the House since 1984. Coble, 67, previously served as a U.S. attorney in North Carolina. He is the chairman of the Judiciary Committee's panel on Courts and Intellectual Property.

Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) Smith, 50, worked as an attorney before he was elected to Congress in 1986. The San Antonio native's pet issue is immigration: he chairs the Judiciary's Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims and successfully shepherded into law a 1996 crackdown on immigration. In 1998 he introduced a measure that would force immigrants seeking U.S. citizenship to go through a tougher criminal background check.

Rep. Elton Gallegly (R-California) Gallegly, 54, has represented since 1986 the affluent Simi Valley where he previously served as mayor. A college dropout, he is one of the few non-lawyers on the Judiciary Committee. Immigration is one of Gallegly's key concerns, and he is the chairman of the House's bipartisan congressional task force on immigration.

Rep. Charles Canady (R-Florida) A three-term congressman, Canady has quickly climbed the Republican ranks, also chairing Judiciary's Constitution Subcommittee. The conservative Lakeland, Florida, native has a law degree from Yale University and is known in the chamber as a skilled legislator -- a strength he has most notably used to push for legislation banning a certain type of late-term abortion.

Rep. Bob Inglis (R-South Carolina) Elected by his Greenville constituents in 1992, Inglis was a true political outsider, having never run for office before. Inglis, 38, is not returning to the panel during the 106th Congress as he abandoned his House seat to run, unsuccessfully, for the U.S. Senate. He has called on Clinton to resign over the Lewinsky affair.

Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Virginia) Previously a lawyer, Goodlatte, 45, was elected to the House in 1992. He represents a highly agricultural region, including Harrisonburg, Roanoke and Lynchburg, and chairs the Agriculture Subcommittee on Department Operations, Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.

Rep. Steve Buyer (R-Indiana) Buyer, 40, was first elected to the House in 1992. A Desert Storm veteran, Buyer served as legal counsel for the 22nd Theater Army in the Persian Gulf operations. Military affairs is Buyer's focus, and he chairs the National Security subcommittee on military personnel.

Rep. Ed Bryant (R-Tennessee) A member of the "Class of 1994," Bryant, 50, represents suburban Nashville. A former U.S. attorney, Bryant has also served in the Army's Judge Advocate General Corps and taught law at West Point.

Rep. Steve Chabot (R-Ohio) Chabot, 45, has been voted in twice to represent a highly Democratic Ohio district that includes his hometown of Cincinnati. The onetime attorney is known for pushing the House to be more aggressive in its budget-cutting efforts. Thought to be one of the most vulnerable Republicans, Chabot successfully fought off a tough challenger in the November election.

Rep. Bob Barr (R-Georgia) The conservative Barr was first elected to Congress in 1994 and has been one of Clinton's most vocal critics ever since. In November 1997 he introduced a measure asking for an impeachment inquiry. A former U.S. attorney with a law degree from Georgetown University, Barr also worked previously as an analyst for the CIA.

Rep. William Jenkins (R-Tennessee) Jenkins, 61, was elected in 1996 to represent an area of Tennessee that was home to Andrew Johnson, the only president ever impeached. An attorney, he served as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army Military Police Corps.

Rep. Asa Hutchinson (R-Arkansas) A former U.S. attorney in Arkansas during Bill Clinton's tenure as governor, Hutchinson, 47, is in the uncomfortable position of personally knowing the president. He also has another close Clinton connection: in 1984 he prosecuted first brother Roger Clinton on federal drug charges. A freshman congressman, Hutchinson was elected in 1996 to replace his brother, Tim Hutchinson, when he gave up the seat to run for the Senate.

Rep. Ed Pease (R-Indiana) An attorney, Pease, 47 was elected to the House in 1996. He lives in Seelyville, Indiana. Known for being affable and soft-spoken, Pease has been known to compromise on his conservative positions to push through measures on subjects important to him, such as education.

Rep. Christopher Cannon (R-Utah) An attorney turned congressman, Cannon, 48, represents Provo and part of Salt Lake City. The freshman lawmaker urges a path of fiscal conservatism and was an vocal advocate for reforming the Internal Revenue Service.

Rep. James Rogan (R-California) A former California assemblyman, Rogan has represented suburbs of Los Angeles at the base of the San Gabriel mountains since 1996. A lawyer with a degree from UCLA, Rogan, 41, served as a Los Angeles County deputy district attorney and a judge in the Glendale Judicial District.

Rep. Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) A lawyer and former judge advocate in the Air Force, Graham lives in Seneca, where he was born. Graham, 43, was elected in 1994. A conservative member of the "Class of 1994," he has a consistent voting record on items on the Republican agenda. He is also known for his role in the attempted "coup" to oust Speaker Newt Gingrich in 1997. Graham once said Clinton's policies made him "want to throw up" but he was the only Republican to vote against sending one of the four articles of impeachment to the full House.

Rep. Mary Bono (R-California) Bono, 36, is both the only Republican woman on the Judiciary Committee and its newest member. She was sent to Washington in a special election in April 1998 to serve out the remainder of her late husband Rep. Sonny Bono's term. The Palm Springs resident is considered to be a moderate and was re-elected for a full term in November.

Democrats (in order of seniority)

Rep. Barney Frank (D-Massachusetts) The committee's second ranking Democrat, the liberal Frank is known as outspoken and quick-witted. The Newton resident was first elected to the House in 1980 and also acts as the ranking Democrat on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property. One of the two openly gay House members, Frank was reprimanded by the chamber in 1990 for his official action on behalf of a male prostitute.

Rep. Charles Schumer (D-New York) A representative for Brooklyn since 1980, now-Sen. Schumer gave up his seat to face off against, and beat, incumbent Republican Sen. Alfonse D'Amato. Schumer, 47, is known as a gun-control advocate and was the ranking Democrat on the Judiciary's Crime Subcommittee.

Rep. Howard Berman (D-California) A former union lawyer, Berman, 57, was elected to the House in 1982 and is a resident of North Hollywood. His reputation as a serious-minded politician earned him in 1997 one of the least desirable jobs in the House: ranking Democrat on the House Ethics Committee.

Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Virginia) Boucher, 52, has been elected eight times to represent the agricultural district of southwest Virginia. His law degree is from the University of Virginia. Boucher has a professorial demeanor and is known as a smart representative who is willing to reach across party lines.

Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-New York) Former New York assemblyman Nadler, 51, has represented part of Manhattan as well as the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Brighton Beach and Coney Island since 1992. He serves as the ranking Democrat on the Judiciary's Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.

Rep. Robert Scott (D-Virginia) Scott was elected in 1992 and is a resident of Newport News. He was the first black congressman to be elected in Virginia since Reconstruction. A law graduate of Boston College, Scott, 51, practiced law for 18 years. He also now serves as the ranking Democrat on the Judiciary's Subcommittee on the Constitution.

Rep. Melvin Watt (D-North Carolina) Watt, 53, has represented parts of Charlotte, Winston-Salem and Greensboro since 1992. A 22-year civil rights lawyer, Watt earned his degree from Yale University. He has a liberal voting record and has continued to wage his fight for civil liberties from the House floor. Most recently, the congressman managed Harvey Gantt's 1996 U.S. Senate bid against Republican Sen. Jesse Helms.

Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-California) Sent to Congress in 1994 by her San Jose district, Lofgren, 50, is known as a fierce advocate for children's issues. She received her law degree from the University of Santa Clara and is known as a vocal supporter of the Democratic party.

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) One of only 14 Democrats sent to Congress in 1994, Jackson Lee resides in Houston. After graduating from the University of Virginia's law school, she took a job on Capitol Hill and served as special counsel to the House Select Committee on Assassination 10 years ago. She is a member of the Congressional Black Caucus and helped found the bipartisan Congressional Childrens caucus.

Rep. Maxine Waters (D-California) One of six Californians to sit on the Judiciary Committee, Waters was elected in 1990 to represent part of Los Angeles. Waters, 60, was born in St. Louis and is a former Head Start teacher.

Rep. Marty Meehan (D-Massachusetts) Elected in 1992, Meehan, 41, previously worked as an assistant district attorney in Middlesex County. He is a longtime anti-tobacco crusader and also co-sponsored, with Rep. Christopher Shays (R-Connecticut), the campaign finance reform bill that passed the House in August.

Rep. William Delahunt (D-Massachusetts) Freshman lawmaker Delahunt is a resident of Quincy and previously worked as the Norfolk County, Massachusetts, district attorney. He has focused on issues affecting Cape Cod in his first term. Delahunt, 57, is one of three Massachusetts Democrats serving on the Judiciary Committee.

Rep. Robert Wexler (D-Florida) An attorney and former Florida state legislator, Wexler, 37, was elected to the House in 1996. The Boca Raton resident focuses his agenda on criminal justice initiatives and has worked to get guns out of schools and supports legislation requiring violent criminals to serve their full prison terms. During committeee deliberations, Wexler emerged as one of the most vocal critics of the impeachment inquiry of Clinton.

Rep. Steven Rothman (D-New Jersey) Rothman, 45, is a former Bergen County Surrogate Court justice. Elected in 1996, he lives in Fairlawn.

Rep. Thomas Barrett (D-Wisconsin) Barrett, 44, is the newest member of the Judiciary Committee, named to the panel only the Friday before Independent Counsel Ken Starr sent his referral to Congress. Barrett was elected in 1992 and was born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

CQ's Politics In America and The Associated Press contributed to this report.