Democratic Caucus of the United States Senate
The Democratic Caucus of the United States Senate (United State Senate Democratic Caucus of the United States Senate ), also known as the Democratic Conference, is the parliamentary group of the Democratic Party in the United States Senate .
The parliamentary group also includes non-party members if they are close to the Democratic Party. These are, for example, at the current 116th Congress, the two non-party Senators Bernie Sanders from Vermont and Angus King from Maine .
Officials and current incumbents within the Democratic Conference
- Caucus Chair : Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (NY)
- Caucus Vice Chairs : Mark Warner (VA) & Elizabeth Warren (MA)
- Minority Whip : Dick Durbin (IL)
- Assistant Leader : Patty Murray (WA)
- Policy Committee Chair : Debbie Stabenow (MI)
- Steering Committee Chair : Amy Klobuchar (MN)
- Outreach Chair : Bernie Sanders (VT)
- Policy Committee Vice Chair : Joe Manchin (WV)
- Caucus Secretary : Tammy Baldwin (WI)
- Campaign Committee Chair : Catherine Cortez Masto (NV)
- Chief Deputy Whip : Jeff Merkley (OR)
- President pro tempore emeritus : Patrick Leahy ( VT )
history
The conference was formally established on March 6, 1903, and elected a chairman for members and a secretary to keep minutes. Until then, this caucus was often disorganized.
Chair of the Democratic Conference
Since the election of Oscar Underwood in 1920, the chairman of the Democratic Conference has also been the party leader of the United States Senate .
| Period | senator | State |
|---|---|---|
| December 1873 - March 4, 1877 | John W. Stevenson | Kentucky |
| March 4, 1877 - March 4, 1881 | William A. Wallace | Pennsylvania |
| March 4, 1881 - March 4, 1885 | George H. Pendleton | Ohio |
| March 4, 1885 - May 3, 1890 | James B. Beck | Kentucky |
| May 3, 1890 - April 1898 | Arthur Gorman | Maryland |
| April 1898 - March 4, 1899 | David Turpie | Indiana |
| December 1899 - March 4, 1903 | James Kimbrough Jones | Arkansas |
| March 4, 1903 - June 4, 1906 | Arthur Gorman | Maryland |
| June 4, 1906 - March 4, 1907 | Joseph Blackburn | Kentucky |
| December 1907 - December 1909 | Charles Culberson | Texas |
| December 1909 - March 4, 1911 | Hernando Money | Mississippi |
| April 1911 - March 4, 1913 | Thomas S. Martin | Virginia |
| March 4, 1913 - March 4, 1917 | John W. Kern | Indiana |
| March 4, 1917 - November 12, 1919 | Thomas S. Martin | Virginia |
| November 12, 1919 - April 27, 1920 | Gilbert Hitchcock | Nebraska |
| April 27th 1920 - 3rd December 1923 | Oscar Underwood | Alabama |
| December 3, 1923 - July 14, 1937 | Joe Robinson | Arkansas |
| July 14, 1937 - January 3, 1949 | Albums W. Barkley | Kentucky |
| January 3, 1949 - January 3, 1951 | Scott W. Lucas | Illinois |
| Jan. 3, 1951 - January 3, 1953 | Ernest McFarland | Arizona |
| Jan. 3, 1953 - January 3, 1961 | Lyndon Johnson | Texas |
| January 3, 1961 - January 3, 1977 | Mike Mansfield | Montana |
| Jan. 3, 1977 - January 3, 1989 | Robert Byrd | West Virginia |
| January 3, 1989 - January 3, 1995 | George J. Mitchell | Maine |
| January 3, 1995 - January 3, 2005 | Tom Daschle | South Dakota |
| January 3, 2005 - January 3, 2017 | Harry Reid | Nevada |
| Since January 3, 2017 | Chuck Schumer | new York |
Vice Chair
After the Democrats' victory in the 2006 midterm elections , an overwhelming majority at the conference wanted Chuck Schumer , then chairman of the Senatorial Democratic Campaign Committee, to hold a position in the leadership hierarchy. Democratic politician Harry Reid created the position of vice chairman when the Democrats officially took control in 2007. After Reid's resignation after the 2016 elections, Schumer took over the chairmanship and Reid's position. Since 2017 there are two vice-chairs of the Democratic Caucus.
- Chuck Schumer (2007-2017)
- Mark Warner and Elizabeth Warren (since 2017)
bibliography
- Donald A. Ritchie (Ed.): Minutes of the Senate Democratic Conference: Fifty-eighth through Eighty-eighth Congress, 1903-1964. Washington, DC 1999, GPO. Available online as PDF or text .