List of Senate Members of the 106th United States Congress
Each state elects two senators in the Senate of the United States . Until 1913, the senators were determined by the parliaments of the individual states . Beginning in 1913, the 17th Amendment to the American Constitution required that the senators be directly elected by the people of the respective state.
Party system
After the Senate election in 1998 , the mandates were distributed among the parties as follows:
Political party (Coloring indicates the majority)
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Total | Remarks | |||
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republican | Democrats | Vacant | |||
End of the 105th Congress | 55 | 45 | 100 | 0 | |
Beginning | 55 | 45 | 100 | 0 | |
October 25, 1999 | 54 | 99 | 1 | John Chafee (R) dies. | |
November 2, 1999 | 55 | 100 | 0 | Lincoln Chafee (R) took over Chafee's seat. | |
July 19, 2000 | 54 | 99 | 1 | Paul Coverdell (R) dies. | |
July 25, 2000 | 46 | 100 | 0 | Zell Miller (D) took over Coverdells headquarters. | |
Final distribution of votes | 54% | 46% | |||
Beginning of the 107th Congress | 50 | 50 | 100 | 0 |
guide
The Vice President of the United States is the ex officio Senate chairman and chairman of all sessions. Even so, the vice-president rarely takes part in the meetings, so the senators elect a president pro tempore (usually the longest-serving senator of the majority party) as the deputy president of the senate. But even this usually passes on his duties to junior senators, since the office is endowed with comparatively little authority.
position | Surname | Political party | Country | Term of office | |
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president | Al Gore | democrat | Tennessee | January 20, 1993 - January 20, 2001 | |
President pro tempore | Strom Thurmond | republican | South carolina | January 3, 1995 - January 3, 2001 |
Leadership of the majority party
Office | Surname | State | Term of office | |
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Majority leader | Trent Lott | Mississippi | June 12, 1996 - January 3, 2001 | |
Majority whip | Don Nickles | Oklahoma | June 12, 1996 - January 3, 200 |
Leadership of the minority party
Office | Surname | State | Term of office | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Minority leader | Tom Daschle | South Dakota | January 3, 1999 - January 3, 2001 | |
Minority whip | Harry Reid | Nevada | January 3, 1999 - January 3, 2001 |
List of Senators
senator | Political party | Country | First elected | Seat up | |
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Richard Shelby | republican | Alabama | 1986 | 2010 | |
Jeff Sessions | republican | 1996 | 2008 | ||
Ted Stevens | republican | Alaska | 1968 | 2008 | |
Frank Murkowski | republican | 1980 | 2002 | ||
John McCain | republican | Arizona | 1986 | 2010 | |
Jon Kyl | republican | 1994 | 2006 | ||
Blanche Lincoln | democrat | Arkansas | 1998 | 2010 | |
Tim Hutchinson | republican | 1996 | 2002 | ||
Wayne Allard | republican | Colorado | 1996 | 2008 | |
Ben Nighthorse Campbell | republican | 1992 | 2004 | ||
Chris Dodd | democrat | Connecticut | 1980 | 2010 | |
Joe Lieberman | democrat | 1988 | 2006 | ||
Joe Biden | democrat | Delaware | 1972 | 2008 | |
William V. Roth | democrat | 1970 | 2000 | ||
Connie Mack | republican | Florida | 1988 | 2000 | |
Bob Graham | democrat | 1986 | 2004 | ||
Max Cleland | democrat | Georgia | 1996 | 2002 | |
Paul Coverdell | republican | 1992 | July 18, 2000 | ||
Zell Miller | democrat | July 27, 2000 | 2004 | ||
Daniel Inouye | democrat | Hawaii | 1962 | 2010 | |
Daniel Akaka | democrat | 1990 | 2006 | ||
Larry Craig | republican | Idaho | 1990 | 2008 | |
Mike Crapo | republican | 1998 | 2010 | ||
Dick Durbin | democrat | Illinois | 1996 | 2008 | |
Carol Moseley Brown | democrat | 1992 | 2000 | ||
Richard Lugar | republican | Indiana | 1976 | 2006 | |
Evan Bayh | democrat | 1998 | 2010 | ||
Chuck Grassley | republican | Iowa | 1980 | 2010 | |
Tom Harkin | democrat | 1984 | 2008 | ||
Dianne Feinstein | democrat | California | 1992 | 2006 | |
Barbara Boxer | democrat | 1992 | 2010 | ||
Sam Brownback | republican | Kansas | 1996 | 2010 | |
Pat Roberts | republican | 1996 | 2008 | ||
Mitch McConnell | republican | Kentucky | 1984 | 2008 | |
Jim Bunning | republican | 1998 | 2010 | ||
Mary Landrieu | democrat | Louisiana | 1996 | 2008 | |
John Breaux | democrat | 1986 | 2004 | ||
Olympia Snowe | republican | Maine | 1994 | 2006 | |
Susan Collins | republican | 1996 | 2008 | ||
Paul Sarbanes | democrat | Maryland | 1976 | 2006 | |
Barbara Mikulski | democrat | 1986 | 2010 | ||
Edward Kennedy | democrat | Massachusetts | 1962 | 2006 | |
John Kerry | democrat | 1984 | 2008 | ||
Carl Levin | democrat | Michigan | 1978 | 2008 | |
Spencer Abraham | republican | 1994 | 2000 | ||
Rod Grams | republican | Minnesota | 1994 | 2000 | |
Paul Wellstone | Democratic Farmer Labor Party | 1992 | October 25, 2002 | ||
Thad Cochran | republican | Mississippi | 1978 | 2008 | |
Trent Lott | republican | 1988 | 2006 | ||
Kit Bond | republican | Missouri | 1986 | 2010 | |
John Ashcroft | republican | 1994 | 2000 | ||
Max Baucus | democrat | Montana | 1978 | 2008 | |
Conrad Burns | republican | 1988 | 2006 | ||
Chuck Hagel | republican | Nebraska | 1996 | 2008 | |
Bob Kerrey | democrat | 1988 | 2000 | ||
Harry Reid | democrat | Nevada | 1986 | 2010 | |
Richard Bryan | democrat | 1988 | 2000 | ||
Judd Gregg | republican | New Hampshire | 1992 | 2010 | |
Robert C. Smith | republican | 1990 | 2002 | ||
Frank Lautenberg | democrat | New Jersey | 1982 | 2000 | |
Robert Torricelli | democrat | 1996 | 2002 | ||
Pete Domenici | republican | New Mexico | 1972 | 2008 | |
Jeff Bingaman | democrat | 1982 | 2006 | ||
Charles Schumer | democrat | new York | 1998 | 2010 | |
Daniel Patrick Moynihan | democrat | 1976 | 2000 | ||
Jesse Helms | republican | North Carolina | 1972 | 2002 | |
Leek faircloth | republican | 1992 | 2000 | ||
Kent Conrad | democrat | North Dakota | 1986 | 2006 | |
Byron Dorgan | democrat | 1992 | 2010 | ||
Mike DeWine | republican | Ohio | 1994 | 2006 | |
George Voinovich | republican | 1998 | 2010 | ||
Jim Inhofe | republican | Oklahoma | 1994 | 2008 | |
Don Nickles | republican | 1980 | 2004 | ||
Ron Wyden | democrat | Oregon | 1996 | 2010 | |
Gordon H. Smith | republican | 1996 | 2008 | ||
Arlen Specter | republican | Pennsylvania | 1980 | 2010 | |
Rick Santorum | republican | 1994 | 2006 | ||
Jack Reed | democrat | Rhode Island | 1996 | 2008 | |
John Chafee | republican | 1976 | October 24, 1999 | ||
Lincoln Chafee | republican | November 2, 1999 | 2006 | ||
Strom Thurmond | republican | South carolina | 1956 | 2002 | |
Fritz Hollings | democrat | 1966 | 2004 | ||
Tim Johnson | democrat | South Dakota | 1986 | 2008 | |
Tom Daschle | democrat | 1986 | 2004 | ||
Bill Deadline | republican | Tennessee | 1994 | 2006 | |
Fred Thompson | republican | 1994 | 2002 | ||
Kay Bailey Hutchison | republican | Texas | 1993 | 2006 | |
Phil Gramm | republican | 1984 | 2002 | ||
Orrin Hatch | republican | Utah | 1976 | 2006 | |
Bob Bennett | republican | 1992 | 2010 | ||
Patrick Leahy | democrat | Vermont | 1974 | 2010 | |
Jim Jeffords | Independently | 1988 | 2006 | ||
John Warner | republican | Virginia | 1978 | 2008 | |
Chuck Robb | democrat | 1988 | 2000 | ||
Patty Murray | democrat | Washington | 1992 | 2010 | |
Slade Gorton | republican | 1988 | 2000 | ||
Robert Byrd | democrat | West Virginia | 1958 | 2006 | |
Jay Rockefeller | democrat | 1984 | 2008 | ||
Herb cabbage | democrat | Wisconsin | 1988 | 2006 | |
Russ Feingold | democrat | 1992 | 2010 | ||
Craig L. Thomas | republican | Wyoming | 1994 | 2006 | |
Mike Enzi | republican | 1996 | 2008 |
See also
Web links
- A Chronological Listing of US Senators , PDF format, approx. 333 kB, US Senate