List of Senate Members of the 108th 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 2002 election, the mandates were distributed among the parties as follows:
Political party | Senators |
notes | |
---|---|---|---|
Republican Party | 51 | ||
Democratic Party | 48 | ||
Independently | 1 | Usually agrees with Democrats | |
Total |
100 |
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The Vice President of the United States is the ex officio Senate chairman and chairman of all sessions. Nevertheless, 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 | since | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
president | Dick Cheney | republican | Wyoming | 2001 | |
President pro tempore | Ted Stevens | republican | Alaska | 2003 |
Leadership of the majority party
Office | Surname | State | Term of office | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Majority leader | Bill Deadline | Tennessee | 2003 to 2007 | |
Majority whip | Mitch McConnell | Kentucky | 2003 to 2007 |
Leadership of the minority party
Office | Surname | State | Term of office | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Minority leader | Tom Daschle | South Dakota | 2003 to 2005 | |
Minority whip | Harry Reid | Nevada | 2003 to 2005 |
List of Senate Members
senator | Political party | Country | First elected | Seat up | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Richard Shelby | republican | Alabama | 1986 | 2010 | |
Jeff Sessions | republican | 1996 | 2008 | ||
Ted Stevens | republican | Alaska | 1968 | 2008 | |
Lisa Murkowski | republican | 2002 | 2010 | ||
John McCain | republican | Arizona | 1986 | 2010 | |
Jon Kyl | republican | 1994 | 2006 | ||
Blanche Lincoln | democrat | Arkansas | 1998 | 2010 | |
Mark Pryor | democrat | 2002 | 2008 | ||
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 | |
Tom Carper | democrat | 2000 | 2006 | ||
Bill Nelson | democrat | Florida | 2000 | 2006 | |
Bob Graham | democrat | 1986 | 2004 | ||
Saxby Chambliss | republican | Georgia | 2002 | 2008 | |
Zell Miller | republican | 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 | |
Peter G. Fitzgerald | republican | 2000 | 2004 | ||
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 | |
Debbie Stabenow | democrat | 2000 | 2006 | ||
Mark Dayton | Democratic Farmer Labor Party | Minnesota | 2000 | 2006 | |
Norm Coleman | republican | 2002 | 2008 | ||
Thad Cochran | republican | Mississippi | 1978 | 2008 | |
Trent Lott | republican | 1988 | 2006 | ||
Kit Bond | republican | Missouri | 1986 | 2010 | |
Jim talent | republican | 2002 | 2006 | ||
Max Baucus | democrat | Montana | 1978 | 2008 | |
Conrad Burns | republican | 1988 | 2006 | ||
Chuck Hagel | republican | Nebraska | 1996 | 2008 | |
Ben Nelson | democrat | 2000 | 2006 | ||
Harry Reid | democrat | Nevada | 1986 | 2010 | |
John Ensign | republican | 2000 | 2006 | ||
Judd Gregg | republican | New Hampshire | 1992 | 2010 | |
John E. Sununu | republican | 2002 | 2008 | ||
Jon Corzine | democrat | New Jersey | 2000 | 2006 | |
Frank Lautenberg | democrat | 2002 | 2008 | ||
Pete Domenici | republican | New Mexico | 1972 | 2008 | |
Jeff Bingaman | democrat | 1982 | 2006 | ||
Charles Schumer | democrat | new York | 1998 | 2010 | |
Hillary Clinton | democrat | 2000 | 2006 | ||
Elizabeth Dole | republican | North Carolina | 2002 | 2008 | |
John Edwards | democrat | 2000 | 2004 | ||
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 | |
Lincoln Chafee | republican | 1999 | 2006 | ||
Lindsey Graham | republican | South carolina | 2002 | 2008 | |
Fritz Hollings | democrat | 1966 | 2004 | ||
Tim Johnson | democrat | South Dakota | 1986 | 2008 | |
Tom Daschle | democrat | 1986 | 2004 | ||
Bill Deadline | republican | Tennessee | 1994 | 2006 | |
Lamar Alexander | republican | 2002 | 2008 | ||
Kay Bailey Hutchison | republican | Texas | 1993 | 2006 | |
John Cornyn | republican | 2002 | 2008 | ||
Orrin Hatch | republican | Utah | 1976 | 2006 | |
Bob Bennett | republican | 1992 | 2010 | ||
Patrick Leahy | democrat | Vermont | 1974 | 2010 | |
Jim Jeffords | More independent | 1988 | 2006 | ||
John Warner | republican | Virginia | 1978 | 2008 | |
George Allen | republican | 2000 | 2006 | ||
Patty Murray | democrat | Washington | 1992 | 2010 | |
Maria Cantwell | democrat | 2000 | 2006 | ||
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