List of Senate Members of the 109th United States Congress

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Red states are represented by 2 Republicans, blue by two Democrats and purple states by one MP per party

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 2004 election, the mandates were distributed among the parties as follows:

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Political party Senators
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  Republican Party 55
  Democratic Party (United States) 44
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. 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 since
     president Dick Cheney republican Wyoming 2001
     President pro tempore Ted Stevens republican Alaska 2003

Leadership of the majority party

position Surname Country since
     Senate majority leader Bill Deadline Tennessee 2003
     Majority Whip Mitch McConnell Kentucky 2003
     Republican Conference Chairman Rick Santorum Pennsylvania 2001
     Republican Policy Committee Chairman Jon Kyl Arizona 2003
     Republican Conference Secretary Kay Bailey Hutchison Texas 2001
     National Republican Senatorial Committee Chair Elizabeth Dole North Carolina 2005

Leadership of the minority party

position Surname Country since
     Senate minority leader Harry Reid Nevada 2005
     Minority Whip Dick Durbin Illinois 2005
     Democratic Conference Chairman Harry Reid Nevada 2005
     Democratic Policy Committee Chairman Byron Dorgan North Dakota 2003
     Democratic Conference Secretary Debbie Stabenow Michigan 2005
     Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chairman Charles Schumer new York 2005

List of Senators

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
     Ken Salazar democrat 2004 2010
     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
     Mel Martínez republican 2004 2010
     Saxby Chambliss republican Georgia 2002 2008
     Johnny Isakson republican 2004 2010
     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
     Barack Obama democrat 2004 2010
     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
     David Vitter republican 2004 2010
     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 democrat 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 2001 2006 (took office as governor of New Jersey)
     Bob Menendez democrat 2005 (appointed to succeed Jon Corzine ) 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
     Richard Burr republican 2004 2010
     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
     Tom Coburn republican 2004 2010
     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
     Jim DeMint republican 2004 2010
     Tim Johnson democrat South Dakota 1996 2008
     John Thune republican 2004 2010
     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

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