List of Senate Members of the 110th United States Congress

Senatorial Party Membership by State

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.

The 110th Senate was based on the November 7, 2006 Senate election . It met on January 3, 2007 for its constituent meeting.

Party system

After the 2006 election, the Republican parliamentary group had 49 and the Democratic parliamentary group 51 members. Senator Bernie Sanders does not belong to any party, but became a member of the Democratic Group. Joe Lieberman entered the Senate as an independent candidate after losing the Connecticut Democratic primary , but remained a member of the Democratic Party and was a member of the Democratic Group.

Important positions

	position	Surname	Political party	Country	since
	president	Dick Cheney	republican	Wyoming	2001
	President pro tempore	Robert Byrd	democrat	West Virginia	2007
	Majority Leader	Harry Reid	democrat	Nevada	2007
	Minority Leader	Mitch McConnell	republican	Kentucky	2007
	Majority Whip	Dick Durbin	democrat	Illinois	2007
	Minority Whip	Jon Kyl (until December 2007: Trent Lott )	republican	Arizona	2007
	Democratic Conference Chairman	Harry Reid	democrat	Nevada	2005
	Republican Conference Chairman	Lamar Alexander (until Dec. 2007: Jon Kyl)	republican	Tennessee	2007
	Democratic Conference Vice Chairman	Patty Murray	democrat	Washington	2001
	Republican Conference Vice Chairman	John Cornyn	republican	Texas	2007
	Democratic Policy Committee Chairman	Byron Dorgan	democrat	North Dakota	1999
	Republican Policy Committee Chairman	Kay Bailey Hutchison	republican	Texas	2007
	Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman	Charles Schumer	democrat	new York	2005
	National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman	John Ensign	republican	Nevada	2007

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	2012
	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	More independent		1988	2012
	Joe Biden	democrat	Delaware	1972	2008 (US Vice President-elect)
	Tom Carper	democrat		2000	2012
	Bill Nelson	democrat	Florida	2000	2012
	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	2012
	Larry Craig	republican	Idaho	1990	2008
	Mike Crapo	republican		1998	2010
	Dick Durbin	democrat	Illinois	1996	2008
	Barack Obama	democrat		2004	2008 (44th President of the USA, therefore resignation on November 16, 2008; appointed successor Roland Burris was only sworn in for the 111th Congress.)
	Richard Lugar	republican	Indiana	1976	2012
	Evan Bayh	democrat		1998	2010
	Chuck Grassley	republican	Iowa	1980	2010
	Tom Harkin	democrat		1984	2008
	Dianne Feinstein	democrat	California	1992	2012
	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	2012
	Susan Collins	republican		1996	2008
	Ben Cardin	democrat	Maryland	2006	2012
	Barbara Mikulski	democrat		1986	2010
	Edward Kennedy	democrat	Massachusetts	1962	2012
	John Kerry	democrat		1984	2008
	Carl Levin	democrat	Michigan	1978	2008
	Debbie Stabenow	democrat		2000	2012
	Amy Klobuchar	democrat	Minnesota	2006	2012
	Norm Coleman	republican		2002	2008
	Thad Cochran	republican	Mississippi	1978	2008
	Trent Lott	republican		1989	2007 (resignation on December 18, 2007)
	Roger Wicker	republican		2007 (appointed on December 31, 2007 to succeed the retired Trent Lott)	2012 (by-election 2008)
	Kit Bond	republican	Missouri	1986	2010
	Claire McCaskill	democrat		2006	2012
	Max Baucus	democrat	Montana	1978	2008
	Jon Tester	democrat		2006	2012
	Chuck Hagel	republican	Nebraska	1996	2008
	Ben Nelson	democrat		2000	2012
	Harry Reid	democrat	Nevada	1986	2010
	John Ensign	republican		2000	2012
	Judd Gregg	republican	New Hampshire	1992	2010
	John E. Sununu	republican		2002	2008
	Jon Corzine	democrat	New Jersey	2006 (resigned January 2006, took office as governor of New Jersey)	2012
	Bob Menendez	democrat		2006 (Appointed to succeed Jon Corzine in January 2006, by-election November 2006)	2012
	Frank Lautenberg	democrat		2002	2008
	Pete Domenici	republican	New Mexico	1972	2008
	Jeff Bingaman	democrat		1982	2012
	Charles Schumer	democrat	new York	1998	2010
	Hillary Clinton	democrat		2000	2012
	Elizabeth Dole	republican	North Carolina	2002	2008
	Richard Burr	republican		2004	2010
	Kent Conrad	democrat	North Dakota	1986	2012
	Byron Dorgan	democrat		1992	2010
	Sherrod Brown	democrat	Ohio	2006	2012
	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
	Bob Casey	democrat		2006	2012
	Jack Reed	democrat	Rhode Island	1996	2008
	Sheldon Whitehouse	democrat		2006	2012
	Lindsey Graham	republican	South carolina	2002	2008
	Jim DeMint	republican		2004	2010
	Tim Johnson	democrat	South Dakota	1996	2008
	John Thune	republican		2004	2010
	Bob Corker	republican	Tennessee	2006	2012
	Lamar Alexander	republican		2002	2008
	Kay Bailey Hutchison	republican	Texas	1993	2012
	John Cornyn	republican		2002	2008
	Orrin Hatch	republican	Utah	1976	2012
	Bob Bennett	republican		1992	2010
	Patrick Leahy	democrat	Vermont	1974	2010
	Bernie Sanders	More independent		2006	2012
	John Warner	republican	Virginia	1978	2008
	Jim Webb	democrat		2006	2012
	Patty Murray	democrat	Washington	1992	2010
	Maria Cantwell	democrat		2000	2012
	Robert Byrd	democrat	West Virginia	1958	2012
	Jay Rockefeller	democrat		1984	2008
	Herb cabbage	democrat	Wisconsin	1988	2012
	Russ Feingold	democrat		1992	2010
	Craig L. Thomas	republican	Wyoming	1996	2007 (died June 4, 2007)
	John Barrasso	republican		2007 (appointed June 22, 2007 to succeed the late Craig Thomas)	2012 (by-election 2008)
	Mike Enzi	republican		1996	2014

See also

• 110th Congress of the United States
• List of members of the House of Representatives in the 110th United States Congress

Web links

• A Chronological Listing of US Senators , PDF format, approx. 333 kB, US Senate