List of Senate Members of the 111th 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.
The term of office of the Senate of the 111th Congress, a third of which had emerged from the Senate election on November 4, 2008 , began on January 3, 2009; it met on January 6, 2009 for its constituent meeting.
Party system
After the 2008 election, the Democratic parliamentary group initially consisted of 58 and the Republican parliamentary group 41 members of the Senate. On April 28, 2009, the former Republican Senator Arlen Specter from Pennsylvania publicly announced his move to the Democrats. One of the two seats from Minnesota was vacant for half a year, as the validity of votes was still being litigated after a close result. The Minnesota Supreme Court dismissed Norm Coleman's lawsuit , whereupon Governor Tim Pawlenty signed the bill of appointment for Al Franken , who was sworn in on July 7, 2009. The ratio between the factions was now 60:40 in favor of the Democrats. This meant that the Democrats, with a closed vote of all parliamentary group members, could prevent the Republicans from preventing a resolution by filibusters , for which a three-fifths majority ( super majority ) is required.
With the death of Senator Edward Kennedy , the number of Senate seats in the Democratic Group was reduced to 59; after the appointment of Paul G. Kirk as successor to Kennedy, it was in the meantime again 60. Since the Republican Scott Brown then won the necessary by-election on January 19, 2010 in Massachusetts against the Democratic candidate Martha Coakley and was sworn in on February 4, 2010, With this seat in the Senate, the Democrats also lost their "super majority". Due to the death of Robert Byrd in June 2010, the number of Senate members was again reduced to 99 for a short time and the number of members of the Democratic Group to 58. His successor, the Democrat Carte Goodwin , was sworn in on July 20, 2010. As part of the election on November 2, 2010, the official election took place for the former seats of Joe Biden - the senator from Delaware had his seat after his election as US vice president resigned - and Robert Byrd instead. Since with Chris Coons and Joe Manchin two Democrats won these seats, nothing changed in the strength of the faction in the Senate. Furthermore, a new senator for the former headquarters was Barack Obama elected: For who had taken office in January 2009, US president was Roland Burris under dubious circumstances by Governor Rod Blagojevich senator for Illinois appointed. Burris did not run in the by-election, which Republican Mark Kirk won. After he took office on November 29, 2010, the ratio of the parliamentary groups to the end of the session was 58:42.
Senator Bernie Sanders from Vermont did not belong to any party but was a member of the Democratic Group. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut withdrew in 2008 as an independent candidate in the Senate one, after he had lost the internal party Democratic primary in his state, but remained a member of the Democratic Party and also belonged to the faction of the Democrats.
Important positions
List of Senators
senator | Political party | Country | First elected | Seat until (beginning of January, unless otherwise noted) * | Remarks | |
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Richard Shelby | republican | Alabama | 1986 | 2011 | ||
Jeff Sessions | republican | 1996 | 2015 | |||
Mark Begich | democrat | Alaska | 2008 | 2015 | ||
Lisa Murkowski | republican | 2002 | 2011 | (lost to the internal party primary; started as a write-in candidate in November 2010 and won the election) | ||
John McCain | republican | Arizona | 1986 | 2011 | ||
Jon Kyl | republican | 1994 | 2013 | |||
Blanche Lincoln | democrat | Arkansas | 1998 | 2011 | ||
Mark Pryor | democrat | 2002 | 2015 | |||
Mark Udall | democrat | Colorado | 2008 | 2015 | ||
Ken Salazar | democrat | 2004 | 2009 | (Resignation January 20, 2009 due to appointment as Secretary of the Interior) | ||
Michael Bennet | democrat | 2010 | 2017 | ( Appointed to succeed Ken Salazar on January 21, 2009 ; won the November 2010 election) | ||
Chris Dodd | democrat | Connecticut | 1980 | 2011 | ||
Joe Lieberman | More independent | 1988 | 2013 | |||
Joe Biden | democrat | Delaware | 1972 | 2009 | (Resignation January 15, 2009 before taking office as Vice President of the USA) | |
Ted Kaufman | democrat | 2009 | 2010 | (Appointed to succeed Joe Biden on January 16, 2009; resignation on November 15, 2010 following the election of Chris Coons) | ||
Chris Coons | democrat | 2010 | 2015 | (won the by-election for the former Joe Biden seat in November 2010) | ||
Tom Carper | democrat | 2000 | 2013 | |||
Bill Nelson | democrat | Florida | 2000 | 2013 | ||
Mel Martinez | republican | 2004 | 2009 | (resigned September 9, 2009) | ||
George LeMieux | republican | Appointed in 2009 | 2011 | (appointed as successor to Mel Martínez on September 10, 2009) | ||
Saxby Chambliss | republican | Georgia | 2002 | 2015 | ||
Johnny Isakson | republican | 2004 | 2011 | |||
Daniel Inouye | democrat | Hawaii | 1962 | 2011 | ||
Daniel Akaka | democrat | 1990 | 2013 | |||
Jim Risch | republican | Idaho | 2008 | 2015 | ||
Mike Crapo | republican | 1998 | 2011 | |||
Dick Durbin | democrat | Illinois | 1996 | 2015 | ||
Roland Burris | democrat | 2009 | 2010 | (Already appointed on December 30, 2008, during the 110th Congress, under controversial circumstances as the successor to the retired Barack Obama , who was elected President of the USA , but was not sworn in until January 15, 2009; resigned on November 29, 2010) | ||
Mark Kirk | republican | 2010 | 2017 | (won the election on November 2, 2010 and was sworn in on November 29, 2010 for the remainder of his predecessor's term in office, Roland Burris) | ||
Richard Lugar | republican | Indiana | 1976 | 2013 | ||
Evan Bayh | democrat | 1998 | 2011 | |||
Chuck Grassley | republican | Iowa | 1980 | 2011 | ||
Tom Harkin | democrat | 1984 | 2015 | |||
Dianne Feinstein | democrat | California | 1992 | 2013 | ||
Barbara Boxer | democrat | 1992 | 2011 | |||
Sam Brownback | republican | Kansas | 1996 | 2011 | ||
Pat Roberts | republican | 1996 | 2015 | |||
Mitch McConnell | republican | Kentucky | 1984 | 2015 | ||
Jim Bunning | republican | 1998 | 2011 | |||
Mary Landrieu | democrat | Louisiana | 1996 | 2015 | ||
David Vitter | republican | 2004 | 2011 | |||
Olympia Snowe | republican | Maine | 1994 | 2013 | ||
Susan Collins | republican | 1996 | 2015 | |||
Ben Cardin | democrat | Maryland | 2006 | 2013 | ||
Barbara Mikulski | democrat | 1986 | 2011 | |||
Edward Kennedy | democrat | Massachusetts | 1962 | 2009 | (died on August 25, 2009) | |
Paul G. Kirk | democrat | 2009 (appointed) | 2010 | (Appointed after Edward Kennedy's death on September 24, 2009 and sworn in on September 25; in office until February 4, 2010) | ||
Scott Brown | republican | 2009 | 2013 | (won by-election for the former seat of Edward Kennedy in November 2009) | ||
John Kerry | democrat | 1984 | 2015 | |||
Carl Levin | democrat | Michigan | 1978 | 2015 | ||
Debbie Stabenow | democrat | 2000 | 2013 | |||
Amy Klobuchar | democrat | Minnesota | 2006 | 2013 | ||
Al Franks | democrat | 2008 | 2015 | (sworn in on July 7, 2009, after the Minnesota Supreme Court dismissed Norm Coleman's lawsuit against a narrow victory for Francs after a recount) | ||
Thad Cochran | republican | Mississippi | 1978 | 2015 | ||
Roger Wicker | republican | 2008 | 2013 | (Appointed to succeed Trent Lott on December 31, 2007 ; won by-election in November 2008) | ||
Kit Bond | republican | Missouri | 1986 | 2011 | ||
Claire McCaskill | democrat | 2006 | 2013 | |||
Max Baucus | democrat | Montana | 1978 | 2015 | ||
Jon Tester | democrat | 2006 | 2013 | |||
Mike Johanns | republican | Nebraska | 2008 | 2015 | ||
Ben Nelson | democrat | 2000 | 2013 | |||
Harry Reid | democrat | Nevada | 1986 | 2011 | ||
John Ensign | republican | 2000 | 2013 | |||
Judd Gregg | republican | New Hampshire | 1992 | 2011 | ||
Jeanne Shaheen | democrat | 2008 | 2015 | |||
Bob Menendez | democrat | New Jersey | 2006 | 2013 | ( Appointed to succeed Jon Corzine in January 2006 ; won the election in November 2006) | |
Frank Lautenberg | democrat | 2002 | 2015 | |||
Tom Udall | democrat | New Mexico | 2008 | 2015 | ||
Jeff Bingaman | democrat | 1982 | 2013 | |||
Charles Schumer | democrat | new York | 1998 | 2011 | ||
Hillary Clinton | democrat | 2000 | 2009 | (Resignation on January 21, 2009 when appointed Secretary of State) | ||
Kirsten Gillibrand | democrat | Appointed in 2009 | 2013 | (sworn in on January 27, 2009 as appointed successor to Hillary Clinton; won by-election on November 2, 2010) | ||
Kay Hagan | democrat | North Carolina | 2008 | 2015 | ||
Richard Burr | republican | 2004 | 2011 | |||
Kent Conrad | democrat | North Dakota | 1986 | 2013 | ||
Byron Dorgan | democrat | 1992 | 2011 | |||
Sherrod Brown | democrat | Ohio | 2006 | 2013 | ||
George Voinovich | republican | 1998 | 2011 | |||
Jim Inhofe | republican | Oklahoma | 1994 | 2015 | ||
Tom Coburn | republican | 2004 | 2011 | |||
Ron Wyden | democrat | Oregon | 1996 | 2011 | ||
Jeff Merkley | democrat | 2008 | 2015 | |||
Arlen Specter | democrat | Pennsylvania | 1980 | 2011 | (elected Republican, declared converting to Democrats on April 28, 2009) | |
Bob Casey | democrat | 2006 | 2013 | |||
Jack Reed | democrat | Rhode Island | 1996 | 2015 | ||
Sheldon Whitehouse | democrat | 2006 | 2013 | |||
Lindsey Graham | republican | South carolina | 2002 | 2015 | ||
Jim DeMint | republican | 2004 | 2011 | |||
Tim Johnson | democrat | South Dakota | 1996 | 2015 | ||
John Thune | republican | 2004 | 2011 | |||
Bob Corker | republican | Tennessee | 2006 | 2013 | ||
Lamar Alexander | republican | 2002 | 2015 | |||
Kay Bailey Hutchison | republican | Texas | 1993 | 2013 | ||
John Cornyn | republican | 2002 | 2015 | |||
Orrin Hatch | republican | Utah | 1976 | 2013 | ||
Bob Bennett | republican | 1992 | 2011 | |||
Patrick Leahy | democrat | Vermont | 1974 | 2011 | ||
Bernie Sanders | More independent | 2006 | 2013 | |||
Mark Warner | democrat | Virginia | 2008 | 2015 | ||
Jim Webb | democrat | 2006 | 2013 | |||
Patty Murray | democrat | Washington | 1992 | 2011 | ||
Maria Cantwell | democrat | 2000 | 2013 | |||
Robert Byrd | democrat | West Virginia | 1958 | 2010 | (died on June 28, 2010) | |
Goodwin card | democrat | 2010 | 2010 | (appointed on June 28, 2010 to succeed the late Robert Byrd; resignation on November 15, 2010) | ||
Joe Manchin | democrat | 2010 | 2013 | (won the by-election for the former seat of Robert Byrd in November 2010) | ||
Jay Rockefeller | democrat | 1984 | 2015 | |||
Herb cabbage | democrat | Wisconsin | 1988 | 2013 | ||
Russ Feingold | democrat | 1992 | 2011 | |||
John Barrasso | republican | Wyoming | 2008 | 2013 | (Appointed in 2007) | |
Mike Enzi | republican | 1996 | 2015 |
* In each case the end of the current term of office, without taking into account later re-elections.
See also
- 111th Congress of the United States
- List of members of the House of Representatives in the 111th United States Congress
Individual evidence
Web links
- A Chronological Listing of US Senators , PDF format, approx. 333 kB, US Senate