List of Senate Members of the 112th United States Congress

Senatorial Party Membership by State as of December 24, 2010

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 Senate of the 112th Congress was constituted based on the November 2, 2010 election , in which a third of its members were either newly elected or confirmed in office. His term of office began on January 3, 2011 and ends on January 3, 2013.

Parties and parliamentary groups

After the 2010 election, the Democratic group had 53 and the Republican group 47 members.

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 2007 as an independent candidate in the Senate after he had lost the internal party Democratic primary in his state, but was also a member of the Democratic Party and was also the Group of Democrats. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska lost 2010 in the code ( 'primary') of the Republican Party against Joe Miller , but ran as an independent write-in candidate and won the election as such in Alaska. She was still a member of the Republican faction.

Important positions

	position	Surname	Political party	Country	since
	president	Joe Biden	democrat	Delaware	2009
	President pro tempore	Daniel Inouye	democrat	Hawaii	2010
	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	republican	Arizona	2007
	Democratic Conference Chairman	Harry Reid	democrat	Nevada	2005
	Republican Conference Chairman	Lamar Alexander	republican	Tennessee	2007
	Democratic Conference Vice Chairman	Charles Schumer	democrat	new York	2009
	Republican Conference Vice Chairman	John Barrasso	republican	Wyoming	2010
	Democratic Policy Committee Chairman	Charles Schumer	democrat	new York	2011
	Republican Policy Committee Chairman	John Thune	republican	South Dakota	2009
	Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chairman	Patty Murray	democrat	Washington	2011
	National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman	John Cornyn	republican	Texas	2009

List of Senators

	senator	Political party	Country	First elected	Seat until (beginning of January)	Remarks
	Richard Shelby	republican	Alabama	1986	2017
	Jeff Sessions	republican		1996	2015
	Mark Begich	democrat	Alaska	2008	2015
	Lisa Murkowski	republican		2002	2017	Reelected as a Write-In candidate in 2010 after failing to re-nominate her party
	John McCain	republican	Arizona	1986	2017
	Jon Kyl	republican		1994	2013
	John Boozman	republican	Arkansas	2010	2017
	Mark Pryor	democrat		2002	2015
	Mark Udall	democrat	Colorado	2008	2015
	Michael Bennet	democrat		2010 (appointed in 2009)	2017	initially appointed in 2009 to succeed Ken Salazar ; Victory in the 2010 by-election
	Richard Blumenthal	democrat	Connecticut	2010	2017
	Joe Lieberman	More independent		1988	2013
	Chris Coons	democrat	Delaware	2010	2015	Winner of the 2010 by-election for the former seat of Joe Biden, who was elected US Vice President in 2008
	Tom Carper	democrat		2000	2013
	Bill Nelson	democrat	Florida	2000	2013
	Marco Rubio	republican		2010	2017
	Saxby Chambliss	republican	Georgia	2002	2015
	Johnny Isakson	republican		2004	2017
	Daniel Inouye	democrat	Hawaii	1962	17th December 2012	died on December 17, 2012
	Brian darling	democrat		Appointed in 2012	2015	Sworn in on December 27, 2012 for the remainder of the term of the late Daniel Inouye.
	Daniel Akaka	democrat		1990	2013
	Jim Risch	republican	Idaho	2008	2015
	Mike Crapo	republican		1998	2017
	Dick Durbin	democrat	Illinois	1996	2015
	Mark Kirk	republican		2010	2017
	Richard Lugar	republican	Indiana	1976	2013
	Dan Coats	republican		2010	2017
	Chuck Grassley	republican	Iowa	1980	2017
	Tom Harkin	democrat		1984	2015
	Dianne Feinstein	democrat	California	1992	2013
	Barbara Boxer	democrat		1992	2017
	Jerry Moran	republican	Kansas	2010	2017
	Pat Roberts	republican		1996	2015
	Mitch McConnell	republican	Kentucky	1984	2015
	Rand Paul	republican		2010	2017
	Mary Landrieu	democrat	Louisiana	1996	2015
	David Vitter	republican		2004	2017
	Olympia Snowe	republican	Maine	1994	2013
	Susan Collins	republican		1996	2015
	Ben Cardin	democrat	Maryland	2006	2013
	Barbara Mikulski	democrat		1986	2017
	Scott Brown	republican	Massachusetts	2010	2013
	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
	Thad Cochran	republican	Mississippi	1978	2015
	Roger Wicker	republican		2008	2013
	Roy Blunt	republican	Missouri	2010	2017
	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	2017
	John Ensign	republican		2001	2011	Resignation on May 3, 2011
	Dean Heller	republican		2012 (appointed 2011)	2013	appointed after the resignation of John Ensign
	Kelly Ayotte	republican	New Hampshire	2010	2017
	Jeanne Shaheen	democrat		2008	2015
	Bob Menendez	democrat	New Jersey	2006	2013
	Frank Lautenberg	democrat		2002	2015
	Tom Udall	democrat	New Mexico	2008	2015
	Jeff Bingaman	democrat		1982	2013
	Charles Schumer	democrat	new York	1998	2017
	Kirsten Gillibrand	democrat		2010 (appointed in 2009)	2015	Appointed to succeed Hillary Clinton in 2009 ; Victory in the 2010 by-election
	Kay Hagan	democrat	North Carolina	2008	2015
	Richard Burr	republican		2004	2017
	Kent Conrad	democrat	North Dakota	1986	2013
	John Hoeven	republican		2010	2017
	Sherrod Brown	democrat	Ohio	2006	2013
	Rob Portman	republican		2010	2017
	Jim Inhofe	republican	Oklahoma	1994	2015
	Tom Coburn	republican		2004	2017
	Ron Wyden	democrat	Oregon	1996	2017
	Jeff Merkley	democrat		2008	2015
	Pat Toomey	republican	Pennsylvania	2010	2017
	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	2017
	Tim Johnson	democrat	South Dakota	1996	2015
	John Thune	republican		2004	2017
	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
	Mike Lee	republican		2010	2017
	Patrick Leahy	democrat	Vermont	1974	2017
	Bernie Sanders	More independent		2006	2013
	Mark Warner	democrat	Virginia	2008	2015
	Jim Webb	democrat		2006	2013
	Patty Murray	democrat	Washington	1992	2017
	Maria Cantwell	democrat		2000	2013
	Joe Manchin	democrat	West Virginia	2010	2013	Winner of the by-election for the former seat of the late Robert Byrd
	Jay Rockefeller	democrat		1984	2015
	Herb cabbage	democrat	Wisconsin	1988	2013
	Ron Johnson	republican		2010	2017
	John Barrasso	republican	Wyoming	2008	2013
	Mike Enzi	republican		1996	2015

See also

• 112th Congress of the United States
• List of members of the House of Representatives in the 112th United States Congress

Individual evidence

1. ↑ for details see also en: United States Senate election in Alaska, 2010

Web links

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