List of Senate Members of the 116th 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 composition of the Senate of the 116th Congress goes back to the Senate election on November 6, 2018 , in which a third of its members were newly elected or re-elected. His term of office began on January 3, 2019 and ends on January 3, 2021.
Party system
The Republican group has 53 members and the Democratic group 47 members.
Senators Bernie Sanders from Vermont and Senator Angus King from Maine do not belong to any party, but are members of the Democratic Faction.
Important positions
List of Senate Members (as of January 6, 2020)
senator | Political party | Country | First elected | Seat until (beginning of January) |
Remarks | |
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Richard Shelby | republican | Alabama | 1986 | 2023 | ||
Doug Jones | democrat | 2018 | 2021 | |||
Lisa Murkowski | republican | Alaska | 2004 (appointed in 2002) | 2023 | ||
Dan Sullivan | republican | 2014 | 2021 | |||
Martha McSally | republican | Arizona | Appointed in 2019 | 2021 | ||
Kyrsten Sinema | democrat | 2018 | 2025 | |||
John Boozman | republican | Arkansas | 2010 | 2023 | ||
Tom Cotton | republican | 2014 | 2021 | |||
Michael Bennet | democrat | Colorado | 2010 (appointed in 2009) | 2023 | ||
Cory Gardner | republican | 2014 | 2021 | |||
Richard Blumenthal | democrat | Connecticut | 2010 | 2023 | ||
Chris Murphy | democrat | 2012 | 2025 | |||
Tom Carper | democrat | Delaware | 2000 | 2025 | ||
Chris Coons | democrat | 2010 | 2021 | |||
Rick Scott | republican | Florida | 2018 | 2025 | Scott took up his mandate late January 8, 2019; From January 3rd to 7th, 2019 this seat was vacant | |
Marco Rubio | republican | 2010 | 2023 | |||
Johnny Isakson | republican | Georgia | 2004 | 2023 | Resigned on December 31, 2019 | |
Kelly Loeffler | republican | Appointed in 2020 | 2020 | Appointed to succeed Isakson on January 3, 2020 until the by-election on November 3, 2020 | ||
David Perdue | republican | 2014 | 2021 | |||
Brian darling | democrat | Hawaii | 2014 (appointed 2012) | 2023 | ||
Mazie Hirono | democrat | 2012 | 2025 | |||
Mike Crapo | republican | Idaho | 1998 | 2023 | ||
Jim Risch | republican | 2008 | 2021 | |||
Dick Durbin | democrat | Illinois | 1996 | 2021 | ||
Tammy Duckworth | democrat | 2016 | 2023 | |||
Todd Young | republican | Indiana | 2016 | 2023 | ||
Mike Braun | republican | 2018 | 2025 | |||
Chuck Grassley | republican | Iowa | 1980 | 2023 | ||
Joni Ernst | republican | 2014 | 2021 | |||
Dianne Feinstein | democrat | California | 1992 | 2025 | ||
Kamala Harris | democrat | 2016 | 2023 | |||
Pat Roberts | republican | Kansas | 1996 | 2021 | ||
Jerry Moran | republican | 2010 | 2023 | |||
Mitch McConnell | republican | Kentucky | 1984 | 2021 | ||
Rand Paul | republican | 2010 | 2023 | |||
John Neely Kennedy | republican | Louisiana | 2016 | 2023 | ||
Bill Cassidy | republican | 2014 | 2021 | |||
Susan Collins | republican | Maine | 1996 | 2021 | ||
Angus King | More independent | 2012 | 2025 | |||
Chris Van Hollen | democrat | Maryland | 2016 | 2023 | ||
Ben Cardin | democrat | 2006 | 2025 | |||
Elizabeth Warren | democrat | Massachusetts | 2012 | 2025 | ||
Ed Markey | democrat | 2013 | 2021 | |||
Debbie Stabenow | democrat | Michigan | 2000 | 2025 | ||
Gary Peters | democrat | 2014 | 2021 | |||
Amy Klobuchar | democrat | Minnesota | 2006 | 2025 | ||
Tina Smith | democrat | 2018 (appointed) | 2021 | |||
Cindy Hyde-Smith | republican | Mississippi | 2018 (appointed) | 2021 | ||
Roger Wicker | republican | 2008 | 2025 | |||
Josh Hawley | republican | Missouri | 2018 | 2025 | ||
Roy Blunt | republican | 2010 | 2023 | |||
Jon Tester | democrat | Montana | 2006 | 2025 | ||
Steve Daines | republican | 2014 | 2021 | |||
Deb Fischer | republican | Nebraska | 2012 | 2025 | ||
Ben Sasse | republican | 2014 | 2021 | |||
Catherine Cortez Masto | democrat | Nevada | 2016 | 2023 | ||
Jacky roses | democrat | 2018 | 2025 | |||
Jeanne Shaheen | democrat | New Hampshire | 2008 | 2021 | ||
Maggie Hassan | democrat | 2016 | 2023 | |||
Bob Menendez | democrat | New Jersey | 2006 | 2025 | ||
Cory Booker | democrat | 2013 | 2021 | |||
Tom Udall | democrat | New Mexico | 2008 | 2021 | ||
Martin Heinrich | democrat | 2012 | 2025 | |||
Charles Schumer | democrat | new York | 1998 | 2023 | ||
Kirsten Gillibrand | democrat | 2013 (appointed in 2009) | 2025 | |||
Richard Burr | republican | North Carolina | 2004 | 2023 | ||
Thom Tillis | republican | 2014 | 2021 | |||
John Hoeven | republican | North Dakota | 2010 | 2023 | ||
Kevin Cramer | republican | 2018 | 2025 | |||
Sherrod Brown | democrat | Ohio | 2006 | 2025 | ||
Rob Portman | republican | 2010 | 2023 | |||
Jim Inhofe | republican | Oklahoma | 1994 | 2021 | ||
James Lankford | republican | 2014 | 2023 | |||
Ron Wyden | democrat | Oregon | 1996 | 2023 | ||
Jeff Merkley | democrat | 2008 | 2021 | |||
Bob Casey | democrat | Pennsylvania | 2006 | 2025 | ||
Pat Toomey | republican | 2010 | 2023 | |||
Jack Reed | democrat | Rhode Island | 1996 | 2021 | ||
Sheldon Whitehouse | democrat | 2006 | 2025 | |||
Lindsey Graham | republican | South carolina | 2002 | 2021 | ||
Tim Scott | republican | 2014 (appointed in 2013) | 2021 | |||
John Thune | republican | South Dakota | 2004 | 2023 | ||
Mike Rounds | republican | 2014 | 2021 | |||
Lamar Alexander | republican | Tennessee | 2002 | 2021 | ||
Marsha Blackburn | republican | 2018 | 2025 | |||
John Cornyn | republican | Texas | 2002 | 2021 | ||
Ted Cruz | republican | 2012 | 2025 | |||
Mitt Romney | republican | Utah | 2018 | 2025 | ||
Mike Lee | republican | 2010 | 2023 | |||
Patrick Leahy | democrat | Vermont | 1974 | 2023 | ||
Bernie Sanders | More independent | 2006 | 2025 | |||
Mark Warner | democrat | Virginia | 2008 | 2021 | ||
Tim Kaine | democrat | 2012 | 2025 | |||
Patty Murray | democrat | Washington | 1992 | 2023 | ||
Maria Cantwell | democrat | 2000 | 2025 | |||
Joe Manchin | democrat | West Virginia | 2010 | 2025 | ||
Shelley Moore Capito | republican | 2014 | 2021 | |||
Ron Johnson | republican | Wisconsin | 2010 | 2023 | ||
Tammy Baldwin | democrat | 2012 | 2025 | |||
Mike Enzi | republican | Wyoming | 1996 | 2021 | ||
John Barrasso | republican | 2008 (appointed in 2007) | 2025 |