Historian of the United States Senate

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The Historian of the United States Senate and United States Senate Historical Office were created in 1975 to record and preserve historical information about the United States Senate. The current Historian of the Senate is Richard A. Baker.

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Serving as the Senate's institutional memory, the Historical Office collects and provides information on important events, precedents, dates, statistics, and historical comparisons of current and past Senate activities for use by members and staff, the media, scholars, and the general public. The office advises senators and committees on cost-effective disposition of their non-current office files, assists researchers seeking access to Senate records, and maintains automated information databases detailing locations of former members' papers.

It conducts oral history interviews with retired senior Senate staff and keeps extensive biographical and bibliographical information on former senators. Associate Historian Donald A. Ritchie has done an extensive number of these interviews, many of which are available on the Senate website. A collection of more than thirty thousand Senate-related photographs and other illustrations is available for research and publication use. The Historical Office and its staff has also produced numerous publications through the years, covering all aspects of Senate history.

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v • d • e United States Congress (House of Representatives, Senate — 110th Congress)

Members	Congress: Current, Freshmen, Longest serving \| House: Current by seniority, Former members, Oldest living \| Senate: Current by age, Current by seniority; Former, Former still living, Age/seniority, Expelled/censured, Classes

Leaders	House: Speaker (list), Party leaders, Party whips, Dem. caucus, Rep. conference, Dean \| Senate: President pro tempore (list), Party leaders, Assistant party leaders, Dem. Caucus (Chair, Secretary, Policy comm. chair), Rep. Conference (Chair, Vice-Chair, Policy comm. chair), Dean

Groups	African Americans, Asian Pacific Americans, Caucuses, Committees, Demographics, Hispanic Americans, Senate Women, House Women

Agencies, Employees & Offices	Architect of the Capitol, Capitol Guide Service (board), Capitol Police (board), Chiefs of Staff, GAO, Government Printing Office, Law Revision Counsel, Librarian of Congress, Poet laureate \| House: Chaplain, Chief Administrative Officer, Clerk, Doorkeeper, Emergency Planning, Preparedness, and Operations, Historian, Page (board), Parliamentarian, Postmaster, Reading clerk, Recording Studio, Sergeant at Arms \| Senate: Chaplain, Curator, Historian, Librarian, Page, Parliamentarian, Secretary, Sergeant at Arms

Politics & Procedure	Act of Congress (list), Caucuses, Committees, Hearings, Joint session, Oversight, Party divisions, Rider \| House: Committees, History, Procedures \| Senate: Committees, Filibuster, History, Jefferson's Manual, Traditions, VPs' tie-breaking votes

Buildings	Botanic Garden, Capitol, Capitol Complex, Office buildings (House: Cannon, Ford, Longworth, O'Neill, Rayburn, Senate: Dirksen, Hart, Russell)

Research	Biographical directory, Congressional Quarterly, Congressional Record, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, The Hill, Roll Call, THOMAS

Misc	List of lists, Congressional districts (by area), Mace of the House, Power of enforcement, Scandals, Softball League

Websites: House of Representatives \| Senate