List of current United States Senators

This is a list of the current members of the United States Senate (114th United States Congress).

U.S. Senate party membership by state. States with two Democratic senators are in blue, states with two Republican senators are in red, and those with one of each are in purple. States with an independent senator are marked with green stripes on a blue or red background, depending on the party of the other senator.

Affiliation		Members
	Republican Party	54
	Democratic Party	44
	Independent	2^{[upper-alpha 1]}
Total		100

Leadership

Office	Party	Officer		State	Since
Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate	Democratic Party		Joe Biden	Delaware	2009
President pro tempore	Republican Party		Orrin Hatch	Utah	2015

Majority (Republican) leadership

Office	Officer	State	Since
Senate Majority Leader	Mitch McConnell	Kentucky	2015
Senate Majority Whip	John Cornyn	Texas	2015
Republican Conference Chairman	John Thune	South Dakota	2015
Republican Conference Vice Chairman	Roy Blunt	Missouri	2015
National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman	Roger Wicker	Mississippi	2015

Election cycles

Key to Senate classes by election year:

Class	Election Year (Nov)	End of Term (Jan)	Democratic	Republican	Independent	Total
1	2018	2019	23	8	2	33
2	2020	2021	11	22		33
3	2016	2017	10	24		34
Total			44	54	2	100

Senators

State	Class	Name	Party	Private Sector Experience	Prior Public Office/Position	Education	Assumed Office	Date of Birth	Term Expires
Alabama	3	Shelby, RichardRichard Shelby	Republican	n/a	U.S. House, Alabama Senate	University of Alabama (B.A.; LL.B.)	January 3, 1987	(1934-05-06) May 6, 1934	January 3, 2017
Alabama	2	Sessions, JeffJeff Sessions	Republican	lawyer in private practice	Alabama Attorney General, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama	Huntingdon College (B.A.) University of Alabama (J.D.)	January 3, 1997	(1946-12-24) December 24, 1946	January 3, 2021
Alaska	3	Murkowski, LisaLisa Murkowski	Republican	lawyer in private practice	Alaska House of Representatives	Georgetown University (B.A.) Willamette University (J.D.)	December 20, 2002	(1957-05-22) May 22, 1957	January 3, 2017
Alaska	2	Sullivan, DanDan Sullivan	Republican	n/a	Commissioner of the Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Alaska Attorney General, Assistant U.S. Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs	Harvard College Georgetown University	January 3, 2015	(1964-11-13) November 13, 1964	January 3, 2021
Arizona	3	McCain, JohnJohn McCain	Republican	n/a	U.S. House, U.S. Navy Captain	United States Naval Academy (B.S.)	January 3, 1987	(1936-08-29) August 29, 1936	January 3, 2017
Arizona	1	Flake, JeffJeff Flake	Republican	nonprofit director	U.S. House	Brigham Young University (B.A.)	January 3, 2013	(1962-12-31) December 31, 1962	January 3, 2019
Arkansas	3	Boozman, JohnJohn Boozman	Republican	optometrist	Rogers Public School board member, U.S. House	University of Arkansas (attended) Southern College of Optometry (O.D.)	January 3, 2011	(1950-12-10) December 10, 1950	January 3, 2017
Arkansas	2	Cotton, TomTom Cotton	Republican	n/a	U.S. House	Harvard University Claremont Graduate University	January 3, 2015	(1977-05-13) May 13, 1977	January 3, 2021
California	1	Feinstein, DianneDianne Feinstein	Democratic	n/a	Mayor of San Francisco, San Francisco Board of Supervisors	Stanford University (B.A.)	November 10, 1992	(1933-06-22) June 22, 1933	January 3, 2019
California	3	Boxer, BarbaraBarbara Boxer	Democratic	stockbroker, journalist	U.S. House, Marin County Board of Supervisors	Brooklyn College (B.A.)	January 3, 1993	(1940-11-11) November 11, 1940	January 3, 2017
Colorado	3	Bennet, MichaelMichael Bennet	Democratic	managing director of an investment firm	Denver Public Schools Superintendent	Wesleyan University (B.A.) Yale University (J.D.)	January 21, 2009	(1964-11-28) November 28, 1964	January 3, 2017
Colorado	2	Gardner, CoryCory Gardner	Republican	n/a	U.S. House, Colorado House of Representatives	Colorado State University University of Colorado Law School	January 3, 2015	(1974-08-22) August 22, 1974	January 3, 2021
Connecticut	3	Blumenthal, RichardRichard Blumenthal	Democratic	n/a	Connecticut Attorney General, Connecticut Senate, Connecticut House of Representatives	Harvard University (B.A.) Trinity College, Cambridge (attended) Yale University (J.D.)	January 5, 2011	(1946-02-13) February 13, 1946	January 3, 2017
Connecticut	1	Murphy, ChrisChris Murphy	Democratic	n/a	U.S. House, Connecticut Senate, Connecticut House of Representatives	Williams College (B.A.) Exeter College, Oxford (attended) University of Connecticut (J.D.)	January 3, 2013	(1973-08-03) August 3, 1973	January 3, 2019
Delaware	1	Carper, TomTom Carper	Democratic	n/a	Governor of Delaware, U.S. House, Delaware State Treasurer	The Ohio State University (B.A.) University of Delaware (M.B.A.)	January 3, 2001	(1947-01-23) January 23, 1947	January 3, 2019
Delaware	2	Coons, ChrisChris Coons	Democratic	worker for nonprofits, lawyer for a manufacturer	County Executive of New Castle County	Amherst College (B.A.) University of Nairobi (attended) Yale University (J.D.; M.A.)	November 15, 2010	(1963-09-09) September 9, 1963	January 3, 2021
Florida	1	Nelson, BillBill Nelson	Democratic	lawyer in private practice	Florida State Treasurer, U.S. House, Florida House of Representatives, NASA Astronaut	University of Florida (attended) Yale University (B.A.) University of Virginia (J.D.)	January 3, 2001	(1942-09-29) September 29, 1942	January 3, 2019
Florida	3	Rubio, MarcoMarco Rubio	Republican	n/a	Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives	University of Florida (B.A.) University of Miami (J.D.)	January 3, 2011	(1971-05-28) May 28, 1971	January 3, 2017
Georgia	3	Isakson, JohnnyJohnny Isakson	Republican	real estate broker	U.S. House, Georgia Senate, Georgia House of Representatives	University of Georgia (B.B.A.)	January 3, 2005	(1944-12-28) December 28, 1944	January 3, 2017
Georgia	2	Perdue, DavidDavid Perdue	Republican	business owner	n/a	Georgia Institute of Technology	January 3, 2015	(1949-12-10) December 10, 1949	January 3, 2021
Hawaii	3	Schatz, BrianBrian Schatz	Democratic	CEO, director of nonprofits	Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii, Hawaii House of Representatives	Pomona College (B.A.)	December 26, 2012	(1972-10-20) October 20, 1972	January 3, 2017
Hawaii	1	Hirono, MazieMazie Hirono	Democratic	lawyer in private practice	U.S. House, Hawaii House of Representatives, Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii	University of Hawaii at Manoa (B.A.) Georgetown University (J.D.)	January 3, 2013	(1947-11-03) November 3, 1947	January 3, 2019
Idaho	3	Crapo, MikeMike Crapo	Republican	n/a	U.S. House, Idaho Senate	Brigham Young University (B.A.) Harvard University (J.D.)	January 3, 1999	(1951-05-20) May 20, 1951	January 3, 2017
Idaho	2	Risch, JimJim Risch	Republican	professor, rancher, president of nonprofit	Governor of Idaho, Lieutenant Governor of Idaho, President pro tempore of the Idaho Senate, Ada County Prosecuting Attorney	University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (attended) University of Idaho (B.S.; J.D.)	January 3, 2009	(1943-05-03) May 3, 1943	January 3, 2021
Illinois	2	Durbin, DickDick Durbin	Democratic	lawyer in private practice, professor	U.S. House	Georgetown University (B.S.; J.D.)	January 3, 1997	(1944-11-21) November 21, 1944	January 3, 2021
Illinois	3	Kirk, MarkMark Kirk	Republican	teacher at a private school	U.S. House	Cornell University (B.A.) London School of Economics (M.A.) Georgetown University (J.D.)	November 29, 2010	(1959-09-15) September 15, 1959	January 3, 2017
Indiana	3	Coats, DanDan Coats	Republican	worker at a life insurance firm	U.S. Ambassador to Germany, U.S. Senate, U.S. House	Wheaton College (B.A.) Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis (J.D.)	January 3, 2011	(1943-05-16) May 16, 1943	January 3, 2017
Indiana	1	Donnelly, JoeJoe Donnelly	Democratic	printer, lawyer in a law firm	U.S. House	University of Notre Dame (B.A.; J.D.)	January 3, 2013	(1955-09-29) September 29, 1955	January 3, 2019
Iowa	3	Grassley, ChuckChuck Grassley	Republican	farmer, sheet metal shearer, assembly line worker	U.S. House, Iowa House of Representatives	University of Northern Iowa (B.A.; M.A.)	January 3, 1981	(1933-09-17) September 17, 1933	January 3, 2017
Iowa	2	Ernst, JoniJoni Ernst	Republican	farmer	Army Commander/Lieutenant Colonel, Iowa Senate	Iowa State University Columbus State University	January 3, 2015	(1970-07-01) July 1, 1970	January 3, 2021
Kansas	2	Roberts, PatPat Roberts	Republican	journalist	U.S. House	Kansas State University (B.A.)	January 3, 1997	(1936-04-20) April 20, 1936	January 3, 2021
Kansas	3	Moran, JerryJerry Moran	Republican	banker, lawyer in a law firm	U.S. House, Kansas Senate	Fort Hays State University (attended) University of Kansas (B.A.; J.D.)	January 3, 2011	(1954-05-29) May 29, 1954	January 3, 2017
Kentucky	2	McConnell, MitchMitch McConnell	Republican	n/a	Jefferson County Executive	University of Louisville (B.A.) University of Kentucky (J.D.)	January 3, 1985	(1942-02-20) February 20, 1942	January 3, 2021
Kentucky	3	Paul, RandRand Paul	Republican	ophthalmologist	Congressional Intern	Baylor University (attended) Duke University (M.D.)	January 3, 2011	(1963-01-07) January 7, 1963	January 3, 2017
Louisiana	3	Vitter, DavidDavid Vitter	Republican	lawyer in private practice, professor	U.S. House, Louisiana House of Representatives	Harvard University (A.B.) Magdalen College, Oxford (B.A.) Tulane University (J.D.)	January 3, 2005	(1961-05-03) May 3, 1961	January 3, 2017
Louisiana	2	Cassidy, BillBill Cassidy	Republican	physician	U.S. House, Louisiana Senate	Louisiana State University(B.A.) LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans (M.D.)	January 3, 2015	(1957-09-28) September 28, 1957	January 3, 2021
Maine	2	Collins, SusanSusan Collins	Republican	n/a	Commissioner of the Maine Department of Professional and Financial Regulation	St. Lawrence University (B.A.)	January 3, 1997	(1952-12-07) December 7, 1952	January 3, 2021
Maine	1	King, AngusAngus King	Independent	founder and vice-president of energy companies	Governor of Maine	Dartmouth College (B.A.) University of Virginia (J.D.)	January 3, 2013	(1944-03-31) March 31, 1944	January 3, 2019
Maryland	3	Mikulski, BarbaraBarbara Mikulski	Democratic	social worker	U.S. House, Baltimore City Council	Mount Saint Agnes College (B.A.) University of Maryland, Baltimore (M.S.W.)	January 3, 1987	(1936-07-20) July 20, 1936	January 3, 2017
Maryland	1	Cardin, BenBen Cardin	Democratic	lawyer in private practice	U.S. House, Maryland House of Delegates	University of Pittsburgh (B.A.) University of Maryland, Baltimore (J.D.)	January 3, 2007	(1943-10-05) October 5, 1943	January 3, 2019
Massachusetts	1	Warren, ElizabethElizabeth Warren	Democratic	lawyer at a law firm and in private practice, law school professor, research associate, vice-president of a nonprofit	Special Assistant to the President	George Washington University (attended) University of Houston (B.A.) Rutgers University, Newark (J.D.)	January 3, 2013	(1949-06-22) June 22, 1949	January 3, 2019
Massachusetts	2	Markey, EdEd Markey	Democratic	lawyer in private practice	U.S. House, Massachusetts House	Boston College (B.A.; J.D.)	July 16, 2013	(1946-07-11) July 11, 1946	January 3, 2021
Michigan	1	Stabenow, DebbieDebbie Stabenow	Democratic	n/a	U.S. House, Michigan Senate, Michigan House of Representatives, Ingham County Board of Commissioners	Michigan State University (B.A.; M.S.W.)	January 3, 2001	(1950-04-29) April 29, 1950	January 3, 2019
Michigan	2	Peters, GaryGary Peters	Democratic	n/a	U.S. House, Michigan Lottery Commissioner, Michigan Senate	Alma College University of Detroit Mercy Wayne State University Michigan State University	January 3, 2015	(1958-12-01) December 1, 1958	January 3, 2021
Minnesota	1	Klobuchar, AmyAmy Klobuchar	Democratic-Farmer-Labor	lawyer in a law firm	Hennepin County Attorney	Yale University (B.A.) University of Chicago (J.D.)	January 3, 2007	(1960-05-25) May 25, 1960	January 3, 2019
Minnesota	2	Franken, AlAl Franken	Democratic-Farmer-Labor	comedian, writer, radio talk show host	n/a	Harvard University (A.B.)	July 7, 2009	(1951-05-21) May 21, 1951	January 3, 2021
Mississippi	2	Cochran, ThadThad Cochran	Republican	lawyer in private practice	U.S. House	University of Mississippi (B.A.; J.D.)	December 27, 1978	(1937-12-07) December 7, 1937	January 3, 2021
Mississippi	1	Wicker, RogerRoger Wicker	Republican	n/a	U.S. House, Mississippi State Senate	University of Mississippi (B.A.; J.D.)	December 31, 2007	(1951-07-05) July 5, 1951	January 3, 2019
Missouri	1	McCaskill, ClaireClaire McCaskill	Democratic	trial lawyer	State Auditor of Missouri, Missouri House of Representatives, Jackson County Prosecutor	University of Missouri (B.S.; J.D.)	January 3, 2007	(1953-07-24) July 24, 1953	January 3, 2019
Missouri	3	Blunt, RoyRoy Blunt	Republican	n/a	U.S. House, Missouri Secretary of State, President of Southwest Baptist University	Southwest Baptist University (B.A.) Missouri State University (M.A.)	January 3, 2011	(1950-01-10) January 10, 1950	January 3, 2017
Montana	1	Tester, JonJon Tester	Democratic	music teacher, farmer	Member and President of the Montana Senate	University of Great Falls (B.S.)	January 3, 2007	(1956-08-21) August 21, 1956	January 3, 2019
Montana	2	Daines, SteveSteve Daines	Republican	n/a	U.S. House	Montana State University	January 3, 2015	(1962-08-20) August 20, 1962	January 3, 2021
Nebraska	1	Fischer, DebDeb Fischer	Republican	rancher	Nebraska Legislature	University of Nebraska-Lincoln (B.S.)	January 3, 2013	(1951-03-01) March 1, 1951	January 3, 2019
Nebraska	2	Sasse, BenBen Sasse	Republican	n/a	President of Midland University	Harvard College St. John's College Yale University	January 3, 2015	(1972-02-22) February 22, 1972	January 3, 2021
Nevada	3	Reid, HarryHarry Reid	Democratic	n/a	U.S. House, Lieutenant Governor of Nevada, Nevada Assembly	Southern Utah University (attended) Utah State University (B.S.) George Washington University (J.D.)	January 3, 1987	(1939-12-02) December 2, 1939	January 3, 2017
Nevada	1	Heller, DeanDean Heller	Republican	stockbroker, stock trader	U.S. House, Nevada Secretary of State, Nevada Assembly	University of Southern California (B.B.A.)	May 9, 2011	(1960-05-10) May 10, 1960	January 3, 2019
New Hampshire	2	Shaheen, JeanneJeanne Shaheen	Democratic	teacher, entrepreneur	Governor of New Hampshire, New Hampshire Senate	Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania (B.A.) University of Mississippi (M.A.)	January 3, 2009	(1947-01-28) January 28, 1947	January 3, 2021
New Hampshire	3	Ayotte, KellyKelly Ayotte	Republican	lawyer in a law firm	New Hampshire Attorney General	Pennsylvania State University (B.A.) Villanova University (J.D.)	January 3, 2011	(1968-06-27) June 27, 1968	January 3, 2017
New Jersey	1	Menendez, BobBob Menendez	Democratic	lawyer in private practice	U.S. House, New Jersey Senate, New Jersey General Assembly, Mayor of Union City	Saint Peter's College (B.A.) Rutgers School of Law (J.D.)	January 18, 2006	(1954-01-01) January 1, 1954	January 3, 2019
New Jersey	2	Booker, CoryCory Booker	Democratic	pro bono lawyer	Mayor of Newark	Stanford University (B.A; M.A.) The Queen's College, Oxford (M.A.) Yale University (J.D.)	October 31, 2013	(1969-04-22) April 22, 1969	January 3, 2021
New Mexico	2	Udall, TomTom Udall	Democratic	n/a	law clerk, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. House, New Mexico Attorney General	Prescott College (B.A.) University of Cambridge (LL.B.) University of New Mexico (J.D.)	January 3, 2009	(1948-05-18) May 18, 1948	January 3, 2021
New Mexico	1	Heinrich, MartinMartin Heinrich	Democratic	non-profit director, consultant	U.S. House, Albuquerque City Council	University of Missouri (B.S.) University of New Mexico (attended)	January 3, 2013	(1971-10-17) October 17, 1971	January 3, 2019
New York	3	Schumer, ChuckChuck Schumer	Democratic	n/a	U.S. House, New York State Assembly	Harvard University (A.B.; J.D.)	January 3, 1999	(1950-11-23) November 23, 1950	January 3, 2017
New York	1	Gillibrand, KirstenKirsten Gillibrand	Democratic	lawyer for law firms, law clerk, special counsel	U.S. House	Dartmouth College (B.A.) University of California, Los Angeles (J.D.)	January 26, 2009	(1966-12-09) December 9, 1966	January 3, 2019
North Carolina	3	Burr, RichardRichard Burr	Republican	sales manager, director of nonprofits	U.S. House	Wake Forest University (B.A.)	January 3, 2005	(1955-11-30) November 30, 1955	January 3, 2017
North Carolina	2	Tillis, ThomThom Tillis	Republican	n/a	Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives	University of Maryland University College	January 3, 2015	(1960-08-30) August 30, 1960	January 3, 2021
North Dakota	3	Hoeven, JohnJohn Hoeven	Republican	banker	Governor of North Dakota	Dartmouth College (B.A.) Northwestern University (M.B.A.)	January 3, 2011	(1957-03-13) March 13, 1957	January 3, 2017
North Dakota	1	Heitkamp, HeidiHeidi Heitkamp	Democratic	lawyer for state government agencies	North Dakota Attorney General, Tax Commissioner of North Dakota	University of North Dakota (B.A.) Lewis and Clark College (J.D.)	January 3, 2013	(1955-10-30) October 30, 1955	January 3, 2019
Ohio	1	Brown, SherrodSherrod Brown	Democratic	Teacher	U.S. House, Ohio Secretary of State, Ohio House of Representatives	Yale University (B.A.) The Ohio State University (M.P.A.; M.A.)	January 3, 2007	(1952-11-09) November 9, 1952	January 3, 2019
Ohio	3	Portman, RobRob Portman	Republican	farm hand, lobbyist, lawyer in a law firm	U.S. House, U.S. Trade Representative, Director of the Office of Management and Budget	Dartmouth College (B.A.) University of Michigan (J.D.)	January 3, 2011	(1955-12-19) December 19, 1955	January 3, 2017
Oklahoma	2	Inhofe, JimJim Inhofe	Republican	businessman, developer, president of insurance company	US Army, U.S. House, Mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma Senate, Oklahoma House of Representatives	University of Tulsa (B.A.)	November 17, 1994	(1934-11-17) November 17, 1934	January 3, 2021
Oklahoma	3	Lankford, JamesJames Lankford	Republican	n/a	U.S. House	University of Texas at Austin Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary	January 3, 2015	(1968-03-04) March 4, 1968	January 3, 2017
Oregon	3	Wyden, RonRon Wyden	Democratic	teacher, nonprofit director	U.S. House	University of California, Santa Barbara (attended) Stanford University (B.A.) University of Oregon (J.D.)	February 6, 1996	(1949-05-03) May 3, 1949	January 3, 2017
Oregon	2	Merkley, JeffJeff Merkley	Democratic	director of nonprofits	technology worker for the DOD, CBO Analyst, Speaker of the Oregon House	Stanford University (B.A.) Princeton University (M.P.P.)	January 3, 2009	(1956-10-24) October 24, 1956	January 3, 2021
Pennsylvania	1	Casey, Jr., BobBob Casey, Jr.	Democratic	teacher, basketball coach, lawyer in private practice	Pennsylvania State Treasurer, Pennsylvania Auditor General	College of the Holy Cross (B.A.) The Catholic University of America (J.D.)	January 3, 2007	(1960-04-13) April 13, 1960	January 3, 2019
Pennsylvania	3	Toomey, PatPat Toomey	Republican	currency trader, restaurant owner	U.S. House	Harvard University (A.B.)	January 3, 2011	(1961-11-17) November 17, 1961	January 3, 2017
Rhode Island	2	Reed, JackJack Reed	Democratic	lawyer at law firms	U.S. Army paratrooper, Company Commander, Battalion Staff Officer, Captain, U.S. House, Rhode Island Senate	United States Military Academy (B.S.) Harvard University (M.P.A., J.D.)	January 3, 1997	(1949-11-12) November 12, 1949	January 3, 2021
Rhode Island	1	Whitehouse, SheldonSheldon Whitehouse	Democratic	n/a	state law clerk, Special Assistant to Attorney General, Governor's Executive Counsel, Rhode Island Attorney General, U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island, Rhode Island Director of Business Regulation	Yale University (B.A.) University of Virginia (J.D.)	January 3, 2007	(1955-10-20) October 20, 1955	January 3, 2019
South Carolina	2	Graham, LindseyLindsey Graham	Republican	lawyer in private practice	judge advocate, military prosecutor, U.S. House, South Carolina House of Representatives	University of South Carolina (B.A.; J.D.)	January 3, 2003	(1955-07-09) July 9, 1955	January 3, 2021
South Carolina	3	Scott, TimTim Scott	Republican	insurance agent, financial adviser	U.S. House, South Carolina House of Representatives, Charleston County Council	Presbyterian College (attended) Charleston Southern University (B.S.)	January 2, 2013	(1965-11-19) November 19, 1965	January 3, 2017
South Dakota	3	Thune, JohnJohn Thune	Republican	legislative aide, director of SD Republican Party, director of Municipal League, Railroad Director	U.S. House	Biola University (B.A.) University of South Dakota (M.B.A.)	January 3, 2005	(1961-01-07) January 7, 1961	January 3, 2017
South Dakota	2	Rounds, MikeMike Rounds	Republican	n/a	Governor of South Dakota, South Dakota Senate	South Dakota State University	January 3, 2015	(1954-10-24) October 24, 1954	January 3, 2021
Tennessee	2	Alexander, LamarLamar Alexander	Republican	n/a	law clerk, Senate staffer, Governor of Tennessee, U.S. Secretary of Education	Vanderbilt University (B.A.) New York University (J.D.)	January 3, 2003	(1940-07-03) July 3, 1940	January 3, 2021
Tennessee	1	Corker, BobBob Corker	Republican	construction laborer and superintendent, owner of construction and real estate companies	Mayor of Chattanooga, Tennessee Commissioner of Finance and Administration	University of Tennessee (B.S.)	January 3, 2007	(1952-08-24) August 24, 1952	January 3, 2019
Texas	2	Cornyn, JohnJohn Cornyn	Republican	lawyer	state district judge, Texas Attorney General, Associate Justice of the Texas Supreme Court	Trinity University (B.A.) St Mary's University (J.D.) University of Virginia (LL.M.)	December 1, 2002	(1952-02-02) February 2, 1952	January 3, 2021
Texas	1	Cruz, TedTed Cruz	Republican	lawyer in a law firm	Law clerk in 4th Circuit and Supreme Court, associate deputy attorney general, policy planner, Solicitor General of Texas	Princeton University (B.A.) Harvard University (J.D.)	January 3, 2013	(1970-12-22) December 22, 1970	January 3, 2019
Utah	1	Hatch, OrrinOrrin Hatch	Republican	janitor, construction worker, bishop, lawyer	n/a	Brigham Young University (B.A.) University of Pittsburgh (J.D.)	January 3, 1977	(1934-03-22) March 22, 1934	January 3, 2019
Utah	3	Lee, MikeMike Lee	Republican	lawyer in a law firm	law clerk for U.S. District Court and 3rd Circuit Court, Assistant U.S. Attorney	Brigham Young University (B.A.; J.D.)	January 3, 2011	(1971-06-04) June 4, 1971	January 3, 2017
Vermont	3	Leahy, PatrickPatrick Leahy	Democratic	lawyer in private practice	Chittenden County State's Attorney	Saint Michael's College (B.A.) Georgetown University (J.D.)	January 3, 1975	(1940-03-31) March 31, 1940	January 3, 2017
Vermont	1	Sanders, BernieBernie Sanders	Democratic^[4]^[5]/Independent	filmmaker, carpenter,^[6] writer, researcher, professor	Mayor of Burlington, U.S. House	Brooklyn College (attended) University of Chicago (B.A.)	January 3, 2007	(1941-09-08) September 8, 1941	January 3, 2019
Virginia	2	Warner, MarkMark Warner	Democratic	businessman, venture capitalist	Governor of Virginia, Chairman of the Virginia Democratic Party	George Washington University (B.A.) Harvard University (J.D.)	January 3, 2009	(1954-12-15) December 15, 1954	January 3, 2021
Virginia	1	Kaine, TimTim Kaine	Democratic	missionary, law clerk, lawyer in private practice, teacher	Governor of Virginia, Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, Mayor of Richmond, city councilman, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee	University of Missouri (B.A.) Harvard University (J.D.)	January 3, 2013	(1958-02-26) February 26, 1958	January 3, 2019
Washington	3	Murray, PattyPatty Murray	Democratic	preschool teacher, parenting teacher, lobbyist	Washington Senate, Shoreline School District Board of Directors	Washington State University (B.A.)	January 3, 1993	(1950-10-11) October 11, 1950	January 3, 2017
Washington	1	Cantwell, MariaMaria Cantwell	Democratic	marketing vice-president	U.S. House, Washington House of Representatives	Miami University (B.A.)	January 3, 2001	(1958-10-13) October 13, 1958	January 3, 2019
West Virginia	1	Manchin, JoeJoe Manchin	Democratic	president of a coal mining company	Governor of West Virginia, West Virginia Secretary of State, West Virginia Senate, West Virginia House of Delegates	West Virginia University (B.S.)	November 15, 2010	(1947-08-24) August 24, 1947	January 3, 2019
West Virginia	2	Moore Capito, ShelleyShelley Moore Capito	Republican	n/a	U.S. House	Duke University Curry School of Education	January 3, 2015	(1953-11-26) November 26, 1953	January 3, 2021
Wisconsin	3	Johnson, RonRon Johnson	Republican	accountant, CEO of plastics manufacturer	n/a	University of Minnesota (B.A.)	January 3, 2011	(1955-04-08) April 8, 1955	January 3, 2017
Wisconsin	1	Baldwin, TammyTammy Baldwin	Democratic	lawyer in private practice	U.S. House, Wisconsin State Assembly, Dane County, Wisconsin Board of Supervisors	Smith College (B.A.) University of Wisconsin - Madison (J.D.)	January 3, 2013	(1962-02-11) February 11, 1962	January 3, 2019
Wyoming	2	Enzi, MikeMike Enzi	Republican	shoe salesman, president of nonprofit	Wyoming Air National Guard, member of Coal Advisory Committee (Department of Interior), accountant for an oil drilling company, executive director for a gas/coal/utilities company, Wyoming Senate, Wyoming House of Representatives, Mayor of Gillette	George Washington University (B.S.) University of Denver (M.B.A.)	January 3, 1997	(1944-02-01) February 1, 1944	January 3, 2021
Wyoming	1	Barrasso, JohnJohn Barrasso	Republican	physician in private practice, orthopedic surgeon, chief of staff of a medical center, president/physician for several nonprofits	Wyoming Senate	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (attended) Georgetown University (B.A.; M.D.)	June 25, 2007	(1952-07-21) July 21, 1952	January 3, 2019

Notes

↑ Senators Angus King of Maine and Bernie Sanders of Vermont caucus with the Democratic Party. Senator Sanders is a candidate for the Democratic Party's nomination for the 2016 Presidential election but remains an independent member of the Senate.^[1]^[2]^[3]

United States Congress

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House	Current by seniority Dean of the House Former representatives Living Oldest living Earliest serving Expelled, censured, and reprimanded Deaths by year

Leaders

Senate	President (list) President pro tempore Majority and minority leaders Assistant party leaders Democratic Caucus (Chair Secretary Policy Committee Chair) Republican Conference (Chair Vice-Chair Policy Committee Chair)

House	Speaker Leaders Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group Democratic Caucus Republican Conference

Districts

Caucuses,
women and
minorities

Offices, employees, services, and the Capitol Complex

Legislative
offices

Offices

Senate	Curator Historical Library

House	Congressional Ethics Emergency Planning, Preparedness, and Operations Interparliamentary Affairs Law Revision Counsel Library

Employees

Senate	Secretary Chaplain Curator Historian Librarian Pages Parliamentarian Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper

House	Chaplain Chief Administrative Officer Clerk Doorkeeper Floor Operations Floor Services Chief Historian Pages (Page Board) Parliamentarian Postmaster Reading Clerk Sergeant at Arms

Library of
Congress

Government
Publishing Office

Capitol

Office
buildings

Senate	Dirksen Hart Russell

House	Building Commission Cannon Ford Longworth O'Neill Rayburn

Other
facilities

Powers, privileges, procedure, committees, history, and media

Powers	Article I Copyright Commerce (Dormant) Contempt of Congress Declaration of war Impeachment Naturalization "Necessary and Proper" Power of enforcement Taxing/spending

Privileges and benefits	Salaries Franking Immunity

Procedure	Act of Congress (list) Appropriation bill Budget resolution Closed sessions (House) Closed sessions (Senate) Cloture Concurrent resolution Continuing resolution Dear colleague letter Discharge petition Engrossed bill Enrolled bill Expulsion Joint resolution Joint session (list) Lame-duck session Majority of the majority (Hastert Rule) Multiple referral Procedures (House) Reconciliation Rider Saxbe fix Sponsorship Suspension of the rules Unanimous consent Veto Line-item veto Pocket veto Veto override

Senate-specific	Advice and consent Classes Executive communication Executive session Filibuster Jefferson's Manual Journal Nuclear option Presiding Officer Recess appointment Riddick's Senate Procedure Senate hold Senatorial courtesy Seniority Standing Rules Tie-breaking votes Traditions Treaty Clause

Committees	Chairman and ranking member Of the Whole Conference Discharge petition Hearings Markup Oversight List (Joint) List (House) List (Senate) Select and special Standing Subcommittees

Items	Gavels Mace of the House

History	Divided government House Gerrymandering Party control Senate Senate election disputes

Media	C-SPAN Congressional Quarterly The Hill Politico Roll Call

Websites: House of Representatives; Senate

Order of Precedence in the United States of America*

The President The Vice President The Governors of the States The Mayors of the Cities The Speaker of the House The Chief Justice Former President Carter Former President GHW Bush Former President Clinton Former President GW Bush Ambassadors of the United States The Secretary of State Mrs. Reagan The Associate Justices Retired Justice Stevens Retired Justice O'Connor Retired Justice Souter The President's Cabinet The President Pro Tempore of the Senate The Senate Former Vice President Mondale Former Vice President Quayle Former Vice President Gore Former Vice President Cheney The House of Representatives

*not including acting officeholders, visiting dignitaries, auxiliary executive and military personnel and most diplomats

References

↑ Sander's Senate bio http://www.sanders.senate.gov/about. Retrieved 22 December 2015. Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ "Sander's Senate Committee assignments". Retrieved 22 December 2015.
↑ "Sanders Opposes Spending Package". Sanders Senate office press release identifying himself as (I-VT). Retrieved 22 December 2015.
↑ Meckler, Laura and Nicholas, Peter. "Questions Loom About Bernie Sanders Qualifying for First Democratic Primary", Wall Street Journal (November 4, 2015).
↑ Ronayne, Kathleen (November 5, 2015). "Sanders declares as Democrat in NH primary". Burlington Free Press.
↑ http://thehill.com/people/bernie-sanders

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