List of current members of the United States Senate
The United States Senate consists of 100 members, two from each of the 50 states. Below is a list of the current U.S. Senators, sitting in the 115th United States Congress.
Party affiliation
Affiliation | Members | Women | Men | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican Party | 51 | 6 | 45 | |
Democratic Party | 47 | 17 | 30 | |
Independent | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 2 | |
Total | 100 | 23 | 77 |
Leadership
Office | Party | Officer | State | Since | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
President of the Senate[lower-alpha 2] | Republican | Mike Pence | Indiana[lower-alpha 3] | January 20, 2017 | |
President pro tempore | Republican | Orrin Hatch | Utah | January 3, 2015 Party Dean since January 3, 2013 |
Majority leadership
Office | Officer | State | Since |
---|---|---|---|
Senate Majority Leader | Mitch McConnell | Kentucky | January 3, 2015 Party Leader since January 3, 2007 |
Senate Majority Whip | John Cornyn | Texas | January 3, 2015 Party Whip since January 3, 2013 |
Chair, Republican Conference | John Thune | South Dakota | January 26, 2012 |
Chair, Senate Republican Policy Committee | John Barrasso | Wyoming | January 3, 2013 |
Vice Chair, Republican Conference | Roy Blunt | Missouri | January 3, 2013 |
Chair, National Republican Senatorial Committee | Cory Gardner | Colorado | January 3, 2017 |
Chair, Senate Republican Steering Committee | Mike Lee | Utah | January 3, 2015 |
Senate Republican Chief Deputy Whip | Mike Crapo | Idaho | January 3, 2013 |
Minority leadership
Senators
- Legend
Democratic Republican Independent
State | Portrait | Name | Born | Occupation(s) | Previous office(s) |
Assumed office | Seat up | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alabama | Richard Shelby | May 6, 1934 | Lawyer | U.S. House Alabama Senate |
January 3, 1987 | 2022 | ||
Doug Jones[lower-alpha 4] | May 4, 1954 | Senate staffer; Lawyer |
U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama | January 3, 2018 | 2020 | |||
Alaska | Lisa Murkowski | May 22, 1957 | Lawyer | Alaska House of Representatives | December 20, 2002 | 2022 | ||
Dan Sullivan | November 13, 1964 | U.S. Marine officer; Lawyer |
Alaska Attorney General U.S. Assistant Secretary of State |
January 3, 2015 | 2020 | |||
Arizona | Jeff Flake | December 31, 1962 | Nonprofit organization executive | U.S. House | January 3, 2013 | 2018 | ||
Jon Kyl[lower-alpha 5] | April 25, 1942 | Lawyer and lobbyist | U.S. Senate[lower-alpha 6] U.S. House |
September 5, 2018 | 2020 (special), 2022 (regular) | |||
Arkansas | John Boozman | December 10, 1950 | Optometrist | U.S. House Rogers Public Schools Board |
January 3, 2011 | 2022 | ||
Tom Cotton | May 13, 1977 | Lawyer United States Army officer |
U.S. House | January 3, 2015 | 2020 | |||
California | Dianne Feinstein | June 22, 1933 | Non-profit organization fellow | San Francisco Mayor San Francisco Board of Supervisors Member, California Women's Parole Board. |
November 10, 1992 | 2018 | ||
Kamala Harris | October 20, 1964 | Lawyer | California Attorney General San Francisco District Attorney |
January 3, 2017 | 2022 | |||
Colorado | Michael Bennet | November 28, 1964 | Public School Administrator | Denver Public Schools Superintendent | January 22, 2009 | 2022 | ||
Cory Gardner | August 22, 1974 | Lawyer;
Businessperson |
U.S. House Colorado House |
January 3, 2015 | 2020 | |||
Connecticut | Richard Blumenthal | February 13, 1946 | Marine Corps Reserve Sergeant; Senate staffer; Lawyer |
Connecticut Attorney General Connecticut Senate Connecticut House United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut |
January 3, 2011 | 2022 | ||
Chris Murphy | August 3, 1973 | Lawyer; Political campaign manager |
U.S. House Connecticut Senate Connecticut House |
January 3, 2013 | 2018 | |||
Delaware | Tom Carper | January 23, 1947 | U.S. Navy officer; Delaware Office of Economic Development |
Delaware Governor U.S. House Delaware Treasurer |
January 3, 2001 | 2018 | ||
Chris Coons | September 9, 1963 | Nonprofit organization executive; Lawyer |
New Castle County executive | November 15, 2010 | 2020 | |||
Florida | Bill Nelson | September 29, 1942 | Lawyer | Florida Treasurer U.S. House Florida House |
January 3, 2001 | 2018 | ||
Marco Rubio | May 28, 1971 | Lawyer | Florida House Speaker West Miami City Commission |
January 3, 2011 | 2022 | |||
Georgia | Johnny Isakson | December 28, 1944 | Real estate broker | U.S. House Georgia House Georgia State Senate |
January 3, 2005 | 2022 | ||
David Perdue | December 10, 1949 | Corporate executive | None | January 3, 2015 | 2020 | |||
Hawaii | Brian Schatz | October 20, 1972 | Nonprofit organization executive | Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii Hawaii House |
December 26, 2012 | 2022 | ||
Mazie Hirono | November 3, 1947 | Lawyer | U.S. House Hawaii House Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii |
January 3, 2013 | 2018 | |||
Idaho | Mike Crapo | May 20, 1951 | Lawyer | U.S. House Idaho Senate |
January 3, 1999 | 2022 | ||
Jim Risch | May 3, 1943 | Professor; Rancher; Nonprofit organization executive |
Governor of Idaho Lieutenant Governor of Idaho Idaho Senate President pro tempore |
January 3, 2009 | 2020 | |||
Illinois | Dick Durbin | November 21, 1944 | Lawyer; Professor |
U.S. House | January 3, 1997 | 2020 | ||
Tammy Duckworth | March 12, 1968 | National Guard officer Staff supervisor, Rotary International |
U.S. House U.S. Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs Illinois Director of Veterans Affairs |
January 3, 2017 | 2022 | |||
Indiana | Joe Donnelly | September 29, 1955 | Printer; Lawyer |
U.S. House | January 3, 2013 | 2018 | ||
Todd Young | August 24, 1972 | Marine Corps rifleman; Naval intelligence officer; Professor; Consultant |
U.S. House | January 3, 2017 | 2022 | |||
Iowa | Chuck Grassley | September 17, 1933 | Farmer; College professor |
U.S. House Iowa House |
January 3, 1981 | 2022 | ||
Joni Ernst | July 1, 1970 | Farmer; National Guard officer |
Iowa Senate | January 3, 2015 | 2020 | |||
Kansas | Pat Roberts | April 20, 1936 | United States Marine Corps officer; Journalist; U.S. Senate staff member; U.S. House staff member |
U.S. House | January 3, 1997 | 2020 | ||
Jerry Moran | May 29, 1954 | Banker; Lawyer |
U.S. House Kansas Senate |
January 3, 2011 | 2022 | |||
Kentucky | Mitch McConnell | February 20, 1942 | Lawyer; U.S. Senate staff member |
U.S. Deputy Assistant Attorney General Judge-Executive of Jefferson County |
January 3, 1985 | 2020 | ||
Rand Paul | January 7, 1963 | Ophthalmologist | None | January 3, 2011 | 2022 | |||
Louisiana | Bill Cassidy | September 28, 1957 | Physician | U.S. House Louisiana Senate |
January 3, 2015 | 2020 | ||
John Kennedy | November 21, 1951 | Magazine editor; Lawyer; Professor Staff of Louisiana Governor Buddy Roemer |
Louisiana Treasurer Secretary, Louisiana Department of Revenue |
January 3, 2017 | 2022 | |||
Maine | Susan Collins | December 7, 1952 | House staffer; Senate staffer; Regional director, SBA; Nonprofit organization executive |
Deputy Treasurer, MA
Professional and Financial Regulation Commissioner, ME |
January 3, 1997 | 2020 | ||
Angus King | March 31, 1944 | Lawyer; Senate staffer; Business founder Corporate executive; Public television news program host |
Maine Governor | January 3, 2013 | 2018 | |||
Maryland | Ben Cardin | October 5, 1943 | Lawyer | U.S. House Speaker of the Maryland House |
January 3, 2007 | 2018 | ||
Chris Van Hollen | January 10, 1959 | U.S. Senate staff member; Maryland Governor's legislative advisor; Lawyer |
U.S. House Maryland General Assembly |
January 3, 2017 | 2022 | |||
Massachusetts | Elizabeth Warren | June 22, 1949 | Lawyer; Professor; Research associate; Nonprofit organization executive |
COP Chair CFPB Special Advisor |
January 3, 2013 | 2018 | ||
Ed Markey | July 11, 1946 | Member, United States Army Reserve Lawyer |
U.S. House Massachusetts House |
July 16, 2013 | 2020 | |||
Michigan | Debbie Stabenow | April 29, 1950 | Social worker; Leadership training consultant |
U.S. House Michigan House Michigan Senate |
January 3, 2001 | 2018 | ||
Gary Peters | December 1, 1958 | Financial advisor; Lecturer |
U.S. House Michigan Senate |
January 3, 2015 | 2020 | |||
Minnesota | Amy Klobuchar | May 25, 1960 | Lawyer | Hennepin County Attorney | January 3, 2007 | 2018 | ||
Tina Smith[lower-alpha 7] | March 4, 1958 | Public relations consultant; Nonprofit organization executive Chief of staff to the Governor of Minnesota |
Minnesota Lieutenant Governor | January 3, 2018 | 2018 (special), 2020 (regular) | |||
Mississippi | Roger Wicker | July 5, 1951 | U.S. Air Force officer/Judge Advocate; U.S. House staffer; Lawyer |
U.S. House Mississippi Senate |
December 31, 2007 | 2018 | ||
Cindy Hyde-Smith[lower-alpha 8] | May 10, 1959 | Farmer | Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Mississippi Senate |
April 9, 2018 | 2018 (special), 2020 (regular) | |||
Missouri | Claire McCaskill | July 24, 1953 | Lawyer; Jackson County Assistant Prosecutor |
Missouri Auditor Missouri House Jackson County Legislature Jackson County Prosecutor |
January 3, 2007 | 2018 | ||
Roy Blunt | January 10, 1950 | University president | U.S. House Missouri Secretary of State Greene County Clerk |
January 3, 2011 | 2022 | |||
Montana | Jon Tester | August 21, 1956 | Music teacher; Farmer |
Montana Senate President Big Sandy School Board |
January 3, 2007 | 2018 | ||
Steve Daines | August 20, 1962 | Businessperson | U.S. House | January 3, 2015 | 2020 | |||
Nebraska | Deb Fischer | March 1, 1951 | Rancher | Nebraska Legislature | January 3, 2013 | 2018 | ||
Ben Sasse | February 22, 1972 | Management consultant; Nonprofit organization executive; House staffer; Professor; University president |
Asst Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (HHS) | January 3, 2015 | 2020 | |||
Nevada | Dean Heller | May 10, 1960 | Stockbroker; Stock trader |
U.S. House Nevada Secretary of State Nevada Assembly |
May 9, 2011 | 2018 | ||
Catherine Cortez Masto | March 29, 1964 | Lawyer | Nevada Attorney General | January 3, 2017 | 2022 | |||
New Hampshire | Jeanne Shaheen | January 28, 1947 | Teacher; Entrepreneur |
New Hampshire Governor New Hampshire Senate |
January 3, 2009 | 2020 | ||
Maggie Hassan | February 27, 1958 | Lawyer | New Hampshire Governor New Hampshire Senate |
January 3, 2017 | 2022 | |||
New Jersey | Bob Menendez | January 1, 1954 | Lawyer | U.S. House New Jersey General Assembly New Jersey Senate |
January 18, 2006 | 2018 | ||
Cory Booker | April 27, 1969 | Lawyer | Newark Mayor Newark Municipal Council |
October 31, 2013 | 2020 | |||
New Mexico | Tom Udall | May 18, 1948 | Lawyer | U.S. House New Mexico Attorney General Assistant U.S. Attorney |
January 3, 2009 | 2020 | ||
Martin Heinrich | October 17, 1971 | Nonprofit organization executive; Consultant |
U.S. House Albuquerque City Council |
January 3, 2013 | 2018 | |||
New York | Chuck Schumer | November 23, 1950 | Lawyer | U.S. House New York Assembly |
January 3, 1999 | 2022 | ||
Kirsten Gillibrand | December 9, 1966 | Lawyer | U.S. House U.S. HUD special counsel |
January 26, 2009 | 2018 | |||
North Carolina | Richard Burr | November 30, 1955 | Sales manager; Nonprofit organization executive |
U.S. House | January 3, 2005 | 2022 | ||
Thom Tillis | August 30, 1960 | Business consultant | North Carolina House Speaker | January 3, 2015 | 2020 | |||
North Dakota | John Hoeven | March 13, 1957 | Banker | North Dakota Governor | January 3, 2011 | 2022 | ||
Heidi Heitkamp | October 30, 1955 | Lawyer | North Dakota Attorney General Tax Commissioner |
January 3, 2013 | 2018 | |||
Ohio | Sherrod Brown | November 9, 1952 | Teacher | U.S. House Ohio Secretary of State Ohio House |
January 3, 2007 | 2018 | ||
Rob Portman | December 19, 1955 | Lawyer | U.S. House U.S. Trade Representative OMB Director |
January 3, 2011 | 2022 | |||
Oklahoma | Jim Inhofe | November 17, 1934 | Businessperson; Real estate developer; Corporate executive |
U.S. House Tulsa Mayor Oklahoma Senate Oklahoma House |
November 17, 1994 | 2020 | ||
James Lankford | March 4, 1968 | Nonprofit program director | U.S. House | January 3, 2015 | 2022 | |||
Oregon | Ron Wyden | May 3, 1949 | Teacher; Nonprofit organization executive |
U.S. House | February 6, 1996 | 2022 | ||
Jeff Merkley | October 24, 1956 | Nonprofit organization executive; CBO analyst, Defense Department |
Oregon House Speaker | January 3, 2009 | 2020 | |||
Pennsylvania | Bob Casey Jr. | April 13, 1960 | Teacher; Lawyer |
Pennsylvania Treasurer Pennsylvania Auditor |
January 3, 2007 | 2018 | ||
Pat Toomey | November 17, 1961 | Currency trader; Restaurant owner |
U.S. House | January 3, 2011 | 2022 | |||
Rhode Island | Jack Reed | November 12, 1949 | Lawyer; Army Reserve officer; Army officer |
U.S. House Rhode Island Senate |
January 3, 1997 | 2020 | ||
Sheldon Whitehouse | October 20, 1955 | Lawyer | Rhode Island Attorney General United States Attorney for Rhode Island |
January 3, 2007 | 2018 | |||
South Carolina | Lindsey Graham | July 9, 1955 | Lawyer; Air Force Reserve officer |
U.S. House South Carolina House |
January 3, 2003 | 2020 | ||
Tim Scott | September 19, 1965 | Insurance agent; Financial adviser |
U.S. House South Carolina House Charleston County Council |
January 2, 2013 | 2022 | |||
South Dakota | John Thune | January 7, 1961 | Nonprofit organization executive; State Railroad Director |
U.S. House South Dakota Republican Party Executive Director |
January 3, 2005 | 2022 | ||
Mike Rounds | October 24, 1954 | Businessperson | South Dakota Governor South Dakota Senate |
January 3, 2015 | 2020 | |||
Tennessee | Lamar Alexander | July 3, 1940 | Senate staffer; Lawyer; Businessperson |
Tennessee Governor U.S. Secretary of Education |
January 3, 2003 | 2020 | ||
Bob Corker | August 24, 1952 | Real estate developer; Property manager |
Chattanooga Mayor Commissioner of Finance and Administration for Tennessee |
January 3, 2007 | 2018 | |||
Texas | John Cornyn | February 2, 1952 | Lawyer | San Antonio District Judge Texas Attorney General Texas Supreme Court (Associate Justice) |
December 1, 2002 | 2020 | ||
Ted Cruz | December 22, 1970 | Lawyer |
U.S. Assoc. Deputy AG Texas Solicitor General |
January 3, 2013 | 2018 | |||
Utah | Orrin Hatch | March 22, 1934 | Lawyer | None | January 3, 1977 | 2018 | ||
Mike Lee | June 4, 1971 | Lawyer; Governor's General Counsel |
Assistant U.S. Attorney | January 3, 2011 | 2022 | |||
Vermont | Patrick Leahy | March 31, 1940 | Lawyer | Chittenden County State's Attorney | January 3, 1975 | 2022 | ||
Bernie Sanders | September 8, 1941 | Filmmaker; Carpenter; Writer; Researcher |
U.S. House Burlington Mayor |
January 3, 2007 | 2018 | |||
Virginia | Mark Warner | December 15, 1954 | Businessperson; Venture capitalist |
Virginia Governor Virginia Democratic Party Chair |
January 3, 2009 | 2020 | ||
Tim Kaine | February 26, 1958 | Missionary; Lawyer; Teacher |
Virginia Governor Lt. Governor Democratic National Committee Chair Mayor of Richmond |
January 3, 2013 | 2018 | |||
Washington | Patty Murray | October 11, 1950 | Teacher; Lobbyist |
Washington Senate Shoreline School Board |
January 3, 1993 | 2022 | ||
Maria Cantwell | October 13, 1958 | Marketing Vice President | U.S. House Washington House |
January 3, 2001 | 2018 | |||
West Virginia | Joe Manchin | August 24, 1947 | Corporate executive | West Virginia Governor West Virginia Secretary of State West Virginia House West Virginia Senate |
November 15, 2010 | 2018 | ||
Shelley Moore Capito | November 26, 1953 | College career counselor Director, state Board of Regents educational information center |
U.S. House West Virginia House |
January 3, 2015 | 2020 | |||
Wisconsin | Ron Johnson | April 8, 1955 | Accountant; Corporate executive |
None | January 3, 2011 | 2022 | ||
Tammy Baldwin | February 11, 1962 | Lawyer | U.S. House Wisconsin Assembly |
January 3, 2013 | 2018 | |||
Wyoming | Mike Enzi | February 1, 1944 | Nonprofit organization executive; Accountant CEO |
Wyoming House Wyoming Senate |
January 3, 1997 | 2020 | ||
John Barrasso | July 21, 1952 | Orthopedic surgeon; Medical chief of staff; Nonprofit organization executive |
Wyoming Senate | June 25, 2007 | 2018 |
See also
Notes
- ↑ Senators Angus King of Maine and Bernie Sanders of Vermont caucus with the Democratic Party.
- ↑ The Vice President of the United States is the President of the Senate
- ↑ As Vice President, Pence represents no state, but his home state is Indiana.
- ↑ Elected to the seat to succeed Luther Strange, who had been appointed to the seat following Jeff Sessions's resignation.[1]
- ↑ Appointed to the seat after John McCain's death.
- ↑ Jon Kyl previously served in the U.S. Senate from 1995 to 2013.
- ↑ Appointed to the seat after Al Franken's resignation.[2]
- ↑ Appointed to the seat after Thad Cochran's resignation.
References
- ↑ "Jones victorious in stunning Alabama Senate upset". AP News. Retrieved December 13, 2017.
- ↑ "Franken to make announcement Thursday as chorus grows for his resignation". ABC7 Chicago. December 6, 2017. Retrieved December 9, 2017.
This article is issued from
Wikipedia.
The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike.
Additional terms may apply for the media files.