List of current United States Senators

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.

There are 100 senators, two from each U.S. state. This is a list of the current members of the United States Senate (114th United States Congress).

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 President of the Senate	Democratic		Joe Biden	Delaware	January 20, 2009
President pro tempore	Republican		Orrin Hatch	Utah	January 3, 2015

Majority (Republican) leadership

Office	Officer	State	Since
Senate Majority Leader	Mitch McConnell	Kentucky	January 3, 2015 Party Leader from January 3, 2007
Senate Majority Whip	John Cornyn	Texas	January 3, 2015 Party Whip from January 3, 2013
Chair, Republican Conference	John Thune	South Dakota	January 3, 2015
Vice Chair, Republican Conference	Roy Blunt	Missouri	January 3, 2013
Chair, National Republican Senatorial Committee	Roger Wicker	Mississippi	January 3, 2013
Chair, Senate Republican Policy Committee	John Barrasso	Wyoming	January 3, 2013

Minority (Democratic) leadership

Office	Officer	State	Since
Senate Minority Leader Chair, Democratic Caucus	Harry Reid	Nevada	January 3, 2015 Party Leader from January 3, 2005
Senate Minority Whip	Dick Durbin	Illinois	January 3, 2015 Party Whip from January 3, 2005
Chair, Senate Democratic Policy Committee	Chuck Schumer	New York	January 3, 2011
Vice Chair, Democratic Caucus	Chuck Schumer	New York	January 3, 2011
Secretary, Democratic Caucus	Patty Murray	Washington	January 3, 2007
Chair, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee	Jon Tester	Montana	January 3, 2015

Election cycles

Key to Senate classes by election year:

Class	Election Year (Nov)	End of Term	Democratic	Republican	Independent	Total
1	2018	January 3, 2019	23	8	2	33
2	2020	January 3, 2021	11	22		33
3	2022	January 3, 2023	10	24		34
Total			44	54	2	100

Senators

State	Class	Name	Party	Private Sector Experience	Public Sector Experience	Education	Assumed Office	Born	Seat Up
Alabama	3	Shelby, RichardRichard Shelby	Republican	None	U.S. House, Alabama Senate	University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa (BA; LLB) Birmingham School of Law (JD)	January 3, 1987	(1934-05-06) May 6, 1934	2022
Alabama	2	Sessions, JeffJeff Sessions	Republican	Lawyer in private practice	Alabama Attorney General, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama	Huntingdon College (BA) University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa (JD)	January 3, 1997	(1946-12-24) December 24, 1946	2020
Alaska	3	Murkowski, LisaLisa Murkowski	Republican	Lawyer in private practice	Alaska House	Georgetown University (BA) Willamette University (JD)	December 20, 2002	(1957-05-22) May 22, 1957	2022
Alaska	2	Sullivan, DanDan Sullivan	Republican	Lawyer in private practice	Alaska Natural Resources Commissioner, Alaska Attorney General, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs	Harvard University (BA) Georgetown University (MS; JD)	January 3, 2015	(1964-11-13) November 13, 1964	2020
Arizona	3	McCain, JohnJohn McCain	Republican	None	U.S. House, U.S. Navy Captain	United States Naval Academy (BS)	January 3, 1987	(1936-08-29) August 29, 1936	2022
Arizona	1	Flake, JeffJeff Flake	Republican	Nonprofit director	U.S. House	Brigham Young University, Utah (BA; MA)	January 3, 2013	(1962-12-31) December 31, 1962	2018
Arkansas	3	Boozman, JohnJohn Boozman	Republican	Optometrist	Rogers Public School Board, U.S. House	University of Arkansas, Fayetteville (attended) Southern College of Optometry (OD)	January 3, 2011	(1950-12-10) December 10, 1950	2022
Arkansas	2	Cotton, TomTom Cotton	Republican	Lawyer	U.S. House	Harvard University (BA; JD) Claremont Graduate University (attended)	January 3, 2015	(1977-05-13) May 13, 1977	2020
California	1	Feinstein, DianneDianne Feinstein	Democratic	None	San Francisco Mayor, San Francisco Board	Stanford University (BA)	November 10, 1992	(1933-06-22) June 22, 1933	2018
California	3	Boxer, BarbaraBarbara Boxer	Democratic	Stockbroker, journalist	U.S. House, Marin County Board	Brooklyn College (BA)	January 3, 1993	(1940-11-11) November 11, 1940	2016
Colorado	3	Bennet, MichaelMichael Bennet	Democratic	Managing director of an investment firm	Denver Public Schools Superintendent	Wesleyan University (BA) Yale University (JD)	January 21, 2009	(1964-11-28) November 28, 1964	2022
Colorado	2	Gardner, CoryCory Gardner	Republican	None	U.S. House, Colorado House	Colorado State University, Fort Collins (BA) University of Colorado, Boulder (JD)	January 3, 2015	(1974-08-22) August 22, 1974	2020
Connecticut	3	Blumenthal, RichardRichard Blumenthal	Democratic	None	Connecticut Attorney General, Connecticut Senate, Connecticut House	Harvard University (BA) Trinity College, Cambridge (attended) Yale University (JD)	January 5, 2011	(1946-02-13) February 13, 1946	2022
Connecticut	1	Murphy, ChrisChris Murphy	Democratic	None	U.S. House, Connecticut Senate, Connecticut House	Williams College (BA) University of Connecticut, Hartford (JD)	January 3, 2013	(1973-08-03) August 3, 1973	2018
Delaware	1	Carper, TomTom Carper	Democratic	None	Delaware Governor, U.S. House, Delaware Treasurer	Ohio State University (BA) University of Delaware, Newark (MBA)	January 3, 2001	(1947-01-23) January 23, 1947	2018
Delaware	2	Coons, ChrisChris Coons	Democratic	Nonprofit work, lawyer for a manufacturer	New Castle County Executive	Amherst College (BA) Yale University (JD; MA)	November 15, 2010	(1963-09-09) September 9, 1963	2020
Florida	1	Nelson, BillBill Nelson	Democratic	Lawyer in private practice	Florida Treasurer, U.S. House, Florida House, Astronaut	University of Florida (attended) Yale University (BA) University of Virginia (JD)	January 3, 2001	(1942-09-29) September 29, 1942	2018
Florida	3	Rubio, MarcoMarco Rubio	Republican	Lawyer in private practice	Florida House Speaker	Tarkio College (attended) Santa Fe College (attended) University of Florida (BA) University of Miami (JD)	January 3, 2011	(1971-05-28) May 28, 1971	2022
Georgia	3	Isakson, JohnnyJohnny Isakson	Republican	Real estate broker	U.S. House, Georgia Senate, Georgia House	University of Georgia (BBA)	January 3, 2005	(1944-12-28) December 28, 1944	2022
Georgia	2	Perdue, DavidDavid Perdue	Republican	Chief executive officer	None	Georgia Institute of Technology (BS; MS)	January 3, 2015	(1949-12-10) December 10, 1949	2020
Hawaii	3	Schatz, BrianBrian Schatz	Democratic	CEO, director of nonprofits	Hawaii Lieutenant Governor, Hawaii House	Pomona College (BA)	December 26, 2012	(1972-10-20) October 20, 1972	2022
Hawaii	1	Hirono, MazieMazie Hirono	Democratic	Lawyer in private practice	U.S. House, Hawaii House, Hawaii Lieutenant Governor	University of Hawaii, Manoa (BA) Georgetown University (JD)	January 3, 2013	(1947-11-03) November 3, 1947	2018
Idaho	3	Crapo, MikeMike Crapo	Republican	Lawyer	U.S. House, Idaho Senate	Brigham Young University, Utah (BA) Harvard University (JD)	January 3, 1999	(1951-05-20) May 20, 1951	2022
Idaho	2	Risch, JimJim Risch	Republican	Professor, rancher, president of nonprofit	Idaho Governor, Idaho Lieutenant Governor, Idaho Senate President pro tempore, Ada County Attorney	University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (attended) University of Idaho, Moscow (BS; JD)	January 3, 2009	(1943-05-03) May 3, 1943	2020
Illinois	2	Durbin, DickDick Durbin	Democratic	Lawyer in private practice, professor	U.S. House	Georgetown University (BS; JD)	January 3, 1997	(1944-11-21) November 21, 1944	2020
Illinois	3	Kirk, MarkMark Kirk	Republican	Teacher at a private school	U.S. House	Blackburn College (attended) Cornell University (BA) London School of Economics (MS) Georgetown University (JD)	November 29, 2010	(1959-09-15) September 15, 1959	2016
Indiana	3	Coats, DanDan Coats	Republican	Life insurance firm work	U.S. Ambassador to Germany, U.S. Senate, U.S. House	Wheaton College, Illinois (BA) Indiana University, Indianapolis (JD)	January 3, 2011	(1943-05-16) May 16, 1943	2016
Indiana	1	Donnelly, JoeJoe Donnelly	Democratic	Printer, lawyer in a law firm	U.S. House	University of Notre Dame (BA; JD)	January 3, 2013	(1955-09-29) September 29, 1955	2018
Iowa	3	Grassley, ChuckChuck Grassley	Republican	Farmer, sheet metal shearer, assembly line worker	U.S. House, Iowa House	University of Northern Iowa (BA; MA) University of Iowa (attended)	January 3, 1981	(1933-09-17) September 17, 1933	2022
Iowa	2	Ernst, JoniJoni Ernst	Republican	Farmer	U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel, Iowa Senate	Iowa State University (BA) Columbus State University (MPA)	January 3, 2015	(1970-07-01) July 1, 1970	2020
Kansas	2	Roberts, PatPat Roberts	Republican	Journalist	U.S. House	Kansas State University, Manhattan (BA)	January 3, 1997	(1936-04-20) April 20, 1936	2020
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, Lawrence (BS; JD)	January 3, 2011	(1954-05-29) May 29, 1954	2022
Kentucky	2	McConnell, MitchMitch McConnell	Republican	None	U.S. Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs, Jefferson County Executive	University of Louisville (BA) University of Kentucky (JD)	January 3, 1985	(1942-02-20) February 20, 1942	2020
Kentucky	3	Paul, RandRand Paul	Republican	Ophthalmologist	Congressional Intern	Baylor University (attended) Duke University (MD)	January 3, 2011	(1963-01-07) January 7, 1963	2022
Louisiana	3	Vitter, DavidDavid Vitter	Republican	Lawyer in private practice, professor	U.S. House, Louisiana House	Harvard University (BA) Magdalen College, Oxford (BA) Tulane University (JD)	January 3, 2005	(1961-05-03) May 3, 1961	2016
Louisiana	2	Cassidy, BillBill Cassidy	Republican	Physician	U.S. House, Louisiana Senate	Louisiana State University, Baton Rogue (BS) Louisiana State University, New Orleans (MD)	January 3, 2015	(1957-09-28) September 28, 1957	2020
Maine	2	Collins, SusanSusan Collins	Republican	Executive director of the Center for Family Business at Husson University	Maine Professional and Financial Regulation Commissioner	St. Lawrence University (BA)	January 3, 1997	(1952-12-07) December 7, 1952	2020
Maine	1	King, AngusAngus King	Independent	Founder and vice president of energy companies	Maine Governor	Dartmouth College (BA) University of Virginia (JD)	January 3, 2013	(1944-03-31) March 31, 1944	2018
Maryland	3	Mikulski, BarbaraBarbara Mikulski	Democratic	Social worker	U.S. House, Baltimore City Council	Mount St. Agnes College (BA) University of Maryland, Baltimore (MSW)	January 3, 1987	(1936-07-20) July 20, 1936	2016
Maryland	1	Cardin, BenBen Cardin	Democratic	Lawyer in private practice	U.S. House, Maryland House	University of Pittsburgh (BA) University of Maryland, Baltimore (JD)	January 3, 2007	(1943-10-05) October 5, 1943	2018
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	CFPB Director, COP Chair	George Washington University (attended) University of Houston (BS) Rutgers University, Newark (JD)	January 3, 2013	(1949-06-22) June 22, 1949	2018
Massachusetts	2	Markey, EdEd Markey	Democratic	Lawyer in private practice	U.S. House, Massachusetts House	Boston College (BA; JD)	July 16, 2013	(1946-07-11) July 11, 1946	2020
Michigan	1	Stabenow, DebbieDebbie Stabenow	Democratic	None	U.S. House, Michigan Senate, Michigan House, Ingham County Board	Michigan State University (BA; MSW)	January 3, 2001	(1950-04-29) April 29, 1950	2018
Michigan	2	Peters, GaryGary Peters	Democratic	Financial advisor, lecturer	U.S. House, Michigan Lottery Commissioner, Michigan Senate	Alma College (BA) University of Detroit (MBA) Wayne State University (JD) Michigan State University (MA)	January 3, 2015	(1958-12-01) December 1, 1958	2020
Minnesota	1	Klobuchar, AmyAmy Klobuchar	Democratic	Lawyer in a law firm	Hennepin County Attorney	Yale University (BA) University of Chicago (JD)	January 3, 2007	(1960-05-25) May 25, 1960	2018
Minnesota	2	Franken, AlAl Franken	Democratic	Comedian, writer, radio talk show host	None	Harvard University (BA)	July 7, 2009	(1951-05-21) May 21, 1951	2020
Mississippi	2	Cochran, ThadThad Cochran	Republican	Lawyer in private practice	U.S. House	University of Mississippi, Oxford (BA; JD)	December 27, 1978	(1937-12-07) December 7, 1937	2020
Mississippi	1	Wicker, RogerRoger Wicker	Republican	None	U.S. House, Mississippi Senate	University of Mississippi, Oxford (BA; JD)	December 31, 2007	(1951-07-05) July 5, 1951	2018
Missouri	1	McCaskill, ClaireClaire McCaskill	Democratic	Trial lawyer	Missouri Auditor, Missouri House, Jackson County Attorney	University of Missouri, Columbia (BS; JD)	January 3, 2007	(1953-07-24) July 24, 1953	2018
Missouri	3	Blunt, RoyRoy Blunt	Republican	President of Southwest Baptist University	U.S. House, Missouri Secretary of State	Southwest Baptist University, Bolivar (BA) Missouri State University, Springfield (MA)	January 3, 2011	(1950-01-10) January 10, 1950	2022
Montana	1	Tester, JonJon Tester	Democratic	Music teacher, farmer	Montana Senate President	University of Great Falls (BS)	January 3, 2007	(1956-08-21) August 21, 1956	2018
Montana	2	Daines, SteveSteve Daines	Republican	Businessperson	U.S. House	Montana State University, Bozeman (BS)	January 3, 2015	(1962-08-20) August 20, 1962	2020
Nebraska	1	Fischer, DebDeb Fischer	Republican	Rancher	Nebraska Legislature	University of Nebraska, Lincoln (BS)	January 3, 2013	(1951-03-01) March 1, 1951	2018
Nebraska	2	Sasse, BenBen Sasse	Republican	President of Midland University	U.S. Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Planning and Evaluation	Harvard University (BA) St. John's College, Maryland (MA) Yale University (MA, MPhil, PhD)	January 3, 2015	(1972-02-22) February 22, 1972	2020
Nevada	3	Reid, HarryHarry Reid	Democratic	None	U.S. House, Nevada Lieutenant Governor, Nevada Assembly	Southern Utah University (attended) Utah State University, Logan (BS) George Washington University (JD)	January 3, 1987	(1939-12-02) December 2, 1939	2016
Nevada	1	Heller, DeanDean Heller	Republican	Stockbroker, stock trader	U.S. House, Nevada Secretary of State, Nevada Assembly	University of Southern California (BBA)	May 9, 2011	(1960-05-10) May 10, 1960	2018
New Hampshire	2	Shaheen, JeanneJeanne Shaheen	Democratic	Teacher, entrepreneur	New Hampshire Governor, New Hampshire Senate	Shippensburg University (BA) University of Mississippi, Oxford (MSS)	January 3, 2009	(1947-01-28) January 28, 1947	2020
New Hampshire	3	Ayotte, KellyKelly Ayotte	Republican	Lawyer in a law firm	New Hampshire Attorney General	Pennsylvania State University, University Park (BA) Villanova University (JD)	January 3, 2011	(1968-06-27) June 27, 1968	2016
New Jersey	1	Menendez, BobBob Menendez	Democratic	Lawyer in private practice	U.S. House, New Jersey Senate, New Jersey General Assembly, Union City Mayor	St. Peter's University (BA) Rutgers University, Newark (JD)	January 18, 2006	(1954-01-01) January 1, 1954	2018
New Jersey	2	Booker, CoryCory Booker	Democratic	Pro bono lawyer	Newark Mayor	Stanford University (BA; MA) Queen's College, Oxford (MA) Yale University (JD)	October 31, 2013	(1969-04-22) April 22, 1969	2020
New Mexico	2	Udall, TomTom Udall	Democratic	None	U.S. House, New Mexico Attorney General, Assistant U.S. Attorney, law clerk for the 10th Circuit	Prescott College (BA) Downing College, Cambridge (LLB) University of New Mexico, Albuquerque (JD)	January 3, 2009	(1948-05-18) May 18, 1948	2020
New Mexico	1	Heinrich, MartinMartin Heinrich	Democratic	Non-profit director, consultant	U.S. House, Albuquerque City Council	University of Missouri, Columbia (BS) University of New Mexico, Albuquerque (attended)	January 3, 2013	(1971-10-17) October 17, 1971	2018
New York	3	Schumer, ChuckChuck Schumer	Democratic	None	U.S. House, New York Assembly	Harvard University (BA; JD)	January 3, 1999	(1950-11-23) November 23, 1950	2022
New York	1	Gillibrand, KirstenKirsten Gillibrand	Democratic	Lawyer for law firms	U.S. House, law clerk for the 2nd Circuit, U.S. HUD Department special counsel	Dartmouth College (BA) University of California, Los Angeles (JD)	January 26, 2009	(1966-12-09) December 9, 1966	2018
North Carolina	3	Burr, RichardRichard Burr	Republican	Sales manager, director of nonprofits	U.S. House	Wake Forest University (BA)	January 3, 2005	(1955-11-30) November 30, 1955	2022
North Carolina	2	Tillis, ThomThom Tillis	Republican	Business consultant	North Carolina House Speaker	Chattanooga State Community College (attended) University of Maryland, University College (BA)	January 3, 2015	(1960-08-30) August 30, 1960	2020
North Dakota	3	Hoeven, JohnJohn Hoeven	Republican	Banker	North Dakota Governor	Dartmouth College (BA) Northwestern University (MBA)	January 3, 2011	(1957-03-13) March 13, 1957	2022
North Dakota	1	Heitkamp, HeidiHeidi Heitkamp	Democratic	None	Lawyer for state government agencies, North Dakota Attorney General, North Dakota Tax Commissioner	University of North Dakota (BA) Lewis and Clark College (JD)	January 3, 2013	(1955-10-30) October 30, 1955	2018
Ohio	1	Brown, SherrodSherrod Brown	Democratic	Teacher	U.S. House, Ohio Secretary of State, Ohio House	Yale University (BA) Ohio State University (MPA; MA)	January 3, 2007	(1952-11-09) November 9, 1952	2018
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 (BA) University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (JD)	January 3, 2011	(1955-12-19) December 19, 1955	2022
Oklahoma	2	Inhofe, JimJim Inhofe	Republican	Businessperson, developer, president of insurance company	U.S. Army, U.S. House, Tulsa Mayor, Oklahoma Senate, Oklahoma House	University of Tulsa (BA)	November 17, 1994	(1934-11-17) November 17, 1934	2020
Oklahoma	3	Lankford, JamesJames Lankford	Republican	Program director at Falls Creek Baptist Conference Center	U.S. House	University of Texas, Austin (BS) Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (MDiv)	January 3, 2015	(1968-03-04) March 4, 1968	2022
Oregon	3	Wyden, RonRon Wyden	Democratic	Teacher, nonprofit director	U.S. House	University of California, Santa Barbara (attended) Stanford University (BA) University of Oregon (JD)	February 6, 1996	(1949-05-03) May 3, 1949	2022
Oregon	2	Merkley, JeffJeff Merkley	Democratic	Director of nonprofits	Oregon House Speaker, Defense Department tech worker, CBO Analyst,	Stanford University (BA) Princeton University (MPA)	January 3, 2009	(1956-10-24) October 24, 1956	2020
Pennsylvania	1	Casey Jr., BobBob Casey Jr.	Democratic	Teacher, basketball coach, lawyer in private practice	Pennsylvania Treasurer, Pennsylvania Auditor	College of the Holy Cross (BA) Catholic University of America (JD)	January 3, 2007	(1960-04-13) April 13, 1960	2018
Pennsylvania	3	Toomey, PatPat Toomey	Republican	Currency trader, restaurant owner	U.S. House	Harvard University (BA)	January 3, 2011	(1961-11-17) November 17, 1961	2022
Rhode Island	2	Reed, JackJack Reed	Democratic	Lawyer at law firms	U.S. Army Major, U.S. House, Rhode Island Senate	United States Military Academy (BS) Harvard University (MPP, JD)	January 3, 1997	(1949-11-12) November 12, 1949	2020
Rhode Island	1	Whitehouse, SheldonSheldon Whitehouse	Democratic	None	Law clerk for the West Virginia Supreme Court, 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 (BA) University of Virginia (JD)	January 3, 2007	(1955-10-20) October 20, 1955	2018
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, Columbia (BA; JD)	January 3, 2003	(1955-07-09) July 9, 1955	2020
South Carolina	3	Scott, TimTim Scott	Republican	Insurance agent, financial adviser	U.S. House, South Carolina House, Charleston County Council	Presbyterian College (attended) Charleston Southern University (BS)	January 2, 2013	(1965-11-19) November 19, 1965	2022
South Dakota	3	Thune, JohnJohn Thune	Republican	Municipal League Director, Railroad Director	U.S. House, Legislative aide, South Dakota Republican Party Executive Director	Biola University (BS) University of South Dakota (MBA)	January 3, 2005	(1961-01-07) January 7, 1961	2022
South Dakota	2	Rounds, MikeMike Rounds	Republican	Businessperson	South Dakota Governor, South Dakota Senate	South Dakota State University (BS)	January 3, 2015	(1954-10-24) October 24, 1954	2020
Tennessee	2	Alexander, LamarLamar Alexander	Republican	None	Law clerk for the 5th Circuit, Senate staffer, Tennessee Governor, U.S. Secretary of Education	Vanderbilt University (BA) New York University (JD)	January 3, 2003	(1940-07-03) July 3, 1940	2020
Tennessee	1	Corker, BobBob Corker	Republican	Construction laborer and superintendent, owner of construction and real estate companies	Chattanooga Mayor, Tennessee Finance and Administration Commissioner	University of Tennessee, Knoxville (BS)	January 3, 2007	(1952-08-24) August 24, 1952	2018
Texas	2	Cornyn, JohnJohn Cornyn	Republican	Lawyer	State district judge, Texas Attorney General, Texas Supreme Court Associate Justice	Trinity University, Texas (BA) St. Mary's University, Texas (JD) University of Virginia (LLM)	December 1, 2002	(1952-02-02) February 2, 1952	2020
Texas	1	Cruz, TedTed Cruz	Republican	Lawyer in a law firm	Law clerk for the U.S. 4th Circuit and Supreme Court, U.S. Associate Deputy Attorney General, federal policy advisor, Texas Solicitor General	Princeton University (BA) Harvard University (JD)	January 3, 2013	(1970-12-22) December 22, 1970	2018
Utah	1	Hatch, OrrinOrrin Hatch	Republican	Janitor, construction worker, bishop, lawyer	None	Brigham Young University, Utah (BA) University of Pittsburgh (JD)	January 3, 1977	(1934-03-22) March 22, 1934	2018
Utah	3	Lee, MikeMike Lee	Republican	Lawyer in a law firm	Law clerk for the U.S. District Court and 3rd Circuit, Assistant U.S. Attorney	Brigham Young University, Utah (BA; JD)	January 3, 2011	(1971-06-04) June 4, 1971	2022
Vermont	3	Leahy, PatrickPatrick Leahy	Democratic	Lawyer in private practice	Chittenden County State's Attorney	St. Michael's College (BA) Georgetown University (JD)	January 3, 1975	(1940-03-31) March 31, 1940	2022
Vermont	1	Sanders, BernieBernie Sanders	Independent^[1]	Filmmaker, carpenter,^[2] writer, researcher	Burlington Mayor, U.S. House	Brooklyn College (attended) University of Chicago (BS)	January 3, 2007	(1941-09-08) September 8, 1941	2018
Virginia	2	Warner, MarkMark Warner	Democratic	Businessperson, venture capitalist	Virginia Governor, Virginia Democratic Party Chair	George Washington University (BA) Harvard University (JD)	January 3, 2009	(1954-12-15) December 15, 1954	2020
Virginia	1	Kaine, TimTim Kaine	Democratic	Missionary, law clerk for the 11th Circuit, lawyer in private practice, teacher	Virginia Governor, Virginia Lieutenant Governor, Richmond Mayor, Richmond City Council, Democratic National Committee Chair	University of Missouri, Columbia (BA) Harvard University (JD)	January 3, 2013	(1958-02-26) February 26, 1958	2018
Washington	3	Murray, PattyPatty Murray	Democratic	Preschool teacher, parenting teacher, lobbyist	Washington Senate, Shoreline School Board	Washington State University, Pullman (BA)	January 3, 1993	(1950-10-11) October 11, 1950	2022
Washington	1	Cantwell, MariaMaria Cantwell	Democratic	Marketing vice president	U.S. House, Washington House	Miami University (BA)	January 3, 2001	(1958-10-13) October 13, 1958	2018
West Virginia	1	Manchin, JoeJoe Manchin	Democratic	President of a coal mining company	West Virginia Governor, West Virginia Secretary of State, West Virginia Senate, West Virginia House	West Virginia University, Morgantown (BS)	November 15, 2010	(1947-08-24) August 24, 1947	2018
West Virginia	2	Moore Capito, ShelleyShelley Moore Capito	Republican	None	U.S. House	Duke University (BS) University of Virginia (MEd)	January 3, 2015	(1953-11-26) November 26, 1953	2020
Wisconsin	3	Johnson, RonRon Johnson	Republican	Accountant, CEO of plastics manufacturer	None	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (BS)	January 3, 2011	(1955-04-08) April 8, 1955	2022
Wisconsin	1	Baldwin, TammyTammy Baldwin	Democratic	Lawyer in private practice	U.S. House, Wisconsin Assembly, Dane County Board	Smith College (BA) University of Wisconsin, Madison (JD)	January 3, 2013	(1962-02-11) February 11, 1962	2018
Wyoming	2	Enzi, MikeMike Enzi	Republican	Shoe salesman, president of nonprofit, accountant for an oil drilling company, executive director for a gas/coal/utilities company	Wyoming Air National Guard, Member of the Coal Advisory Committee (U.S. Interior Department), Wyoming Senate, Wyoming House, Gillette Mayor	George Washington University (BS) University of Denver (MBA)	January 3, 1997	(1944-02-01) February 1, 1944	2020
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 (BS; MD)	June 25, 2007	(1952-07-21) July 21, 1952	2018

Senators-elect

State	Class	Name	Party	Private Sector Experience	Public Sector Experience	Education	Taking Office	Born	Succeeding
California	3	Harris, KamalaKamala Harris	Democratic	None	California Attorney General, San Francisco District Attorney	Howard University (BA) University of California, Hastings (JD)	January 3, 2017	(1964-10-20) October 20, 1964	Barbara Boxer (D)
Illinois	3	Duckworth, TammyTammy Duckworth	Democratic	None	U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. House, Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Public and Intergovernmental Affairs, Illinois Director of Veterans Affairs	University of Hawaii, Manoa (BA) George Washington University (BA) Northern Illinois University Capella University (PhD)	January 3, 2017	(1968-03-12) March 12, 1968	Mark Kirk (R)
Indiana	3	Young, ToddTodd Young	Republican	Attorney, adjunct professor	U.S. House	United States Naval Academy (BS) University of Chicago (MBA) University of London (MA) Indiana University, Indianapolis (JD)	January 3, 2017	(1972-08-24) August 24, 1972	Dan Coats (R)
Maryland	3	Van Hollen, ChrisChris Van Hollen	Democratic	None	U.S. House	Swarthmore College (BA) Georgetown University (JD) Harvard University (MPP)	January 3, 2017	(1959-01-10) January 10, 1959	Barbara Mikulski (D)
Nevada	3	Cortez Masto, CatherineCatherine Cortez Masto	Democratic	Attorney	Nevada Attorney General	University of Nevada, Reno (BS) Gonzaga University (JD)	January 3, 2017	(1964-03-29) March 29, 1964	Harry Reid (D)
New Hampshire	3	Hassan, MaggieMaggie Hassan	Democratic	Attorney, healthcare executive	New Hampshire Governor, New Hampshire Senate Majority Leader	Brown University (BA) Northeastern University (JD)	January 3, 2017	(1958-02-27) February 27, 1958	Kelly Ayotte (R)

Notes

↑ Senators Angus King of Maine and Bernie Sanders of Vermont caucus with the Democratic Party.

References

↑ Nolan, McCaskill (July 27, 2016). "Bernie Sanders Leaves the Democratic Party". HeatStreet.
↑ http://thehill.com/people/bernie-sanders

United States Congress

Members and leaders

Members

Current	By length of service Freshmen Youngest members Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico Delegates Longest-serving members ever

Senate	Current by seniority by age Dean of the Senate Former senators Living Earliest serving Earliest living Expelled or censured Classes Born outside the U.S.

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 (list) 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

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 Blue slip Budget resolution Censure Closed sessions House 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) Quorum call 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 Senate Journal Morning business Nuclear option Presiding Officer Recess appointment Reconciliation 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 Seal of the Senate

History	Biographical Directory Divided government House Gerrymandering Party control Senate Senate election disputes Senatorial memoirs Representative memoirs

Media	C-SPAN Congressional Quarterly The Hill Politico Roll Call

Offices, employees, services, and the Capitol Complex

Legislative
offices

Offices

Senate	Curator Historical Library

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

Employees

Senate	Secretary Chaplain Curator Inspector General 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 Mountains and Clouds Russell

House	Building Commission Cannon Ford Longworth O'Neill Rayburn

Other
facilities

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 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

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