List of current United States Senators

This is a list of the current members of the United States Senate.

Affiliation Members   Democratic Party 53   Republican Party 45   Independent 2 Total 100

Leadership

Map of senators by state. Red is two Republicans, blue is two Democrats, green and blue, or green and red is an independent and a Democrat or Republican, respectively, and purple is one Democrat and one Republican.

Office	Party	Officer		State	Since
Vice President of the United States President of the Senate	Democratic Party		Joe Biden	Delaware	2009
President pro tempore	Democratic Party		Patrick Leahy	Vermont	2012

Majority (Democratic) leadership

Office	Officer	State	Since
Senate Majority Leader Democratic Caucus Chairman	Harry Reid	Nevada	2007
Senate Majority Whip	Richard Durbin	Illinois	2007
Democratic Caucus Vice Chairman Democratic Policy Committee Chairman	Chuck Schumer	New York	2007 2011
Democratic Caucus Secretary	Patty Murray	Washington	2007
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chairman	Michael Bennet	Colorado	2013

Minority (Republican) leadership

Office	Officer	State	Since
Senate Minority Leader	Mitch McConnell	Kentucky	2007
Senate Minority Whip	John Cornyn	Texas	2013
Senate Republican Conference Chair	John Thune	South Dakota	2012
Republican Policy Committee Chairman	John Barrasso	Wyoming	2012
Republican Conference Vice-Chair	Roy Blunt	Missouri	2012
National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman	Jerry Moran	Kansas	2012

Members

Key to Senate classes and ends of term

Class	Election Year	End of Term	Democratic	Republican	Independent	Total
1	2012	2019	23	8	2	33
2	2008	2015	20	13		33
3	2010	2017	10	24		34

Members by state

	State	Class		Name	Party	Prior Experience	Education	Assumed Office	Born In	Term Expires
	Alabama	3		Shelby, RichardRichard Shelby	Republican	U.S. House, Alabama Senate	University of Alabama (BA, JD)	January 3, 1987	1934	January 3, 2017
	Alabama	2		Sessions, JeffJeff Sessions	Republican	Alabama Attorney General, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama	Huntingdon College (BA), University of Alabama (JD)	January 3, 1997	1946	January 3, 2015
	Alaska	3		Murkowski, LisaLisa Murkowski	Republican	Alaska House of Representatives	Georgetown University (BA), Willamette University (JD)	December 20, 2002	1957	January 3, 2017
	Alaska	2		Begich, MarkMark Begich	Democratic	Mayor of Anchorage	University of Alaska Anchorage (attended)	January 3, 2009	1962	January 3, 2015
	Arizona	3		McCain, JohnJohn McCain	Republican	U.S. House, U.S. Navy Captain	United States Naval Academy	January 3, 1987	1936	January 3, 2017
	Arizona	1		Flake, JeffJeff Flake	Republican	U.S. House	Brigham Young University	January 3, 2013	1962	January 3, 2019
	Arkansas	2		Pryor, MarkMark Pryor	Democratic	Arkansas Attorney General, Arkansas House of Representatives	University of Arkansas (BA, JD)	January 3, 2003	1963	January 3, 2015
	Arkansas	3		Boozman, JohnJohn Boozman	Republican	U.S. House	University of Arkansas, Southern College of Optometry	January 3, 2011	1950	January 3, 2017
	California	1		Feinstein, DianneDianne Feinstein	Democratic	Mayor of San Francisco, San Francisco Board of Supervisors	Stanford University (BA)	November 10, 1992	1933	January 3, 2019
	California	3		Boxer, BarbaraBarbara Boxer	Democratic	U.S. House, Marin County Board of Supervisors	Brooklyn College (BA)	January 3, 1993	1940	January 3, 2017
	Colorado	2		Udall, MarkMark Udall	Democratic	U.S. House, Colorado House of Representatives	Williams College	January 3, 2009	1950	January 3, 2015
	Colorado	3		Bennet, MichaelMichael Bennet	Democratic	Denver Public Schools Superintendent	Wesleyan University (BA), Yale Law School	January 21, 2009	1964	January 3, 2017
	Connecticut	3		Blumenthal, RichardRichard Blumenthal	Democratic	Connecticut Attorney General, Connecticut Senate, Connecticut House of Representatives	Harvard College, Trinity College, Cambridge, Yale Law School	January 3, 2011	1946	January 3, 2017
	Connecticut	1		Murphy, ChrisChris Murphy	Democratic	U.S. House, Connecticut Senate, Connecticut House of Representatives	Williams College, University of Connecticut, Hartford	January 3, 2013	1973	January 3, 2019
	Delaware	1		Carper, TomTom Carper	Democratic	Governor of Delaware, U.S. House, Delaware State Treasurer	Ohio State University, University of Delaware	January 3, 2001	1947	January 3, 2019
	Delaware	2		Coons, ChrisChris Coons	Democratic	County Executive of New Castle County	Amherst College (BA), Yale University (JD, MAR)	November 15, 2010	1963	January 3, 2015
	Florida	1		Nelson, BillBill Nelson	Democratic	Florida State Treasurer, U.S. House, Florida House of Representatives	Yale University (BA), University of Virginia (JD)	January 3, 2001	1942	January 3, 2019
	Florida	3		Rubio, MarcoMarco Rubio	Republican	Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives	University of Florida (BA), University of Miami (JD)	January 3, 2011	1971	January 3, 2017
	Georgia	2		Chambliss, SaxbySaxby Chambliss	Republican	U.S. House	University of Georgia (BBA), University of Tennessee (JD)	January 3, 2003	1943	January 3, 2015
	Georgia	3		Isakson, JohnnyJohnny Isakson	Republican	U.S. House, Georgia Senate, Georgia House of Representatives	University of Georgia (BBA)	January 3, 2005	1944	January 3, 2017
	Hawaii	3		Schatz, BrianBrian Schatz	Democratic	Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii, Hawaii House of Representatives	Pomona College	December 26, 2012	1972	January 3, 2017
	Hawaii	1		Hirono, MazieMazie Hirono	Democratic	U.S. House, Hawaii House of Representatives, Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii	University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Georgetown University	January 3, 2013	1947	January 3, 2019
	Idaho	3		Crapo, MikeMike Crapo	Republican	U.S. House, Idaho Senate	Brigham Young University (BA), Harvard Law School	January 3, 1999	1951	January 3, 2017
	Idaho	2		Risch, JimJim Risch	Republican	Governor of Idaho, Lieutenant Governor of Idaho, President pro tempore of the Idaho Senate, Ada County Prosecuting Attorney	University of Idaho (BS, JD)	January 3, 2009	1943	January 3, 2015
	Illinois	2		Durbin, DickDick Durbin	Democratic	U.S. House	Georgetown University (BS, JD)	January 3, 1997	1944	January 3, 2015
	Illinois	3		Kirk, MarkMark Kirk	Republican	U.S. House	Cornell University, London School of Economics, Georgetown University Law Center	November 29, 2010	1959	January 3, 2017
	Indiana	3		Coats, DanDan Coats	Republican	U.S. Ambassador to Germany, U.S. Senate, U.S. House	Wheaton College (BA), Indiana University-Indianapolis (JD)	January 3, 2011	1943	January 3, 2017
	Indiana	1		Donnelly, JoeJoe Donnelly	Democratic	U.S. House	University of Notre Dame Notre Dame Law School	January 3, 2013	1955	January 3, 2019
	Iowa	3		Grassley, ChuckChuck Grassley	Republican	U.S. House, Iowa House of Representatives	University of Northern Iowa (BA, MA)	January 3, 1981	1933	January 3, 2017
	Iowa	2		Harkin, TomTom Harkin	Democratic	U.S. House	Iowa State University (BA), The Catholic University of America (JD)	January 3, 1985	1939	January 3, 2015
	Kansas	2		Roberts, PatPat Roberts	Republican	U.S. House	Kansas State University (BA)	January 3, 1997	1936	January 3, 2015
	Kansas	3		Moran, JerryJerry Moran	Republican	U.S. House, Kansas Senate	University of Kansas, University of Kansas Law School	January 3, 2011	1954	January 3, 2017
	Kentucky	2		McConnell, MitchMitch McConnell	Republican	Jefferson County Executive	University of Louisville (BA), University of Kentucky (JD)	January 3, 1985	1942	January 3, 2015
	Kentucky	3		Paul, RandRand Paul	Republican	No prior public service	Duke University School of Medicine, Baylor University	January 3, 2011	1963	January 3, 2017
	Louisiana	2		Landrieu, MaryMary Landrieu	Democratic	Louisiana House of Representatives, Louisiana State Treasurer	Louisiana State University	January 3, 1997	1955	January 3, 2015
	Louisiana	3		Vitter, DavidDavid Vitter	Republican	U.S. House, Louisiana House of Representatives	Harvard University, Oxford University, Tulane University	January 3, 2005	1961	January 3, 2017
	Maine	2		Collins, SusanSusan Collins	Republican	Commissioner of the Maine Department of Professional and Financial Regulation	St. Lawrence University (BA)	January 3, 1997	1952	January 3, 2015
	Maine	1		King, AngusAngus King	Independent	Governor of Maine	Dartmouth College, University of Virginia	January 3, 2013	1944	January 3, 2019
	Maryland	3		Mikulski, BarbaraBarbara Mikulski	Democratic	U.S. House, Baltimore City Council	Mount Saint Agnes College (BA), University of Maryland (MSW)	January 3, 1987	1936	January 3, 2017
	Maryland	1		Cardin, BenBen Cardin	Democratic	U.S. House, Maryland House of Delegates	University of Pittsburgh (B.A.), University of Maryland (JD)	January 3, 2007	1943	January 3, 2019
	Massachusetts	1		Warren, ElizabethElizabeth Warren	Democratic	Adviser to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Chair of the Congressional Oversight of the Troubled Asset Relief Program Panel	George Washington University, University of Houston, Rutgers School of Law–Newark	January 3, 2013	1949	January 3, 2019
	Massachusetts	2		Cowan, MoMo Cowan	Democratic	Legal Counsel and Chief of Staff for Governor Deval Patrick	Duke University (BA), Northeastern University (JD)	February 1, 2013	1969	January 3, 2015
	Michigan	2		Levin, CarlCarl Levin	Democratic	Detroit City Council	Swarthmore College, Harvard Law School	January 3, 1979	1934	January 3, 2015
	Michigan	1		Stabenow, DebbieDebbie Stabenow	Democratic	U.S. House, Michigan Senate, Michigan House of Representatives, Ingham County Board of Commissioners	Michigan State University (BA, MSW)	January 3, 2001	1950	January 3, 2019
	Minnesota	1		Klobuchar, AmyAmy Klobuchar	Democratic-Farmer-Labor	Hennepin County Attorney	Yale University, University of Chicago	January 3, 2007	1960	January 3, 2019
	Minnesota	2		Franken, AlAl Franken	Democratic-Farmer-Labor	No prior public service	Harvard University	July 7, 2009	1951	January 3, 2015
	Mississippi	2		Cochran, ThadThad Cochran	Republican	U.S. House	University of Mississippi (BA, JD)	December 27, 1978	1937	January 3, 2015
	Mississippi	1		Wicker, RogerRoger Wicker	Republican	U.S. House, Mississippi State Senate	University of Mississippi (BA, JD)	December 31, 2007	1951	January 3, 2019
	Missouri	1		McCaskill, ClaireClaire McCaskill	Democratic	State Auditor of Missouri, Missouri House of Representatives, Jackson County Prosecutor	University of Missouri (BS, JD)	January 3, 2007	1953	January 3, 2019
	Missouri	3		Blunt, RoyRoy Blunt	Republican	U.S. House, Missouri Secretary of State, President of Southwest Baptist University	Southwest Baptist University, Southwest Missouri State University	January 3, 2011	1950	January 3, 2017
	Montana	2		Baucus, MaxMax Baucus	Democratic	U.S. House, Montana House of Representatives	Stanford University (BS, LLB)	December 15, 1978	1941	January 3, 2015
	Montana	1		Tester, JonJon Tester	Democratic	President of the Montana Senate	University of Great Falls	January 3, 2007	1956	January 3, 2019
	Nebraska	2		Johanns, MikeMike Johanns	Republican	Governor of Nebraska, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Mayor of Lincoln, Lancaster County Board	Saint Mary's University of Minnesota, Creighton University	January 3, 2009	1950	January 3, 2015
	Nebraska	1		Fischer, DebDeb Fischer	Republican	Nebraska Legislature	University of Nebraska–Lincoln	January 3, 2013	1951	January 3, 2019
	Nevada	3		Reid, HarryHarry Reid	Democratic	U.S. House, Lieutenant Governor of Nevada, Nevada Assembly	Southern Utah University, Utah State University, George Washington University	January 3, 1987	1939	January 3, 2017
	Nevada	1		Heller, DeanDean Heller	Republican	U.S. House, Nevada Secretary of State, Nevada Assembly	University of Southern California	May 9, 2011	1960	January 3, 2019
	New Hampshire	2		Shaheen, JeanneJeanne Shaheen	Democratic	Governor of New Hampshire, New Hampshire Senate	Shippensburg University, University of Mississippi	January 3, 2009	1947	January 3, 2015
	New Hampshire	3		Ayotte, KellyKelly Ayotte	Republican	New Hampshire Attorney General	Pennsylvania State University, Villanova University School of Law	January 3, 2011	1968	January 3, 2017
	New Jersey	2		Lautenberg, FrankFrank Lautenberg	Democratic	U.S. Senate, Executive Commissioner of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey	Columbia University	January 3, 2003	1924	January 3, 2015
	New Jersey	1		Menendez, BobBob Menendez	Democratic	U.S. House, New Jersey Senate, New Jersey General Assembly, Mayor of Union City	Saint Peter's College, Rutgers University	January 18, 2006	1954	January 3, 2019
	New Mexico	2		Udall, TomTom Udall	Democratic	U.S. House, New Mexico Attorney General	Prescott College, Cambridge University, University of New Mexico School of Law (JD)	January 3, 2009	1948	January 3, 2015
	New Mexico	1		Heinrich, MartinMartin Heinrich	Democratic	U.S. House, Albuquerque City Council	University of Missouri, University of New Mexico	January 3, 2013	1971	January 3, 2019
	New York	3		Schumer, ChuckChuck Schumer	Democratic	U.S. House, New York State Assembly	Harvard University (BA, JD)	January 3, 1999	1950	January 3, 2017
	New York	1		Gillibrand, KirstenKirsten Gillibrand	Democratic	U.S. House	Dartmouth College, University of California, Los Angeles	January 26, 2009	1966	January 3, 2019
	North Carolina	3		Burr, RichardRichard Burr	Republican	U.S. House	Wake Forest University	January 3, 2005	1955	January 3, 2017
	North Carolina	2		Hagan, KayKay Hagan	Democratic	North Carolina Senate	Florida State University, Wake Forest University	January 3, 2009	1953	January 3, 2015
	North Dakota	3		Hoeven, JohnJohn Hoeven	Republican	Governor of North Dakota, Banker	Dartmouth College, Northwestern University	January 3, 2011	1957	January 3, 2017
	North Dakota	1		Heitkamp, HeidiHeidi Heitkamp	Democratic	North Dakota Attorney General, Tax Commissioner of North Dakota	University of North Dakota, Lewis & Clark Law School	January 3, 2013	1955	January 3, 2019
	Ohio	1		Brown, SherrodSherrod Brown	Democratic	U.S. House, Ohio Secretary of State, Ohio House of Representatives	Yale University, Ohio State University	January 3, 2007	1952	January 3, 2019
	Ohio	3		Portman, RobRob Portman	Republican	U.S. House, U.S. Trade Representative, Director of the Office of Management and Budget	Dartmouth College, University of Michigan Law School	January 3, 2011	1955	January 3, 2017
	Oklahoma	2		Inhofe, JimJim Inhofe	Republican	U.S. House, Oklahoma Senate, Oklahoma House of Representatives	University of Tulsa	November 17, 1994	1934	January 3, 2015
	Oklahoma	3		Coburn, TomTom Coburn	Republican	U.S. House	Oklahoma State University, University of Oklahoma	January 3, 2005	1948	January 3, 2017
	Oregon	3		Wyden, RonRon Wyden	Democratic	U.S. House	Stanford University, University of Oregon	February 6, 1996	1949	January 3, 2017
	Oregon	2		Merkley, JeffJeff Merkley	Democratic	Speaker of the Oregon House	Stanford University (BA), Princeton University (MPP)	January 3, 2009	1956	January 3, 2015
	Pennsylvania	1		Casey, Jr., BobBob Casey, Jr.	Democratic	Pennsylvania State Treasurer, Pennsylvania Auditor General	College of the Holy Cross, The Catholic University of America	January 3, 2007	1960	January 3, 2019
	Pennsylvania	3		Toomey, PatPat Toomey	Republican	U.S. House	Harvard University	January 3, 2011	1961	January 3, 2017
	Rhode Island	2		Reed, JackJack Reed	Democratic	U.S. House, Rhode Island Senate	United States Military Academy, Harvard University	January 3, 1997	1949	January 3, 2015
	Rhode Island	1		Whitehouse, SheldonSheldon Whitehouse	Democratic	Rhode Island Attorney General, U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island, Rhode Island Director of Business Regulation	Yale University, University of Virginia	January 3, 2007	1955	January 3, 2019
	South Carolina	2		Graham, LindseyLindsey Graham	Republican	U.S. House, South Carolina House of Representatives	University of South Carolina (BA, JD)	January 3, 2003	1955	January 3, 2015
	South Carolina	3		Scott, TimTim Scott	Republican	U.S. House, South Carolina House of Representatives, Charleston County Council	Charleston Southern University	January 2, 2013	1965	January 3, 2017
	South Dakota	2		Johnson, TimTim Johnson	Democratic	U.S. House, South Dakota Senate, South Dakota House of Representatives	University of South Dakota (BA, MPA, JD)	January 3, 1997	1946	January 3, 2015
	South Dakota	3		Thune, JohnJohn Thune	Republican	U.S. House	Biola University, University of South Dakota	January 3, 2005	1961	January 3, 2017
	Tennessee	2		Alexander, LamarLamar Alexander	Republican	Governor of Tennessee, U.S. Secretary of Education	Vanderbilt University, New York University	January 3, 2003	1940	January 3, 2015
	Tennessee	1		Corker, BobBob Corker	Republican	Mayor of Chattanooga, Tennessee Commissioner of Finance and Administration	University of Tennessee	January 3, 2007	1952	January 3, 2019
	Texas	2		Cornyn, JohnJohn Cornyn	Republican	Texas Attorney General, Associate Justice of the Texas Supreme Court	Trinity University, St. Mary's University School of Law, University of Virginia	December 1, 2002	1952	January 3, 2015
	Texas	1		Cruz, TedTed Cruz	Republican	Solicitor General of Texas	Princeton University, Harvard University	January 3, 2013	1970	January 3, 2019
	Utah	1		Hatch, OrrinOrrin Hatch	Republican	No prior public service	Brigham Young University, University of Pittsburgh	January 3, 1977	1934	January 3, 2019
	Utah	3		Lee, MikeMike Lee	Republican	No prior public service	Brigham Young University	January 3, 2011	1971	January 3, 2017
	Vermont	3		Leahy, PatrickPatrick Leahy	Democratic	Chittenden County State's Attorney	Saint Michael's College, Georgetown University	January 3, 1975	1940	January 3, 2017
	Vermont	1		Sanders, BernieBernie Sanders	Independent (Democratic Socialist)	U.S. House, Mayor of Burlington	University of Chicago	January 3, 2007	1941	January 3, 2019
	Virginia	2		Warner, MarkMark Warner	Democratic	Governor of Virginia, Chairman of the Virginia Democratic Party	George Washington University, Harvard University	January 3, 2009	1954	January 3, 2015
	Virginia	1		Kaine, TimTim Kaine	Democratic	Governor of Virginia, Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee	University of Missouri, Harvard University	January 3, 2013	1958	January 3, 2019
	Washington	3		Murray, PattyPatty Murray	Democratic	Washington Senate, Shoreline School District Board of Directors	Washington State University	January 3, 1993	1950	January 3, 2017
	Washington	1		Cantwell, MariaMaria Cantwell	Democratic	U.S. House, Washington House of Representatives	Miami University	January 3, 2001	1958	January 3, 2019
	West Virginia	2		Rockefeller, JayJay Rockefeller	Democratic	Governor of West Virginia, West Virginia Secretary of State, West Virginia House of Delegates	Harvard University	January 15, 1985	1937	January 3, 2015
	West Virginia	1		Manchin, JoeJoe Manchin	Democratic	Governor of West Virginia, West Virginia Secretary of State, West Virginia Senate, West Virginia House of Delegates	West Virginia University	November 15, 2010	1947	January 3, 2019
	Wisconsin	3		Johnson, RonRon Johnson	Republican	No prior public service	University of Minnesota	January 3, 2011	1955	January 3, 2017
	Wisconsin	1		Baldwin, TammyTammy Baldwin	Democratic	U.S. House, Wisconsin State Assembly, Dane County, Wisconsin Board of Supervisors	Smith College, University of Wisconsin Law School	January 3, 2013	1962	January 3, 2019
	Wyoming	2		Enzi, MikeMike Enzi	Republican	Wyoming Senate, Wyoming House of Representatives, Mayor of Gillette	George Washington University, University of Denver	January 3, 1997	1944	January 3, 2015
	Wyoming	1		Barrasso, JohnJohn Barrasso	Republican	Wyoming Senate	Georgetown University (BS, MD)	June 25, 2007	1952	January 3, 2019