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This is a list of current United States Senators.

Party affiliation

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Affiliation Members Note
Democratic Party 57
Republican Party 41
Independent 2 Joe Lieberman and Bernie Sanders caucus with the Democrats.
Total 100

Leadership

Office Party Officer State Since
President Democratic Party Joe Biden Delaware 2009
President pro tempore Democratic Party Robert Byrd West Virginia 2007

Majority (Democratic) leadership

Office Officer State Since
Senate Majority Leader
Democratic Conference Chairman
Harry Reid Nevada 2007
Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin Illinois 2007
Vice-Chairman of the Democratic Conference Chuck Schumer New York 2007
Democratic Policy Committee Chairman Byron Dorgan North Dakota 1999
Democratic Conference Secretary Patty Murray Washington 2007
Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman Robert Menendez New Jersey 2009

Minority (Republican) leadership

Office Officer State Since
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell Kentucky 2007
Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl Arizona 2007
Republican Conference Chairman Lamar Alexander Tennessee 2007
Republican Policy Committee Chairman John Thune South Dakota 2009
Republican Conference Secretary Lisa Murkowski Alaska 2009
Republican Campaign Committee Chairman John Cornyn Texas 2009

Senators

Key to Senate classes and Ends of term

Class End of Term Democratic Republican Independent Total
1 2013 21 10 2 33
2 2015 20 13 33
3 2011 16 18 34
State Class   Name Party Religion Prior Experience Education First took
office
Born
Alabama 3 Richard Shelby Republican Presbyterian Alabama Senate; U.S. House (AL-7) Alabama (BA, JD) 1987 1934
Alabama 2 Jeff Sessions Republican Methodist State Attorney General Huntingdon College, University of Alabama 1997 1946
Alaska 3 Lisa Murkowski Republican Roman Catholic Alaska House of Representatives Georgetown, Willamette 2002 1957
Alaska 2 Mark Begich Democratic Roman Catholic Mayor of Anchorage University of Alaska Anchorage (attended) 2009 1962
Arizona 3 John McCain Republican Baptist[1] Military, U.S. House U.S. Naval Academy[2] 1987 1936
Arizona 1 Jon Kyl Republican Presbyterian Attorney, U.S. House Arizona (BA, JD) 1995 1942
Arkansas 3 Blanche Lincoln Democratic Episcopalian U.S. House Randolph-Macon Women's College, Arkansas 1999 1960
Arkansas 2 Mark Pryor Democratic Southern Baptist Arkansas House of Representatives, State Attorney General Arkansas (BA, JD) 2003 1963
California 1 Dianne Feinstein Democratic Jewish Mayor of San Francisco, San Francisco Board of Supervisors Stanford 1992 1933
California 3 Barbara Boxer Democratic Jewish Marin County Board of Supervisors, U.S. House Brooklyn 1993 1940
Colorado 2 Mark Udall Democratic Presbyterian State Representative, U.S. House Williams 2009 1950
Colorado 3 Michael Bennet Democratic Unspecified Superintendent, Denver Public Schools Wesleyan, Yale Law 2009 1964
Connecticut 3 Chris Dodd Democratic Roman Catholic U.S. House Providence, Louisville 1981 1944
Connecticut 1 Joe Lieberman Independent Democratic Jewish State Attorney General Yale (BA, LLB) 1989 1942
Delaware 1 Tom Carper Democratic Presbyterian Governor; U.S. House; Delaware Treasurer Ohio State, Delaware 2001 1947
Delaware 2 Ted Kaufman Democratic Roman Catholic Chief of Staff of Senator Joe Biden Duke, Pennsylvania 2009 1939
Florida 1 Bill Nelson Democratic Episcopalian U.S. House of Representatives, State Treasurer Yale, Virginia 2001 1942
Florida 3 George LeMieux Republican Roman Catholic Lawyer, Chief of Staff of Governor Charlie Crist Emory, Georgetown Law 2009 1969
Georgia 2 Saxby Chambliss Republican Episcopalian U.S. House Georgia, Tennessee 2003 1943
Georgia 3 Johnny Isakson Republican United Methodist U.S. House (GA-6) Georgia 2005 1944
Hawaii 3 Daniel Inouye Democratic Methodist U.S. House (HI-At Large) Hawaii, George Washington 1963 1924
Hawaii 1 Daniel Akaka Democratic United Church of Christ U.S. House Hawaii (BA, M.Ed.) 1991 1924
Idaho 3 Mike Crapo Republican LDS Idaho State Senate, U.S. House (ID-2) Brigham Young, Harvard Law 1999 1951
Idaho 2 Jim Risch Republican Roman Catholic State Senate Majority Leader, Governor of Idaho, Lieutenant Governor of Idaho Idaho 2009 1943
Illinois 2 Dick Durbin Democratic Roman Catholic U.S. House Georgetown (BS, JD) 1997 1944
Illinois 3 Roland Burris Democratic Baptist Illinois Attorney General, Illinois Comptroller Howard University School of Law, Southern Illinois University Carbondale (JD, BA) 2009 1937
Indiana 1 Richard Lugar Republican United Methodist Mayor of Indianapolis Denison, Oxford 1977 1932
Indiana 3 Evan Bayh Democratic Episcopalian Indiana Secretary of State, Governor Indiana University, Virginia 1999 1955
Iowa 3 Chuck Grassley Republican Baptist Iowa House of Representatives, U.S. House (IA-3) Northern Iowa (BA, MA) 1981 1933
Iowa 2 Tom Harkin Democratic Roman Catholic U.S. House (IA-5) Iowa State, Catholic 1985 1939
Kansas 3 Sam Brownback Republican Roman Catholic U.S. House (KS-2) Kansas State, Kansas 1996 1956
Kansas 2 Pat Roberts Republican Methodist U.S. House (KS-1) Kansas State 1997 1936
Kentucky 2 Mitch McConnell Republican Baptist Jefferson County Executive Louisville, Kentucky 1985 1942
Kentucky 3 Jim Bunning Republican Roman Catholic MLB Baseball player, Fort Thomas City Council, Kentucky State Senate, U.S. House (KY-4) Xavier 1999 1931
Louisiana 2 Mary Landrieu Democratic Roman Catholic State Treasurer Louisiana State 1997 1955
Louisiana 3 David Vitter Republican Roman Catholic U.S. House (LA-1) Harvard, Oxford, Tulane 2005 1961
Maine 1 Olympia Snowe Republican Eastern Orthodox Maine House of Representatives;Maine Senate; U.S. House (ME-2), First Lady of Maine Maine 1995 1947
Maine 2 Susan Collins Republican Roman Catholic Deputy State Treasurer St. Lawrence 1997 1952
Maryland 3 Barbara Mikulski Democratic Roman Catholic Baltimore City Council, U.S. House (MD-3) Mount Saint Agnes, Maryland 1987 1936
Maryland 1 Ben Cardin Democratic Jewish Maryland House of Delegates, U.S. House (MD-3) Pittsburgh, Maryland 2007 1943
Massachusetts 2 John Kerry Democratic Roman Catholic Lieutenant Governor Yale, Boston College 1985 1943
Massachusetts 1 Scott P. Brown Republican Protestant Lawyer, member of Massachusetts General Court, Army National Guard Lieutenant Colonel Tufts University, Boston College Law School 2010 1959
Michigan 2 Carl Levin Democratic Jewish Detroit City Council Swarthmore, Harvard 1979 1934
Michigan 1 Debbie Stabenow Democratic United Methodist Ingham County Board of Commissioners, Michigan House of Representatives, Michigan Senate, U.S. House (MI-8) Michigan State (BA, MSW) 2001 1950
Minnesota 1 Amy Klobuchar Democratic-Farmer-Labor Congregationalist Hennepin County Attorney Yale, Chicago 2007 1960
Minnesota 2 Al Franken Democratic-Farmer-Labor Jewish Comedian, actor, author, screenwriter, political commentator, and radio host Harvard 2009 1951
Mississippi 2 Thad Cochran Republican Baptist U.S. House (MS-4) Mississippi (BA, JD) 1979 1937
Mississippi 1 Roger Wicker Republican Southern Baptist U.S. House (MS-1) Mississippi (BA, JD) 2007 1951
Missouri 3 Kit Bond Republican Presbyterian State Auditor, Governor Princeton, Virginia 1987 1939
Missouri 1 Claire McCaskill Democratic Roman Catholic State Auditor; Missouri House of Representatives;Jackson County Prosecutor University of Missouri (BS, JD) 2007 1953
Montana 2 Max Baucus Democratic United Church of Christ U.S. House (MT-1) Stanford (BS, LLB) 1979 1941
Montana 1 Jon Tester Democratic Church of God Montana State Senate President Great Falls 2007 1956
Nebraska 1 Ben Nelson Democratic Methodist Governor University of Nebraska (BA, MA, JD) 2001 1941
Nebraska 2 Mike Johanns Republican Roman Catholic Mayor of Lincoln, Governor of Nebraska, US Secretary of Agriculture St. Mary's University, Creighton University 2009 1950
Nevada 3 Harry Reid Democratic LDS Nevada Assembly, Lt. Governor of Nevada, U.S. House (NV-1) Southern Utah, Utah State, George Washington 1987 1939
Nevada 1 John Ensign Republican International Church of the Foursquare Gospel U.S. House (NV-1) UNLV, Oregon State, Colorado 2001 1958
New Hampshire 3 Judd Gregg Republican Congregationalist Governor, U.S. House (NH-2) Columbia, Boston University 1993 1947
New Hampshire 2 Jeanne Shaheen Democratic Non-denominational Christian New Hampshire State Senate, Governor Shippensburg University, University of Mississippi 2009 1947
New Jersey 2 File:Frank Lautenberg official portrait.jpg Frank Lautenberg Democratic Jewish U.S. Senate, Class 1 Columbia 2003 1924
New Jersey 1 Bob Menendez Democratic Roman Catholic Union City Board of Education, Mayor of Union City, New Jersey General Assembly, New Jersey Senate, U.S. House (NJ-13) Saint Peter's College, Rutgers 2006 1954
New Mexico 1 Jeff Bingaman Democratic Methodist State Attorney General Harvard, Stanford 1983 1943
New Mexico 2 Tom Udall Democratic LDS U.S. House (NM-3), State Attorney General Prescott College, Cambridge University (J.D.), University of New Mexico School of Law 2009 1948
New York 3 Chuck Schumer Democratic Jewish New York State Assembly, U.S. House (NY-9) Harvard (BA, JD) 1999 1950
New York 1 Kirsten Gillibrand Democratic Roman Catholic U.S. House (NY-20) Dartmouth, UCLA 2009 1966
North Carolina 3 Richard Burr Republican Methodist U.S. House (NC-5) Wake Forest 2005 1955
North Carolina 2 Kay Hagan Democratic Presbyterian Sunday School Teacher, North Carolina State Senate (27, 32) Florida State University, Wake Forest University 2009 1953
North Dakota 1 File:SenatorConradOfficialPortrait.jpg Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL Unitarian Universalist State Tax Commissioner Stanford, George Washington 1987 1948
North Dakota 3 Byron Dorgan Democratic-NPL Lutheran U.S. House (ND-At Large) North Dakota, Denver 1993 1942
Ohio 3 George Voinovich Republican Roman Catholic Lt. Governor; Mayor of Cleveland; Governor Ohio, Ohio State 1999 1936
Ohio 1 Sherrod Brown Democratic Lutheran State Secretary of State, U.S. House (OH-13) Yale, Ohio State 2007 1952
Oklahoma 2 Jim Inhofe Republican Presbyterian Oklahoma House of Rep; Oklahoma Senate; Mayor of Tulsa; U.S. House (OK-1) Tulsa 1995 1934
Oklahoma 3 Tom Coburn Republican Baptist Physician, U.S. House (OK-2) Oklahoma State, Oklahoma 2005 1948
Oregon 3 Ron Wyden Democratic Jewish U.S. House (OR-3) Stanford, Oregon 1996 1949
Oregon 2 Jeff Merkley Democratic Lutheran State House Speaker Stanford (B.A.), Princeton (M.P.P.) 2009 1956
Pennsylvania 3 Arlen Specter Democratic Jewish Philadelphia District Attorney Pennsylvania, Yale 1981 1930
Pennsylvania 1 Bob Casey, Jr. Democratic Roman Catholic State Treasurer, State Auditor Holy Cross, Catholic 2007 1960
Rhode Island 2 Jack Reed Democratic Roman Catholic State Senate; U.S. House (RI-2) United States Military Academy, Harvard 1997 1949
Rhode Island 1 Sheldon Whitehouse Democratic Episcopalian US Attorney for Rhode Island, State Attorney General Yale, Virginia 2007 1955
South Carolina 2 Lindsey Graham Republican Southern Baptist U.S. House (SC-3) South Carolina (BA, JD) 2003 1955
South Carolina 3 Jim DeMint Republican Presbyterian U.S. House (SC-4) Tennessee, Clemson University 2005 1951
South Dakota 2 Tim Johnson Democratic Lutheran U.S. House (SD-At Large) South Dakota (BA, MPA, JD) 1997 1946
South Dakota 3 John Thune Republican Evangelical Christian U.S. House (SD-At Large) Biola, South Dakota 2005 1961
Tennessee 2 Lamar Alexander Republican Presbyterian Governor; U.S. Secretary of Education Vanderbilt, New York University 2003 1940
Tennessee 1 Bob Corker Republican Presbyterian Mayor of Chattanooga Tennessee 2007 1952
Texas 1 Kay Bailey Hutchison Republican Episcopalian State Treasurer Texas (BA, JD) 1993 1943
Texas 2 John Cornyn Republican Church of Christ State Attorney General Trinity University, St. Mary's University, Virginia 2003 1952
Utah 1 Orrin Hatch Republican LDS attorney Brigham Young, Pittsburgh 1977 1934
Utah 3 Robert Foster Bennett Republican LDS businessman Utah 1993 1933
Vermont 3 Patrick Leahy Democratic Roman Catholic Chittenden County State's Attorney St. Michael's College, Georgetown 1975 1940
Vermont 1 Bernie Sanders Independent Jewish U.S. House (VT-At Large), Mayor of Burlington Brooklyn College, Chicago 2007 1941
Virginia 1 Jim Webb Democratic Non-denominational Christian U.S. Secretary of the Navy U.S. Naval Academy, USC, Georgetown University 2007 1946
Virginia 2 Mark Warner Democratic Presbyterian Entrepreneur, Governor George Washington, Harvard 2009 1954
Washington 3 Patty Murray Democratic Roman Catholic State Senate Washington State 1993 1950
Washington 1 Maria Cantwell Democratic Roman Catholic Washington State House of Representatives, U.S. House (WA-1) Miami University 2001 1958
West Virginia 1 Robert Byrd Democratic Baptist U.S. House (WV-6) Marshall, George Washington, American 1959 1917
West Virginia 2 Jay Rockefeller Democratic Presbyterian Governor Harvard 1985 1937
Wisconsin 1 Herb Kohl Democratic Jewish State Democratic Party chairman Wisconsin–Madison, Harvard 1989 1935
Wisconsin 3 Russ Feingold Democratic Jewish State Senate Wisconsin–Madison, Oxford, Harvard 1993 1953
Wyoming 2 Mike Enzi Republican Presbyterian Mayor of Gillette; Wyoming House of Representatives; State Senate George Washington, Denver 1997 1944
Wyoming 1 John Barrasso Republican Presbyterian State Senate Georgetown (BS, MD) 2007 1952
State Class Name Party Religion Prior Experience Education First took
office
Born

References

  1. ^ "McCain Identifies Himself as a Baptist". Associated Press for Fox News. September 16, 2007. Retrieved December 19, 2007.
  2. ^ http://www.govnotes.com/Directories/_Arizona_Congressional_Directory.htm