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Affiliation		Members
Democratic Party	57
Republican Party	41
Independent	2^{[note 1]}
Total		100

Leadership

Office	Party	Officer		State	Since
President	Democratic Party		Joe Biden	Delaware	2009
President pro tempore	Democratic Party		Daniel Inouye	Hawaii	2010

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	John Barrasso	Wyoming	2009
Republican Campaign Committee Chairman	John Cornyn	Texas	2009

Members

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	U.S. House, Alabama Senate	Alabama (BA, JD)	1987	1934
Alabama	2		Jeff Sessions	Republican	Methodist	Alabama 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]	U.S. House	U.S. Naval Academy^[2]	1987	1936
Arizona	1		Jon Kyl	Republican	Presbyterian	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, Arkansas 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	File:Barbara Boxer 2010.jpg	Barbara Boxer	Democratic	Jewish	U.S. House, Marin County Board of Supervisors	Brooklyn College	1993	1940
Colorado	2		Mark Udall	Democratic	Unaffiliated^[3]	U.S. House, Colorado House of Representatives	Williams	2009	1950
Colorado	3		Michael Bennet	Democratic	Unspecified^[4]	Denver Public Schools Superintendent	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	Orthodox Judaism	Connecticut Senate, Connecticut Attorney General	Yale (BA, LLB)	1989	1942
Delaware	1		Tom Carper	Democratic	Presbyterian	Governor, U.S. House, Delaware Treasurer United States Navy Captain	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, State Treasurer	Yale, Virginia	2001	1942
Florida	3		George LeMieux	Republican	Roman Catholic	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	Georgia House of Representatives, Georgia Senate, U.S. House	Georgia	2005	1944
Hawaii	3		Daniel Inouye	Democratic	Methodist	U.S Army, U.S. House	Hawaii, George Washington	1963	1924
Hawaii	1		Daniel Akaka	Democratic	United Church of Christ	high school principal, Director of the Hawaii Office of Economic Opportunity, human resources assistant Governor George Ariyoshi, Director of the Progressive Neighborhoods Program U.S. House	Hawaii (BA, M.Ed.)	1991	1924
Idaho	3		Mike Crapo	Republican	LDS	U.S. House, Idaho Senate	Brigham Young, Harvard Law	1999	1951
Idaho	2		Jim Risch	Republican	Roman Catholic	Governor of Idaho, Lieutenant Governor of Idaho, Idaho Senate, Ada County Prosecuting Attorney	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	Indianapolis Board of School Commissioners, Mayor of Indianapolis	Denison, Oxford	1977	1932
Indiana	3		Evan Bayh	Democratic	Episcopalian	Governor, Indiana Secretary of State	Indiana University, Virginia	1999	1955
Iowa	3		Chuck Grassley	Republican	Baptist	U.S. House, Iowa House of Representatives	Northern Iowa (BA, MA)	1981	1933
Iowa	2		Tom Harkin	Democratic	Roman Catholic	U.S. House	Iowa State, Catholic	1985	1939
Kansas	3		Sam Brownback	Republican	Roman Catholic	U.S. House	Kansas State, Kansas	1996	1956
Kansas	2		Pat Roberts	Republican	Methodist	U.S. House	Kansas State	1997	1936
Kentucky	2		Mitch McConnell	Republican	Baptist	Jefferson County Executive	Louisville, Kentucky	1985	1942
Kentucky	3		Jim Bunning	Republican	Roman Catholic	U.S. House, Kentucky State Senate, Fort Thomas City Council, Major League Baseball player	Xavier	1999	1931
Louisiana	2		Mary Landrieu	Democratic	Roman Catholic	Louisiana Treasurer	Louisiana State	1997	1955
Louisiana	3		David Vitter	Republican	Roman Catholic	Louisiana House of Representatives, U.S. House	Harvard, Oxford, Tulane	2005	1961
Maine	1		Olympia Snowe	Republican	Greek Orthodox	U.S. House, Maine Senate, Maine House of Representatives, First Lady of Maine	Maine	1995	1947
Maine	2		Susan Collins	Republican	Roman Catholic	Commissioner of the Maine Department of Professional and Financial Regulation	St. Lawrence	1997	1952
Maryland	3		Barbara Mikulski	Democratic	Roman Catholic	U.S. House, Baltimore City Council	Mount Saint Agnes, Maryland	1987	1936
Maryland	1		Ben Cardin	Democratic	Jewish	U.S. House, Maryland House of Delegates	Pittsburgh, Maryland	2007	1943
Massachusetts	2		John Kerry	Democratic	Roman Catholic	Lieutenant Governor	Yale, Boston College	1985	1943
Massachusetts	1		Scott Brown	Republican	Christian Reformed Church in North America	property assessor of Wrentham, Massachusetts, Wrentham Board of Selectman, Massachusetts Senate, National Guard	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	U.S. House, Michigan Senate, Michigan House of Representatives, Ingham County Board of Commissioners	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	Mississippi (BA, JD)	1979	1937
Mississippi	1		Roger Wicker	Republican	Southern Baptist	Mississippi State Senate, U.S. House	Mississippi (BA, JD)	2007	1951
Missouri	3		Kit Bond	Republican	Presbyterian	Governor, State Auditor	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	Stanford (BS, LLB)	1979	1941
Montana	1		Jon Tester	Democratic	Church of God	Montana 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	Governor, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Mayor of Lincoln Lancaster County Board	St. Mary's University, Creighton University	2009	1950
Nevada	3		Harry Reid	Democratic	LDS	U.S. House, Lieutenant Governor, Nevada Assembly	Southern Utah, Utah State, George Washington	1987	1939
Nevada	1		John Ensign	Republican	International Church of the Foursquare Gospel	U.S. House	UNLV, Oregon State, Colorado	2001	1958
New Hampshire	3		Judd Gregg	Republican	Congregationalist	Governor, U.S. House	Columbia, Boston University	1993	1947
New Hampshire	2		Jeanne Shaheen	Democratic	Non-denominational Christian	Governor, New Hampshire Senate	Shippensburg University, University of Mississippi	2009	1947
New Jersey	2		Frank Lautenberg	Democratic	Jewish	U.S. Army, executive commissioner of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, U.S. Senate, Class 1	Columbia	2003	1924
New Jersey	1		Bob Menendez	Democratic	Roman Catholic	U.S. House, New Jersey Senate, New Jersey General Assembly, Mayor of Union City	Saint Peter's College, Rutgers	2006	1954
New Mexico	1		Jeff Bingaman	Democratic	Methodist	New Mexico Attorney General	Harvard, Stanford	1983	1943
New Mexico	2		Tom Udall	Democratic	LDS	U.S. House, New Mexico Attorney General	Prescott College, Cambridge University (J.D.), University of New Mexico School of Law	2009	1948
New York	3		Chuck Schumer	Democratic	Jewish	U.S. House, New York State Assembly	Harvard (BA, JD)	1999	1950
New York	1		Kirsten Gillibrand	Democratic	Roman Catholic	U.S. House	Dartmouth, UCLA	2009	1966
North Carolina	3		Richard Burr	Republican	Methodist	U.S. House	Wake Forest	2005	1955
North Carolina	2		Kay Hagan	Democratic	Presbyterian	North Carolina Senate	Florida State University, Wake Forest University	2009	1953
North Dakota	1	File:SenatorConradOfficialPortrait.jpg	Kent Conrad	Democratic-NPL	Unitarian Universalist	North Dakota State Tax Commissioner	Stanford, George Washington	1987	1948
North Dakota	3		Byron Dorgan	Democratic-NPL	Lutheran	U.S. House	North Dakota, Denver	1993	1942
Ohio	3		George Voinovich	Republican	Roman Catholic	Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Mayor of Cleveland	Ohio, Ohio State	1999	1936
Ohio	1		Sherrod Brown	Democratic	Lutheran	U.S. House, Ohio Secretary of State	Yale, Ohio State	2007	1952
Oklahoma	2		Jim Inhofe	Republican	Presbyterian	U.S. House, Oklahoma Senate, Oklahoma House of Representatives, Mayor of Tulsa	Tulsa	1995	1934
Oklahoma	3		Tom Coburn	Republican	Baptist	U.S. House, Physician	Oklahoma State, Oklahoma	2005	1948
Oregon	3		Ron Wyden	Democratic	Jewish	U.S. House	Stanford, Oregon	1996	1949
Oregon	2		Jeff Merkley	Democratic	Lutheran	Oregon 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	Pennsylvania Treasurer, Pennsylvania Auditor General	Holy Cross, Catholic	2007	1960
Rhode Island	2		Jack Reed	Democratic	Roman Catholic	U.S. House, Rhode Island Senate	United States Military Academy, Harvard	1997	1949
Rhode Island	1		Sheldon Whitehouse	Democratic	Episcopalian	Rhode Island Attorney General	Yale, Virginia	2007	1955
South Carolina	2		Lindsey Graham	Republican	Southern Baptist	U.S. House	South Carolina (BA, JD)	2003	1955
South Carolina	3		Jim DeMint	Republican	Presbyterian	U.S. House	Tennessee, Clemson University	2005	1951
South Dakota	2		Tim Johnson	Democratic	Lutheran	U.S. House	South Dakota (BA, MPA, JD)	1997	1946
South Dakota	3		John Thune	Republican	Evangelical Christian	U.S. House	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	Texas State Treasurer	Texas (BA, JD)	1993	1943
Texas	2		John Cornyn	Republican	Church of Christ	Texas 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	Saint Michael's College, Georgetown University	1975	1940
Vermont	1		Bernie Sanders	Independent	Jewish	U.S. House, 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	Governor	George Washington, Harvard	2009	1954
Washington	3		Patty Murray	Democratic	Roman Catholic	Washington Senate	Washington State	1993	1950
Washington	1		Maria Cantwell	Democratic	Roman Catholic	U.S. House, Washington House of Representatives	Miami University	2001	1958
West Virginia	2		Jay Rockefeller	Democratic	Presbyterian	Governor, West Virginia Secretary of State, West Virginia House of Delegates	Harvard	1985	1937
West Virginia	1		Carte Goodwin	Democratic	Methodist	attorney, former General Counsel to Governor Joseph Manchin	Marietta College, Emory University School of Law	2010	1974
Wisconsin	1		Herb Kohl	Democratic	Jewish	Businessman, Wisconsin Democratic Party chairman	Wisconsin–Madison, Harvard	1989	1935
Wisconsin	3		Russ Feingold	Democratic	Jewish	Wisconsin Senate	Wisconsin–Madison, Oxford, Harvard	1993	1953
Wyoming	2		Mike Enzi	Republican	Presbyterian	Wyoming Senate, Wyoming House of Representatives, Mayor of Gillette	George Washington, Denver	1997	1944
Wyoming	1		John Barrasso	Republican	Presbyterian	Wyoming Senate	Georgetown (BS, MD)	2007	1952
State	Class		Name	Party	Religion	Prior Experience	Education	First took office	Born

Note

^ Joe Lieberman and Bernie Sanders caucus with the Democrats.

References

^ "McCain Identifies Himself as a Baptist". Associated Press for Fox News. September 16, 2007. Retrieved December 19, 2007.
^ http://www.govnotes.com/Directories/_Arizona_Congressional_Directory.htm
^ Bartels, Lynn (December 26, 2007). "Pasts cross for Udall, Mitt". Rocky Mountain News. Retrieved 28 October 2010.
^ Mitchell, Nancy (January 24, 2009). "Bennet's tale steeped in family roots". Rocky Mountain News. Retrieved 30 January 2009.

[1] Joe Lieberman and Bernie Sanders caucus with the Democrats.

[2] "McCain Identifies Himself as a Baptist". Associated Press for Fox News. September 16, 2007. Retrieved December 19, 2007.

[Arizonacongress-3] ttp://www.govnotes.com/Directories/_Arizona_Congressional_Directory.htm

[4] Bartels, Lynn (December 26, 2007). "Pasts cross for Udall, Mitt". Rocky Mountain News. Retrieved 28 October 2010.

[5] Mitchell, Nancy (January 24, 2009). "Bennet's tale steeped in family roots". Rocky Mountain News. Retrieved 30 January 2009.

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