List of current United States senators

Template:American politics/party colors/Democratic/rowTemplate:American politics/party colors/Republican/rowTemplate:American politics/party colors/Independent/row Affiliation Members Democratic Party 51 Republican Party 47 Independent 2 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 Caucus Chairman	Harry Reid	Nevada	2007
Senate Majority Whip	Richard Durbin	Illinois	2007
Vice Chairman of the Democratic Caucus	Chuck Schumer	New York	2007
Democratic Policy Committee Chairman	Chuck Schumer	New York	2011
Democratic Caucus Secretary	Patty Murray	Washington	2007
Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman	Patty Murray	Washington	2011

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	2017	10	24		34

State	Class		Name	Party	Prior Experience	Education	First took office	Born
Alabama	3		Richard Shelby	Republican	U.S. House, Alabama Senate	University of Alabama (BA, JD)	1987	1934
Alabama	2		Jeff Sessions	Republican	Alabama Attorney General	Huntingdon College (B.A.), University of Alabama (J.D.)	1997	1946
Alaska	3		Lisa Murkowski	Republican	Alaska House of Representatives	Georgetown University (B.A.), Willamette University (J.D.)	2002	1957
Alaska	2		Mark Begich	Democratic	Mayor of Anchorage	University of Alaska Anchorage (attended)	2009	1962
Arizona	3		John McCain	Republican	U.S. House, U.S. Navy Captain	United States Naval Academy	1987	1936
Arizona	1		Jon Kyl	Republican	U.S. House	University of Arizona (BA, JD)	1995	1942
Arkansas	2		Mark Pryor	Democratic	Arkansas House of Representatives, Arkansas Attorney General	University of Arkansas (BA, JD)	2003	1963
Arkansas	3		John Boozman	Republican	U.S. House	University of Arkansas, Southern College of Optometry	2011	1950
California	1		Dianne Feinstein	Democratic	Mayor of San Francisco, San Francisco Board of Supervisors	Stanford University (B.A.)	1992	1933
California	3		Barbara Boxer	Democratic	U.S. House, Marin County Board of Supervisors	Brooklyn College (B.A.)	1993	1940
Colorado	2		Mark Udall	Democratic	U.S. House, Colorado House of Representatives	Williams College	2009	1950
Colorado	3		Michael Bennet	Democratic	Denver Public Schools Superintendent	Wesleyan University (B.A.), Yale Law School	2009	1964
Connecticut	1		Joe Lieberman	Independent Democratic	Connecticut Senate, Connecticut Attorney General	Yale University (BA, LLB)	1989	1942
Connecticut	3		Richard Blumenthal	Democratic	Connecticut Attorney General, Connecticut Senate, Connecticut House of Representatives	Harvard College, Trinity College, Cambridge, Yale Law School	2011	1946
Delaware	1		Tom Carper	Democratic	Governor, U.S. House, Delaware Treasurer, U.S. Navy Captain	Ohio State University, University of Delaware	2001	1947
Delaware	2		Chris Coons	Democratic	County Executive of New Castle County	Amherst College (B.A.), Yale University (J.D., M.A.R)	2010	1963
Florida	1		Bill Nelson	Democratic	U.S. House, State Treasurer	Yale University (B.A.), University of Virginia (J.D.)	2001	1942
Florida	3		Marco Rubio	Republican	Florida House of Representatives	University of Florida (B.A.), University of Miami (J.D.)	2011	1971
Georgia	2		Saxby Chambliss	Republican	U.S. House	University of Georgia (B.B.A.), University of Tennessee (J.D.)	2003	1943
Georgia	3		Johnny Isakson	Republican	Georgia House of Representatives, Georgia Senate, U.S. House	University of Georgia (B.B.A.)	2005	1944
Hawaii	3		Daniel Inouye	Democratic	U.S. Army, U.S. House	University of Hawaii, George Washington University (B.A., J.D.)	1963	1924
Hawaii	1		Daniel Akaka	Democratic	Director of the Hawaii Office of Economic Opportunity, Director of the Progressive Neighborhoods Program, U.S. House	University of Hawaii (BA, M.Ed.)	1990	1924
Idaho	3		Mike Crapo	Republican	U.S. House, Idaho Senate	Brigham Young University (B.A.), Harvard Law School	1999	1951
Idaho	2		Jim Risch	Republican	Governor of Idaho, Lieutenant Governor of Idaho, Idaho Senate, Ada County Prosecuting Attorney	University of Idaho (B.S., J.D.)	2009	1943
Illinois	2		Dick Durbin	Democratic	U.S. House	Georgetown University (BS, JD)	1997	1944
Illinois	3		Mark Kirk	Republican	U.S. House	Cornell University, London School of Economics, Georgetown University Law Center	2010	1959
Indiana	1		Richard Lugar	Republican	Indianapolis Board of School Commissioners, Mayor of Indianapolis	Denison University, University of Oxford	1977	1932
Indiana	3		Dan Coats	Republican	U.S. House,U.S. Senate, Class 3, U.S. Ambassador to Germany	Wheaton College (B.A.), Indiana University-Indianapolis (J.D.)	2011	1943
Iowa	3		Chuck Grassley	Republican	U.S. House, Iowa House of Representatives	University of Northern Iowa (BA, MA)	1981	1933
Iowa	2		Tom Harkin	Democratic	U.S. House	Iowa State University (B.A.), The Catholic University of America (J.D.)	1985	1939
Kansas	2		Pat Roberts	Republican	U.S. House	Kansas State University (B.A.)	1997	1936
Kansas	3		Jerry Moran	Republican	U.S. House	University of Kansas	2011	1954
Kentucky	2		Mitch McConnell	Republican	Jefferson County Executive	University of Louisville (B.A.), University of Kentucky (J.D.)	1985	1942
Kentucky	3		Rand Paul	Republican	Physician	Duke University School of Medicine, Baylor University	2011	1963
Louisiana	2		Mary Landrieu	Democratic	Louisiana House of Representatives, Louisiana State Treasurer	Louisiana State University	1997	1955
Louisiana	3		David Vitter	Republican	Louisiana House of Representatives, U.S. House	Harvard University, Oxford University, Tulane University	2005	1961
Maine	1		Olympia Snowe	Republican	U.S. House, Maine Senate, Maine House of Representatives, First Lady of Maine	University of Maine (B.A.)	1995	1947
Maine	2		Susan Collins	Republican	Commissioner of the Maine Department of Professional and Financial Regulation	St. Lawrence University (B.A.)	1997	1952
Maryland	3		Barbara Mikulski	Democratic	U.S. House, Baltimore City Council	Mount Saint Agnes College (B.A.), University of Maryland (M.S.W.)	1987	1936
Maryland	1		Ben Cardin	Democratic	U.S. House, Maryland House of Delegates	University of Pittsburgh (B.A.), University of Maryland (J.D.)	2007	1943
Massachusetts	2		John Kerry	Democratic	Lieutenant Governor	Yale University (B.A.), Boston College (J.D.)	1985	1943
Massachusetts	1		Scott Brown	Republican	property assessor of Wrentham, Massachusetts, Wrentham Board of Selectman, Massachusetts Senate, National Guard	Tufts University (B.A.), Boston College Law School	2010	1959
Michigan	2		Carl Levin	Democratic	Detroit City Council	Swarthmore College, Harvard Law School	1979	1934
Michigan	1		Debbie Stabenow	Democratic	U.S. House, Michigan Senate, Michigan House of Representatives, Ingham County Board of Commissioners	Michigan State University (BA, MSW)	2001	1950
Minnesota	1		Amy Klobuchar	Democratic-Farmer-Labor	Hennepin County Attorney	Yale University, University of Chicago	2007	1960
Minnesota	2		Al Franken	Democratic-Farmer-Labor	Comedian, actor, author, screenwriter, political commentator, and radio host	Harvard University	2009	1951
Mississippi	2		Thad Cochran	Republican	U.S. House	University of Mississippi (BA, JD)	1979	1937
Mississippi	1		Roger Wicker	Republican	Mississippi State Senate, U.S. House	University of Mississippi (BA, JD)	2007	1951
Missouri	1		Claire McCaskill	Democratic	State Auditor, Missouri House of Representatives, Jackson County Prosecutor	University of Missouri (BS, JD)	2007	1953
Missouri	3		Roy Blunt	Republican	U.S. House	Southwest Baptist University, Southwest Missouri State University	2011	1950
Montana	2		Max Baucus	Democratic	U.S. House	Stanford University (BS, LLB)	1979	1941
Montana	1		Jon Tester	Democratic	Montana Senate President	University of Great Falls	2007	1956
Nebraska	1		Ben Nelson	Democratic	Governor	University of Nebraska (BA, MA, JD)	2001	1941
Nebraska	2		Mike Johanns	Republican	Governor, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Mayor of Lincoln Lancaster County Board	Saint Mary's University of Minnesota, Creighton University	2009	1950
Nevada	3		Harry Reid	Democratic	U.S. House, Lieutenant Governor, Nevada Assembly	Southern Utah University, Utah State University, George Washington University	1987	1939
Nevada	1		Dean Heller	Republican	U.S. House, Nevada Secretary of State, Nevada Assembly	University of Southern California	2011	1960
New Hampshire	2		Jeanne Shaheen	Democratic	Governor, New Hampshire Senate	Shippensburg University, University of Mississippi	2009	1947
New Hampshire	3		Kelly Ayotte	Republican	New Hampshire Attorney General	Pennsylvania State University, Villanova University School of Law	2011	1968
New Jersey	2		Frank Lautenberg	Democratic	U.S. Army, executive commissioner of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, U.S. Senate, Class 1	Columbia University	2003	1924
New Jersey	1		Bob Menendez	Democratic	U.S. House, New Jersey Senate, New Jersey General Assembly, Mayor of Union City	Saint Peter's College, Rutgers University	2006	1954
New Mexico	1		Jeff Bingaman	Democratic	New Mexico Attorney General	Harvard University, Stanford University	1983	1943
New Mexico	2		Tom Udall	Democratic	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	U.S. House, New York State Assembly	Harvard University (BA, JD)	1999	1950
New York	1		Kirsten Gillibrand	Democratic	U.S. House	Dartmouth College, University of California, Los Angeles	2009	1966
North Carolina	3		Richard Burr	Republican	U.S. House	Wake Forest University	2005	1955
North Carolina	2		Kay Hagan	Democratic	North Carolina Senate	Florida State University, Wake Forest University	2009	1953
North Dakota	1	File:SenatorConradOfficialPortrait.jpg	Kent Conrad	Democratic-NPL	North Dakota State Tax Commissioner	Stanford University, George Washington University	1987	1948
North Dakota	3		John Hoeven	Republican	Governor of North Dakota	Dartmouth College, Northwestern University	2011	1957
Ohio	1		Sherrod Brown	Democratic	U.S. House, Ohio Secretary of State	Yale University, Ohio State University	2007	1952
Ohio	3		Rob Portman	Republican	U.S. House, United States Trade Representative, Director of the Office of Management and Budget	Dartmouth College, University of Michigan Law School	2011	1955
Oklahoma	2		Jim Inhofe	Republican	U.S. House, Oklahoma Senate, Oklahoma House of Representatives, Mayor of Tulsa	University of Tulsa	1995	1934
Oklahoma	3		Tom Coburn	Republican	U.S. House, Physician	Oklahoma State University, University of Oklahoma	2005	1948
Oregon	3		Ron Wyden	Democratic	U.S. House	Stanford University, University of Oregon	1996	1949
Oregon	2		Jeff Merkley	Democratic	Oregon House Speaker	Stanford University (B.A.), Princeton University (M.P.P.)	2009	1956
Pennsylvania	1		Bob Casey, Jr.	Democratic	Pennsylvania Treasurer, Pennsylvania Auditor General	College of the Holy Cross, The Catholic University of America	2007	1960
Pennsylvania	3		Pat Toomey	Republican	U.S. House	Harvard University	2011	1961
Rhode Island	2		Jack Reed	Democratic	U.S. House, Rhode Island Senate	United States Military Academy, Harvard University	1997	1949
Rhode Island	1		Sheldon Whitehouse	Democratic	Rhode Island Attorney General	Yale University, University of Virginia	2007	1955
South Carolina	2		Lindsey Graham	Republican	U.S. House	University of South Carolina (BA, JD)	2003	1955
South Carolina	3		Jim DeMint	Republican	U.S. House	University of Tennessee, Clemson University	2005	1951
South Dakota	2		Tim Johnson	Democratic	U.S. House	University of South Dakota (BA, MPA, JD)	1997	1946
South Dakota	3		John Thune	Republican	U.S. House	Biola University, University of South Dakota	2005	1961
Tennessee	2		Lamar Alexander	Republican	Governor, U.S. Secretary of Education	Vanderbilt University, New York University	2003	1940
Tennessee	1		Bob Corker	Republican	Mayor of Chattanooga	University of Tennessee	2007	1952
Texas	1		Kay Bailey Hutchison	Republican	Texas State Treasurer	University of Texas (BA, JD)	1993	1943
Texas	2		John Cornyn	Republican	Texas Attorney General	Trinity University, St. Mary's University School of Law, University of Virginia	2003	1952
Utah	1		Orrin Hatch	Republican	Attorney	Brigham Young University, University of Pittsburgh	1977	1934
Utah	3	File:Senator Mike Lee of Utah.jpg	Mike Lee	Republican	Attorney	Brigham Young University	2011	1971
Vermont	3		Patrick Leahy	Democratic	Chittenden County State's Attorney	Saint Michael's College, Georgetown University	1975	1940
Vermont	1		Bernie Sanders	Independent	U.S. House, Mayor of Burlington	Brooklyn College, University of Chicago	2007	1941
Virginia	1		Jim Webb	Democratic	U.S. Secretary of the Navy	United States Naval Academy, University of Southern California, Georgetown University	2007	1946
Virginia	2		Mark Warner	Democratic	Governor	George Washington University, Harvard University	2009	1954
Washington	3		Patty Murray	Democratic	Washington Senate	Washington State University	1993	1950
Washington	1		Maria Cantwell	Democratic	U.S. House, Washington House of Representatives	Miami University	2001	1958
West Virginia	2		Jay Rockefeller	Democratic	Governor, West Virginia Secretary of State, West Virginia House of Delegates	Harvard University	1985	1937
West Virginia	1		Joe Manchin	Democratic	Governor, West Virginia Secretary of State	West Virginia University	2010	1947
Wisconsin	1		Herb Kohl	Democratic	Businessman, Wisconsin Democratic Party chairman	University of Wisconsin–Madison, Harvard Law School	1989	1935
Wisconsin	3		Ron Johnson	Republican	Businessman	University of Minnesota	2011	1955
Wyoming	2		Mike Enzi	Republican	Wyoming Senate, Wyoming House of Representatives, Mayor of Gillette	George Washington University, University of Denver	1997	1944
Wyoming	1		John Barrasso	Republican	Wyoming Senate	Georgetown University (BS, MD)	2007	1952