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Affiliation		Members
Democratic Party	51
Republican Party	47
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 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	Religion	Prior Experience	Education	First took office	Born
Alabama	3		Richard Shelby	Republican	Presbyterian	U.S. House, Alabama Senate	University of Alabama (BA, JD)	1987	1934
Alabama	2		Jeff Sessions	Republican	Methodist	Alabama Attorney General	Huntingdon College (B.A.), University of Alabama (J.D.)	1997	1946
Alaska	3		Lisa Murkowski	Republican	Roman Catholic	Alaska House of Representatives	Georgetown University (B.A.), Willamette University (J.D.)	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. Navy Captain	United States Naval Academy^[2]	1987	1936
Arizona	1		Jon Kyl	Republican	Presbyterian	U.S. House	University of Arizona (BA, JD)	1995	1942
Arkansas	2		Mark Pryor	Democratic	Southern Baptist	Arkansas House of Representatives, Arkansas Attorney General	University of Arkansas (BA, JD)	2003	1963
Arkansas	3		John Boozman	Republican	Baptist	U.S. House	University of Arkansas, Southern College of Optometry	2011	1950
California	1		Dianne Feinstein	Democratic	Jewish	Mayor of San Francisco, San Francisco Board of Supervisors	Stanford University (B.A.)	1992	1933
California	3		Barbara Boxer	Democratic	Jewish	U.S. House, Marin County Board of Supervisors	Brooklyn College (B.A.)	1993	1940
Colorado	2		Mark Udall	Democratic	Unaffiliated^[3]	U.S. House, Colorado House of Representatives	Williams College	2009	1950
Colorado	3		Michael Bennet	Democratic	Unspecified^[4]	Denver Public Schools Superintendent	Wesleyan University (B.A.), Yale Law School	2009	1964
Connecticut	1		Joe Lieberman	Independent Democratic	Orthodox Judaism	Connecticut Senate, Connecticut Attorney General	Yale University (BA, LLB)	1989	1942
Connecticut	3		Richard Blumenthal	Democratic	Jewish	Connecticut Attorney General, Connecticut Senate, Connecticut House of Representatives	Harvard College, Trinity College, Cambridge, Yale Law School	2011	1946
Delaware	1		Tom Carper	Democratic	Presbyterian	Governor, U.S. House, Delaware Treasurer, U.S. Navy Captain	Ohio State University, University of Delaware	2001	1947
Delaware	2		Chris Coons	Democratic	Presbyterian	County Executive of New Castle County	Amherst College (B.A.), Yale University (J.D., M.A.R)	2010	1963
Florida	1		Bill Nelson	Democratic	Baptist	U.S. House, State Treasurer	Yale University (B.A.), University of Virginia (J.D.)	2001	1942
Florida	3		Marco Rubio	Republican	Roman Catholic	Florida House of Representatives	University of Florida (B.A.), University of Miami (J.D.)	2011	1971
Georgia	2		Saxby Chambliss	Republican	Episcopalian	U.S. House	University of Georgia (B.B.A.), University of Tennessee (J.D.)	2003	1943
Georgia	3		Johnny Isakson	Republican	United Methodist	Georgia House of Representatives, Georgia Senate, U.S. House	University of Georgia (B.B.A.)	2005	1944
Hawaii	3		Daniel Inouye	Democratic	Methodist	U.S. Army, U.S. House	University of Hawaii, George Washington University (B.A., J.D.)	1963	1924
Hawaii	1		Daniel Akaka	Democratic	United Church of Christ	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	LDS	U.S. House, Idaho Senate	Brigham Young University (B.A.), Harvard Law School	1999	1951
Idaho	2		Jim Risch	Republican	Roman Catholic	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	Roman Catholic	U.S. House	Georgetown University (BS, JD)	1997	1944
Illinois	3		Mark Kirk	Republican	United Church of Christ	U.S. House	Cornell University, London School of Economics, Georgetown University Law Center	2010	1959
Indiana	1		Richard Lugar	Republican	United Methodist	Indianapolis Board of School Commissioners, Mayor of Indianapolis	Denison University, University of Oxford	1977	1932
Indiana	3		Dan Coats	Republican	Presbyterian	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	Baptist	U.S. House, Iowa House of Representatives	University of Northern Iowa (BA, MA)	1981	1933
Iowa	2		Tom Harkin	Democratic	Roman Catholic	U.S. House	Iowa State University (B.A.), The Catholic University of America (J.D.)	1985	1939
Kansas	2		Pat Roberts	Republican	Methodist	U.S. House	Kansas State University (B.A.)	1997	1936
Kansas	3		Jerry Moran	Republican	Methodist	U.S. House	University of Kansas	2011	1954
Kentucky	2		Mitch McConnell	Republican	Baptist	Jefferson County Executive	University of Louisville (B.A.), University of Kentucky (J.D.)	1985	1942
Kentucky	3		Rand Paul	Republican	Presbyterian	Physician	Duke University School of Medicine, Baylor University	2011	1963
Louisiana	2		Mary Landrieu	Democratic	Roman Catholic	Louisiana House of Representatives, Louisiana State Treasurer	Louisiana State University	1997	1955
Louisiana	3		David Vitter	Republican	Roman Catholic	Louisiana House of Representatives, U.S. House	Harvard University, Oxford University, Tulane University	2005	1961
Maine	1		Olympia Snowe	Republican	Greek Orthodox	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	Roman Catholic	Commissioner of the Maine Department of Professional and Financial Regulation	St. Lawrence University (B.A.)	1997	1952
Maryland	3		Barbara Mikulski	Democratic	Roman Catholic	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	Jewish	U.S. House, Maryland House of Delegates	University of Pittsburgh (B.A.), University of Maryland (J.D.)	2007	1943
Massachusetts	2		John Kerry	Democratic	Roman Catholic	Lieutenant Governor	Yale University (B.A.), Boston College (J.D.)	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 (B.A.), Boston College Law School	2010	1959
Michigan	2		Carl Levin	Democratic	Jewish	Detroit City Council	Swarthmore College, Harvard Law School	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 University (BA, MSW)	2001	1950
Minnesota	1		Amy Klobuchar	Democratic-Farmer-Labor	Congregationalist	Hennepin County Attorney	Yale University, University of Chicago	2007	1960
Minnesota	2		Al Franken	Democratic-Farmer-Labor	Jewish	Comedian, actor, author, screenwriter, political commentator, and radio host	Harvard University	2009	1951
Mississippi	2		Thad Cochran	Republican	Baptist	U.S. House	University of Mississippi (BA, JD)	1979	1937
Mississippi	1		Roger Wicker	Republican	Southern Baptist	Mississippi State Senate, U.S. House	University of Mississippi (BA, JD)	2007	1951
Missouri	1		Claire McCaskill	Democratic	Roman Catholic	State Auditor, Missouri House of Representatives, Jackson County Prosecutor	University of Missouri (BS, JD)	2007	1953
Missouri	3		Roy Blunt	Republican	Baptist	U.S. House	Southwest Baptist University, Southwest Missouri State University	2011	1950
Montana	2		Max Baucus	Democratic	United Church of Christ	U.S. House	Stanford University (BS, LLB)	1979	1941
Montana	1		Jon Tester	Democratic	Church of God	Montana Senate President	University of 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	Saint Mary's University of Minnesota, Creighton University	2009	1950
Nevada	3		Harry Reid	Democratic	LDS	U.S. House, Lieutenant Governor, Nevada Assembly	Southern Utah University, Utah State University, George Washington University	1987	1939
Nevada	1		Dean Heller	Republican	LDS	U.S. House, Nevada Secretary of State, Nevada Assembly	University of Southern California	2011	1960
New Hampshire	2		Jeanne Shaheen	Democratic	Non-denominational Christian	Governor, New Hampshire Senate	Shippensburg University, University of Mississippi	2009	1947
New Hampshire	3		Kelly Ayotte	Republican	Roman Catholic	New Hampshire Attorney General	Pennsylvania State University, Villanova University School of Law	2011	1968
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 University	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 University	2006	1954
New Mexico	1		Jeff Bingaman	Democratic	Methodist	New Mexico Attorney General	Harvard University, Stanford University	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 University (BA, JD)	1999	1950
New York	1		Kirsten Gillibrand	Democratic	Roman Catholic	U.S. House	Dartmouth College, University of California, Los Angeles	2009	1966
North Carolina	3		Richard Burr	Republican	Methodist	U.S. House	Wake Forest University	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 University, George Washington University	1987	1948
North Dakota	3		John Hoeven	Republican	Roman Catholic	Governor of North Dakota	Dartmouth College, Northwestern University	2011	1957
Ohio	1		Sherrod Brown	Democratic	Lutheran	U.S. House, Ohio Secretary of State	Yale University, Ohio State University	2007	1952
Ohio	3		Rob Portman	Republican	Methodist	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	Presbyterian	U.S. House, Oklahoma Senate, Oklahoma House of Representatives, Mayor of Tulsa	University of Tulsa	1995	1934
Oklahoma	3		Tom Coburn	Republican	Baptist	U.S. House, Physician	Oklahoma State University, University of Oklahoma	2005	1948
Oregon	3		Ron Wyden	Democratic	Jewish	U.S. House	Stanford University, University of Oregon	1996	1949
Oregon	2		Jeff Merkley	Democratic	Lutheran	Oregon House Speaker	Stanford University (B.A.), Princeton University (M.P.P.)	2009	1956
Pennsylvania	1		Bob Casey, Jr.	Democratic	Roman Catholic	Pennsylvania Treasurer, Pennsylvania Auditor General	College of the Holy Cross, The Catholic University of America	2007	1960
Pennsylvania	3		Pat Toomey	Republican	Roman Catholic	U.S. House	Harvard University	2011	1961
Rhode Island	2		Jack Reed	Democratic	Roman Catholic	U.S. House, Rhode Island Senate	United States Military Academy, Harvard University	1997	1949
Rhode Island	1		Sheldon Whitehouse	Democratic	Episcopalian	Rhode Island Attorney General	Yale University, University of Virginia	2007	1955
South Carolina	2		Lindsey Graham	Republican	Southern Baptist	U.S. House	University of South Carolina (BA, JD)	2003	1955
South Carolina	3		Jim DeMint	Republican	Presbyterian	U.S. House	University of Tennessee, Clemson University	2005	1951
South Dakota	2		Tim Johnson	Democratic	Lutheran	U.S. House	University of South Dakota (BA, MPA, JD)	1997	1946
South Dakota	3		John Thune	Republican	Evangelical Christian	U.S. House	Biola University, University of South Dakota	2005	1961
Tennessee	2		Lamar Alexander	Republican	Presbyterian	Governor, U.S. Secretary of Education	Vanderbilt University, New York University	2003	1940
Tennessee	1		Bob Corker	Republican	Presbyterian	Mayor of Chattanooga	University of Tennessee	2007	1952
Texas	1		Kay Bailey Hutchison	Republican	Episcopalian	Texas State Treasurer	University of Texas (BA, JD)	1993	1943
Texas	2		John Cornyn	Republican	Church of Christ	Texas Attorney General	Trinity University, St. Mary's University School of Law, University of Virginia	2003	1952
Utah	1		Orrin Hatch	Republican	LDS	Attorney	Brigham Young University, University of Pittsburgh	1977	1934
Utah	3	File:Senator Mike Lee of Utah.jpg	Mike Lee	Republican	LDS	Attorney	Brigham Young University	2011	1971
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, University of Chicago	2007	1941
Virginia	1		Jim Webb	Democratic	Non-denominational Christian	U.S. Secretary of the Navy	United States Naval Academy, University of Southern California, Georgetown University	2007	1946
Virginia	2		Mark Warner	Democratic	Presbyterian	Governor	George Washington University, Harvard University	2009	1954
Washington	3		Patty Murray	Democratic	Roman Catholic	Washington Senate	Washington State University	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 University	1985	1937
West Virginia	1		Joe Manchin	Democratic	Roman Catholic	Governor, West Virginia Secretary of State	West Virginia University	2010	1947
Wisconsin	1		Herb Kohl	Democratic	Jewish	Businessman, Wisconsin Democratic Party chairman	University of Wisconsin–Madison, Harvard Law School	1989	1935
Wisconsin	3		Ron Johnson	Republican	Lutheran	Businessman	University of Minnesota	2011	1955
Wyoming	2		Mike Enzi	Republican	Presbyterian	Wyoming Senate, Wyoming House of Representatives, Mayor of Gillette	George Washington University, University of Denver	1997	1944
Wyoming	1		John Barrasso	Republican	Presbyterian	Wyoming Senate	Georgetown University (BS, MD)	2007	1952

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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