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The United States Senate party membership by state. States with two Democratic U.S. Senators are in blue, states with two Republican U.S. Senators are in red, and those with one of each are in purple. States with an independent U.S. Senator are marked with green stripes on a blue or red background, depending on the party of the other U.S. Senator.

The United States Senate consists of 100 members, two from each of the 50 states. Below is a list of the current U.S. Senators, sitting in the 115th United States Congress.

Affiliation Members
  Republican Party 51
  Democratic Party 47
  Independent 2[a]
Total 100

Leadership

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Office Party Officer State Since
President of the Senate[b] Republican Mike Pence Indiana[c] January 20, 2017
President pro tempore Republican Orrin Hatch Utah January 3, 2015
Party Dean since January 3, 2013

Majority (Republican) leadership

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Office Officer State Since
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Kentucky January 3, 2015
Party Leader since January 3, 2007
Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn Texas January 3, 2015
Party Whip since January 3, 2013
Chair, Republican Conference John Thune South Dakota January 26, 2012
Chair, Senate Republican Policy Committee John Barrasso Wyoming January 3, 2013
Vice Chair, Republican Conference Roy Blunt Missouri January 3, 2013
Chair, National Republican Senatorial Committee Cory Gardner Colorado January 3, 2017
Chair, Senate Republican Steering Committee Mike Lee Utah January 3, 2015
Senate Republican Chief Deputy Whip Mike Crapo Idaho January 3, 2013

Minority (Democratic) leadership

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Office Officer State Since
Senate Minority Leader
Chair, Democratic Caucus 		Chuck Schumer New York January 3, 2017
Party Leader since January 3, 2017
Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin Illinois January 3, 2015
Party Whip since January 3, 2005
Senate Assistant Democratic Leader Patty Murray Washington January 3, 2017
Chair, Senate Democratic Policy Committee Debbie Stabenow Michigan January 3, 2017
Vice Chair, Democratic Caucus Mark Warner Virginia January 3, 2017
Elizabeth Warren Massachusetts January 3, 2017
Chair, Senate Democratic Steering Committee Amy Klobuchar Minnesota January 3, 2017
Chair, Senate Democratic Outreach Committee Bernie Sanders Vermont January 3, 2017
Vice Chair, Senate Democratic Policy Committee Joe Manchin West Virginia January 3, 2017
Secretary, Democratic Caucus Tammy Baldwin Wisconsin January 3, 2017
Chair, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chris Van Hollen Maryland January 3, 2017
Senate Democratic Chief Deputy Whip Jeff Merkley Oregon January 3, 2017
President pro tempore emeritus Patrick Leahy Vermont January 3, 2015
Party Dean since December 17, 2012

Senators

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Legend

  Democratic   Republican   Independent

State Portrait Name Born Previous experience Assumed office Seat up
Alabama Richard Shelby (1934-05-06) May 6, 1934 (age 90) Alabama Senate,
U.S. House		 January 3, 1987
(37 years ago) (1987-01-03)		 2022
Doug Jones[d] (1954-05-04) May 4, 1954 (age 70) U.S. Attorney January 3, 2018
(6 years ago) (2018-01-03)		 2020
Alaska Lisa Murkowski (1957-05-22) May 22, 1957 (age 67) Alaska Senate December 20, 2002
(22 years ago) (2002-12-20)		 2022
Dan Sullivan (1964-11-13) November 13, 1964 (age 60) Alaska Attorney General,
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State		 January 3, 2015
(9 years ago) (2015-01-03)		 2020
Arizona John McCain (1936-08-29) August 29, 1936 (age 88) U.S. House January 3, 1987
(37 years ago) (1987-01-03)		 2022
Jeff Flake (1962-12-31) December 31, 1962 (age 61) U.S. House January 3, 2013
(11 years ago) (2013-01-03)		 2018
Arkansas John Boozman (1950-12-10) December 10, 1950 (age 74) Rogers Public Schools Board, U.S. House January 3, 2011
(13 years ago) (2011-01-03)		 2022
Tom Cotton (1977-05-13) May 13, 1977 (age 47) U.S. House January 3, 2015
(9 years ago) (2015-01-03)		 2020
California Dianne Feinstein (1933-06-22) June 22, 1933 (age 91) San Francisco Mayor &
Board of Supervisors		 November 10, 1992
(32 years ago) (1992-11-10)		 2018
Kamala Harris (1964-10-20) October 20, 1964 (age 60) California Attorney General, San Francisco District Attorney January 3, 2017
(7 years ago) (2017-01-03)		 2022
Colorado Michael Bennet (1964-11-28) November 28, 1964 (age 60) Denver Public Schools Superintendent January 21, 2009
(15 years ago) (2009-01-21)		 2022
Cory Gardner (1974-08-22) August 22, 1974 (age 50) U.S. House, Colorado House January 3, 2015
(9 years ago) (2015-01-03)		 2020
Connecticut Richard Blumenthal (1946-02-13) February 13, 1946 (age 78) Connecticut Attorney General, House & Senate January 5, 2011
(13 years ago) (2011-01-05)		 2022
Chris Murphy (1973-08-03) August 3, 1973 (age 51) U.S. House,
Connecticut House & Senate		 January 3, 2013
(11 years ago) (2013-01-03)		 2018
Delaware Tom Carper (1947-01-23) January 23, 1947 (age 77) Delaware Governor, U.S. House, Delaware Treasurer January 3, 2001
(23 years ago) (2001-01-03)		 2018
Chris Coons (1963-09-09) September 9, 1963 (age 61) New Castle County executive November 15, 2010
(14 years ago) (2010-11-15)		 2020
Florida Bill Nelson (1942-09-29) September 29, 1942 (age 82) Florida Treasurer, U.S. House, Florida House, Astronaut January 3, 2001
(23 years ago) (2001-01-03)		 2018
Marco Rubio (1971-05-28) May 28, 1971 (age 53) Florida House Speaker January 3, 2011
(13 years ago) (2011-01-03)		 2022
Georgia Johnny Isakson (1944-12-28) December 28, 1944 (age 79) U.S. House,
Georgia House & Senate		 January 3, 2005
(19 years ago) (2005-01-03)		 2022
David Perdue (1949-12-10) December 10, 1949 (age 75) Chief Executive Officer January 3, 2015
(9 years ago) (2015-01-03)		 2020
Hawaii Brian Schatz (1972-10-20) October 20, 1972 (age 52) Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii, Hawaii House December 26, 2012
(11 years ago) (2012-12-26)		 2022
Mazie Hirono (1947-11-03) November 3, 1947 (age 77) U.S. House, Hawaii House, Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii January 3, 2013
(11 years ago) (2013-01-03)		 2018
Idaho Mike Crapo (1951-05-20) May 20, 1951 (age 73) U.S. House, Idaho Senate January 3, 1999
(25 years ago) (1999-01-03)		 2022
Jim Risch (1943-05-03) May 3, 1943 (age 81) Governor & Lieutenant Governor of Idaho, Idaho Senate President pro tempore January 3, 2009
(15 years ago) (2009-01-03)		 2020
Illinois Dick Durbin (1944-11-21) November 21, 1944 (age 80) U.S. House January 3, 1997
(27 years ago) (1997-01-03)		 2020
Tammy Duckworth (1968-03-12) March 12, 1968 (age 56) U.S. House,
U.S. Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs,
Illinois Director of Veterans Affairs		 January 3, 2017
(7 years ago) (2017-01-03)		 2022
Indiana Joe Donnelly (1955-09-29) September 29, 1955 (age 69) U.S. House January 3, 2013
(11 years ago) (2013-01-03)		 2018
Todd Young (1972-08-24) August 24, 1972 (age 52) U.S. House January 3, 2017
(7 years ago) (2017-01-03)		 2022
Iowa Chuck Grassley (1933-09-17) September 17, 1933 (age 91) U.S. House, Iowa House January 3, 1981
(43 years ago) (1981-01-03)		 2022
Joni Ernst (1970-07-01) July 1, 1970 (age 54) Iowa Senate January 3, 2015
(9 years ago) (2015-01-03)		 2020
Kansas Pat Roberts (1936-04-20) April 20, 1936 (age 88) U.S. House January 3, 1997
(27 years ago) (1997-01-03)		 2020
Jerry Moran (1954-05-29) May 29, 1954 (age 70) U.S. House, Kansas Senate January 3, 2011
(13 years ago) (2011-01-03)		 2022
Kentucky Mitch McConnell (1942-02-20) February 20, 1942 (age 82) U.S. Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs
Judge-Executive of Jefferson County		 January 3, 1985
(39 years ago) (1985-01-03)		 2020
Rand Paul (1963-01-07) January 7, 1963 (age 61) Physician, congressional intern January 3, 2011
(13 years ago) (2011-01-03)		 2022
Louisiana Bill Cassidy (1957-09-28) September 28, 1957 (age 67) U.S. House, Louisiana Senate January 3, 2015
(9 years ago) (2015-01-03)		 2020
John Kennedy (1951-11-21) November 21, 1951 (age 73) Louisiana Treasurer January 3, 2017
(7 years ago) (2017-01-03)		 2022
Maine Susan Collins (1952-12-07) December 7, 1952 (age 72) Maine Professional and Financial Regulation Commissioner January 3, 1997
(27 years ago) (1997-01-03)		 2020
Angus King (1944-03-31) March 31, 1944 (age 80) Maine Governor January 3, 2013
(11 years ago) (2013-01-03)		 2018
Maryland Ben Cardin (1943-10-05) October 5, 1943 (age 81) U.S. House, Speaker of the Maryland House January 3, 2007
(17 years ago) (2007-01-03)		 2018
Chris Van Hollen (1959-01-10) January 10, 1959 (age 65) U.S. House,
Maryland General Assembly		 January 3, 2017
(7 years ago) (2017-01-03)		 2022
Massachusetts Elizabeth Warren (1949-06-22) June 22, 1949 (age 75) COP Chair, CFPB Special Advisor, law professor January 3, 2013
(11 years ago) (2013-01-03)		 2018
Ed Markey (1946-07-11) July 11, 1946 (age 78) U.S. House,
Massachusetts House		 July 16, 2013
(11 years ago) (2013-07-16)		 2020
Michigan Debbie Stabenow (1950-04-29) April 29, 1950 (age 74) U.S. House,
Michigan House & Senate		 January 3, 2001
(23 years ago) (2001-01-03)		 2018
Gary Peters (1958-12-01) December 1, 1958 (age 66) U.S. House,
Michigan Senate		 January 3, 2015
(9 years ago) (2015-01-03)		 2020
Minnesota Amy Klobuchar (1960-05-25) May 25, 1960 (age 64) Hennepin County Attorney January 3, 2007
(17 years ago) (2007-01-03)		 2018
Tina Smith[e] (1958-03-04) March 4, 1958 (age 66) Minnesota Lieutenant Governor January 3, 2018
(6 years ago) (2018-01-03)		 2018
Mississippi Thad Cochran (1937-12-07) December 7, 1937 (age 87) U.S. House December 27, 1978
(45 years ago) (1978-12-27)		 2020
Roger Wicker (1951-07-05) July 5, 1951 (age 73) U.S. House, Mississippi Senate December 31, 2007
(16 years ago) (2007-12-31)		 2018
Missouri Claire McCaskill (1953-07-24) July 24, 1953 (age 71) Missouri Auditor,
Missouri House		 January 3, 2007
(17 years ago) (2007-01-03)		 2018
Roy Blunt (1950-01-10) January 10, 1950 (age 74) U.S. House,
Missouri Secretary of State		 January 3, 2011
(13 years ago) (2011-01-03)		 2022
Montana Jon Tester (1956-08-21) August 21, 1956 (age 68) Montana Senate President January 3, 2007
(17 years ago) (2007-01-03)		 2018
Steve Daines (1962-08-20) August 20, 1962 (age 62) U.S. House January 3, 2015
(9 years ago) (2015-01-03)		 2020
Nebraska Deb Fischer (1951-03-01) March 1, 1951 (age 73) Nebraska Legislature January 3, 2013
(11 years ago) (2013-01-03)		 2018
Ben Sasse (1972-02-22) February 22, 1972 (age 52) Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (HHS), Midland University President January 3, 2015
(9 years ago) (2015-01-03)		 2020
Nevada Dean Heller (1960-05-10) May 10, 1960 (age 64) U.S. House,
Nevada Secretary of State,
Nevada Assembly		 May 9, 2011
(13 years ago) (2011-05-09)		 2018
Catherine Cortez Masto (1964-03-29) March 29, 1964 (age 60) Nevada Attorney General January 3, 2017
(7 years ago) (2017-01-03)		 2022
New Hampshire Jeanne Shaheen (1947-01-28) January 28, 1947 (age 77) New Hampshire Governor,
New Hampshire Senate		 January 3, 2009
(15 years ago) (2009-01-03)		 2020
Maggie Hassan (1958-02-27) February 27, 1958 (age 66) New Hampshire Governor,
New Hampshire Senate		 January 3, 2017
(7 years ago) (2017-01-03)		 2022
New Jersey Bob Menendez (1954-01-01) January 1, 1954 (age 70) U.S. House,
New Jersey General Assembly, New Jersey Senate		 January 18, 2006
(18 years ago) (2006-01-18)		 2018
Cory Booker (1969-04-27) April 27, 1969 (age 55) Newark Mayor October 31, 2013
(11 years ago) (2013-10-31)		 2020
New Mexico Tom Udall (1948-05-18) May 18, 1948 (age 76) U.S. House,
New Mexico Attorney General,
Assistant U.S. Attorney		 January 3, 2009
(15 years ago) (2009-01-03)		 2020
Martin Heinrich (1971-10-17) October 17, 1971 (age 53) U.S. House,
Albuquerque City Council		 January 3, 2013
(11 years ago) (2013-01-03)		 2018
New York Chuck Schumer (1950-11-23) November 23, 1950 (age 74) U.S. House,
New York Assembly		 January 3, 1999
(25 years ago) (1999-01-03)		 2022
Kirsten Gillibrand (1966-12-09) December 9, 1966 (age 58) U.S. House,
U.S. HUD special counsel		 January 26, 2009
(15 years ago) (2009-01-26)		 2018
North Carolina Richard Burr (1955-11-30) November 30, 1955 (age 69) U.S. House January 3, 2005
(19 years ago) (2005-01-03)		 2022
Thom Tillis (1960-08-30) August 30, 1960 (age 64) North Carolina House Speaker January 3, 2015
(9 years ago) (2015-01-03)		 2020
North Dakota John Hoeven (1957-03-13) March 13, 1957 (age 67) North Dakota Governor January 3, 2011
(13 years ago) (2011-01-03)		 2022
Heidi Heitkamp (1955-10-30) October 30, 1955 (age 69) North Dakota Attorney General,
Tax Commissioner		 January 3, 2013
(11 years ago) (2013-01-03)		 2018
Ohio Sherrod Brown (1952-11-09) November 9, 1952 (age 72) U.S. House,
Ohio Secretary of State,
Ohio House		 January 3, 2007
(17 years ago) (2007-01-03)		 2018
Rob Portman (1955-12-19) December 19, 1955 (age 69) U.S. House,
U.S. Trade Representative,
OMB Director		 January 3, 2011
(13 years ago) (2011-01-03)		 2022
Oklahoma Jim Inhofe (1934-11-17) November 17, 1934 (age 90) U.S. House, Tulsa Mayor, Oklahoma House & Senate November 17, 1994
(30 years ago) (1994-11-17)		 2020
James Lankford (1968-03-04) March 4, 1968 (age 56) U.S. House January 3, 2015
(9 years ago) (2015-01-03)		 2022
Oregon Ron Wyden (1949-05-03) May 3, 1949 (age 75) U.S. House February 6, 1996
(28 years ago) (1996-02-06)		 2022
Jeff Merkley (1956-10-24) October 24, 1956 (age 68) Oregon House Speaker, Defense Department,
CBO analyst		 January 3, 2009
(15 years ago) (2009-01-03)		 2020
Pennsylvania Bob Casey Jr. (1960-04-13) April 13, 1960 (age 64) Pennsylvania Treasurer,
Pennsylvania Auditor		 January 3, 2007
(17 years ago) (2007-01-03)		 2018
Pat Toomey (1961-11-17) November 17, 1961 (age 63) U.S. House January 3, 2011
(13 years ago) (2011-01-03)		 2022
Rhode Island Jack Reed (1949-11-12) November 12, 1949 (age 75) U.S. House,
Rhode Island Senate		 January 3, 1997
(27 years ago) (1997-01-03)		 2020
Sheldon Whitehouse (1955-10-20) October 20, 1955 (age 69) West Virginia Supreme Court law clerk,
Rhode Island Attorney General		 January 3, 2007
(17 years ago) (2007-01-03)		 2018
South Carolina Lindsey Graham (1955-07-09) July 9, 1955 (age 69) U.S. House,
South Carolina House		 January 3, 2003
(21 years ago) (2003-01-03)		 2020
Tim Scott (1965-09-19) September 19, 1965 (age 59) U.S. House,
South Carolina House,
Charleston County Council		 January 2, 2013
(11 years ago) (2013-01-02)		 2022
South Dakota John Thune (1961-01-07) January 7, 1961 (age 63) U.S. House, Legislative aide, South Dakota Republican Party Executive Director January 3, 2005
(19 years ago) (2005-01-03)		 2022
Mike Rounds (1954-10-24) October 24, 1954 (age 70) South Dakota Governor,
South Dakota Senate		 January 3, 2015
(9 years ago) (2015-01-03)		 2020
Tennessee Lamar Alexander (1940-07-03) July 3, 1940 (age 84) Tennessee Governor,
U.S. Secretary of Education		 January 3, 2003
(21 years ago) (2003-01-03)		 2020
Bob Corker (1952-08-24) August 24, 1952 (age 72) Chattanooga Mayor January 3, 2007
(17 years ago) (2007-01-03)		 2018
Texas John Cornyn (1952-02-02) February 2, 1952 (age 72) Texas Attorney General,
Texas Supreme Court
(Associate Justice)		 December 1, 2002
(22 years ago) (2002-12-01)		 2020
Ted Cruz (1970-12-22) December 22, 1970 (age 54) SCOTUS law clerk,
U.S. Assoc. Deputy AG,
Texas Solicitor General		 January 3, 2013
(11 years ago) (2013-01-03)		 2018
Utah File:Orrin Hatch, official portrait, 112th Congress (cropped).jpg Orrin Hatch (1934-03-22) March 22, 1934 (age 90) Attorney January 3, 1977
(47 years ago) (1977-01-03)		 2018
Mike Lee (1971-06-04) June 4, 1971 (age 53) Assistant U.S. Attorney January 3, 2011
(13 years ago) (2011-01-03)		 2022
Vermont Patrick Leahy (1940-03-31) March 31, 1940 (age 84) Chittenden County State's Attorney January 3, 1975
(49 years ago) (1975-01-03)		 2022
Bernie Sanders (1941-09-08) September 8, 1941 (age 83) Burlington Mayor, U.S. House January 3, 2007
(17 years ago) (2007-01-03)		 2018
Virginia Mark Warner (1954-12-15) December 15, 1954 (age 70) Virginia Governor, Virginia Democratic Party Chair January 3, 2009
(15 years ago) (2009-01-03)		 2020
Tim Kaine (1958-02-26) February 26, 1958 (age 66) Virginia Governor, Lt. Governor, Democratic National Committee Chair, Mayor of Richmond, Virginia January 3, 2013
(11 years ago) (2013-01-03)		 2018
Washington Patty Murray (1950-10-11) October 11, 1950 (age 74) Washington Senate,
Shoreline School Board		 January 3, 1993
(31 years ago) (1993-01-03)		 2022
Maria Cantwell (1958-10-13) October 13, 1958 (age 66) U.S. House, Washington House January 3, 2001
(23 years ago) (2001-01-03)		 2018
West Virginia Joe Manchin (1947-08-24) August 24, 1947 (age 77) West Virginia Governor, West Virginia Secretary of State,
West Virginia House & Senate		 November 15, 2010
(14 years ago) (2010-11-15)		 2018
Shelley Moore Capito (1953-11-26) November 26, 1953 (age 71) U.S. House
West Virginia House		 January 3, 2015
(9 years ago) (2015-01-03)		 2020
Wisconsin Ron Johnson (1955-04-08) April 8, 1955 (age 69) Chief Executive Officer January 3, 2011
(13 years ago) (2011-01-03)		 2022
Tammy Baldwin (1962-02-11) February 11, 1962 (age 62) U.S. House,
Wisconsin Assembly		 January 3, 2013
(11 years ago) (2013-01-03)		 2018
Wyoming Mike Enzi (1944-02-01) February 1, 1944 (age 80) Wyoming House & Senate January 3, 1997
(27 years ago) (1997-01-03)		 2020
John Barrasso (1952-07-21) July 21, 1952 (age 72) Wyoming Senate June 25, 2007
(17 years ago) (2007-06-25)		 2018

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Senators Angus King of Maine and Bernie Sanders of Vermont caucus with the Democratic Party.
  2. ^ The Vice President of the United States is the President of the Senate
  3. ^ As Vice President, Pence represents no state, but his home state is Indiana.
  4. ^ Democrat Doug Jones was elected to succeed Luther Strange on December 12, 2017. Jones will be up for re-election in 2020.[1]
  5. ^ Appointed to the seat after Al Franken's resignation.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Jones victorious in stunning Alabama Senate upset". AP News. Retrieved 2017-12-13.
  2. ^ "Franken to make announcement Thursday as chorus grows for his resignation". ABC7 Chicago. 2017-12-06. Retrieved 2017-12-09.

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