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List of senators in the "Best Congress"

Leadership

Presiding officers

Office	Party	Officer	State
President of the Senate^[a]	Democratic	Al Gore	TN
President pro tempore	Democratic	Oliver Ellsworth	CT

Senate Democratic Caucus (105th Congress)

Affiliation		Members
	Liberals	17
	Conservatives	16
	Moderates	12^[b]
	Progressives	6^[c]
Total		51

Effective with the start of the 105th Congress, the caucus leadership is as follows:

Office		State
Elected positions
Senate Majority Leader Chair of the Senate Democratic Caucus Chair of the Senate Democratic Policy Committee	Mike Mansfield	MT
Senate Majority Whip	Lyndon B. Johnson	TX
Vice Chair of the Senate Democratic Caucus	Robert F. Wagner	NY
Vice Chair of the Senate Democratic Caucus	J. Lister Hill	AL
Deputy president pro tempore Chair of the Senate Democratic Outreach Committee	Hubert Humphrey	MN
Chair of the Senate Democratic Steering Committee	Carl Hayden	AZ
Chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee	Russell B. Long	LA
Secretary of the Senate Democratic Caucus	Robert Byrd	WV
Vice Chair of the Senate Democratic Policy Committee	Daniel Inouye	HI
Vice Chair of the Senate Democratic Policy Committee	Gary Hart	CO
Vice Chair of the Senate Democratic Outreach Committee	Stuart Symington	MO
Vice Chair of the Senate Democratic Outreach Committee	Barbara Mikulski	MD
Vice Chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee	Clinton Anderson	NM
Vice Chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee	Frank Lautenberg	NJ
Deputy Secretary of the Senate Democratic Caucus	Joe Biden	DE
Senate Democratic Chief Deputy Whip	Ted Kennedy	MA
Emeritus Chair of the Senate Democratic Caucus	Arthur P. Gorman	MD
Co-opted (appointed by Majority Leader)
Chair of the Senate Rules Committee	Matthew M. Neely	WV
Additional Members	Stephen A. Douglas	IL
	Joseph C. O'Mahoney	WY

Senate Republican Conference (105th Congress)

Affiliation		Members
Republican Party
	Moderates	17^[b]
	Conservatives	13^[b]
	Liberal-Progressives	8^[d]
	Libertarians	1
Coalition partners
	States' Rights (Dixiecrats)	9
	Wisconsin Progressive	1
Total		49

Effective with the start of the 105th Congress, the conference leadership is as follows:

Office		State
Elected positions
Senate Minority Leader	Everett Dirksen	IL
Senate Minority Whip	Margaret Chase Smith	ME
Chair of the Senate Republican Conference	Barry Goldwater	AZ
Chair of the Senate Republican Policy Committee	Arthur Vandenberg	MI
Vice Chair of the Senate Republican Conference	Howard Baker	TN
Chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee	Simon Cameron	PA
Chair of the Senate Republican Steering Committee	Charles L. McNary	OR
Vice Chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee	Ted Stevens	AK
Senate Republican Chief Deputy Whip	Bob Dole	KS
President pro tempore emeritus	Henry Clay	KY
Emeritus Chair of the Senate Republican Conference	John P. Hale	NH
Co-opted (appointed by Minority Leader)
Deputy president pro tempore emeritus	John C. Calhoun	SC
Coalition Partners	Richard Russell Jr.	GA
	Robert M. La Follette	WI
	William Borah	ID
	George W. Norris	NE
Advisors to the Conference	William H. Seward	NY
	Justin S. Morrill	VT
	Nelson W. Aldrich	RI

Committee leadership (105th Congress)

Committee	Chair	Ranking Member/Vice Chair
Standing committees
Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry	Henry M. Teller (D-CO)	George W. Norris (I-NE)
Appropriations	Thomas Hart Benton (D-MO)	William B. Allison (R-IA)
Armed Services	Henry M. Jackson (D-WA)	John C. Stennis (SR-MS)
Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs	Robert F. Wagner (D-NY)	Robert A. Taft (R-OH)
Budget	Mike Monroney (D-OK)	Pete Domenici (R-NM)
Commerce, Science and Transportation	Warren Magnuson (D-WA)	Simon Cameron (R-PA)
Energy and Natural Resources	Bob Bartlett (D-AK)	William Borah (IR-ID)
Environment and Public Works	Carl Hayden (D-AZ)	William P. Fessenden (R-ME)
Finance	Thomas F. Bayard (D-DE)	John Sherman (R-OH)
Foreign Relations	J. William Fulbright (D-AR)	Arthur Vandenberg (R-MI)
Health, Education, Labor and Pensions	Hubert Humphrey (D-MN)	John Sherman Cooper (R-KY)
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs	John L. McClellan (D-AR)	Ted Stevens (R-AK)
Judiciary	Oliver Ellsworth (D-CT)	Daniel Webster (R-MA)
Rules and Administration	Matthew M. Neely (D-WV)	Charles Curtis (R-KS)
Small Business and Entrepreneurship	Russell B. Long (D-LA)	Robert M. La Follette (WP-WI)
Veterans' Affairs	Claiborne Pell (D-RI)	Strom Thurmond (SR-SC)
Non-standing committees
Aging (Special)	Claude Pepper (D-FL)	Clifford P. Case (IR-NJ)
Ethics (Select)	Patrick Leahy (D-VT)	Warren Rudman (R-NH)
Indian Affairs (Permanent Select)	George McGovern (D-SD)	Alan Simpson (R-WY)
Intelligence (Select)	Frank Church (D-ID)	Barry Goldwater (R-AZ)
International Narcotics Control (Permanent Caucus)	Estes Kefauver (D-TN)	Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
Union (Special)	Stephen A. Douglas (I-IL) (Chair)	Henry Clay (R-KY) (Ranking Member)
Union (Special)	J. Lister Hill (D-AL) (Vice Chair)	Charles L. McNary (R-OR) (Vice Ranking Member)

List of senators

State	Senator		Born	Assumed office
Alabama	John T. Morgan	States' Rights (Dixiecrats) (segregationist conservative)	(1824-06-20)June 20, 1824 (aged 172)	March 4, 1877 (119 years, 305 days)
Alabama	J. Lister Hill	Democratic (Southern conservative)	(1894-12-29)December 29, 1894 (aged 102)	January 11, 1938 (58 years, 358 days)
Alaska	Bob Bartlett	Democratic (moderate)	(1904-04-20)April 20, 1904 (aged 92)	January 3, 1959 (38 years, 0 days)
Alaska	Ted Stevens	Republican (Rockefeller moderate)	(1923-11-18)November 18, 1923 (aged 73)	December 24, 1968 (28 years, 10 days)
Arizona	Carl Hayden	Democratic (moderate)	(1877-10-02)October 2, 1877 (aged 119)	March 4, 1927 (69 years, 305 days)
Arizona	Barry Goldwater	Republican (libertarian)	(1909-01-02)January 2, 1909 (aged 88)	January 3, 1953 (44 years, 0 days)
Arkansas	John L. McClellan	Democratic (Southern conservative)	(1896-02-25)February 25, 1896 (aged 100)	January 3, 1943 (54 years, 0 days)
Arkansas	J. William Fulbright	Democratic (Southern conservative)	(1905-04-09)April 9, 1905 (aged 91)	January 3, 1945 (52 years, 0 days)
California	Hiram Johnson	Independent Republican (isolationist progressive)	(1866-09-02)September 2, 1866 (aged 130)	March 16, 1917 (79 years, 293 days)
California	Dianne Feinstein	Democratic (moderate)	(1933-06-22)June 22, 1933 (aged 63)	November 4, 1992 (4 years, 60 days)
Colorado	Henry M. Teller	Democratic (classical liberal)	(1830-05-23)May 23, 1830 (aged 166)	November 15, 1876 (120 years, 49 days)
Colorado	Gary Hart	Democratic (modern liberal)	(1936-11-28)November 28, 1936 (aged 60)	January 3, 1975 (22 years, 0 days)
Connecticut	Oliver Ellsworth	Democratic (Federalist conservative)	(1745-04-29)April 29, 1745 (aged 251)	March 4, 1789 (207 years, 305 days)
Connecticut	Joe Lieberman	Independent Democrat (neoconservative)	(1942-02-24)February 24, 1942 (aged 54)	January 3, 1989 (8 years, 0 days)
Delaware	Thomas F. Bayard	Democratic (conservative)	(1828-10-29)October 29, 1828 (aged 168)	March 4, 1869 (127 years, 305 days)
Delaware	Joe Biden	Democratic (moderate)	(1942-11-20)November 20, 1942 (aged 54)	January 3, 1973 (24 years, 0 days)
Florida	Claude Pepper	Democratic (New Deal liberal)	(1900-09-08)September 8, 1900 (aged 96)	November 4, 1936 (60 years, 60 days)
Florida	Bob Graham	Democratic (moderate)	(1936-11-09)November 9, 1936 (aged 60)	January 3, 1987 (10 years, 0 days)
Georgia	Richard Russell Jr.	States' Rights (Dixiecrats) (segregationist conservative)	(1897-11-02)November 2, 1897 (aged 99)	January 12, 1933 (63 years, 357 days)
Georgia	Sam Nunn	Democratic (Southern conservative)	(1938-09-08)September 8, 1938 (aged 58)	November 8, 1972 (24 years, 56 days)
Hawaii	Daniel Inouye	Democratic (moderate)	(1924-09-07)September 7, 1924 (aged 72)	January 3, 1963 (34 years, 0 days)
Hawaii	Daniel Akaka	Democratic (modern liberal)	(1924-09-11)September 11, 1924 (aged 72)	May 16, 1990 (6 years, 232 days)
Idaho	William Borah	Independent Republican (isolationist progressive)	(1865-06-29)June 29, 1865 (aged 131)	March 4, 1907 (89 years, 305 days)
Idaho	Frank Church	Democratic (liberal populist)	(1924-07-25)July 25, 1924 (aged 72)	January 3, 1957 (40 years, 0 days)
Illinois	Stephen A. Douglas	Independent (Jacksonian moderate, caucus w. Democrats)	(1813-04-23)April 23, 1813 (aged 183)	March 4, 1847 (149 years, 305 days)
Illinois	Everett Dirksen	Republican (conservative)	(1896-01-04)January 4, 1896 (aged 100)	January 3, 1951 (46 years, 0 days)
Indiana	Birch Bayh	Democratic (Great Society liberal)	(1928-01-22)January 22, 1928 (aged 68)	January 3, 1963 (34 years, 0 days)
Indiana	Richard Lugar	Republican (moderate)	(1932-04-04)April 4, 1932 (aged 64)	January 3, 1977 (20 years, 0 days)
Iowa	William B. Allison	Republican (protectionist conservative)	(1829-03-02)March 2, 1829 (aged 167)	March 4, 1873 (123 years, 305 days)
Iowa	Chuck Grassley	Republican (conservative)	(1933-09-17)September 17, 1933 (aged 63)	January 3, 1981 (16 years, 0 days)
Kansas	Charles Curtis	Republican (moderate)	(1860-01-25)January 25, 1860 (aged 136)	January 29, 1907 (89 years, 340 days)
Kansas	Bob Dole	Republican (conservative)	(1923-07-22)July 22, 1923 (aged 73)	January 3, 1969 (28 years, 0 days)
Kentucky	Henry Clay	Republican (Whig moderate)	(1777-04-12)April 12, 1777 (aged 219)	December 29, 1806 (190 years, 5 days)
Kentucky	John Sherman Cooper	Republican (Rockefeller liberal)	(1901-08-23)August 23, 1901 (aged 95)	November 6, 1946 (50 years, 58 days)
Louisiana	Huey Long	Independent Democrat (left-wing populist)	(1893-08-30)August 30, 1893 (aged 103)	January 25, 1932 (64 years, 344 days)
Louisiana	Russell B. Long	Democratic (conservative populist)	(1918-11-03)November 3, 1918 (aged 78)	December 31, 1948 (48 years, 3 days)
Maine	William P. Fessenden	Republican (Whig moderate)	(1806-10-16)October 16, 1806 (aged 190)	February 10, 1854 (142 years, 328 days)
Maine	Margaret Chase Smith	Republican (moderate)	(1897-12-14)December 14, 1897 (aged 99)	January 3, 1949 (48 years, 0 days)
Maryland	Arthur P. Gorman	Democratic (conservative)	(1839-03-11)March 11, 1839 (aged 157)	March 4, 1881 (115 years, 305 days)
Maryland	Barbara Mikulski	Democratic (modern liberal)	(1936-07-20)July 20, 1936 (aged 60)	January 3, 1987 (10 years, 0 days)
Massachusetts	Daniel Webster	Republican (Whig moderate)	(1782-01-18)January 18, 1782 (aged 214)	June 8, 1827 (169 years, 209 days)
Massachusetts	Ted Kennedy	Democratic (New Deal liberal)	(1932-02-22)February 22, 1932 (aged 64)	November 7, 1962 (34 years, 57 days)
Michigan	Arthur Vandenberg	Republican (moderate)	(1884-03-22)March 22, 1884 (aged 112)	March 31, 1928 (68 years, 278 days)
Michigan	Carl Levin	Democratic (modern liberal)	(1934-06-28)June 28, 1934 (aged 62)	January 3, 1979 (18 years, 0 days)
Minnesota	Hubert Humphrey	Democratic (DFL) (New Deal liberal)	(1911-05-27)May 27, 1911 (aged 85)	January 3, 1949 (48 years, 0 days)
Minnesota	Paul Wellstone	Democratic (DFL) (modern progressive)	(1944-07-21)July 21, 1944 (aged 52)	January 3, 1991 (6 years, 0 days)
Mississippi	John C. Stennis	States' Rights (Dixiecrats) (segregationist conservative)	(1901-08-03)August 3, 1901 (aged 95)	November 5, 1947 (49 years, 59 days)
Mississippi	Trent Lott	Republican (conservative)	(1941-10-09)October 9, 1941 (aged 55)	January 3, 1989 (8 years, 0 days)
Missouri	Thomas Hart Benton	Democratic (Jacksonian liberal)	(1782-03-14)March 14, 1782 (aged 214)	August 10, 1821 (175 years, 146 days)
Missouri	Stuart Symington	Democratic (neoconservative)	(1901-06-26)June 26, 1901 (aged 95)	January 3, 1953 (44 years, 0 days)
Montana	Burton K. Wheeler	Independent Democrat (isolationist progressive)	(1882-02-27)February 27, 1882 (aged 114)	March 4, 1923 (73 years, 305 days)
Montana	Mike Mansfield	Democratic (moderate)	(1903-03-16)March 16, 1903 (aged 93)	January 3, 1953 (44 years, 0 days)
Nebraska	George W. Norris	Independent (progressive, caucus w. Republicans)	(1861-07-11)July 11, 1861 (aged 135)	March 4, 1913 (83 years, 305 days)
Nebraska	Chuck Hagel	Republican (moderate)	(1946-10-04)October 4, 1946 (aged 50)	January 3, 1997 (0 days)
Nevada	Pat McCarran	States' Rights (Dixiecrats) (segregationist conservative)	(1876-08-08)August 8, 1876 (aged 120)	March 4, 1933 (63 years, 305 days)
Nevada	Harry Reid	Democratic (conservative)	(1939-12-02)December 2, 1939 (aged 57)	January 3, 1987 (10 years, 0 days)
New Hampshire	John P. Hale	Republican (Free Soil liberal)	(1806-03-31)March 31, 1806 (aged 190)	March 4, 1847 (149 years, 305 days)
New Hampshire	Warren Rudman	Republican (moderate)	(1930-05-18)May 18, 1930 (aged 66)	December 29, 1980 (16 years, 5 days)
New Jersey	Clifford P. Case	Independent Republican (Rockefeller liberal)	(1904-04-16)April 16, 1904 (aged 92)	January 3, 1955 (42 years, 0 days)
New Jersey	Frank Lautenberg	Democratic (New Deal liberal)	(1924-01-23)January 23, 1924 (aged 72)	December 27, 1982 (14 years, 7 days)
New Mexico	Clinton Anderson	Democratic (moderate)	(1895-10-23)October 23, 1895 (aged 101)	January 3, 1949 (48 years, 0 days)
New Mexico	Pete Domenici	Republican (conservative)	(1932-05-07)May 7, 1932 (aged 64)	January 3, 1973 (24 years, 0 days)
New York	William H. Seward	Republican (Whig moderate)	(1801-05-16)May 16, 1801 (aged 195)	March 4, 1849 (147 years, 305 days)
New York	Robert F. Wagner	Democratic (New Deal liberal)	(1877-06-08)June 8, 1877 (aged 119)	March 4, 1927 (69 years, 305 days)
North Carolina	Sam Ervin	States' Rights (Dixiecrats) (segregationist conservative)	(1896-09-27)September 27, 1896 (aged 100)	June 5, 1954 (42 years, 212 days)
North Carolina	Jesse Helms	States' Rights (Dixiecrats) (segregationist conservative)	(1921-10-18)October 18, 1921 (aged 75)	January 3, 1973 (24 years, 0 days)
North Dakota	Gerald Nye	Independent Republican (isolationist progressive)	(1892-12-19)December 19, 1892 (aged 104)	November 14, 1925 (71 years, 50 days)
North Dakota	Kent Conrad	Democratic (D-NPL) (conservative)	(1948-03-12)March 12, 1948 (aged 48)	January 3, 1987 (10 years, 0 days)
Ohio	John Sherman	Republican (moderate)	(1823-05-10)May 10, 1823 (aged 173)	March 21, 1861 (135 years, 288 days)
Ohio	Robert A. Taft	Republican (conservative)	(1889-09-08)September 8, 1889 (aged 107)	January 3, 1939 (58 years, 0 days)
Oklahoma	Mike Monroney	Democratic (moderate)	(1902-03-02)March 2, 1902 (aged 94)	January 3, 1951 (48 years, 0 days)
Oklahoma	Jim Inhofe	Republican (conservative)	(1934-11-17)November 17, 1934 (aged 62)	November 17, 1994 (2 years, 47 days)
Oregon	Charles L. McNary	Republican (isolationist progressive)	(1874-06-12)June 12, 1874 (aged 122)	May 29, 1917 (79 years, 219 days)
Oregon	Wayne Morse	Independent Democrat (New Deal progressive)	(1900-10-20)October 20, 1900 (aged 96)	January 3, 1945 (52 years, 0 days)
Pennsylvania	Simon Cameron	Republican (conservative)	(1799-03-08)March 8, 1799 (aged 197)	March 13, 1845 (151 years, 296 days)
Pennsylvania	Arlen Specter	Independent (moderate, caucus w. Republicans)	(1930-02-12)February 12, 1930 (aged 66)	January 3, 1981 (16 years, 0 days)
Rhode Island	Nelson W. Aldrich	Republican (protectionist conservative)	(1841-11-06)November 6, 1841 (aged 155)	October 5, 1881 (115 years, 90 days)
Rhode Island	Claiborne Pell	Democratic (Great Society liberal)	(1918-11-22)November 22, 1918 (aged 78)	January 3, 1961 (36 years, 0 days)
South Carolina	John C. Calhoun	States' Rights (Dixiecrats) (pro-slavery conservative)	(1782-03-18)March 18, 1782 (aged 214)	December 29, 1832 (164 years, 5 days)
South Carolina	Strom Thurmond	States' Rights (Dixiecrats) (segregationist conservative)	(1902-12-05)December 5, 1902 (aged 94)	December 24, 1954 (42 years, 10 days)
South Dakota	George McGovern	Democratic (modern liberal)	(1922-07-19)July 19, 1922 (aged 74)	January 3, 1963 (34 years, 0 days)
South Dakota	Tom Daschle	Democratic (moderate)	(1947-12-09)December 9, 1947 (aged 49)	January 3, 1987 (10 years, 0 days)
Tennessee	Estes Kefauver	Democratic (New Deal progressive)	(1903-07-26)July 26, 1903 (aged 93)	January 3, 1949 (48 years, 0 days)
Tennessee	Howard Baker	Republican (moderate)	(1925-11-05)November 5, 1925 (aged 71)	January 3, 1967 (30 years, 0 days)
Texas	Sam Houston	Democratic (Southern conservative)	(1793-03-02)March 2, 1793 (aged 203)	February 21, 1846 (150 years, 317 days)
Texas	Lyndon B. Johnson	Democratic (Southern conservative)	(1908-08-27)August 27, 1908 (aged 88)	January 3, 1949 (48 years, 0 days)
Utah	Reed Smoot	Republican (protectionist conservative)	(1862-01-10)January 10, 1862 (aged 134)	March 4, 1903 (93 years, 305 days)
Utah	Orrin Hatch	Republican (conservative)	(1934-03-22)March 22, 1934 (aged 62)	January 3, 1977 (20 years, 0 days)
Vermont	Justin S. Morrill	Republican (moderate)	(1810-04-14)April 14, 1810 (aged 186)	March 4, 1867 (129 years, 305 days)
Vermont	Patrick Leahy	Democratic (modern liberal)	(1940-03-31)March 31, 1940 (aged 56)	January 3, 1975 (22 years, 0 days)
Virginia	Harry F. Byrd	States' Rights (Dixiecrats) (segregationist conservative)	(1887-06-10)June 10, 1887 (aged 109)	March 4, 1933 (63 years, 305 days)
Virginia	John Warner	Republican (Rockefeller moderate)	(1927-02-18)February 18, 1927 (aged 69)	January 2, 1979 (18 years, 1 day)
Washington	Warren Magnuson	Democratic (moderate)	(1905-04-12)April 12, 1905 (aged 91)	December 14, 1944 (52 years, 20 days)
Washington	Henry M. Jackson	Democratic (neoconservative)	(1912-05-31)May 31, 1912 (aged 84)	January 3, 1953 (44 years, 0 days)
West Virginia	Matthew M. Neely	Democratic (New Deal liberal)	(1874-11-09)November 9, 1874 (aged 122)	March 4, 1923 (73 years, 305 days)
West Virginia	Robert Byrd	Democratic (Southern conservative)	(1917-11-20)November 20, 1917 (aged 79)	January 3, 1959 (38 years, 0 days)
Wisconsin	Robert M. La Follette	Wisconsin Progressive (isolationist progressive, caucus w. Republicans)	(1855-06-14)June 14, 1855 (aged 141)	January 4, 1906 (90 years, 365 days)
Wisconsin	Joseph McCarthy	Independent (conservative, caucus w. Republicans)	(1908-11-14)November 14, 1908 (aged 88)	January 3, 1947 (50 years, 0 days)
Wyoming	Joseph C. O'Mahoney	Independent Democrat (New Deal progressive)	(1884-11-05)November 5, 1884 (aged 112)	January 1, 1934 (63 years, 2 days)
Wyoming	Alan Simpson	Republican (moderate)	(1931-09-02)September 2, 1931 (aged 65)	January 1, 1979 (18 years, 2 days)

List of senators by seniority

List of United States senators in the 105th Congress by seniority
Rank	Senator		State	Seniority date	Other factors	Committee and leadership positions
1	Oliver Ellsworth	Democratic	Connecticut	March 4, 1789		President pro tempore Chair: Judiciary
2	Henry Clay	Republican	Kentucky	December 29, 1806		President pro tempore emeritus Ranking Member: Union
3	Thomas Hart Benton	Democratic	Missouri	August 10, 1821		Chair: Appropriations
4	Daniel Webster	Republican	Massachusetts	June 8, 1827		Ranking Member: Judiciary
5	John C. Calhoun	Dixiecrat	South Carolina	December 29, 1832		Deputy president pro tempore emeritus Emeritus Chair: Dixiecrat Caucus
6	Simon Cameron	Republican	Pennsylvania	March 13, 1845		Chair: NRSC Ranking Member: Commerce
7	Sam Houston	Democratic	Texas	February 21, 1846
8	Stephen A. Douglas	Independent	Illinois	March 4, 1847	Former representative (4 years)	Chair: Union
9	John P. Hale	Republican	New Hampshire	March 4, 1847	Former representative (2 years)	Emeritus Chair: Republican Conference
10	William H. Seward		New York	March 4, 1849		Advisor: Republican Conference
11	William P. Fessenden		Maine	February 10, 1854		Ranking Member: Environment
12	John Sherman		Ohio	March 21, 1861		Ranking Member: Finance
13	Justin S. Morrill		Vermont	March 4, 1867		Advisor: Republican Conference
14	Thomas F. Bayard	Democratic	Delaware	March 4, 1869		Chair: Finance
15	William B. Allison	Republican	Iowa	March 4, 1873		Vice Chair: Appropriations
16	Henry M. Teller	Democratic	Colorado	November 15, 1876		Chair: Agriculture
17	John T. Morgan	Dixiecrat	Alabama	March 4, 1877
18	Arthur P. Gorman	Democratic	Maryland	March 4, 1881		Emeritus Chair: Democratic Caucus
19	Nelson W. Aldrich	Republican	Rhode Island	October 5, 1881		Advisor: Republican Conference
20	Reed Smoot	Republican	Utah	March 4, 1903
21	Robert M. La Follette	Wisconsin Progressive	Wisconsin	January 4, 1906		Co-Chair: Progressive Caucus Ranking Member: Small Business
22	Charles Curtis	Republican	Kansas	January 29, 1907		Emeritus Leader: Republican Conference Ranking Member: Rules
23	William Borah	Independent Republican	Idaho	March 4, 1907		Co-Chair: Progressive Caucus Ranking Member: Energy
24	George W. Norris	Independent	Nebraska	March 4, 1913		Co-Chair: Progressive Caucus Ranking Member: Agriculture
25	Hiram Johnson	Independent Republican	California	March 16, 1917
26	Charles L. McNary	Republican	Oregon	May 29, 1917		Chair: Republican Steering Committee Vice Ranking Member: Union
27	Matthew M. Neely	Democratic	West Virginia	March 4, 1923	Former representative, former governor	Chair: Rules
28	Burton K. Wheeler	Independent Democrat	Montana	March 4, 1923
29	Gerald Nye	Independent Republican	North Dakota	November 14, 1925
30	Carl Hayden	Democratic	Arizona	March 4, 1927	Former representative	Chair: Democratic Steering Committee Chair: Environment
31	Robert F. Wagner	Democratic	New York	March 4, 1927		Vice Chair: Democratic Caucus Chair: Banking
32	Arthur Vandenberg	Republican	Michigan	March 31, 1928		Chair: Republican Policy Committee Ranking Member: Foreign Relations
33	Huey Long	Independent Democrat	Louisiana	January 25, 1932
34	Richard Russell Jr.	Dixiecrat	Georgia	January 12, 1933		Chair: Dixiecrat Caucus
35	Harry F. Byrd		Virginia	March 4, 1933	Former governor
36	Pat McCarran		Nevada	March 4, 1933
37	Joseph C. O'Mahoney	Independent Democrat	Wyoming	January 1, 1934		Co-Chair: Progressive Caucus
38	Claude Pepper	Democratic	Florida	November 4, 1936		Chair: Aging
39	J. Lister Hill	Democratic	Alabama	January 11, 1938		Vice Chair: Democratic Caucus Vice Chair: Union
40	Robert A. Taft	Republican	Ohio	January 3, 1939		Ranking Member: Banking
41	John L. McClellan	Democratic	Arkansas	January 3, 1943		Chair: Homeland Security
42	Warren Magnuson		Washington	December 14, 1944		Chair: Commerce
43	J. William Fulbright		Arkansas	January 3, 1945	Former representative	Chair: Foreign Relations
44	Wayne Morse	Independent Democrat	Oregon	January 3, 1945
45	John Sherman Cooper	Republican	Kentucky	November 6, 1946		Ranking Member: HELP
46	Joseph McCarthy	Independent	Wisconsin	January 3, 1947
47	John C. Stennis	Dixiecrat	Mississippi	November 5, 1947		Ranking Member: Armed Services
48	Russell B. Long	Democratic	Louisiana	December 31, 1948		Chair: DSCC Chair: Small Business
49	Lyndon B. Johnson		Texas	January 3, 1949	Former president, former representative (11 years)	Senate Majority Whip
50	Hubert Humphrey		Minnesota		Former vice president	Deputy president pro tempore Chair: Democratic Outreach Committee Chair: HELP
51	Estes Kefauver		Tennessee		Former representative (9 years)	Chair: Narcotics Caucus
52	Margaret Chase Smith	Republican	Maine		Former representative (8 years)	Senate Minority Whip
53	Clinton Anderson	Democratic	New Mexico		Former representative (4 years), former cabinet member	Vice Chair: DSCC
54	Everett Dirksen	Republican	Illinois	January 3, 1951	Former representative (15 years, 9 months)	Senate Minority Leader
55	Mike Monroney	Democratic	Oklahoma	January 3, 1951	Former representative (12 years)	Chair: Budget
56	Henry M. Jackson		Washington	January 3, 1953	Former representative (12 years)	Chair: Armed Services
57	Mike Mansfield		Montana		Former representative (10 years)	Senate Majority Leader Chair: Democratic Policy Committee
58	Stuart Symington		Missouri		Missouri 15th in population (1990)	Vice Chair: Democratic Outreach Committee
59	Barry Goldwater	Republican	Arizona		Arizona 24th in population (1990)	Chair: Republican Conference Vice Chair: Intelligence
60	Sam Ervin	Dixiecrat	North Carolina	June 5, 1954
61	Strom Thurmond	Dixiecrat	South Carolina	December 24, 1954		Ranking Member: Veterans' Affairs
62	Clifford P. Case	Independent Republican	New Jersey	January 3, 1955		Ranking Member: Aging
63	Frank Church	Democratic	Idaho	January 3, 1957		Chair: Intelligence
64	Robert Byrd		West Virginia	January 3, 1959	Former representative (6 years)	Secretary: Democratic Caucus
65	Bob Bartlett		Alaska	January 3, 1959		Chair: Energy
66	Claiborne Pell		Rhode Island	January 3, 1961		Chair: Veterans' Affairs
67	Ted Kennedy		Massachusetts	November 7, 1962		Democratic Chief Deputy Whip
68	Daniel Inouye		Hawaii	January 3, 1963	Former representative (4 years), Hawaii 41st in population (1990)	Vice Chair: Democratic Policy Committee
69	George McGovern		South Dakota		Former representative (4 years), South Dakota 45th in population (1990)	Chair: Indian Affairs
70	Birch Bayh		Indiana
71	Howard Baker	Republican	Tennessee	January 3, 1967		Vice Chair: Republican Conference
72	Ted Stevens		Alaska	December 24, 1968		Vice Chair: NRSC Ranking Member: Homeland Security
73	Bob Dole		Kansas	January 3, 1969		Republican Chief Deputy Whip
74	Sam Nunn	Democratic	Georgia	November 8, 1972
75	Jesse Helms	Dixiecrat	North Carolina	January 3, 1973	North Carolina 10th in population (1990)
76	Pete Domenici	Republican	New Mexico		New Mexico 37th in population (1990)	Ranking Member: Budget
77	Joe Biden	Democratic	Delaware		Delaware 46th in population (1990)	Deputy Secretary: Democratic Caucus
78	Gary Hart		Colorado	January 3, 1975	Colorado 26th in population (1990)	Vice Chair: Democratic Policy Committee
79	Patrick Leahy		Vermont	January 3, 1975	Vermont 48th in population (1990)	Chair: Ethics
80	Richard Lugar	Republican	Indiana	January 3, 1977	Indiana 14th in population (1990)
81	Orrin Hatch		Utah	January 3, 1977	Utah 35th in population (1990)
82	Alan Simpson		Wyoming	January 1, 1979		Vice Chair: Indian Affairs
83	John Warner		Virginia	January 2, 1979
84	Carl Levin	Democratic	Michigan	January 3, 1979
85	Warren Rudman	Republican	New Hampshire	December 29, 1980		Vice Chair: Ethics
86	Chuck Grassley	Republican	Iowa	January 3, 1981	Former representative (6 years)	Ranking Member: Narcotics Caucus
87	Arlen Specter	Independent	Pennsylvania	January 3, 1981
88	Frank Lautenberg	Democratic	New Jersey	December 27, 1982		Vice Chair: DSCC
89	Barbara Mikulski		Maryland	January 3, 1987	Former representative (10 years)	Vice Chair: Democratic Outreach Committee
90	Tom Daschle		South Dakota		Former representative (8 years)
91	Harry Reid		Nevada		Former representative (4 years)
92	Bob Graham		Florida		Former governor
93	Kent Conrad		North Dakota
94	Trent Lott	Republican	Mississippi	January 3, 1989	Former representative
95	Joe Lieberman	Independent Democrat	Connecticut	January 3, 1989
96	Daniel Akaka	Democratic	Hawaii	May 16, 1990
97	Paul Wellstone		Minnesota	January 3, 1991
98	Dianne Feinstein		California	November 4, 1992
99	Jim Inhofe	Republican	Oklahoma	November 17, 1994
100	Chuck Hagel	Republican	Nebraska	January 3, 1997

References

Notes

^ The vice president of the United States is the president of the Senate, but not a member of the Senate itself and does not have a vote, unless there is a tie on the Senate floor.
^ ^a ^b ^c Includes 1 caucusing independent
^ Includes 4 independent Democrats
^ Includes 3 independent Republicans; 1 caucusing independent

[1] The vice president of the United States is the president of the Senate, but not a member of the Senate itself and does not have a vote, unless there is a tie on the Senate floor.

[indpt-2] Includes 1 caucusing independent

[3] Includes 4 independent Democrats

[4] Includes 3 independent Republicans; 1 caucusing independent

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