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Party affiliation

Affiliation		Members
	Liberals	16
	Moderates	13
	Conservatives	13^[c]
	Progressives	5^[d]
	Neoconservatives	4^[e]
Total		51

Affiliation		Members
Republican Party
	Conservatives	15^[e]
	Moderates	14^[e]
	Liberal-Progressives	4^[c]
	Libertarians	1
Subtotal		(34)
Coalition partners
	States' Rights (Dixiecrats)	10
	Liberal Republican	4
	Wisconsin Progressive	1
Subtotal		(15)
Total		49

Leadership

Presiding officers

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

Majority leadership (Democratic)

Effective with the start of the 105th Congress, the Democratic 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 Chairs of the Senate Democratic Caucus	Robert F. Wagner	NY
Vice Chairs 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	Clinton Anderson	NM
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 Outreach Committee	Barbara Mikulski	MD
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)
Advisors to the Caucus (Machine Leaders)	Huey Long	LA
Advisors to the Caucus (Machine Leaders)	Robert S. Kerr	OK

Minority leadership (Republican)

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

Office		State
Elected positions
Senate Minority Leader	Robert A. Taft	OH
Senate Minority Whip	Everett Dirksen	IL
Chair of the Senate Republican Conference	Margaret Chase Smith	ME
Chair of the Senate Republican Policy Committee	Arthur Vandenberg	MI
Chair of the Senate Republican Steering Committee	Mark Hatfield	OR
Chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee	Simon Cameron	PA
Vice Chair of the Senate Republican Conference	Howard Baker	TN
Senate Republican Chief Deputy Whip	Ted Stevens	AK
President pro tempore emeritus	Henry Clay	KY
Emeritus Leader of the Senate Republican Conference	Charles Curtis	KS
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 (incl. former Conference Leaders)	William H. Seward	NY
	William P. Fessenden	ME
	Justin S. Morrill	VT
	Nelson W. Aldrich	RI

Committee leadership

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)	Carter Glass (SR-VA)
Budget	Joe Biden (D-DE)	Pete Domenici (R-NM)
Commerce, Science and Transportation	Warren Magnuson (D-WA)	Simon Cameron (R-PA)
Energy and Natural Resources	Bob Bartlett (D-AK)	Francis E. Warren (R-WY)
Environment and Public Works	Matthew M. Neely (D-WV)	Robert M. La Follette (WP-WI)
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	Burton K. Wheeler (I-MT)	Styles Bridges (R-NH)
Judiciary	Oliver Ellsworth (D-CT)	Daniel Webster (R-MA)
Rules and Administration	Carl Hayden (D-AZ)	Charles Curtis (R-KS)
Small Business and Entrepreneurship	Russell B. Long (D-LA)	William Borah (LR-ID)
Veterans' Affairs	Claiborne Pell (D-RI)	Strom Thurmond (SR-SC)
Non-standing committees
Aging (Special)	Claude Pepper (D-FL)	Clifford P. Case (LR-NJ)
Ethics (Select)	Patrick Leahy (D-VT)	Bob Dole (R-KS)
Indian Affairs (Permanent Select)	George McGovern (D-SD)	Mark Hatfield (R-OR)
Intelligence (Select)	Frank Church (D-ID)	Barry Goldwater (R-AZ)
International Narcotics Control (Permanent Caucus)	Estes Kefauver (D-TN)	Richard Lugar (R-IN)
Union (Special)	Stephen A. Douglas (I-IL) (Chair)	Henry Clay (R-KY) (Ranking Member)
Union (Special)	J. Lister Hill (D-AL) (Vice Chair)	Richard Russell Jr. (SR-GA) (Vice Ranking Member)

List of senators

State	Senator		Ideological lean (associated position)	Born	Assumed office
Alabama	John T. Morgan	States' Rights (Dixiecrats) (caucus w. Republicans)	Segregationist American imperialist	(1824-06-20)June 20, 1824 (aged 172)	March 4, 1877 (119 years, 305 days)
Alabama	J. Lister Hill	Democratic	Conservative Former segregationist	(1894-12-29)December 29, 1894 (aged 102)	January 11, 1938 (58 years, 358 days)
Alaska	Bob Bartlett	Democratic	Moderate Alaskan nationalist	(1904-04-20)April 20, 1904 (aged 92)	January 3, 1959 (38 years, 0 days)
Alaska	Ted Stevens	Republican	Moderate Alaskan nationalist	(1923-11-18)November 18, 1923 (aged 73)	December 24, 1968 (28 years, 10 days)
Arizona	Carl Hayden	Democratic	Moderate Western regionalist	(1877-10-02)October 2, 1877 (aged 119)	March 4, 1927 (69 years, 305 days)
Arizona	Barry Goldwater	Republican	Libertarian conservative	(1909-01-02)January 2, 1909 (aged 88)	January 3, 1953 (44 years, 0 days)
Arkansas	John L. McClellan	Democratic	Conservative Former segregationist	(1896-02-25)February 25, 1896 (aged 100)	January 3, 1943 (54 years, 0 days)
Arkansas	J. William Fulbright	Democratic	Conservative Former segregationist	(1905-04-09)April 9, 1905 (aged 91)	January 3, 1945 (52 years, 0 days)
California	Hiram Johnson	Liberal Republican (caucus w. Republicans)	Progressive Isolationist	(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	Liberal Anti-imperialist	(1830-05-23)May 23, 1830 (aged 166)	November 15, 1876 (120 years, 49 days)
Colorado	Gary Hart	Democratic	Liberal	(1936-11-28)November 28, 1936 (aged 60)	January 3, 1975 (22 years, 0 days)
Connecticut	Oliver Ellsworth	Democratic	Conservative Federalist nationalist	(1745-04-29)April 29, 1745 (aged 251)	March 4, 1789 (207 years, 305 days)
Connecticut	Joe Lieberman	Independent (caucus w. Democrats)	Neoconservative Social liberal	(1942-02-24)February 24, 1942 (aged 54)	January 3, 1989 (8 years, 0 days)
Delaware	Thomas F. Bayard	Democratic	Conservative Pro-gold standard	(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	Liberal Pro-labor	(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) (caucus w. Republicans)	Segregationist War hawk	(1897-11-02)November 2, 1897 (aged 99)	January 12, 1933 (63 years, 357 days)
Georgia	Sam Nunn	Democratic	Conservative Liberal hawk	(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	Liberal Pro-Native Hawaiian rights	(1924-09-11)September 11, 1924 (aged 72)	May 16, 1990 (6 years, 232 days)
Idaho	William Borah	Liberal Republican (caucus w. Republicans)	Progressive Isolationist	(1865-06-29)June 29, 1865 (aged 131)	March 4, 1907 (89 years, 305 days)
Idaho	Frank Church	Democratic	Liberal	(1924-07-25)July 25, 1924 (aged 72)	January 3, 1957 (40 years, 0 days)
Illinois	Stephen A. Douglas	Independent (caucus w. Democrats)	Conservative Pro-state autonomy	(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	Liberal	(1928-01-22)January 22, 1928 (aged 68)	January 3, 1963 (34 years, 0 days)
Indiana	Richard Lugar	Republican	Moderate Multilateralist	(1932-04-04)April 4, 1932 (aged 64)	January 3, 1977 (20 years, 0 days)
Iowa	William B. Allison	Republican	Conservative Protectionist	(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 Pro-Native American assimilation	(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	Moderate Whig constitutionalist	(1777-04-12)April 12, 1777 (aged 219)	December 29, 1806 (190 years, 5 days)
Kentucky	John Sherman Cooper	Republican	Liberal War dove	(1901-08-23)August 23, 1901 (aged 95)	November 6, 1946 (50 years, 58 days)
Louisiana	Huey Long	Independent (caucus w. Democrats)	Progressive 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	Moderate Whig constitutionalist	(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	Liberal	(1936-07-20)July 20, 1936 (aged 60)	January 3, 1987 (10 years, 0 days)
Massachusetts	Daniel Webster	Republican	Moderate Whig constitutionalist	(1782-01-18)January 18, 1782 (aged 214)	June 8, 1827 (169 years, 209 days)
Massachusetts	Ted Kennedy	Democratic	Liberal	(1932-02-22)February 22, 1932 (aged 64)	November 7, 1962 (34 years, 57 days)
Michigan	Arthur Vandenberg	Republican	Moderate Multilateralist	(1884-03-22)March 22, 1884 (aged 112)	March 31, 1928 (68 years, 278 days)
Michigan	Carl Levin	Democratic	Liberal Pro-good governance	(1934-06-28)June 28, 1934 (aged 62)	January 3, 1979 (18 years, 0 days)
Minnesota	Hubert Humphrey	Democratic (DFL)	Liberal Pro-labor	(1911-05-27)May 27, 1911 (aged 85)	January 3, 1949 (48 years, 0 days)
Minnesota	Paul Wellstone	Democratic (DFL)	Progressive Populist	(1944-07-21)July 21, 1944 (aged 52)	January 3, 1991 (6 years, 0 days)
Mississippi	John C. Stennis	States' Rights (Dixiecrats) (caucus w. Republicans)	Segregationist War hawk	(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	Conservative Jacksonian	(1782-03-14)March 14, 1782 (aged 214)	August 10, 1821 (175 years, 146 days)
Missouri	Stuart Symington	Democratic	Moderate War dove	(1901-06-26)June 26, 1901 (aged 95)	January 3, 1953 (44 years, 0 days)
Montana	Burton K. Wheeler	Independent (caucus w. Democrats)	Progressive Isolationist	(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 (caucus w. Republicans)	Progressive Isolationist	(1861-07-11)July 11, 1861 (aged 135)	March 4, 1913 (83 years, 305 days)
Nebraska	Chuck Hagel	Republican	Moderate War dove	(1946-10-04)October 4, 1946 (aged 50)	January 3, 1997 (0 days)
Nevada	Pat McCarran	States' Rights (Dixiecrats) (caucus w. Republicans)	Segregationist Anti-communist	(1876-08-08)August 8, 1876 (aged 120)	March 4, 1933 (63 years, 305 days)
Nevada	Harry Reid	Democratic	Moderate	(1939-12-02)December 2, 1939 (aged 57)	January 3, 1987 (10 years, 0 days)
New Hampshire	John P. Hale	Liberal Republican (caucus w. Republicans)	Liberal Abolitionist	(1806-03-31)March 31, 1806 (aged 190)	March 4, 1847 (149 years, 305 days)
New Hampshire	Styles Bridges	Republican	Conservative Anti-communist	(1898-09-09)September 9, 1898 (aged 98)	January 3, 1937 (60 years, 0 days)
New Jersey	Clifford P. Case	Liberal Republican (caucus w. Republicans)	Liberal War dove	(1904-04-16)April 16, 1904 (aged 92)	January 3, 1955 (42 years, 0 days)
New Jersey	Frank Lautenberg	Democratic	Liberal	(1924-01-23)January 23, 1924 (aged 72)	December 27, 1982 (14 years, 7 days)
New Mexico	Clinton Anderson	Democratic	Moderate Pro-NASA	(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	Moderate Abolitionist	(1801-05-16)May 16, 1801 (aged 195)	March 4, 1849 (147 years, 305 days)
New York	Robert F. Wagner	Democratic	Liberal Pro-labor	(1877-06-08)June 8, 1877 (aged 119)	March 4, 1927 (69 years, 305 days)
North Carolina	Nathaniel Macon	States' Rights (Dixiecrats) (caucus w. Republicans)	Pro-slavery Southern nationalist	(1757-12-17)December 17, 1757 (aged 239)	December 5, 1815 (181 years, 29 days)
North Carolina	Jesse Helms	States' Rights (Dixiecrats) (caucus w. Republicans)	Segregationist Anti-communist	(1921-10-18)October 18, 1921 (aged 75)	January 3, 1973 (24 years, 0 days)
North Dakota	Gerald Nye	Independent (caucus w. Republicans)	Progressive Isolationist	(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 Pro-gold standard	(1823-05-10)May 10, 1823 (aged 173)	March 21, 1861 (135 years, 288 days)
Ohio	Robert A. Taft	Republican	Conservative Anti-labor	(1889-09-08)September 8, 1889 (aged 107)	January 3, 1939 (58 years, 0 days)
Oklahoma	Robert S. Kerr	Democratic	Moderate	(1896-09-11)September 11, 1896 (aged 100)	January 3, 1949 (48 years, 0 days)
Oklahoma	Jim Inhofe	Republican	Conservative Climate change denier	(1934-11-17)November 17, 1934 (aged 62)	November 17, 1994 (2 years, 47 days)
Oregon	Wayne Morse	Independent (caucus w. Democrats)	Progressive War dove	(1900-10-20)October 20, 1900 (aged 96)	January 3, 1945 (52 years, 0 days)
Oregon	Mark Hatfield	Republican	Liberal War dove	(1922-07-12)July 12, 1922 (aged 74)	January 10, 1967 (29 years, 359 days)
Pennsylvania	Simon Cameron	Republican	Conservative Abolitionist	(1799-03-08)March 8, 1799 (aged 197)	March 13, 1845 (151 years, 296 days)
Pennsylvania	Arlen Specter	Independent (caucus w. Republicans)	Moderate	(1930-02-12)February 12, 1930 (aged 66)	January 3, 1981 (16 years, 0 days)
Rhode Island	Nelson W. Aldrich	Republican	Conservative Protectionist	(1841-11-06)November 6, 1841 (aged 155)	October 5, 1881 (115 years, 90 days)
Rhode Island	Claiborne Pell	Democratic	Liberal	(1918-11-22)November 22, 1918 (aged 78)	January 3, 1961 (36 years, 0 days)
South Carolina	John C. Calhoun	States' Rights (Dixiecrats) (caucus w. Republicans)	Pro-slavery Southern nationalist	(1782-03-18)March 18, 1782 (aged 214)	December 29, 1832 (164 years, 5 days)
South Carolina	Strom Thurmond	States' Rights (Dixiecrats) (caucus w. Republicans)	Segregationist	(1902-12-05)December 5, 1902 (aged 94)	December 24, 1954 (42 years, 10 days)
South Dakota	George McGovern	Democratic	Liberal War dove	(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	Progressive Social conservative	(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	Independent (caucus w. Democrats)	Conservative Texan nationalist	(1793-03-02)March 2, 1793 (aged 203)	February 21, 1846 (150 years, 317 days)
Texas	Lyndon B. Johnson	Democratic	Neoconservative Social liberal	(1908-08-27)August 27, 1908 (aged 88)	January 3, 1949 (48 years, 0 days)
Utah	Reed Smoot	Republican	Conservative Protectionist	(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	Liberal	(1940-03-31)March 31, 1940 (aged 56)	January 3, 1975 (22 years, 0 days)
Virginia	Carter Glass	States' Rights (Dixiecrats) (caucus w. Republicans)	Segregationist Fiscal conservative	(1858-01-04)January 4, 1858 (aged 138)	February 2, 1920 (76 years, 336 days)
Virginia	Harry F. Byrd	States' Rights (Dixiecrats) (caucus w. Republicans)	Segregationist Fiscal conservative	(1887-06-10)June 10, 1887 (aged 109)	March 4, 1933 (63 years, 305 days)
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 Social liberal	(1912-05-31)May 31, 1912 (aged 84)	January 3, 1953 (44 years, 0 days)
West Virginia	Matthew M. Neely	Democratic	Liberal	(1874-11-09)November 9, 1874 (aged 122)	March 4, 1923 (73 years, 305 days)
West Virginia	Robert Byrd	Democratic	Conservative Former segregationist	(1917-11-20)November 20, 1917 (aged 79)	January 3, 1959 (38 years, 0 days)
Wisconsin	Robert M. La Follette	Wisconsin Progressive (caucus w. Republicans)	Progressive Isolationist	(1855-06-14)June 14, 1855 (aged 141)	January 4, 1906 (90 years, 365 days)
Wisconsin	Joseph McCarthy	Independent (caucus w. Republicans)	Conservative Anti-communist	(1908-11-14)November 14, 1908 (aged 88)	January 3, 1947 (50 years, 0 days)
Wyoming	Francis E. Warren	Republican	Conservative Western regionalist	(1844-06-20)June 20, 1844 (aged 152)	November 24, 1890 (106 years, 40 days)
Wyoming	Gale W. McGee	Democratic	Neoconservative Social liberal	(1915-03-17)March 17, 1915 (aged 81)	January 3, 1959 (38 years, 0 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	Nathaniel Macon	Dixiecrat	North Carolina	December 5, 1815
4	Thomas Hart Benton	Democratic	Missouri	August 10, 1821		Chair: Appropriations
5	Daniel Webster	Republican	Massachusetts	June 8, 1827		Ranking Member: Judiciary
6	John C. Calhoun	Dixiecrat	South Carolina	December 29, 1832		Deputy president pro tempore emeritus Emeritus Chair: Dixiecrat Caucus
7	Simon Cameron	Republican	Pennsylvania	March 13, 1845		Chair: NRSC Ranking Member: Commerce
8	Sam Houston	Independent	Texas	February 21, 1846
9	Stephen A. Douglas	Independent	Illinois	March 4, 1847	Former representative (4 years)	Chair: Union
10	John P. Hale	Liberal Republican	New Hampshire	March 4, 1847	Former representative (2 years)
11	William H. Seward	Republican	New York	March 4, 1849		Advisor: Republican Conference
12	William P. Fessenden		Maine	February 10, 1854		Advisor: Republican Conference
13	John Sherman		Ohio	March 21, 1861		Ranking Member: Finance
14	Justin S. Morrill		Vermont	March 4, 1867		Advisor: Republican Conference
15	Thomas F. Bayard	Democratic	Delaware	March 4, 1869		Chair: Finance
16	William B. Allison	Republican	Iowa	March 4, 1873		Vice Chair: Appropriations
17	Henry M. Teller	Democratic	Colorado	November 15, 1876		Chair: Agriculture
18	John T. Morgan	Dixiecrat	Alabama	March 4, 1877
19	Arthur P. Gorman	Democratic	Maryland	March 4, 1881		Emeritus Chair: Democratic Caucus
20	Nelson W. Aldrich	Republican	Rhode Island	October 5, 1881		Advisor: Republican Conference
21	Francis E. Warren		Wyoming	November 24, 1890		Ranking Member: Energy
22	Reed Smoot		Utah	March 4, 1903
23	Robert M. La Follette	Wisconsin Progressive	Wisconsin	January 4, 1906		Ranking Member: Environment
24	Charles Curtis	Republican	Kansas	January 29, 1907		Emeritus Leader: Republican Conference Ranking Member: Rules
25	William Borah	Liberal Republican	Idaho	March 4, 1907		Leader: Liberal Republicans Ranking Member: Small Business
26	George W. Norris	Independent	Nebraska	March 4, 1913		Ranking Member: Agriculture
27	Hiram Johnson	Liberal Republican	California	March 16, 1917
28	Carter Glass	Dixiecrat	Virginia	February 2, 1920		Ranking Member: Banking
29	Matthew M. Neely	Democratic	West Virginia	March 4, 1923	Former representative, former governor	Chair: Environment
30	Burton K. Wheeler	Independent	Montana	March 4, 1923		Chair: Homeland Security
31	Gerald Nye	Independent	North Dakota	November 14, 1925
32	Carl Hayden	Democratic	Arizona	March 4, 1927	Former representative	Chair: Democratic Steering Committee Chair: Rules
33	Robert F. Wagner	Democratic	New York	March 4, 1927		Vice Chair: Democratic Caucus Chair: Banking
34	Arthur Vandenberg	Republican	Michigan	March 31, 1928		Chair: Republican Policy Committee Ranking Member: Foreign Relations
35	Huey Long	Independent	Louisiana	January 25, 1932		Advisor: Democratic Caucus
36	Richard Russell Jr.	Dixiecrat	Georgia	January 12, 1933		Chair: Dixiecrat Caucus Vice Ranking Member: Union
37	Harry F. Byrd		Virginia	March 4, 1933	Former governor
38	Pat McCarran		Nevada	March 4, 1933
39	Claude Pepper	Democratic	Florida	November 4, 1936		Chair: Aging
40	Styles Bridges	Republican	New Hampshire	January 3, 1937		Ranking Member: Homeland Security
41	J. Lister Hill	Democratic	Alabama	January 11, 1938		Vice Chair: Democratic Caucus Vice Chair: Union
42	Robert A. Taft	Republican	Ohio	January 3, 1939		Senate Minority Leader
43	John L. McClellan	Democratic	Arkansas	January 3, 1943
44	Warren Magnuson		Washington	December 14, 1944		Chair: Commerce
45	J. William Fulbright		Arkansas	January 3, 1945	Former representative	Chair: Foreign Relations
46	Wayne Morse	Independent	Oregon	January 3, 1945
47	John Sherman Cooper	Republican	Kentucky	November 6, 1946		Ranking Member: HELP
48	Joseph McCarthy	Independent	Wisconsin	January 3, 1947
49	John C. Stennis	Dixiecrat	Mississippi	November 5, 1947		Ranking Member: Armed Services
50	Russell B. Long	Democratic	Louisiana	December 31, 1948		Chair: Small Business
51	Lyndon B. Johnson		Texas	January 3, 1949	Former president, former representative (11 years)	Senate Majority Whip
52	Hubert Humphrey		Minnesota		Former vice president	Deputy president pro tempore Chair: Democratic Outreach Committee Chair: HELP
53	Estes Kefauver		Tennessee		Former representative (9 years)	Chair: Narcotics Caucus
54	Margaret Chase Smith	Republican	Maine		Former representative (8 years)	Chair: Republican Conference
55	Clinton Anderson	Democratic	New Mexico		Former representative (4 years), former cabinet member	Chair: DSCC
56	Robert S. Kerr	Democratic	Oklahoma		Former governor	Advisor: Democratic Caucus
57	Everett Dirksen	Republican	Illinois	January 3, 1951		Senate Minority Whip
58	Henry M. Jackson	Democratic	Washington	January 3, 1953	Former representative (12 years)	Chair: Armed Services
59	Mike Mansfield		Montana		Former representative (10 years)	Senate Majority Leader Chair: Democratic Policy Committee
60	Stuart Symington		Missouri		Missouri 15th in population (1990)
61	Barry Goldwater	Republican	Arizona		Arizona 24th in population (1990)	Vice Chair: Intelligence
62	Strom Thurmond	Dixiecrat	South Carolina	December 24, 1954		Ranking Member: Veterans' Affairs
63	Clifford P. Case	Liberal Republican	New Jersey	January 3, 1955		Ranking Member: Aging
64	Frank Church	Democratic	Idaho	January 3, 1957		Chair: Intelligence
65	Robert Byrd		West Virginia	January 3, 1959	Former representative (6 years)	Secretary: Democratic Caucus
66	Bob Bartlett		Alaska		Alaska 49th in population (1990)	Chair: Energy
67	Gale W. McGee		Wyoming		Wyoming 50th in population (1990)
68	Claiborne Pell		Rhode Island	January 3, 1961		Chair: Veterans' Affairs
69	Ted Kennedy		Massachusetts	November 7, 1962		Democratic Chief Deputy Whip
70	Daniel Inouye		Hawaii	January 3, 1963	Former representative (4 years), Hawaii 41st in population (1990)	Vice Chair: Democratic Policy Committee
71	George McGovern		South Dakota		Former representative (4 years), South Dakota 45th in population (1990)	Chair: Indian Affairs
72	Birch Bayh		Indiana
73	Howard Baker	Republican	Tennessee	January 3, 1967		Vice Chair: Republican Conference
74	Mark Hatfield		Oregon	January 10, 1967		Vice Chair: Indian Affairs Chair: Republican Steering Committee
75	Ted Stevens		Alaska	December 24, 1968		Republican Chief Deputy Whip
76	Bob Dole		Kansas	January 3, 1969		Vice Chair: Ethics
77	Sam Nunn	Democratic	Georgia	November 8, 1972
78	Jesse Helms	Dixiecrat	North Carolina	January 3, 1973	North Carolina 10th in population (1990)
79	Pete Domenici	Republican	New Mexico		New Mexico 37th in population (1990)	Ranking Member: Budget
80	Joe Biden	Democratic	Delaware		Delaware 46th in population (1990)	Deputy Secretary: Democratic Caucus Chair: Budget
81	Gary Hart		Colorado	January 3, 1975	Colorado 26th in population (1990)
82	Patrick Leahy		Vermont	January 3, 1975	Vermont 48th in population (1990)	Chair: Ethics
83	Richard Lugar	Republican	Indiana	January 3, 1977	Indiana 14th in population (1990)	Ranking Member: Narcotics Caucus
84	Orrin Hatch	Republican	Utah	January 3, 1977	Utah 35th in population (1990)
85	Carl Levin	Democratic	Michigan	January 3, 1979
86	Chuck Grassley	Republican	Iowa	January 3, 1981	Former representative (6 years)
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	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

^ Independent Sens. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois, Huey Long of Louisiana, Burton K. Wheeler of Montana, Wayne Morse of Oregon, and Sam Houston of Texas caucus with the Democratic Party.
^ Independent Sens. George W. Norris of Nebraska, Gerald Nye of North Dakota, Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin, and Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania caucus with the Republican Party.
^ ^a ^b Includes 2 caucusing independents
^ Includes 3 caucusing independents
^ ^a ^b ^c Includes 1 caucusing independent
^ 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.

[1] Independent Sens. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois, Huey Long of Louisiana, Burton K. Wheeler of Montana, Wayne Morse of Oregon, and Sam Houston of Texas caucus with the Democratic Party.

[2] Independent Sens. George W. Norris of Nebraska, Gerald Nye of North Dakota, Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin, and Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania caucus with the Republican Party.

[indpt2-3] Includes 2 caucusing independents

[4] Includes 3 caucusing independents

[indpt-5] Includes 1 caucusing independent

[6] 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.

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