Senate class |
|
State |
Senator's image |
Senator's name |
Senator's party |
Governor's party |
Senator's prior experience |
Senator's education |
Senator first took office |
Senator born
|
3 |
|
Alabama |
|
Richard Shelby |
Republican |
Republican (
Bob Riley) |
Alabama Senate; U.S. House (AL-7) |
Alabama (BA, JD) |
1987 |
1934
|
2 |
|
Alabama |
|
Jeff Sessions |
Republican |
Republican (
Bob Riley) |
State Attorney General |
Huntingdon College,
University of Alabama |
1997 |
1946
|
3 |
|
Alaska |
|
Lisa Murkowski |
Republican |
Republican (
Sean Parnell) |
Alaska House of Representatives |
Georgetown,
Willamette |
2002 |
1957
|
2 |
|
Alaska |
|
Mark Begich |
Democratic |
Republican (
Sean Parnell) |
Mayor of Anchorage |
University of Alaska Anchorage (attended) |
2009 |
1962
|
3 |
|
Arizona |
|
John McCain |
Republican |
Republican (
Jan Brewer) |
Military,
U.S. House |
U.S. Naval Academy
[1] |
1987 |
1936
|
1 |
|
Arizona |
|
Jon Kyl |
Republican |
Republican (
Jan Brewer) |
Attorney,
U.S. House |
Arizona (BA, JD) |
1995 |
1942
|
3 |
|
Arkansas |
|
Blanche Lincoln |
Democratic |
Democratic (
Mike Beebe) |
U.S. House |
Randolph-Macon Women's College,
Arkansas |
1999 |
1960
|
2 |
|
Arkansas |
|
Mark Pryor |
Democratic |
Democratic (
Mike Beebe) |
Arkansas House of Representatives,
State Attorney General |
Arkansas (BA, JD) |
2003 |
1963
|
1 |
|
California |
|
Dianne Feinstein |
Democratic |
Republican (
Arnold Schwarzenegger) |
Mayor of San Francisco,
San Francisco Board of Supervisors |
Stanford |
1992 |
1933
|
3 |
|
California |
|
Barbara Boxer |
Democratic |
Republican (
Arnold Schwarzenegger) |
Marin County Board of Supervisors,
U.S. House |
Brooklyn |
1993 |
1940
|
2 |
|
Colorado |
|
Mark Udall |
Democratic |
Democratic (
Bill Ritter) |
State Representative,
U.S. House |
Williams |
2009 |
1950
|
3 |
|
Colorado |
|
Michael Bennet |
Democratic |
Democratic (
Bill Ritter) |
Superintendent,
Denver Public Schools |
Wesleyan,
Yale Law |
2009 |
1964
|
3 |
|
Connecticut |
|
Chris Dodd |
Democratic |
Republican (
M. Jodi Rell) |
U.S. House |
Providence,
Louisville |
1981 |
1944
|
1 |
|
Connecticut |
|
Joe Lieberman |
Independent Democratic |
Republican (
M. Jodi Rell) |
State Attorney General |
Yale (BA,
LLB) |
1989 |
1942
|
1 |
|
Delaware |
|
Tom Carper |
Democratic |
Democratic (
Jack Markell) |
Governor;
U.S. House;
Delaware Treasurer |
Ohio State,
Delaware |
2001 |
1947
|
2 |
|
Delaware |
|
Ted Kaufman |
Democratic |
Democratic (
Jack Markell) |
Chief of Staff of Senator Joe Biden |
Duke,
Pennsylvania |
2009 |
1939
|
1 |
|
Florida |
|
Bill Nelson |
Democratic |
Republican (
Charlie Crist) |
U.S. House of Representatives,
State Treasurer |
Yale,
Virginia |
2001 |
1942
|
3 |
|
Florida |
|
Mel Martinez |
Republican |
Republican (
Charlie Crist) |
U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development |
Florida State (BA, JD) |
2005 |
1946
|
2 |
|
Georgia |
|
Saxby Chambliss |
Republican |
Republican (
Sonny Perdue) |
U.S. House |
Georgia,
Tennessee |
2003 |
1943
|
3 |
|
Georgia |
|
Johnny Isakson |
Republican |
Republican (
Sonny Perdue) |
U.S. House (GA-6) |
Georgia |
2005 |
1944
|
3 |
|
Hawaii |
|
Daniel Inouye |
Democratic |
Republican (
Linda Lingle) |
U.S. House (HI-At Large) |
Hawaii,
George Washington |
1963 |
1924
|
1 |
|
Hawaii |
|
Daniel Akaka |
Democratic |
Republican (
Linda Lingle) |
U.S. House |
Hawaii (BA, M.Ed.) |
1991 |
1924
|
3 |
|
Idaho |
|
Mike Crapo |
Republican |
Republican (
Butch Otter) |
Idaho State Senate, U.S. House (ID-2) |
Brigham Young,
Harvard Law |
1999 |
1951
|
2 |
|
Idaho |
|
Jim Risch |
Republican |
Republican (
Butch Otter) |
State Senate Majority Leader,
Governor of Idaho,
Lieutenant Governor of Idaho |
Idaho |
2009 |
1943
|
2 |
|
Illinois |
|
Dick Durbin |
Democratic |
Democratic (
Pat Quinn) |
U.S. House |
Georgetown (BS, JD) |
1997 |
1944
|
3 |
|
Illinois |
|
Roland Burris |
Democratic |
Democratic (
Pat Quinn) |
Illinois Attorney General,
Illinois Comptroller |
Howard University School of Law,
Southern Illinois University Carbondale (JD, BA) |
2009 |
1937
|
1 |
|
Indiana |
|
Richard Lugar |
Republican |
Republican (
Mitch Daniels) |
Mayor of Indianapolis |
Denison,
Oxford |
1977 |
1932
|
3 |
|
Indiana |
|
Evan Bayh |
Democratic |
Republican (
Mitch Daniels) |
Indiana Secretary of State, Governor |
Indiana University,
Virginia |
1999 |
1955
|
3 |
|
Iowa |
|
Chuck Grassley |
Republican |
Democratic (
Chet Culver) |
Iowa House of Representatives, U.S. House (IA-3) |
Northern Iowa (BA, MA) |
1981 |
1933
|
2 |
|
Iowa |
|
Tom Harkin |
Democratic |
Democratic (
Chet Culver) |
U.S. House (IA-5) |
Iowa State,
Catholic |
1985 |
1939
|
3 |
|
Kansas |
|
Sam Brownback |
Republican |
Democratic (
Mark Parkinson) |
U.S. House (KS-2) |
Kansas State,
Kansas |
1996 |
1956
|
2 |
|
Kansas |
|
Pat Roberts |
Republican |
Democratic (
Mark Parkinson) |
U.S. House (KS-1) |
Kansas State |
1997 |
1936
|
2 |
|
Kentucky |
|
Mitch McConnell |
Republican |
Democratic (
Steve Beshear) |
Jefferson County Executive |
Louisville,
Kentucky |
1985 |
1942
|
3 |
|
Kentucky |
|
Jim Bunning |
Republican |
Democratic (
Steve Beshear) |
MLB Baseball player,
Fort Thomas City Council,
Kentucky State Senate, U.S. House (KY-4) |
Xavier |
1999 |
1931
|
2 |
|
Louisiana |
|
Mary Landrieu |
Democratic |
Republican (
Bobby Jindal) |
State Treasurer |
Louisiana State |
1997 |
1955
|
3 |
|
Louisiana |
|
David Vitter |
Republican |
Republican (
Bobby Jindal) |
U.S. House (LA-1) |
Harvard,
Oxford,
Tulane |
2005 |
1961
|
1 |
|
Maine |
|
Olympia Snowe |
Republican |
Democratic (
John Baldacci) |
Maine House of Representatives;Maine Senate; U.S. House (ME-2), First Lady of Maine |
Maine |
1995 |
1947
|
2 |
|
Maine |
|
Susan Collins |
Republican |
Democratic (
John Baldacci) |
Deputy State Treasurer |
St. Lawrence |
1997 |
1952
|
3 |
|
Maryland |
|
Barbara Mikulski |
Democratic |
Democratic (
Martin O'Malley) |
Baltimore City Council, U.S. House (MD-3) |
Mount Saint Agnes,
Maryland |
1987 |
1936
|
1 |
|
Maryland |
|
Ben Cardin |
Democratic |
Democratic (
Martin O'Malley) |
Maryland House of Delegates, U.S. House (MD-3) |
Pittsburgh,
Maryland |
2007 |
1943
|
1 |
|
Massachusetts |
|
Ted Kennedy |
Democratic |
Democratic (
Deval Patrick) |
lawyer |
Harvard,
Virginia |
1962 |
1932
|
2 |
|
Massachusetts |
|
John Kerry |
Democratic |
Democratic (
Deval Patrick) |
Lieutenant Governor |
Yale,
Boston College |
1985 |
1943
|
2 |
|
Michigan |
|
Carl Levin |
Democratic |
Democratic (
Jennifer Granholm) |
Detroit City Council |
Swarthmore,
Harvard |
1979 |
1934
|
1 |
|
Michigan |
|
Debbie Stabenow |
Democratic |
Democratic (
Jennifer Granholm) |
Ingham County Board of Commissioners, Michigan House of Representatives, Michigan Senate, U.S. House (MI-8) |
Michigan State (BA, MSW) |
2001 |
1950
|
1 |
|
Minnesota |
|
Amy Klobuchar |
Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
Republican (
Tim Pawlenty) |
Hennepin County Attorney |
Yale,
Chicago |
2007 |
1960
|
2 |
|
Minnesota |
|
Al Franken |
Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
Republican (
Tim Pawlenty) |
Comedian,
actor,
author,
screenwriter,
political commentator, and
radio host |
Harvard |
2009 |
1951
|
2 |
|
Mississippi |
|
Thad Cochran |
Republican |
Republican (
Haley Barbour) |
U.S. House (MS-4) |
Mississippi (BA, JD) |
1979 |
1937
|
1 |
|
Mississippi |
|
Roger Wicker |
Republican |
Republican (
Haley Barbour) |
U.S. House (MS-1) |
Mississippi (BA, JD) |
2007 |
1951
|
3 |
|
Missouri |
|
Kit Bond |
Republican |
Democratic (
Jay Nixon) |
State Auditor, Governor |
Princeton,
Virginia |
1987 |
1939
|
1 |
|
Missouri |
|
Claire McCaskill |
Democratic |
Democratic (
Jay Nixon) |
State Auditor; Missouri House of Representatives;Jackson County Prosecutor |
University of Missouri (BS, JD) |
2007 |
1953
|
2 |
|
Montana |
|
Max Baucus |
Democratic |
Democratic (
Brian Schweitzer) |
U.S. House (MT-1) |
Stanford (BS,
LLB) |
1979 |
1941
|
1 |
|
Montana |
|
Jon Tester |
Democratic |
Democratic (
Brian Schweitzer) |
Montana State Senate President |
Great Falls |
2007 |
1956
|
1 |
|
Nebraska |
|
Ben Nelson |
Democratic |
Republican (
Dave Heineman) |
Governor |
University of Nebraska (BA, MA, JD) |
2001 |
1941
|
2 |
|
Nebraska |
|
Mike Johanns |
Republican |
Republican (
Dave Heineman) |
Mayor of
Lincoln, Governor of Nebraska, US Secretary of Agriculture |
St. Mary's University,
Creighton University |
2009 |
1950
|
3 |
|
Nevada |
|
Harry Reid |
Democratic |
Republican (
Jim Gibbons) |
Nevada Assembly, Lt. Governor of Nevada, U.S. House (NV-1) |
Southern Utah,
Utah State,
George Washington |
1987 |
1939
|
1 |
|
Nevada |
|
John Ensign |
Republican |
Republican (
Jim Gibbons) |
U.S. House (NV-1) |
UNLV,
Oregon State,
Colorado |
2001 |
1958
|
3 |
|
New Hampshire |
|
Judd Gregg |
Republican |
Democratic (
John Lynch) |
Governor, U.S. House (NH-2) |
Columbia,
Boston University |
1993 |
1947
|
2 |
|
New Hampshire |
|
Jeanne Shaheen |
Democratic |
Democratic (
John Lynch) |
New Hampshire State Senate, Governor |
Shippensburg University,
University of Mississippi |
2009 |
1947
|
2 |
|
New Jersey |
|
Frank Lautenberg |
Democratic |
Democratic (
Jon Corzine) |
U.S. Senate, Class 1 |
Columbia |
2003 |
1924
|
1 |
|
New Jersey |
|
Bob Menendez |
Democratic |
Democratic (
Jon Corzine) |
Union City Board of Education, Mayor of
Union City, New Jersey General Assembly, New Jersey Senate, U.S. House (NJ-13) |
Saint Peter's College,
Rutgers |
2006 |
1954
|
1 |
|
New Mexico |
|
Jeff Bingaman |
Democratic |
Democratic (
Bill Richardson) |
State Attorney General |
Harvard,
Stanford |
1983 |
1943
|
2 |
|
New Mexico |
|
Tom Udall |
Democratic |
Democratic (
Bill Richardson) |
U.S. House (NM-3), State Attorney General |
Prescott College,
Cambridge University (
J.D.),
University of New Mexico School of Law |
2009 |
1948
|
3 |
|
New York |
|
Chuck Schumer |
Democratic |
Democratic (
David Paterson) |
New York State Assembly, U.S. House (NY-9) |
Harvard (BA, JD) |
1999 |
1950
|
1 |
|
New York |
|
Kirsten Gillibrand |
Democratic |
Democratic (
David Paterson) |
U.S. House (NY-20) |
Dartmouth,
UCLA |
2009 |
1966
|
3 |
|
North Carolina |
|
Richard Burr |
Republican |
Democratic (
Beverly Perdue) |
U.S. House (NC-5) |
Wake Forest |
2005 |
1955
|
2 |
|
North Carolina |
|
Kay Hagan |
Democratic |
Democratic (
Beverly Perdue) |
Sunday School Teacher,
North Carolina State Senate (27, 32) |
Florida State University,
Wake Forest University |
2009 |
1953
|
1 |
|
North Dakota |
File:SenatorConradOfficialPortrait.jpg |
Kent Conrad |
Democratic |
Republican (
John Hoeven) |
State Tax Commissioner |
Stanford,
George Washington |
1987 |
1948
|
3 |
|
North Dakota |
|
Byron Dorgan |
Democratic |
Republican (
John Hoeven) |
U.S. House (ND-At Large) |
North Dakota,
Denver |
1993 |
1942
|
3 |
|
Ohio |
|
George Voinovich |
Republican |
Democratic (
Ted Strickland) |
Mayor of
Cleveland; Governor |
Ohio,
Ohio State |
1999 |
1936
|
1 |
|
Ohio |
|
Sherrod Brown |
Democratic |
Democratic (
Ted Strickland) |
State Secretary of State, U.S. House (OH-13) |
Yale,
Ohio State |
2007 |
1952
|
2 |
|
Oklahoma |
|
Jim Inhofe |
Republican |
Democratic (
Brad Henry) |
Oklahoma House of Rep; Oklahoma Senate; Mayor of
Tulsa; U.S. House (OK-1) |
Tulsa |
1995 |
1934
|
3 |
|
Oklahoma |
|
Tom Coburn |
Republican |
Democratic (
Brad Henry) |
Physician, U.S. House (OK-2) |
Oklahoma State,
Oklahoma |
2005 |
1948
|
3 |
|
Oregon |
|
Ron Wyden |
Democratic |
Democratic (
Ted Kulongoski) |
U.S. House (OR-3) |
Stanford,
Oregon |
1996 |
1949
|
2 |
|
Oregon |
|
Jeff Merkley |
Democratic |
Democratic (
Ted Kulongoski) |
State House Speaker |
Stanford (B.A.),
Princeton (
M.P.P.) |
2009 |
1956
|
3 |
|
Pennsylvania |
|
Arlen Specter |
Democratic |
Democratic (
Ed Rendell) |
Philadelphia District Attorney |
Pennsylvania,
Yale |
1981 |
1930
|
1 |
|
Pennsylvania |
|
Bob Casey, Jr. |
Democratic |
Democratic (
Ed Rendell) |
State Treasurer, State Auditor |
Holy Cross,
Catholic |
2007 |
1960
|
2 |
|
Rhode Island |
|
Jack Reed |
Democratic |
Republican (
Donald Carcieri) |
State Senate; U.S. House (RI-2) |
United States Military Academy,
Harvard |
1997 |
1949
|
1 |
|
Rhode Island |
|
Sheldon Whitehouse |
Democratic |
Republican (
Donald Carcieri) |
US Attorney for Rhode Island, State Attorney General |
Yale,
Virginia |
2007 |
1955
|
2 |
|
South Carolina |
|
Lindsey Graham |
Republican |
Republican (
Mark Sanford) |
U.S. House (SC-3) |
South Carolina (BA, JD) |
2003 |
1955
|
3 |
|
South Carolina |
|
Jim DeMint |
Republican |
Republican (
Mark Sanford) |
U.S. House (SC-4) |
Tennessee,
Clemson University |
2005 |
1951
|
2 |
|
South Dakota |
|
Tim Johnson |
Democratic |
Republican (
Mike Rounds) |
U.S. House (SD-At Large) |
South Dakota (BA, MPA, JD) |
1997 |
1946
|
3 |
|
South Dakota |
|
John Thune |
Republican |
Republican (
Mike Rounds) |
U.S. House (SD-At Large) |
Biola,
South Dakota |
2005 |
1961
|
2 |
|
Tennessee |
|
Lamar Alexander |
Republican |
Democratic (
Phil Bredesen) |
Governor; U.S. Secretary of Education |
Vanderbilt,
New York University |
2003 |
1940
|
1 |
|
Tennessee |
|
Bob Corker |
Republican |
Democratic (
Phil Bredesen) |
Mayor of
Chattanooga |
Tennessee |
2007 |
1952
|
1 |
|
Texas |
|
Kay Bailey Hutchison |
Republican |
Republican (
Rick Perry) |
State Treasurer |
Texas (BA, JD) |
1993 |
1943
|
2 |
|
Texas |
|
John Cornyn |
Republican |
Republican (
Rick Perry) |
State Attorney General |
Trinity University,
St. Mary's University,
Virginia |
2003 |
1952
|
1 |
|
Utah |
|
Orrin Hatch |
Republican |
Republican (
Gary Herbert) |
attorney |
Brigham Young,
Pittsburgh |
1977 |
1934
|
3 |
|
Utah |
|
Robert Foster Bennett |
Republican |
Republican (
Gary Herbert) |
businessman |
Utah |
1993 |
1933
|
3 |
|
Vermont |
|
Patrick Leahy |
Democratic |
Republican (
Jim Douglas) |
Chittenden County State's Attorney |
St. Michael's College,
Georgetown |
1975 |
1940
|
1 |
|
Vermont |
|
Bernie Sanders |
Independent |
Republican (
Jim Douglas) |
U.S. House (VT-At Large) |
Brooklyn College,
Chicago |
2007 |
1941
|
1 |
|
Virginia |
|
Jim Webb |
Democratic |
Democratic (
Tim Kaine) |
U.S. Secretary of the Navy |
U.S. Naval Academy,
USC,
Georgetown University |
2007 |
1946
|
2 |
|
Virginia |
|
Mark Warner |
Democratic |
Democratic (
Tim Kaine) |
Entrepreneur, Governor |
George Washington,
Harvard |
2009 |
1954
|
3 |
|
Washington |
|
Patty Murray |
Democratic |
Democratic (
Christine Gregoire) |
State Senate |
Washington State |
1993 |
1950
|
1 |
|
Washington |
|
Maria Cantwell |
Democratic |
Democratic (
Christine Gregoire) |
Washington State House of Representatives, U.S. House (WA-1) |
Miami University |
2001 |
1958
|
1 |
|
West Virginia |
|
Robert Byrd |
Democratic |
Democratic (
Joe Manchin) |
U.S. House (WV-6) |
Marshall,
George Washington,
American |
1959 |
1917
|
2 |
|
West Virginia |
|
Jay Rockefeller |
Democratic |
Democratic (
Joe Manchin) |
Governor |
Harvard |
1985 |
1937
|
1 |
|
Wisconsin |
|
Herb Kohl |
Democratic |
Democratic (
Jim Doyle) |
State Democratic Party chairman |
Wisconsin-Madison,
Harvard |
1989 |
1935
|
3 |
|
Wisconsin |
|
Russ Feingold |
Democratic |
Democratic (
Jim Doyle) |
State Senate |
Wisconsin-Madison,
Oxford,
Harvard |
1993 |
1953
|
2 |
|
Wyoming |
|
Mike Enzi |
Republican |
Democratic (
Dave Freudenthal) |
Mayor of
Gillette; Wyoming House of Representatives; State Senate |
George Washington,
Denver |
1997 |
1944
|
1 |
|
Wyoming |
|
John Barrasso |
Republican |
Democratic (
Dave Freudenthal) |
State Senate |
Georgetown (BS, MD) |
2007 |
1952
|