List of current United States senators

This article is about senators serving in the United States Congress. For a list of senators in U.S. state legislatures, see List of U.S. state senators.

States colored red have two Republican senators, blue states have two Democratic senators, while purple states have one of each. States with green stripes have a senator from one party and an independent senator.

Members of the United States Senate for the 116th Congress

The United States Senate consists of 100 members, two from each of the 50 states. Below is a list of U.S. senators in the 116th United States Congress.

Party affiliation

Affiliation		Members
	Republican Party	53
	Democratic Party	45
	Independent	2
Total		100

Leadership

Office	Party	Officer		State	Since
President of the Senate	Republican		Mike Pence	Indiana	January 20, 2017
President pro tempore	Republican		Chuck Grassley	Iowa	January 3, 2019

Majority Leadership

Office	Officer	State	Since
Senate Majority Leader	Mitch McConnell	Kentucky	January 3, 2015 Party Leader since January 3, 2007
Senate Majority Whip	John Thune	South Dakota	January 3, 2019
Chair, Republican Conference	John Barrasso	Wyoming	January 3, 2019
Chair, Senate Republican Policy Committee	Roy Blunt	Missouri	January 3, 2019
Vice Chair, Republican Conference	Joni Ernst	Iowa	January 3, 2019
Chair, National Republican Senatorial Committee	Todd Young	Indiana	January 3, 2019
Chair, Senate Republican Steering Committee	Mike Lee	Utah	January 3, 2015
Senate Republican Chief Deputy Whip	Mike Crapo	Idaho	January 3, 2013

Minority Leadership

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	Catherine Cortez Masto	Nevada	January 3, 2019
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

List of senators

State	Image	Senator	Party		Born	Occupation(s)	Previous office(s)	Assumed office	Term up	Residence
Alabama		Richard Shelby		Republican	(1934-05-06) May 6, 1934	Lawyer	U.S. House Alabama Senate	January 3, 1987	2022	Tuscaloosa
		Doug Jones		Democratic	(1954-05-04) May 4, 1954	Lawyer	U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama	January 3, 2018	2020	Birmingham
Alaska		Lisa Murkowski		Republican	(1957-05-22) May 22, 1957	Lawyer	Alaska House of Representatives	December 20, 2002	2022	Anchorage
		Dan Sullivan		Republican	(1964-11-13) November 13, 1964	U.S. Marine Corps officer lawyer	Alaska Attorney General Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs	January 3, 2015	2020	Anchorage
Arizona		Kyrsten Sinema		Democratic	(1976-07-12) July 12, 1976	Social Worker Political Activist	U.S. House Arizona Senate Arizona House of Representatives	January 3, 2019	2024	Phoenix
		Martha McSally		Republican	(1966-03-22) March 22, 1966	U.S. Air Force officer	U.S. House	January 3, 2019	2020 (Special) 2022 (General)	Tucson
Arkansas		John Boozman		Republican	(1950-12-10) December 10, 1950	Optometrist	U.S. House Rogers Public Schools Board	January 3, 2011	2022	Rogers
		Tom Cotton		Republican	(1977-05-13) May 13, 1977	Lawyer United States Army officer	U.S. House	January 3, 2015	2020	Dardanelle
California		Dianne Feinstein		Democratic	(1933-06-22) June 22, 1933	Non-profit organization fellow	Mayor of San Francisco San Francisco Board of Supervisors Member, California Women's Parole Board.	November 10, 1992	2024	San Francisco
		Kamala Harris		Democratic	(1964-10-20) October 20, 1964	Lawyer	Attorney General of California San Francisco District Attorney	January 3, 2017	2022	Los Angeles
Colorado		Michael Bennet		Democratic	(1964-11-28) November 28, 1964	Lawyer Investment company Executive Public School Administrator	Denver Public Schools Superintendent Chief of staff to the mayor of Denver	January 22, 2009	2022	Denver
		Cory Gardner		Republican	(1974-08-22) August 22, 1974	Lawyer; Businessman	U.S. House Colorado House of Representatives	January 3, 2015	2020	Denver
Connecticut		Richard Blumenthal		Democratic	(1946-02-13) February 13, 1946	Marine Corps Reserve Sergeant Senate Staffer Lawyer	Connecticut Attorney General Connecticut Senate Connecticut House of Representatives United States Attorney	January 3, 2011	2022	Greenwich
		Chris Murphy		Democratic	(1973-08-03) August 3, 1973	Lawyer Political Campaign Manager	U.S. House Connecticut Senate Connecticut House of Representatives	January 3, 2013	2024	Cheshire
Delaware		Tom Carper		Democratic	(1947-01-23) January 23, 1947	U.S. Navy officer Delaware Office of Economic Development	Governor of Delaware U.S. House Delaware Treasurer	January 3, 2001	2024	Wilmington
		Chris Coons		Democratic	(1963-09-09) September 9, 1963	Nonprofit Organization Executive Lawyer	New Castle County, Delaware executive Member, New Castle County Council	November 15, 2010	2020	Wilmington
Florida		Marco Rubio		Republican	(1971-05-28) May 28, 1971	Lawyer	Florida House Speaker West Miami, Florida City Commission	January 3, 2011	2022	Miami
		Rick Scott		Republican	(1952-12-01) December 1, 1952	Petty officer third class, U.S. Navy Lawyer Columbia/HCA CEO Venture Capitalist	Governor of Florida	January 8, 2019	2024	Naples
Georgia		Johnny Isakson		Republican	(1944-12-28) December 28, 1944	Staff sergeant, Georgia Air National Guard Real Estate Broker	U.S. House Georgia House of Representatives Georgia State Senate	January 3, 2005	2022	Marietta
		David Perdue		Republican	(1949-12-10) December 10, 1949	Corporate Executive	None	January 3, 2015	2020	Sea Island
Hawaii		Brian Schatz		Democratic	(1972-10-20) October 20, 1972	Nonprofit organization executive	Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii Hawaii House of Representatives	December 26, 2012	2022	Honolulu
		Mazie Hirono		Democratic	(1947-11-03) November 3, 1947	Lawyer	U.S. House Hawaii House of Representatives Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii	January 3, 2013	2024	Honolulu
Idaho		Mike Crapo		Republican	(1951-05-20) May 20, 1951	Lawyer	U.S. House Idaho Senate	January 3, 1999	2022	Idaho Falls
		Jim Risch		Republican	(1943-05-03) May 3, 1943	Professor Rancher Nonprofit organization executive	Governor of Idaho Lieutenant Governor of Idaho Idaho Senate President pro tempore	January 3, 2009	2020	Boise
Illinois		Dick Durbin		Democratic	(1944-11-21) November 21, 1944	Lawyer Professor	U.S. House	January 3, 1997	2020	Springfield
		Tammy Duckworth		Democratic	(1968-03-12) March 12, 1968	Army National Guard Officer Staff Supervisor, Rotary International	U.S. House U.S. Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs Illinois Director of Veterans Affairs	January 3, 2017	2022	Hoffman Estates
Indiana		Todd Young		Republican	(1972-08-24) August 24, 1972	Marine Corps Officer Professor Consultant	U.S. House	January 3, 2017	2022	Bloomington
		Mike Braun		Republican	(1954-03-24) March 24, 1954	Businessman	Indiana House of Representatives	January 3, 2019	2024	Jasper
Iowa		Chuck Grassley		Republican	(1933-09-17) September 17, 1933	Farmer College professor	U.S. House Iowa House of Representatives	January 3, 1981	2022	New Hartford
		Joni Ernst		Republican	(1970-07-01) July 1, 1970	Farmer Army National Guard officer	Iowa Senate	January 3, 2015	2020	Red Oak
Kansas		Pat Roberts		Republican	(1936-04-20) April 20, 1936	United States Marine Corps officer journalist U.S. Senate staff member U.S. House staff member	U.S. House	January 3, 1997	2020	Dodge City
		Jerry Moran		Republican	(1954-05-29) May 29, 1954	Banker lawyer	U.S. House Kansas Senate	January 3, 2011	2022	Hays
Kentucky		Mitch McConnell		Republican	(1942-02-20) February 20, 1942	Lawyer U.S. Senate staff member	U.S. Department of Justice Office of Legislative Affairs Jefferson County Judge/Executive	January 3, 1985	2020	Louisville
		Rand Paul		Republican	(1963-01-07) January 7, 1963	Ophthalmologist	None	January 3, 2011	2022	Bowling Green
Louisiana		Bill Cassidy		Republican	(1957-09-28) September 28, 1957	Physician	U.S. House Louisiana Senate	January 3, 2015	2020	Baton Rouge
		John Kennedy		Republican	(1951-11-21) November 21, 1951	Magazine editor lawyer professor Staff of Louisiana Governor Buddy Roemer	Louisiana Treasurer Secretary, Louisiana Department of Revenue	January 3, 2017	2022	Madisonville
Maine		Susan Collins		Republican	(1952-12-07) December 7, 1952	House staffer Senate staffer Regional director, SBA Nonprofit organization executive	Deputy Treasurer, MA Professional and Financial Regulation Commissioner, ME	January 3, 1997	2020	Bangor
		Angus King		Independent	(1944-03-31) March 31, 1944	Lawyer Senate staffer Business founder Corporate executive Public television news program host	Governor of Maine	January 3, 2013	2024	Brunswick
Maryland		Ben Cardin		Democratic	(1943-10-05) October 5, 1943	Lawyer	U.S. House Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates	January 3, 2007	2024	Baltimore
		Chris Van Hollen		Democratic	(1959-01-10) January 10, 1959	U.S. Senate staff member Maryland Governor's legislative advisor lawyer	U.S. House Maryland General Assembly	January 3, 2017	2022	Kensington
Massachusetts		Elizabeth Warren		Democratic	(1949-06-22) June 22, 1949	Lawyer professor Research associate Nonprofit organization executive	COP Chair CFPB Special Advisor	January 3, 2013	2024	Cambridge
		Ed Markey		Democratic	(1946-07-11) July 11, 1946	Member, United States Army Reserve lawyer	U.S. House Massachusetts House of Representatives	July 16, 2013	2020	Malden
Michigan		Debbie Stabenow		Democratic	(1950-04-29) April 29, 1950	Social worker Leadership training consultant	U.S. House Michigan House of Representatives Michigan Senate	January 3, 2001	2024	Lansing
		Gary Peters		Democratic	(1958-12-01) December 1, 1958	United States Navy Reserve officer Financial advisor Attorney College professor and lecturer	U.S. House Michigan Senate	January 3, 2015	2020	Bloomfield Hills
Minnesota		Amy Klobuchar		Democratic	(1960-05-25) May 25, 1960	Lawyer	Hennepin County, Minnesota Attorney	January 3, 2007	2024	Minneapolis
		Tina Smith		Democratic	(1958-03-04) March 4, 1958	Public relations consultant Nonprofit organization executive Chief of staff to the Governor of Minnesota	Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota	January 3, 2018	2020	Minneapolis
Mississippi		Roger Wicker		Republican	(1951-07-05) July 5, 1951	U.S. Air Force officer/Judge Advocate U.S. House staffer lawyer	U.S. House Mississippi Senate	December 31, 2007	2024	Tupelo
		Cindy Hyde-Smith		Republican	(1959-05-10) May 10, 1959	Farmer	Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Mississippi Senate	April 9, 2018	2020	Brookhaven
Missouri		Roy Blunt		Republican	(1950-01-10) January 10, 1950	University president	U.S. House Missouri Secretary of State Greene County, Missouri Clerk	January 3, 2011	2022	Springfield
		Josh Hawley		Republican	(1979-12-31) December 31, 1979	Lawyer	Attorney General of Missouri	January 3, 2019	2024	Ashland
Montana		Jon Tester		Democratic	(1956-08-21) August 21, 1956	Music teacher Farmer	Montana Senate President Big Sandy, Montana School Board	January 3, 2007	2024	Big Sandy
		Steve Daines		Republican	(1962-08-20) August 20, 1962	Businessman	U.S. House	January 3, 2015	2020	Bozeman
Nebraska		Deb Fischer		Republican	(1951-03-01) March 1, 1951	Rancher	Nebraska Legislature	January 3, 2013	2024	Valentine
		Ben Sasse		Republican	(1972-02-22) February 22, 1972	Management consultant Nonprofit organization executive House staffer professor University president	Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (HHS)	January 3, 2015	2020	Fremont
Nevada		Catherine Cortez Masto		Democratic	(1964-03-29) March 29, 1964	Lawyer	Nevada Attorney General	January 3, 2017	2022	Las Vegas
		Jacky Rosen		Democratic	(1957-08-02) August 2, 1957	Computer programmer Software developer designer consultant	U.S. House	January 3, 2019	2024	Henderson
New Hampshire		Jeanne Shaheen		Democratic	(1947-01-28) January 28, 1947	Teacher entrepreneur	Governor of New Hampshire New Hampshire Senate	January 3, 2009	2020	Madbury
		Maggie Hassan		Democratic	(1958-02-27) February 27, 1958	Lawyer	Governor of New Hampshire New Hampshire Senate	January 3, 2017	2022	Newfields
New Jersey		Bob Menendez		Democratic	(1954-01-01) January 1, 1954	Lawyer	U.S. House New Jersey General Assembly New Jersey Senate	January 18, 2006	2024	Hoboken
		Cory Booker		Democratic	(1969-04-27) April 27, 1969	Lawyer	Mayor of Newark, New Jersey Newark Municipal Council	October 31, 2013	2020	Newark
New Mexico		Tom Udall		Democratic	(1948-05-18) May 18, 1948	Lawyer	U.S. House Attorney General of New Mexico Assistant U.S. Attorney	January 3, 2009	2020	Santa Fe
		Martin Heinrich		Democratic	(1971-10-17) October 17, 1971	Nonprofit organization executive consultant	U.S. House Albuquerque City Council	January 3, 2013	2024	Albuquerque
New York		Chuck Schumer		Democratic	(1950-11-23) November 23, 1950	Lawyer	U.S. House New York State Assembly	January 3, 1999	2022	Brooklyn
		Kirsten Gillibrand		Democratic	(1966-12-09) December 9, 1966	Lawyer	U.S. House U.S. HUD special counsel	January 26, 2009	2024	Hudson
North Carolina		Richard Burr		Republican	(1955-11-30) November 30, 1955	Sales manager Nonprofit organization executive	U.S. House	January 3, 2005	2022	Winston-Salem
		Thom Tillis		Republican	(1960-08-30) August 30, 1960	Business consultant	Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives	January 3, 2015	2020	Huntersville
North Dakota		John Hoeven		Republican	(1957-03-13) March 13, 1957	Banker	Governor of North Dakota	January 3, 2011	2022	Bismarck
		Kevin Cramer		Republican	(1961-01-21) January 21, 1961	State Tourism Director State Economic Development and Finance Director Former North Dakota Republican Party Chairman	U.S. House North Dakota Public Service Commissioner	January 3, 2019	2024	Bismarck
Ohio		Sherrod Brown		Democratic	(1952-11-09) November 9, 1952	Teacher	U.S. House Ohio Secretary of State Ohio House of Representatives	January 3, 2007	2024	Lorain
		Rob Portman		Republican	(1955-12-19) December 19, 1955	Lawyer	U.S. House U.S. Trade Representative Director of the Office of Management and Budget	January 3, 2011	2022	Terrance Park
Oklahoma		Jim Inhofe		Republican	(1934-11-17) November 17, 1934	Specialist Fourth Class, U.S. Army Businessman Real estate developer Corporate executive	U.S. House Mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma Oklahoma Senate Oklahoma House of Representatives	November 17, 1994	2020	Tulsa
		James Lankford		Republican	(1968-03-04) March 4, 1968	Nonprofit program director	U.S. House	January 3, 2015	2022	Edmond
Oregon		Ron Wyden		Democratic	(1949-05-03) May 3, 1949	Teacher Nonprofit organization executive	U.S. House	February 6, 1996	2022	Portland
		Jeff Merkley		Democratic	(1956-10-24) October 24, 1956	Nonprofit organization executive CBO analyst, Defense Department	Oregon House Speaker	January 3, 2009	2020	Portland
Pennsylvania		Bob Casey Jr.		Democratic	(1960-04-13) April 13, 1960	Teacher lawyer	Pennsylvania Treasurer Pennsylvania Auditor	January 3, 2007	2024	Scranton
		Pat Toomey		Republican	(1961-11-17) November 17, 1961	Currency trader Restaurant owner	U.S. House	January 3, 2011	2022	Zionsville
Rhode Island		Jack Reed		Democratic	(1949-11-12) November 12, 1949	Lawyer Army Reserve officer Army officer	U.S. House Rhode Island Senate	January 3, 1997	2020	Cranston
		Sheldon Whitehouse		Democratic	(1955-10-20) October 20, 1955	Lawyer	Attorney General of Rhode Island United States Attorney	January 3, 2007	2024	Providence
South Carolina		Lindsey Graham		Republican	(1955-07-09) July 9, 1955	Lawyer Air Force Reserve officer	U.S. House South Carolina House of Representatives	January 3, 2003	2020	Seneca
		Tim Scott		Republican	(1965-09-19) September 19, 1965	Insurance agent Financial adviser	U.S. House South Carolina House of Representatives Charleston County, South Carolina Council	January 2, 2013	2022	North Charleston
South Dakota		John Thune		Republican	(1961-01-07) January 7, 1961	Nonprofit organization executive State Railroad Director	U.S. House South Dakota Republican Party Executive Director	January 3, 2005	2022	Sioux Falls
		Mike Rounds		Republican	(1954-10-24) October 24, 1954	Businessman	Governor of South Dakota South Dakota Senate	January 3, 2015	2020	Fort Pierre
Tennessee		Lamar Alexander		Republican	(1940-07-03) July 3, 1940	Senate staffer lawyer businessman	Governor of Tennessee U.S. Secretary of Education	January 3, 2003	2020	Maryville
		Marsha Blackburn		Republican	(1952-06-06) June 6, 1952	Consultant Executive Director of the Tennessee Film, Entertainment, and Music Commission Former Williamson County, Tennessee Republican Party Chairwoman	U.S. House Tennessee Senate	January 3, 2019	2024	Brentwood
Texas		John Cornyn		Republican	(1952-02-02) February 2, 1952	Lawyer	San Antonio District Judge Texas Attorney General Texas Supreme Court (Associate Justice)	December 1, 2002	2020	San Antonio
		Ted Cruz		Republican	(1970-12-22) December 22, 1970	lawyer	U.S. Assoc. Deputy AG Texas Solicitor General	January 3, 2013	2024	Houston
Utah		Mike Lee		Republican	(1971-06-04) June 4, 1971	Lawyer Governor's general counsel	Assistant United States Attorney	January 3, 2011	2022	Alpine
		Mitt Romney		Republican	(1947-03-12) March 12, 1947	Businessman	Governor of Massachusetts	January 3, 2019	2024	Holladay
Vermont		Patrick Leahy		Democratic	(1940-03-31) March 31, 1940	Lawyer	Chittenden County, Vermont State's Attorney	January 3, 1975	2022	Middlesex
		Bernie Sanders		Independent	(1941-09-08) September 8, 1941	Filmmaker Carpenter writer Researcher	U.S. House Mayor of Burlington, Vermont	January 3, 2007	2024	Burlington
Virginia		Mark Warner		Democratic	(1954-12-15) December 15, 1954	Businessman Venture capitalist	Governor of Virginia Virginia Democratic Party Chair	January 3, 2009	2020	Alexandria
		Tim Kaine		Democratic	(1958-02-26) February 26, 1958	Missionary lawyer teacher	Governor of Virginia Lt. Governor of Virginia Chair of the Democratic National Committee Mayor of Richmond, Virginia	January 3, 2013	2024	Richmond
Washington		Patty Murray		Democratic	(1950-10-11) October 11, 1950	Teacher Lobbyist	Washington Senate Shoreline School Board	January 3, 1993	2022	Seattle
		Maria Cantwell		Democratic	(1958-10-13) October 13, 1958	Marketing vice president	U.S. House Washington House of Representatives	January 3, 2001	2024	Edmonds
West Virginia		Joe Manchin		Democratic	(1947-08-24) August 24, 1947	Corporate executive	Governor of West Virginia Secretary of State of West Virginia West Virginia House of Delegates West Virginia Senate	November 15, 2010	2024	Charleston
		Shelley Moore Capito		Republican	(1953-11-26) November 26, 1953	College career counselor director, state Board of Regents educational information center	U.S. House West Virginia House of Delegates	January 3, 2015	2020	Charleston
Wisconsin		Ron Johnson		Republican	(1955-04-08) April 8, 1955	Accountant Corporate executive	None	January 3, 2011	2022	Oshkosh
		Tammy Baldwin		Democratic	(1962-02-11) February 11, 1962	Lawyer	U.S. House Wisconsin Assembly	January 3, 2013	2024	Madison
Wyoming		Mike Enzi		Republican	(1944-02-01) February 1, 1944	Nonprofit organization executive Accountant CEO Member, Air National Guard	Wyoming House of Representatives Wyoming Senate	January 3, 1997	2020	Gillette
		John Barrasso		Republican	(1952-07-21) July 21, 1952	Orthopedic surgeon Medical chief of staff Nonprofit organization executive	Wyoming Senate	June 25, 2007	2024	Casper

Incoming Senator

State	Image	Senator	Party		Born	Occupation(s)	Previous office(s)	Assuming office	Term up	Residence
Georgia		Kelly Loeffler		Republican	(1969-11-03) November 3, 1969	Businesswoman		January 3, 2020	2020 (Special) 2022 (General)	Tuxedo Park

See also

• List of current members of the United States House of Representatives
• List of members of the United States Congress by longevity of service
• Seniority in the United States Senate
• Shadow congressperson