Each
state selects two senators. In
1913, the Sixteenth Amendment to the Constitution provided for the direct popular election of senators; prior to this, senators were selected by state legislatures.
Senators of the 107th Congress
The current party distribution of the Senate is as follows:
James Jeffords was elected to the Senate as a Republican, but became an Independent several months later. His change meant a change in leadership of the Senate. (The Republican Party had held leadership because the Vice President, a Republican, had the power to break ties.)
A
- [Daniel Akaka]? (D - HI)
- [Wayne Allard]? (R - CO)
- [George Allen]? (R - VA)
B
- [Max Baucus]? (D - MT)
- [Evan Bayh]? (D - IN)
- [Robert Bennett]? (R - UT)
- [Joseph Biden, Jr.]? (D - DE)
- [Jeff Bingaman]? (D - NM)
- [Christopher Bond]? (R - MO)
- [Barbara Boxer]? (D - CA)
- [John Breaux]? (D - LA)
- [Sam Brownback]? (R - KS)
- [Jim Bunning]? (R - KY)
- [Conrad Burns]? (R - MT)
- Robert Byrd (D - WV) -- Senate [President pro tempore]?
C
- [Ben Nighthorse Campbell]? (R - CO)
- [Maria Cantwell]? (D - WA)
- [Jean Carnahan]? (D - MO)
- [Thomas Carper]? (D - DE)
- [Lincoln Chafee]? (R - RI)
- [Max Cleland]? (D - GA)
- Hillary Rodham Clinton (D - NY)
- [Thad Cochran]? (R - MS)
- [Susan Collins]? (R - ME)
- [Kent Conrad]? (D - ND)
- [Jon Corzine]? (D - NJ)
- [Larry Craig]? (R - ID)
- [Mike Crapo]? (R - ID)
D
- [Thomas Daschle]? (D - SD) -- Senate majority leader
- [Mark Dayton]? (D - MN)
- [Mike DeWine]? (R - OH)
- [Christopher Dodd]? (D - CT)
- [Pete Deminici]? (R - NM)
- [Byron Dorgan]? (D - ND)
- [Richard Durbin]? (D - IL)
E
- [John Edwards]? (D - NC)
- [John Ensign]? (R - NV)
- [Mike Enzi]? (R - WY)
F
- [Russell Feingold]? (D - WI)
- [Dianne Feinstein]? (D - CA)
- [Peter Fitzgerald]? (R - IL)
- [William Frist]? (R - TN)
G
- [Bob Graham]? (D - FL)
- [Phil Gramm]? (R - TX)
- [Chuck Grassley]? (R - IA)
- [Judd Gregg]? (R - NH)
H
- [Charles Hagel]? (R - NE)
- [Tom Harkin]? ( D - IA)
- [Orrin Hatch]? (R - UT)
- [Jesse Helms]? (R - NC)
- [Ernest Hollings]? (D - SC)
- [Tim Hutchinson]? (R - AR)
- [Kay Bailey Hutchison]? (R - TX)
I
- [James Inhofe]? (R - OK)
- [Daniel Inouye]? (D - HI)
J
- [James Jeffords]? (I - VT)
- [Tim Johnson]? (D - SD)
K
- [Edward Kennedy]? (D - MA)
- [John Kerry]? (D - MA)
- [Herb Kohl]? (D - WI)
- [Jon Kyl]? (R - AZ)
L
- [Mary Landrieu]? (D - LA)
- [Patrick Leahy]? (D - VT)
- [Carl Levin]? (D - MI)
- [Joseph Lieberman]? (D - CT)
- [Blanche Lincoln]? (D - AR)
- [Trent Lott]? (R - MS) -- Senate minority leader
- [Richard Lugar]? (R - IN)
M
- [John McCain]? (R - AZ)
- [Mitch McConnell]? (R - KY)
- [Barbara Mikulski]? (D - MD)
- [Zell Miller]? (D - GA)
- [Frank Murkowski]? (R - AK)
- [Patty Murray]? (D - WA)
N
- [Ben Nelson]? (D - NE)
- [Bill Nelson]? (D - NE)
- [Don Nickles]? (R - OK)
R
- [Jack Reed]? (D - RI)
- [Harry Reid]? (D - NV)
- [Pat Roberts]? (R - KS)
- [John Davison Rockefeller, IV]? (D - WV)
S
- [Rick Santorum]? (R - PA)
- [Paul Sarbanes]? (D - MD)
- [Charles Schumer]? (D - NY)
- [Jeff Sessions]? (R - AL)
- [Richard Shelby]? (R - AL)
- [Bob Smith]? (R - NH)
- [Gordon Smith]? (R - OR)
- [Olympia Snowe]? (R - ME)
- [Arlen Specter]? (R - PA)
- [Debbie Stabenow]? (D - MI)
- [Ted Stevens]? (R - AK)
T
- [Craig Thomas]? (R - WY)
- [Fred Thompson]? (R - TN)
- [Strom Thurmond]? (R - SC)
- [Robert Torricelli]? (D - NJ)
V
- [George Voinovich]? (R - OH)
W
- [John Warner]? (R - VA)
- [Paul Wellstone]? (D - MN)
- [Ron Wyden]? (D - OR)