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The 105th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the
United States Senate The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States. The composition and pow ...
and the
United States House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the Lower house, lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the United States Senate, Senate being ...
. It met in Washington, DC from January 3, 1997, to January 3, 1999, during the fifth and sixth years of Bill Clinton's presidency. Apportionment of seats in the
House of Representatives House of Representatives is the name of legislative bodies in many countries and sub-national entitles. In many countries, the House of Representatives is the lower house of a bicameral legislature, with the corresponding upper house often c ...
was based on the Twenty-first Census of the United States in 1990. This is the most recent Congress with a Republican Senator from New York,
Al D'Amato Alfonse Marcello D'Amato (born August 1, 1937) is an American politician born in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. He served as United States Senator for New York between 1981 and 1999. He subsequently founded a lobbying firm, Park Strategies. ...
, who lost re-election in 1998, and a Democratic Senator from Kentucky,
Wendell Ford Wendell Hampton Ford (September 8, 1924 – January 22, 2015) was an American politician from the Commonwealth of Kentucky. He served for twenty-four years in the U.S. Senate and was the 53rd Governor of Kentucky. He was the first person to be ...
, who retired at the end of the Congress. Both chambers retained a
Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
majority. President Clinton was impeached by the US House of Representatives of the 105th Congress.


Major events

* January 20, 1997: President
Bill Clinton William Jefferson Clinton ( né Blythe III; born August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He previously served as governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and agai ...
began his second term * May 18, 1998: ''
United States v. Microsoft ''United States v. Microsoft Corporation'', 253 F.3d 34 (D.C. Cir. 2001), was a landmark American antitrust law case at the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The U.S. government accused Microsoft of illegally ...
'' decision * August 7, 1998:
1998 United States embassy bombings The 1998 United States embassy bombings were attacks that occurred on August 7, 1998. More than 200 people were killed in nearly simultaneous truck bomb explosions in two East African cities, one at the United States Embassy in Dar es Salaam, ...
* December 19, 1998:
Impeachment of Bill Clinton Bill Clinton, the List of Presidents of the United States, 42nd president of the United States, was Federal impeachment in the United States, impeached by the United States House of Representatives of the 105th United States Congress on Decem ...


Major legislation

* June 18, 1997:
Volunteer Protection Act of 1997 The federal Volunteer Protection Act of 1997 (the VPA or the Act) aims to promote volunteerism by limiting, and in many cases completely eliminating, a volunteer's risk of tort liability when acting for nonprofit organizations or government entiti ...
* August 5, 1997:
Balanced Budget Act of 1997 The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 () was an omnibus legislative package enacted by the United States Congress, using the budget Reconciliation (U.S. Congress), reconciliation process, and designed to balance the federal budget by 2002. This act wa ...
* August 5, 1997:
Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 The Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 () reduced several federal taxes in the United States. Starting in 1998, a $400 tax credit for each child under age 17 was introduced, which was later increased to $500 in 1999. This credit was phased out for h ...
* November 19, 1997; The Adoption and Safe Families Act * November 21, 1997 Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act of 1997 * December 16, 1997: No Electronic Theft (NET) Act of 1997 * June 9, 1998:
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century The United States federal Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) is a federal transportation bill enacted June 9, 1998, as and . TEA-21 authorized federal surface transportation programs for highways, highway safety, and transit ...
* June 23, 1998: Agricultural Research, Extension, and Educational Reform Act of 1998 * July 22, 1998:
Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998 The Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998, also known as Taxpayer Bill of Rights III (), resulted from hearings held by the United States Congress in 1996 and 1997. The Act included numerous amendments to the Internal Reven ...
("Taxpayer Bill of Rights III") * August 7, 1998:
Credit Union Membership Access Act The Credit Union Membership Access Act is an Act for the United States government that amended the Federal Credit Union Act in 1998. The bill was proposed on the heels of the Supreme Court decision in NCUA v. First National Bank & Trust against th ...
* August 7, 1998:
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 The Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA, ) was a United States federal law that was repealed and replaced by the 2014 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. Purpose The Workforce Investment Act is a federal act that "provides workforce investm ...
* August 13, 1998:
Biomaterials Access Assurance Act of 1998 Biomaterials Access Assurance Act of 1998 is a United States federal statute establishing liability exemptions for biomaterial suppliers selling chemical components and raw materials utilized in implantable devices for human recipients. The United ...
* October 21, 1998:
Children's Online Privacy Protection Act The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA) is a United States federal law, located at (). The act, effective April 21, 2000, applies to the online collection of personal information by persons or entities under U.S. juri ...
* October 27, 1998:
International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 The International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–292, as amended by Public Law 106–55, Public Law 106–113, Public Law 107–228, Public Law 108–332, and Public Law 108–458) was passed to promote religious freedom as a forei ...
* October 27, 1998:
Copyright Term Extension Act The Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act – also known as the Copyright Term Extension Act, Sonny Bono Act, or (derisively) the Mickey Mouse Protection Act – extended copyright terms in the United States in 1998. It is one of several a ...
("Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act") * October 28, 1998:
Digital Millennium Copyright Act The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) is a 1998 United States copyright law that implements two 1996 treaties of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). It criminalizes production and dissemination of technology, devices, or s ...
(including WIPO Copyright and Performances and Phonograms Treaties Implementation Act and
Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act The Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act (OCILLA) is United States federal law that creates a conditional 'safe harbor' for online service providers (OSP) (a group which includes internet service providers (ISP) and other Inter ...
) * October 31, 1998:
Iraq Liberation Act The Iraq Liberation Act of 1998 is a United States Congressional statement of policy stating that "It should be the policy of the United States to support efforts to remove the regime headed by Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq." It was signed i ...
* November 3, 1998:
Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998 The Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998 (SLUSA), {{uspl, 105, 353, 112 Stat. 3227, is a federal legislative act in the United States regarding private class action lawsuits for securities fraud. SLUSA amended portions of the Securi ...


Major resolutions

* July 1997:
Byrd–Hagel Resolution The Byrd–Hagel Resolution was a United States Senate Resolution passed unanimously with a vote of 95–0 on 25 July 1997, sponsored by Senators Chuck Hagel and Robert Byrd. The resolution stated that the US should not sign a climate trea ...
(Senate) * December 19, 1998:
Impeachment of Bill Clinton Bill Clinton, the List of Presidents of the United States, 42nd president of the United States, was Federal impeachment in the United States, impeached by the United States House of Representatives of the 105th United States Congress on Decem ...
,


Party summary


Senate

There was no change in the parties during this Congress.


House of Representatives


Leadership


Senate

*
President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...
:
Al Gore Albert Arnold Gore Jr. (born March 31, 1948) is an American politician, businessman, and environmentalist who served as the 45th vice president of the United States from 1993 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton. Gore was the Democratic Part ...
(D) *
President pro tempore A president pro tempore or speaker pro tempore is a constitutionally recognized officer of a legislative body who presides over the chamber in the absence of the normal presiding officer. The phrase ''pro tempore'' is Latin "for the time being". ...
:
Strom Thurmond James Strom Thurmond Sr. (December 5, 1902June 26, 2003) was an American politician who represented South Carolina in the United States Senate from 1954 to 2003. Prior to his 48 years as a senator, he served as the 103rd governor of South Caro ...
(R)


Majority (Republican) leadership

*
Majority Leader In U.S. politics (as well as in some other countries utilizing the presidential system), the majority floor leader is a partisan position in a legislative body.
:
Trent Lott Chester Trent Lott Sr. (born October 9, 1941) is an American lawyer, author, and politician. A former United States Senator from Mississippi, Lott served in numerous leadership positions in both the United States House of Representatives and the ...
*
Majority Whip A whip is an official of a political party whose task is to ensure party discipline in a legislature. This means ensuring that members of the party vote according to the party platform, rather than according to their own individual ideology ...
:
Don Nickles Donald Lee Nickles (born December 6, 1948) is an American politician and lobbyist who was a Republican United States Senator from Oklahoma from 1981 to 2005. He was considered both a fiscal and social conservative. After retiring from the Senat ...
*
Republican Conference Chairman The Senate Republican Conference is the formal organization of the Republican Senators in the United States Senate, who currently number 50. Over the last century, the mission of the conference has expanded and been shaped as a means of informin ...
:
Connie Mack III Cornelius Alexander McGillicuddy III (born October 29, 1940), also known as Connie Mack III, is an American retired Republican politician. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Florida from 1983 to 1989 and t ...
* Republican Conference Vice-Chairman:
Paul Coverdell Paul Douglas Coverdell (January 20, 1939 – July 18, 2000) was an American politician who served as a United States senator from Georgia, elected for the first time in 1992 and re-elected in 1998, and director of the Peace Corps from 1989 until ...
* Policy Committee Chairman:
Larry Craig Lawrence Edwin Craig (born July 20, 1945) is an American retired politician from the state of Idaho. A Republican Party (United States), Republican, he served 18 years in the United States Senate (1991–2009), preceded by 10 years in the U.S. ...
* Republican Campaign Committee Chairman:
Mitch McConnell Addison Mitchell McConnell III (born February 20, 1942) is an American politician and retired attorney serving as the senior United States senator from Kentucky and the Senate minority leader since 2021. Currently in his seventh term, McConne ...


Minority (Democratic) leadership

* Minority Leader:
Tom Daschle Thomas Andrew Daschle ( ; born December 9, 1947) is an American politician and lobbyist who served as a United States senator from South Dakota from 1987 to 2005. A member of the Democratic Party, he became U.S. Senate Minority Leader in 1995 an ...
*
Minority Whip The positions of majority leader and minority leader are held by two United States senators and members of the party leadership of the United States Senate. They serve as the chief spokespersons for their respective political parties holding t ...
:
Wendell Ford Wendell Hampton Ford (September 8, 1924 – January 22, 2015) was an American politician from the Commonwealth of Kentucky. He served for twenty-four years in the U.S. Senate and was the 53rd Governor of Kentucky. He was the first person to be ...
* Democratic Conference Chairman:
Tom Daschle Thomas Andrew Daschle ( ; born December 9, 1947) is an American politician and lobbyist who served as a United States senator from South Dakota from 1987 to 2005. A member of the Democratic Party, he became U.S. Senate Minority Leader in 1995 an ...
* Democratic Conference Secretary:
Barbara Mikulski Barbara Ann Mikulski ( ; born July 20, 1936) is an American politician and social worker who served as a United States senator from Maryland from 1987 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, she also served in the United States House of Repr ...
* Policy Committee Co-Chairs:
Tom Daschle Thomas Andrew Daschle ( ; born December 9, 1947) is an American politician and lobbyist who served as a United States senator from South Dakota from 1987 to 2005. A member of the Democratic Party, he became U.S. Senate Minority Leader in 1995 an ...
and
Harry Reid Harry Mason Reid Jr. (; December 2, 1939 – December 28, 2021) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Nevada from 1987 to 2017. He led the Senate Democratic Caucus from 2005 to 2017 and was the Sena ...
* Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman:
Bob Kerrey Joseph Robert Kerrey (born August 27, 1943) is an American politician who served as the 35th Governor of Nebraska from 1983 to 1987 and as a United States Senator from Nebraska from 1989 to 2001. Before entering politics, he served in the Vietna ...
* Chief Deputy Whip:
John Breaux John Berlinger Breaux (; born March 1, 1944) is an American lobbyist, attorney, and retired politician who was a member of the United States Senate from Louisiana from 1987 until 2005. He was also a member of the U.S. House of Representatives fr ...


House of Representatives

*
Speaker Speaker may refer to: Society and politics * Speaker (politics), the presiding officer in a legislative assembly * Public speaker, one who gives a speech or lecture * A person producing speech: the producer of a given utterance, especially: ** I ...
:
Newt Gingrich Newton Leroy Gingrich (; né McPherson; born June 17, 1943) is an American politician and author who served as the 50th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999. A member of the Republican Party, he was the U ...
(R)


Majority (Republican) leadership

*
Majority Leader In U.S. politics (as well as in some other countries utilizing the presidential system), the majority floor leader is a partisan position in a legislative body.
:
Dick Armey Richard Keith Armey (; born July 7, 1940) is an American economist and politician. He was a U.S. Representative from Texas's (1985–2003) and House Majority Leader (1995–2003). He was one of the engineers of the "Republican Revolution" of t ...
*
Majority Whip A whip is an official of a political party whose task is to ensure party discipline in a legislature. This means ensuring that members of the party vote according to the party platform, rather than according to their own individual ideology ...
:
Tom DeLay Thomas Dale DeLay (; born April 8, 1947) is an American author and retired politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Texas's 22nd congressional district from 1985 until 2006. He was Republic ...
* Chief Deputy Whip:
Dennis Hastert John Dennis Hastert (; born January 2, 1942) is an American former politician and convicted felon who represented from 1987 to 2007 and served as the 51st speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1999 to 2007. The longest-se ...
*
Republican Conference Chairman The Senate Republican Conference is the formal organization of the Republican Senators in the United States Senate, who currently number 50. Over the last century, the mission of the conference has expanded and been shaped as a means of informin ...
:
John Boehner John Andrew Boehner ( ; born , 1949) is an American retired politician who served as the 53rd speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 2011 to 2015. A member of the Republican Party, he served 13 terms as the U.S. represe ...
* Republican Conference Vice-Chairman:
Susan Molinari Susan Molinari (born March 27, 1958) is an American politician, company executive, journalist and lobbyist from New York. A member of the Republican Party, she sat in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1990 to 1997, representing Staten Island ...
, until July 17, 1997 **
Jennifer Dunn Jennifer Jill Dunn (née Blackburn; July 29, 1941 – September 5, 2007) was an American politician and engineer who served six terms as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1993 to 2005, representing . Early li ...
, after July 17, 1997 * Republican Conference Secretary:
Jennifer Dunn Jennifer Jill Dunn (née Blackburn; July 29, 1941 – September 5, 2007) was an American politician and engineer who served six terms as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1993 to 2005, representing . Early li ...
, until July 17, 1997 **
Tillie Fowler Tillie Kidd Fowler (December 23, 1942 – March 2, 2005) was an American lawyer and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from Florida's 4th congressional district from 1993 to 2001. Her father and brother served as s ...
, after July 17, 1997 * Policy Committee Chairman: Christopher Cox * Republican Campaign Committee Chairman:
John Linder John Elmer Linder (born September 9, 1942) is an American politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1993 to 2011. His district was numbered the from 1993 to 1997, the from 1997 to 2003, and the from 2003 u ...


Minority (Democratic) leadership

* Minority Leader:
Dick Gephardt Richard Andrew Gephardt (; born January 31, 1941) is an American attorney, lobbyist, and politician who served as a United States House of Representatives, United States Representative from Missouri from 1977 to 2005. A member of the Democratic ...
*
Minority Whip The positions of majority leader and minority leader are held by two United States senators and members of the party leadership of the United States Senate. They serve as the chief spokespersons for their respective political parties holding t ...
:
David Bonior David Edward Bonior (born June 6, 1945) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. First elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1976, Bonior served as Democratic whip in the House from 1991 to 2002, during which time De ...
* Chief Deputy Minority Whips:
Rosa DeLauro Rosa Luisa DeLauro (; born March 2, 1943) is an American politician who has been the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for since 1991. She is a member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party. The dist ...
, Chet Edwards,
John Lewis John Robert Lewis (February 21, 1940 – July 17, 2020) was an American politician and civil rights activist who served in the United States House of Representatives for from 1987 until his death in 2020. He participated in the 1960 Nashville ...
, &
Bob Menendez Robert Menendez (; born January 1, 1954) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from New Jersey, a seat he has held since 2006. Gale Biography In Context. A member of the Democratic Party, he was firs ...
* Democratic Caucus Chairman:
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* Democratic Caucus Vice-Chairman:
Barbara B. Kennelly Barbara Bailey Kennelly (born Barbara Ann Bailey; born July 10, 1936) is an American politician. She is the former Democratic Party (United States), Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut. Family and Educ ...
* Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman:
Martin Frost Martin may refer to: Places * Martin City (disambiguation) * Martin County (disambiguation) * Martin Township (disambiguation) Antarctica * Martin Peninsula, Marie Byrd Land * Port Martin, Adelie Land * Point Martin, South Orkney Islands Austr ...


Caucuses

* Armenian Caucus * Biomedical Research Caucus * Congressional Air Force Caucus *
Congressional Arts Caucus The Congressional Arts Caucus is a registered Congressional Member Organization for the US House of Representatives in the 115th Congress. History The Congressional Arts Caucus was created in the 1980s as a way for the various members of Congres ...
*
Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus The Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) is a caucus consisting of members of the United States Congress who are Asian American and Pacific Islander ( AAPI), and who have a strong interest in advocating and promoting issues and ...
* Congressional Automotive Caucus *
Congressional Bike Caucus The Congressional Bike Caucus (CBC) is a bipartisan caucus of the United States House of Representatives launched by Representative Earl Blumenauer. It is officially registered with the Committee on House Administration, the house committee respon ...
*
Congressional Black Caucus The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) is a caucus made up of most African-American members of the United States Congress. Representative Karen Bass from California chaired the caucus from 2019 to 2021; she was succeeded by Representative Joyce B ...
* Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans * Congressional Caucus on Korea * Congressional Fire Services Caucus * Congressional Friends of Ireland Caucus *
Congressional Hispanic Caucus The Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) is an organization of 38 Democratic members of the United States Congress of Hispanic and Latino descent. The Caucus focuses on issues affecting Hispanics and Latinos in the United States. The CHC was fou ...
*
Congressional Mississippi River Caucus A congress is a formal meeting of the representatives of different countries, constituent states, organizations, trade unions, political parties, or other groups. The term originated in Late Middle English to denote an encounter (meeting of ...
*
Congressional Motorsports Caucus A congress is a formal meeting of the representatives of different countries, constituent states, organizations, trade unions, political parties, or other groups. The term originated in Late Middle English to denote an encounter (meeting of ...
*
Congressional Progressive Caucus The Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) is a congressional caucus affiliated with the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party in the United States Congress. The CPC represents the most Left-wing politics, left-leaning faction of the ...
* Congressional Pediatric & Adult Hydrocephalus Caucus * Congressional Portuguese-American Caucus * Congressional Travel & Tourism Caucus *
Congressional Western Caucus The Congressional Western Caucus is a caucus within the United States House of Representatives composed of 62 members. Although it has historically been bipartisan, it is currently composed almost exclusively of Republicans (with the sole excepti ...
* Congresswomen's Caucus *
Hong Kong Caucus Hong may refer to: Places *Høng, a town in Denmark *Hong Kong, a city and a special administrative region in China *Hong, Nigeria *Hong River in China and Vietnam *Lake Hong in China Surnames *Hong (Chinese name) *Hong (Korean name) Organiz ...
*
House Democratic Caucus The House Democratic Caucus is a congressional caucus composed of all Democratic Representatives in the United States House of Representatives and is responsible for nominating and electing the Democratic Party leadership in the chamber. In its ...
* House Recycling Caucus * Hudson River Caucus * Law Enforcement Caucus *
New Democrat Coalition The New Democrat Coalition is a congressional caucus, caucus in the United States House of Representatives, House of Representatives of the United States Congress made up of Democratic Party (United States), Democrats, primarily Centrism, cent ...
* Northern Border Caucus *
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Caucus A renewable resource, also known as a flow resource, is a natural resource which will replenish to replace the portion depleted by usage and consumption, either through natural reproduction or other recurring processes in a finite amount of ti ...
*
Senate Democratic Caucus The Democratic Caucus of the United States Senate, sometimes referred to as the Democratic Conference, is the formal organization of all senators who are part of the Democratic Party in the United States Senate. For the makeup of the 117th Cong ...


Members

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Senate

In this Congress, Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, facing re-election in 1998; Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, facing re-election in 2000; and Class 2 meant their term began in this Congress, facing re-election in 2002.


Alabama (We dare defend our rights) , anthem = "Alabama (state song), Alabama" , image_map = Alabama in United States.svg , seat = Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery , LargestCity = Huntsville, Alabama, Huntsville , LargestCounty = Baldwin County, Al ...

: 2.
Jeff Sessions Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III (born December 24, 1946) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 84th United States Attorney General from 2017 to 2018. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as United State ...
(R) : 3.
Richard Shelby Richard Craig Shelby (born May 6, 1934) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Alabama. First elected to the U.S. Senate in 1986 as a Democrat who later switched to the Republican Party in 1994, h ...
(R)


Alaska Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S., ...

: 2.
Ted Stevens Theodore Fulton Stevens Sr. (November 18, 1923 – August 9, 2010) was an American politician and lawyer who served as a U.S. Senator from Alaska from 1968 to 2009. He was the longest-serving Republican Senator in history at the time he left ...
(R) : 3.
Frank Murkowski Frank Hughes Murkowski (born March 28, 1933) is an American politician and a member of the Republican Party. He was a United States Senator from Alaska from 1981 until 2002 and the eighth governor of Alaska from 2002 until 2006. In his 2006 re ...
(R)


Arizona Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is part of the Fou ...

: 1.
Jon Kyl Jon Llewellyn Kyl ( ; born April 25, 1942) is an American politician and lobbyist who served as a United States Senator for Arizona from 1995 to 2013 and again in 2018. A Republican, he held both of Arizona's Senate seats at different times, ser ...
(R) : 3.
John McCain John Sidney McCain III (August 29, 1936 – August 25, 2018) was an American politician and United States Navy officer who served as a United States senator from Arizona from 1987 until his death in 2018. He previously served two terms ...
(R)


Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the Osage ...

: 2.
Tim Hutchinson Young Timothy Hutchinson (born August 11, 1949) is an American Republican politician, lobbyist, and former United States senator from the state of Arkansas. Personal life Hutchinson was born in Bentonville in northwestern Arkansas, the son o ...
(R) : 3.
Dale Bumpers Dale Leon Bumpers (August 12, 1925 – January 1, 2016) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 38th Governor of Arkansas (1971–1975) and in the United States Senate (1975–1999). He was a member of the Democratic Party. Prio ...
(D)


California California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...

: 1.
Dianne Feinstein Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein ( ; born Dianne Emiel Goldman; June 22, 1933) is an American politician who serves as the senior United States senator from California, a seat she has held since 1992. A member of the Democratic Party, she was ...
(D) : 3.
Barbara Boxer Barbara Sue Boxer (née Levy; born November 11, 1940) is an American politician and lobbyist who served in the United States Senate, representing California from 1993 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served as the U.S. ...
(D)


Colorado Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of t ...

: 2.
Wayne Allard Alan Wayne Allard (born December 2, 1943) is an American veterinarian and politician who served as a United States Representative (1991–1997) and United States Senator (1997–2009) from Colorado, as well as previously a Colorado State Senator ...
(R) : 3.
Ben Nighthorse Campbell Ben Nighthorse Campbell (born April 13, 1933) is an American Cheyenne politician who represented Colorado's 3rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1987 to 1993, and as a United States Senator from Colorado f ...
(R)


Connecticut Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its cap ...

: 1.
Joe Lieberman Joseph Isadore Lieberman (; born February 24, 1942) is an American politician, lobbyist, and attorney who served as a United States Senate, United States senator from Connecticut from 1989 to 2013. A former member of the Democratic Party (Uni ...
(D) : 3.
Chris Dodd Christopher John Dodd (born May 27, 1944) is an American lobbyist, lawyer, and Democratic Party politician who served as a United States senator from Connecticut from 1981 to 2011. Dodd is the longest-serving senator in Connecticut's history. H ...
(D)


Delaware Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacent Del ...

: 1.
William Roth William Victor Roth Jr. (July 22, 1921 – December 13, 2003) was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, Delaware. He was a veteran of World War II and a member of the Republican Party. He served from 1967 to 1970 as the lone U.S ...
(R) : 2. Joe Biden (D)


Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...

: 1.
Connie Mack III Cornelius Alexander McGillicuddy III (born October 29, 1940), also known as Connie Mack III, is an American retired Republican politician. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Florida from 1983 to 1989 and t ...
(R) : 3. Bob Graham (D)


Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ...

: 2.
Max Cleland Joseph Maxwell Cleland (August 24, 1942 – November 9, 2021) was an American politician from Georgia. A member of the Democratic Party, he was a disabled U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War, a recipient of the Silver Star and the Bronze Star fo ...
(D) : 3.
Paul Coverdell Paul Douglas Coverdell (January 20, 1939 – July 18, 2000) was an American politician who served as a United States senator from Georgia, elected for the first time in 1992 and re-elected in 1998, and director of the Peace Corps from 1989 until ...
(R)


Hawaii Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only stat ...

: 1.
Daniel Akaka Daniel Kahikina Akaka (; September 11, 1924 – April 6, 2018) was an American educator and politician who served as a United States Senator from Hawaii from 1990 to 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Akaka was the first U.S. Senator of Nati ...
(D) : 3.
Daniel Inouye Daniel Ken Inouye ( ; September 7, 1924 – December 17, 2012) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Hawaii from 1963 until his death in 2012. Beginning in 1959, he was the first U.S. representative f ...
(D)


Idaho Idaho ( ) is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. To the north, it shares a small portion of the Canada–United States border with the province of British Columbia. It borders the states of Montana and Wyom ...

: 2.
Larry Craig Lawrence Edwin Craig (born July 20, 1945) is an American retired politician from the state of Idaho. A Republican Party (United States), Republican, he served 18 years in the United States Senate (1991–2009), preceded by 10 years in the U.S. ...
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Dirk Kempthorne Dirk Arthur Kempthorne (born October 29, 1951) is an American politician who served as the 49th United States Secretary of the Interior from 2006 to 2009 under President George W. Bush. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a ...
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Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolita ...

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Dick Durbin Richard Joseph Durbin (born November 21, 1944) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Illinois, a seat he has held since 1997. A member of the Democratic Party, Durbin has served as the Senate Dem ...
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Carol Moseley Braun Carol Elizabeth Moseley Braun, also sometimes Moseley-Braun (born August 16, 1947), is a former U.S. Senator, an American diplomat, politician, and lawyer who represented Illinois in the United States Senate from 1993 to 1999. Prior to her Senate ...
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Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th s ...

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Iowa Iowa () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to the ...

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Tom Harkin Thomas Richard Harkin (born November 19, 1939) is an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as a United States senator from Iowa from 1985 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously was the U.S. representative for Iowa' ...
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Chuck Grassley Charles Ernest Grassley (born September 17, 1933) is an American politician serving as the president pro tempore emeritus of the United States Senate, and the Seniority in the United States Senate, senior United States Senate, United States sen ...
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Kansas Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the ...

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Pat Roberts Charles Patrick Roberts (born April 20, 1936) is a retired American politician and journalist who served as a United States senator from Kansas from 1997 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, Roberts served 8 terms in the U.S. House of Re ...
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Sam Brownback Samuel Dale Brownback (born September 12, 1956) is an American attorney, politician, diplomat, and member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party who served as the United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Fr ...
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Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia to ...

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Mitch McConnell Addison Mitchell McConnell III (born February 20, 1942) is an American politician and retired attorney serving as the senior United States senator from Kentucky and the Senate minority leader since 2021. Currently in his seventh term, McConne ...
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Wendell Ford Wendell Hampton Ford (September 8, 1924 – January 22, 2015) was an American politician from the Commonwealth of Kentucky. He served for twenty-four years in the U.S. Senate and was the 53rd Governor of Kentucky. He was the first person to be ...
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Louisiana Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is borde ...

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Mary Landrieu Mary Loretta Landrieu ( ; born November 23, 1955) is an American entrepreneur and politician who served as a United States senator from Louisiana from 1997 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, Landrieu served as the Louisiana State Treasure ...
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John Breaux John Berlinger Breaux (; born March 1, 1944) is an American lobbyist, attorney, and retired politician who was a member of the United States Senate from Louisiana from 1987 until 2005. He was also a member of the U.S. House of Representatives fr ...
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Maine Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and north ...

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Olympia Snowe Olympia Jean Snowe (; born February 21, 1947) is an American businesswoman and politician who was a United States Senator from Maine from 1995 to 2013. Snowe, a member of the Republican Party, became known for her ability to influence the outcom ...
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Susan Collins Susan Margaret Collins (born December 7, 1952) is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Maine. A member of the Republican Party, she has held her seat since 1997 and is Maine's longest-serving member of Co ...
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Maryland Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ...

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Paul Sarbanes Paul Spyros Sarbanes (; February 3, 1933 – December 6, 2020) was an American politician and attorney. A member of the Democratic Party from Maryland, he served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1971 to 1977 a ...
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Barbara Mikulski Barbara Ann Mikulski ( ; born July 20, 1936) is an American politician and social worker who served as a United States senator from Maryland from 1987 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, she also served in the United States House of Repr ...
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Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...

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Ted Kennedy Edward Moore Kennedy (February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Massachusetts for almost 47 years, from 1962 until his death in 2009. A member of the Democratic ...
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John Kerry John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is an American attorney, politician and diplomat who currently serves as the first United States special presidential envoy for climate. A member of the Forbes family and the Democratic Party (Unite ...
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Michigan Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the ...

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Spencer Abraham Edward Spencer Abraham (born June 12, 1952) is an American attorney, author, and politician who served as the tenth United States Secretary of Energy from 2001 to 2005, under President George W. Bush. A member of the Republican Party, Abraham pre ...
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Carl Levin Carl Milton Levin (June 28, 1934 – July 29, 2021) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator from Michigan from 1979 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the chair of the Senate Armed Services C ...
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Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to ...

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Rod Grams Rodney Dwight Grams (February 4, 1948 – October 8, 2013) was an American politician and television news anchor who served in both the United States House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. A local news anchor, Grams became well-known f ...
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Paul Wellstone Paul David Wellstone (July 21, 1944 – October 25, 2002) was an American academic, author, and politician who represented Minnesota in the United States Senate from 1991 until he was killed in a plane crash near Eveleth, Minnesota, in 2002. A me ...
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Mississippi Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...

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Trent Lott Chester Trent Lott Sr. (born October 9, 1941) is an American lawyer, author, and politician. A former United States Senator from Mississippi, Lott served in numerous leadership positions in both the United States House of Representatives and the ...
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Thad Cochran William Thad Cochran (; December 7, 1937 – May 30, 2019) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States Senator for Mississippi from 1978 until his resignation due to health issues in 2018. A Republican, he previously ...
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Missouri Missouri is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee ...

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John Ashcroft John David Ashcroft (born May 9, 1942) is an American lawyer, lobbyist and former politician who served as the 79th U.S. Attorney General in the George W. Bush administration from 2001 to 2005. A former U.S. Senator from Missouri and the 50th ...
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Kit Bond Christopher Samuel "Kit" Bond (born March 6, 1939) is an American attorney, politician and former United States Senator from Missouri and a member of the Republican Party. First elected to the U.S. Senate in 1986, he defeated Democrat Harriett W ...
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Montana Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbi ...

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Conrad Burns Conrad Ray Burns (January 25, 1935 – April 28, 2016) was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Montana and later was a lobbyist. He was only the second Republican popularly elected to represent Montana in the Senat ...
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Max Baucus Maxwell Sieben Baucus ( Enke; born December 11, 1941) is an American politician who served as a United States senator from Montana from 1978 to 2014. A member of the Democratic Party, he was a U.S. senator for over 35 years, making him the longe ...
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Nebraska Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the southwe ...

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Bob Kerrey Joseph Robert Kerrey (born August 27, 1943) is an American politician who served as the 35th Governor of Nebraska from 1983 to 1987 and as a United States Senator from Nebraska from 1989 to 2001. Before entering politics, he served in the Vietna ...
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Chuck Hagel Charles Timothy Hagel ( born October 4, 1946)Nevada Nevada ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, Western region of the United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. N ...

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Richard Bryan Richard Hudson Bryan (born July 16, 1937) is an American attorney and politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and cr ...
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Harry Reid Harry Mason Reid Jr. (; December 2, 1939 – December 28, 2021) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Nevada from 1987 to 2017. He led the Senate Democratic Caucus from 2005 to 2017 and was the Sena ...
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New Hampshire New Hampshire is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...

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Judd Gregg Judd Alan Gregg (born February 14, 1947) is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 76th governor of New Hampshire from 1989 to 1993 and was a United States senator from New Hampshire; in the Senate, Gregg served as chairman of the ...
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New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...

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Frank Lautenberg Frank Raleigh Lautenberg (; January 23, 1924 June 3, 2013) was an American businessman and Democratic Party politician who served as United States Senator from New Jersey from 1982 to 2001, and again from 2003 until his death in 2013. He was orig ...
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Robert Torricelli Robert Guy Torricelli (born August 27, 1951), is an American attorney and former politician. A Democrat, Torricelli served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey's 9th district from 1983 to 1997 and as a United States s ...
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New Mexico ) , population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano) , seat = Santa Fe , LargestCity = Albuquerque , LargestMetro = Tiguex , OfficialLang = None , Languages = English, Spanish ( New Mexican), Navajo, Ker ...

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Jeff Bingaman Jesse Francis "Jeff" Bingaman Jr. (born October 3, 1943) is an American politician who served as a United States Senator from New Mexico from 1983 to 2013, for 5 terms. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as Chairman of Committee Outreac ...
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Pete Domenici Pietro Vichi "Pete" Domenici (May 7, 1932 – September 13, 2017) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States Senator from New Mexico from 1973 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, he served six terms in the S ...
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New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States New York may also refer to: Film and television * '' ...

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Daniel Patrick Moynihan Daniel Patrick Moynihan (March 16, 1927 – March 26, 2003) was an American politician, diplomat and sociologist. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented New York in the United States Senate from 1977 until 2001 and served as an ...
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Al D'Amato Alfonse Marcello D'Amato (born August 1, 1937) is an American politician born in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. He served as United States Senator for New York between 1981 and 1999. He subsequently founded a lobbying firm, Park Strategies. ...
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North Carolina North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and So ...

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Jesse Helms Jesse Alexander Helms Jr. (October 18, 1921 – July 4, 2008) was an American politician. A leader in the conservative movement, he served as a senator from North Carolina from 1973 to 2003. As chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee ...
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Lauch Faircloth Duncan McLauchlin "Lauch" Faircloth (born January 14, 1928) is an American politician who served one term as a United States Republican Party, Republican United States Senate, U.S. Senator from North Carolina. Before his Senate service, Fairclo ...
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North Dakota North Dakota () is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the Native Americans in the United States, indigenous Dakota people, Dakota Sioux. North Dakota is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north a ...

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Kent Conrad Gaylord Kent Conrad (born March 12, 1948) is a former American politician who was a United States Senator from North Dakota. He is a member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party, the North Dakota affiliate of the Democratic Party. First elec ...
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Byron Dorgan Byron Leslie Dorgan (born May 14, 1942) is an American author, businessman and former politician who served as a United States Representative (1981–1992) and United States Senator (1992–2011) from North Dakota. He is member of the Democratic ...
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Ohio Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...

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Mike DeWine Richard Michael DeWine (; born January 5, 1947) is an American politician and attorney serving as the 70th and current governor of Ohio. A member of the Republican Party, DeWine began his career as a prosecutor before being elected to the O ...
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John Glenn John Herschel Glenn Jr. (July 18, 1921 – December 8, 2016) was an American Marine Corps aviator, engineer, astronaut, businessman, and politician. He was the third American in space, and the first American to orbit the Earth, circling ...
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Oklahoma Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the nor ...

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James Inhofe James Mountain Inhofe ( ; born November 17, 1934) is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Oklahoma, a seat he was first elected to in 1994. A member of the Republican Party, he chaired the U.S. Senate Committe ...
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Don Nickles Donald Lee Nickles (born December 6, 1948) is an American politician and lobbyist who was a Republican United States Senator from Oklahoma from 1981 to 2005. He was considered both a fiscal and social conservative. After retiring from the Senat ...
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Oregon Oregon () is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of it ...

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Gordon H. Smith Gordon Harold Smith (born May 25, 1952) is an American politician, businessman, and academic administrator who served as a United States Senator from the state of Oregon. A Republican, he served two terms in the Senate from 1997 to 2009. On Septe ...
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Ron Wyden Ronald Lee Wyden (; born May 3, 1949) is an American politician and retired educator serving as the Seniority in the United States Senate, senior United States Senate, United States senator from Oregon, a seat he has held since 1996 United Stat ...
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Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...

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Rick Santorum Richard John Santorum ( ; born May 10, 1958) is an American politician, attorney, and political commentator. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a United States Senator from Pennsylvania from 1995 to 2007 and was the Senate's thir ...
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Arlen Specter Arlen Specter (February 12, 1930 – October 14, 2012) was an American lawyer, author and politician who served as a United States Senator from Pennsylvania from 1981 to 2011. Specter was a Democrat from 1951 to 1965, then a Republican from ...
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Rhode Island Rhode Island (, like ''road'') is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is the List of U.S. states by area, smallest U.S. state by area and the List of states and territories of the United States ...

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John Chafee John Lester Hubbard Chafee ( ; October 22, 1922 – October 24, 1999) was an American politician and officer in the United States Marine Corps. A member of the Republican Party (United States), he served as the 66th Governor of Rhode Island, as ...
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South Carolina )''Animis opibusque parati'' ( for, , Latin, Prepared in mind and resources, links=no) , anthem = " Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind" , Former = Province of South Carolina , seat = Columbia , LargestCity = Charleston , LargestMetro = ...

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Strom Thurmond James Strom Thurmond Sr. (December 5, 1902June 26, 2003) was an American politician who represented South Carolina in the United States Senate from 1954 to 2003. Prior to his 48 years as a senator, he served as the 103rd governor of South Caro ...
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Fritz Hollings Ernest Frederick "Fritz" Hollings (January 1, 1922April 6, 2019) was an American politician who served as a United States senator from South Carolina from 1966 to 2005. A conservative Democrat, he was also the 106th governor of South Carolina, ...
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South Dakota South Dakota (; Sioux language, Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state in the West North Central states, North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Lakota people, Lakota and Dakota peo ...

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Tom Daschle Thomas Andrew Daschle ( ; born December 9, 1947) is an American politician and lobbyist who served as a United States senator from South Dakota from 1987 to 2005. A member of the Democratic Party, he became U.S. Senate Minority Leader in 1995 an ...
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Tennessee Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...

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Bill Frist William Harrison Frist (born February 22, 1952) is an American physician, businessman, and politician who served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1995 to 2007. A member of the Republican Party, he also served as Senate Majority Lea ...
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Texas Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...

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Phil Gramm William Philip Gramm (born July 8, 1942) is an American economist and politician who represented Texas in both chambers of Congress. Though he began his political career as a Democrat, Gramm switched to the Republican Party in 1983. Gramm was ...
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Utah Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to it ...

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Orrin Hatch Orrin Grant Hatch (March 22, 1934 – April 23, 2022) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator from Utah from 1977 to 2019. Hatch's 42-year Senate tenure made him the longest-serving Republican U.S. senator ...
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Vermont Vermont () is a state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to ...

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Jim Jeffords James Merrill Jeffords (May 11, 1934 – August 18, 2014) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. senator from Vermont. Sworn into the Senate in 1989, he served as a Republican until 2001, when he left the party to become ...
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Patrick Leahy Patrick Joseph Leahy (; born March 31, 1940) is an American politician and attorney who is the senior United States senator from Vermont and serves as the president pro tempore of the United States Senate. A member of the Democratic Party, ...
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Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...

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Chuck Robb Charles Spittal Robb (born June 26, 1939) is an American politician from Virginia and former officer in the United States Marine Corps. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he served as the List of governors of Vir ...
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Washington Washington commonly refers to: * Washington (state), United States * Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States ** A metonym for the federal government of the United States ** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered o ...

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Slade Gorton Thomas Slade Gorton III (January 8, 1928 – August 19, 2020) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States Senator from Washington from 1981 to 1987 and again from 1989 until 2001. A member of the Republican Party, he hel ...
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Patty Murray Patricia Lynn Murray (; born October 11, 1950) is an American politician and educator who is the senior United States senator from Washington since 1993. A member of the Democratic Party, Murray was in the Washington State Senate from 1988 to ...
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West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States while the Bur ...

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Robert Byrd Robert Carlyle Byrd (born Cornelius Calvin Sale Jr.; November 20, 1917 – June 28, 2010) was an American politician and musician who served as a United States senator from West Virginia for over 51 years, from 1959 until his death in 2010. A ...
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Jay Rockefeller John Davison "Jay" Rockefeller IV (born June 18, 1937) is a retired American politician who served as a United States senator from West Virginia (1985–2015). He was first elected to the Senate in 1984, while in office as governor of West Virg ...
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Wisconsin Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...

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Herb Kohl Herbert H. Kohl (born February 7, 1935) is an American businessman and politician. Alongside his brother and father, the Kohl family created the Kohl's department stores chain, of which Kohl went on to be president and CEO. Kohl also served as a ...
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Russ Feingold Russell Dana Feingold ( ; born March 2, 1953) is an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States Senator from Wisconsin from 1993 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, he was its nominee in the 2016 election for the same U.S ...
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Wyoming Wyoming () is a U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho to the west, Utah to the south ...

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Craig L. Thomas Craig Lyle Thomas (February 17, 1933 – June 4, 2007) was an American politician who served as United States Senator from Wyoming from 1995 until his death in 2007. He was a member of the Republican Party. In the Senate, Thomas was considered ...
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Mike Enzi Michael Bradley Enzi ( ; February 1, 1944 – July 26, 2021) was an American politician who served in the United States Senate from Wyoming as a member of the Republican Party from 1997 to 2021. Prior to his tenure in the United States Senate ...
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Alabama (We dare defend our rights) , anthem = "Alabama (state song), Alabama" , image_map = Alabama in United States.svg , seat = Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery , LargestCity = Huntsville, Alabama, Huntsville , LargestCounty = Baldwin County, Al ...

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Sonny Callahan Herbert Leon "Sonny" Callahan (September 11, 1932 – June 24, 2021) was an American businessman and politician from Alabama. After being elected as a Democrat from Mobile to the state house and senate, he shifted to the Republican Party after ...
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Terry Everett Robert Terry Everett (born February 15, 1937) is an American politician and a Republican former member of the United States House of Representatives from Alabama's 2nd congressional district. He served from 1993 to his retirement in 2009. Everet ...
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Bob Riley Robert Renfroe Riley (born October 3, 1944) is an American politician and businessman who served as the 52nd governor of Alabama from 2003 to 2011. A member of the Republican Party, he previously represented Alabama's 3rd district in the U. ...
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Robert Aderholt Robert Brown Aderholt (; born July 22, 1965) is an American politician and attorney serving as the U.S. representative for since 1997. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district includes most of Tuscaloosa County north of the Black W ...
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Robert E. Cramer Robert Edward "Bud" Cramer Jr. (born August 22, 1947) is an American politician and was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1991 to 2009, representing . On March 13, 2008, Cramer announced he would not seek ...
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Spencer Bachus Spencer Thomas Bachus III (born December 28, 1947) is an American politician. He is a former U.S. Representative for the state of Alabama, serving from 1993 to 2015. A member of the Republican Party, he served as ranking member (2007–2011) an ...
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Earl Hilliard Earl Frederick Hilliard (born April 9, 1942) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Alabama who served as the U.S. representative for the state's 7th district. Life and career Hilliard was born in Birmingham, Alabama, and graduated f ...
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Alaska Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S., ...

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Don Young Donald Edwin Young (June 9, 1933 – March 18, 2022) was an American politician from the state of Alaska. At the time of his death, he was the longest-serving Republican in congressional history, having been the U.S. representative for for ...
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Arizona Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is part of the Fou ...

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Matt Salmon Matthew James Salmon (born January 21, 1958) is an American politician who served as a U.S. representative from Arizona from 1995 to 2001 and again from 2013 until 2017. A member of the Republican Party, he retired from office after representin ...
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Ed Pastor Edward Lopez Pastor (; June 28, 1943 – November 27, 2018) was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Arizona from 1991 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Arizona ...
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Bob Stump Robert Lee Stump (April 4, 1927 – June 20, 2003) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Congressman from Arizona. He served as a member from the Democratic Party from 1977 to 1983 and then later a member of the Republican Party unti ...
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John Shadegg John Barden Shadegg (; born October 22, 1949) is an American politician and former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1995 until 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district, numbered as the 4th District before the 2000 Censu ...
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Jim Kolbe James Thomas Kolbe (June 28, 1942 – December 3, 2022) was an American politician who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives. He represented Arizona's 5th congressional district from 1985 to 2003 and its 8 ...
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J. D. Hayworth John David Hayworth Jr. (born July 12, 1958) is an American television host and former politician. He served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 2007 from Arizona's 5th Congressional District. He curr ...
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Robert Marion Berry Robert Marion Berry (born August 27, 1942) is an American politician who was the U.S. representative for from 1997 to 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Early life, education and career Born in Stuttgart, Arkansas, Berry was raise ...
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Vic Snyder Victor Frederick "Vic" Snyder (born September 27, 1947) is an American physician, lawyer, and politician who was the U.S. representative for from 1997 to 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He served in the United States Marine Corp ...
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Asa Hutchinson William Asa Hutchinson II (, '' AY-sə''; born December 3, 1950) is an American attorney, businessman, and politician who is the 46th and current governor of Arkansas. A member of the Republican Party, he was the U.S. attorney for the Fort Smit ...
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Jay Dickey Jay Woodson Dickey Jr. (December 14, 1939 – April 20, 2017), was a Republican U.S. Representative for Arkansas's 4th congressional district from 1993 to 2001. The amendment known as the Dickey Amendment (1996) blocks the Centers for Disease Con ...
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California California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...

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Frank Riggs Frank Duncan Riggs (born September 5, 1950) is an American army veteran, former law enforcement officer, charter school executive, and politician from the states of California and Arizona. Early life Frank Riggs was born in Louisville, Kentucky. ...
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Wally Herger Walter William Herger Jr. (born May 20, 1945) is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for California's 2nd congressional district from 1987 to 2013. A member of the Republican Party, his district was the state's largest c ...
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John Doolittle John Taylor Doolittle (born October 30, 1950), is an attorney and an American politician. Elected to Congress in 1990, he served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1991 to 2009, representing (numbered as ...
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Bob Matsui Robert Takeo Matsui (September 17, 1941 – January 1, 2005) was an American politician from the state of California. Matsui was a member of the Democratic Party and served in the U.S. House of Representatives as the congressman for California ...
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Lynn Woolsey Lynn C. Woolsey (born November 3, 1937) is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for from 1993 to 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, her district included all of Marin County and most of Sonoma County. She was a me ...
(D) : . George Miller (D) : .
Nancy Pelosi Nancy Patricia Pelosi (; ; born March 26, 1940) is an American politician who has served as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives since 2019 and previously from 2007 to 2011. She has represented in the United States House of ...
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Ron Dellums Ronald Vernie Dellums (November 24, 1935 – July 30, 2018) was an American politician who served as Mayor of Oakland from 2007 to 2011. He had previously served thirteen terms as a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Californi ...
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Barbara Lee Barbara Jean Lee (née Tutt; born July 16, 1946) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for . Now in her 12th term, Lee has served since 1998, and is a member of the Democratic Party. The district, numbered as the 9th di ...
(D), from April 21, 1998 : . Ellen Tauscher (D) : . Richard Pombo (R) : . Tom Lantos (D) : . Pete Stark (D) : . Anna Eshoo (D) : . Tom Campbell (California politician), Tom Campbell (R) : . Zoe Lofgren (D) : . Sam Farr (D) : . Gary Condit (D) : . George Radanovich (R) : . Cal Dooley (D) : . Bill Thomas (R) : . Walter Capps (D), until October 28, 1997 :: Lois Capps (D), from March 17, 1998 : . Elton Gallegly (R) : . Brad Sherman (D) : . Buck McKeon (R) : . Howard Berman (D) : . James E. Rogan (R) : . David Dreier (R) : . Henry Waxman (D) : . Xavier Becerra (D) : . Matthew G. Martínez (D) : . Julian Dixon (D) : . Lucille Roybal-Allard (D) : . Esteban Edward Torres (D) : . Maxine Waters (D) : . Jane Harman (D) : . Juanita Millender-McDonald (D) : . Steve Horn (R) : . Ed Royce (R) : . Jerry Lewis (California politician), Jerry Lewis (R) : . Jay Kim (R) : . George Brown Jr. (D) : . Ken Calvert (R) : . Sonny Bono (R), until January 5, 1998 :: Mary Bono (R), from April 7, 1998 : . Dana Rohrabacher (R) : . Loretta Sanchez (D) : . Christopher Cox (R) : . Ron Packard (R) : . Brian Bilbray (R) : . Bob Filner (D) : . Duke Cunningham (R) : . Duncan L. Hunter (R)


List of United States representatives from Colorado, Colorado

: . Diana DeGette (D) : . David Skaggs (D) : . Scott McInnis (R) : . Bob Schaffer (R) : . Joel Hefley (R) : . Dan Schaefer (R)


List of United States representatives from Connecticut, Connecticut

: .
Barbara B. Kennelly Barbara Bailey Kennelly (born Barbara Ann Bailey; born July 10, 1936) is an American politician. She is the former Democratic Party (United States), Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut. Family and Educ ...
(D) : . Sam Gejdenson (D) : .
Rosa DeLauro Rosa Luisa DeLauro (; born March 2, 1943) is an American politician who has been the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for since 1991. She is a member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party. The dist ...
(D) : . Chris Shays (R) : . James H. Maloney (D) : . Nancy Johnson (R)


List of United States representatives from Delaware, Delaware

: . Mike Castle (R)


List of United States representatives from Florida, Florida

: . Joe Scarborough (R) : . Allen Boyd (D) : . Corrine Brown (D) : .
Tillie Fowler Tillie Kidd Fowler (December 23, 1942 – March 2, 2005) was an American lawyer and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from Florida's 4th congressional district from 1993 to 2001. Her father and brother served as s ...
(R) : . Karen Thurman (D) : . Cliff Stearns (R) : . John Mica (R) : . Bill McCollum (R) : . Michael Bilirakis (R) : . Bill Young (R) : . Jim Davis (Florida politician), Jim Davis (D) : . Charles T. Canady (R) : . Dan Miller (Florida politician), Dan Miller (R) : . Porter Goss (R) : . Dave Weldon (R) : . Mark Foley (R) : . Carrie Meek (D) : . Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R) : . Robert Wexler (D) : . Peter Deutsch (D) : . Lincoln Díaz-Balart (R) : . Clay Shaw (politician), Clay Shaw (R) : . Alcee Hastings (D)


List of United States representatives from Georgia, Georgia

: . Jack Kingston (R) : . Sanford Bishop (D) : . Mac Collins (R) : . Cynthia McKinney (D) : .
John Lewis John Robert Lewis (February 21, 1940 – July 17, 2020) was an American politician and civil rights activist who served in the United States House of Representatives for from 1987 until his death in 2020. He participated in the 1960 Nashville ...
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Newt Gingrich Newton Leroy Gingrich (; né McPherson; born June 17, 1943) is an American politician and author who served as the 50th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999. A member of the Republican Party, he was the U ...
(R) : . Bob Barr (R) : . Saxby Chambliss (R) : . Nathan Deal (R) : . Charlie Norwood (R) : .
John Linder John Elmer Linder (born September 9, 1942) is an American politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1993 to 2011. His district was numbered the from 1993 to 1997, the from 1997 to 2003, and the from 2003 u ...
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List of United States representatives from Hawaii, Hawaii

: . Neil Abercrombie (D) : . Patsy Mink (D)


List of United States representatives from Idaho, Idaho

: . Helen Chenoweth (R) : . Mike Crapo (R)


List of United States representatives from Illinois, Illinois

: . Bobby Rush (D) : . Jesse Jackson Jr. (D) : . Bill Lipinski (D) : . Luis Gutierrez (D) : . Rod Blagojevich (D) : . Henry Hyde (R) : . Danny K. Davis (D) : . Phil Crane (R) : . Sidney Yates (D) : . John Porter (Illinois politician), John Porter (R) : . Jerry Weller (R) : . Jerry Costello (D) : . Harris W. Fawell (R) : .
Dennis Hastert John Dennis Hastert (; born January 2, 1942) is an American former politician and convicted felon who represented from 1987 to 2007 and served as the 51st speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1999 to 2007. The longest-se ...
(R) : . Thomas W. Ewing (R) : . Don Manzullo (R) : . Lane Evans (D) : . Ray LaHood (R) : . Glenn Poshard (D) : . John Shimkus (R)


List of United States representatives from Indiana, Indiana

: . Pete Visclosky (D) : . David M. McIntosh (R) : . Tim Roemer (D) : . Mark Souder (R) : . Steve Buyer (R) : . Dan Burton (R) : . Edward A. Pease (R) : . John Hostettler (R) : . Lee H. Hamilton (D) : . Julia Carson (D)


List of United States representatives from Iowa, Iowa

: . Jim Leach (R) : . Jim Nussle (R) : . Leonard Boswell (D) : . Greg Ganske (R) : . Tom Latham (politician), Tom Latham (R)


List of United States representatives from Kansas, Kansas

: . Jerry Moran (R) : . Jim Ryun (R) : . Vince Snowbarger (R) : . Todd Tiahrt (R)


List of United States representatives from Kentucky, Kentucky

: . Ed Whitfield (R) : . Ron Lewis (R) : . Anne Northup (R) : . Jim Bunning (R) : . Hal Rogers (R) : . Scotty Baesler (D)


List of United States representatives from Louisiana, Louisiana

: . Bob Livingston (R) : . William J. Jefferson (D) : . Billy Tauzin (R) : . Jim McCrery (R) : . John Cooksey (R) : . Richard Baker (American politician), Richard H. Baker (R) : . Chris John (politician), Chris John (D)


List of United States representatives from Maine, Maine

: . Tom Allen (Maine politician), Tom Allen (D) : . John Baldacci (D)


List of United States representatives from Maryland, Maryland

: . Wayne Gilchrest (R) : . Bob Ehrlich (R) : . Ben Cardin (D) : . Albert Wynn (D) : . Steny Hoyer (D) : . Roscoe Bartlett (R) : . Elijah Cummings (D) : . Connie Morella (R)


List of United States representatives from Massachusetts, Massachusetts

: . John Olver (D) : . Richard Neal (D) : . Jim McGovern (American politician), Jim McGovern (D) : . Barney Frank (D) : . Marty Meehan (D) : . John F. Tierney (D) : . Ed Markey (D) : . Joseph P. Kennedy II (D) : . Joe Moakley (D) : . Bill Delahunt (D)


List of United States representatives from Michigan, Michigan

: . Bart Stupak (D) : . Pete Hoekstra (R) : . Vern Ehlers (R) : . Dave Camp (R) : . James A. Barcia (D) : . Fred Upton (R) : . Nick Smith (American politician), Nick Smith (R) : . Debbie Stabenow (D) : . Dale Kildee (D) : .
David Bonior David Edward Bonior (born June 6, 1945) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. First elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1976, Bonior served as Democratic whip in the House from 1991 to 2002, during which time De ...
(D) : . Joe Knollenberg (R) : . Sander Levin (D) : . Lynn N. Rivers (D) : . John Conyers (D) : . Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (D) : . John Dingell (D)


List of United States representatives from Minnesota, Minnesota

: . Gil Gutknecht (R) : . David Minge (DFL) : . Jim Ramstad (R) : . Bruce Vento (DFL) : . Martin Olav Sabo (DFL) : . Bill Luther (DFL) : . Collin Peterson (DFL) : . Jim Oberstar (DFL)


List of United States representatives from Mississippi, Mississippi

: . Roger Wicker (R) : . Bennie Thompson (D) : . Chip Pickering (R) : . Michael Parker (politician), Michael Parker (R) : . Gene Taylor (Mississippi politician), Gene Taylor (D)


List of United States representatives from Missouri, Missouri

: . Bill Clay (D) : . Jim Talent (R) : .
Dick Gephardt Richard Andrew Gephardt (; born January 31, 1941) is an American attorney, lobbyist, and politician who served as a United States House of Representatives, United States Representative from Missouri from 1977 to 2005. A member of the Democratic ...
(D) : . Ike Skelton (D) : . Karen McCarthy (D) : . Pat Danner (D) : . Roy Blunt (R) : . Jo Ann Emerson (I), changed to (R) on January 8, 1997 : . Kenny Hulshof (R)


List of United States representatives from Montana, Montana

: . Rick Hill (R)


List of United States representatives from Nebraska, Nebraska

: . Doug Bereuter (R) : . Jon Lynn Christensen (R) : . Bill Barrett (R)


List of United States representatives from Nevada, Nevada

: . John Ensign (R) : . Jim Gibbons (American politician), Jim Gibbons (R)


List of United States representatives from New Hampshire, New Hampshire

: . John E. Sununu (R) : . Charles Bass (R)


List of United States representatives from New Jersey, New Jersey

: . Rob Andrews (D) : . Frank LoBiondo (R) : . Jim Saxton (R) : . Chris Smith (New Jersey politician), Chris Smith (R) : . Marge Roukema (R) : . Frank Pallone (D) : . Bob Franks (R) : . Bill Pascrell (D) : . Steve Rothman (D) : . Donald M. Payne (D) : . Rodney Frelinghuysen (R) : . Michael James Pappas (R) : .
Bob Menendez Robert Menendez (; born January 1, 1954) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from New Jersey, a seat he has held since 2006. Gale Biography In Context. A member of the Democratic Party, he was firs ...
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List of United States representatives from New Mexico, New Mexico

: . Steven Schiff (R), until March 25, 1998 :: Heather Wilson (R), from June 25, 1998 : . Joe Skeen (R) : . Bill Richardson (D), until February 13, 1997 :: William T. Redmond (R), from May 13, 1997


List of United States representatives from New York, New York

: . Michael Forbes (R) : . Rick Lazio (R) : . Peter T. King (R) : . Carolyn McCarthy (D) : . Gary Ackerman (D) : . Floyd Flake (D), until November 17, 1997 :: Gregory Meeks (D), from February 3, 1998 : . Thomas J. Manton (D) : . Jerry Nadler (D) : . Chuck Schumer (D) : . Edolphus Towns (D) : . Major Owens (D) : . Nydia Velázquez (D) : .
Susan Molinari Susan Molinari (born March 27, 1958) is an American politician, company executive, journalist and lobbyist from New York. A member of the Republican Party, she sat in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1990 to 1997, representing Staten Island ...
(R), until August 2, 1997 :: Vito Fossella (R), from November 4, 1997 : . Carolyn Maloney (D) : . Charles Rangel (D) : . José E. Serrano (D) : . Eliot Engel (D) : . Nita Lowey (D) : . Sue W. Kelly (R) : . Benjamin Gilman (R) : . Michael R. McNulty (D) : . Gerald Solomon (R) : . Sherwood Boehlert (R) : . John M. McHugh (R) : . James T. Walsh (R) : . Maurice Hinchey (D) : . Bill Paxon (R) : . Louise Slaughter (D) : . John J. LaFalce (D) : . Jack Quinn (politician), Jack Quinn (R) : . Amo Houghton (R)


List of United States representatives from North Carolina, North Carolina

: . Eva Clayton (D) : . Bob Etheridge (D) : . Walter B. Jones Jr. (R) : . David Price (American politician), David Price (D) : . Richard Burr (R) : . Howard Coble (R) : . Mike McIntyre (D) : . Bill Hefner (D) : . Sue Myrick (R) : . Cass Ballenger (R) : . Charles H. Taylor (R) : . Mel Watt (D)


List of United States representatives from North Dakota, North Dakota

: . Earl Pomeroy (D-NPL)


List of United States representatives from Ohio, Ohio

: . Steve Chabot (R) : . Rob Portman (R) : . Tony P. Hall (D) : . Mike Oxley (R) : . Paul Gillmor (R) : . Ted Strickland (D) : . Dave Hobson (R) : .
John Boehner John Andrew Boehner ( ; born , 1949) is an American retired politician who served as the 53rd speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 2011 to 2015. A member of the Republican Party, he served 13 terms as the U.S. represe ...
(R) : . Marcy Kaptur (D) : . Dennis Kucinich (D) : . Louis Stokes (D) : . John Kasich (R) : . Sherrod Brown (D) : . Thomas C. Sawyer (D) : . Deborah Pryce (R) : . Ralph Regula (R) : . James Traficant (D) : . Bob Ney (R) : . Steve LaTourette (R)


List of United States representatives from Oklahoma, Oklahoma

: . Steve Largent (R) : . Tom Coburn (R) : . Wes Watkins (R) : . J. C. Watts (R) : . Ernest Istook (R) : . Frank Lucas (Oklahoma politician), Frank Lucas (R)


List of United States representatives from Oregon, Oregon

: . Elizabeth Furse (D) : . Robert Freeman Smith (R) : . Earl Blumenauer (D) : . Peter DeFazio (D) : . Darlene Hooley (D)


List of United States representatives from Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania

: . Thomas M. Foglietta (D), until November 11, 1997 :: Bob Brady (D), from May 19, 1998 : . Chaka Fattah (D) : . Robert A. Borski Jr. (D) : . Ron Klink (D) : . John E. Peterson (R) : . Tim Holden (D) : . Curt Weldon (R) : . James C. Greenwood (R) : . Bud Shuster (R) : . Joseph M. McDade (R) : . Paul Kanjorski (D) : . John Murtha (D) : . Jon D. Fox (R) : . William J. Coyne (D) : . Paul McHale (D) : . Joe Pitts (Pennsylvania politician), Joe Pitts (R) : . George Gekas (R) : . Mike Doyle (American politician), Mike Doyle (D) : . William F. Goodling (R) : . Frank Mascara (D) : . Phil English (R)


List of United States representatives from Rhode Island, Rhode Island

: . Patrick J. Kennedy (D) : . Robert Weygand (D)


List of United States representatives from South Carolina, South Carolina

: . Mark Sanford (R) : . Floyd Spence (R) : . Lindsey Graham (R) : . Bob Inglis (R) : . John Spratt (D) : . Jim Clyburn (D)


List of United States representatives from South Dakota, South Dakota

: . John Thune (R)


List of United States representatives from Tennessee, Tennessee

: . Bill Jenkins (politician), Bill Jenkins (R) : . Jimmy Duncan (politician), Jimmy Duncan (R) : . Zach Wamp (R) : . Van Hilleary (R) : . Bob Clement (D) : . Bart Gordon (D) : . Ed Bryant (R) : . John S. Tanner (D) : . Harold Ford Jr. (D)


List of United States representatives from Texas, Texas

: . Max Sandlin (D) : . Jim Turner (politician), Jim Turner (D) : . Sam Johnson (R) : . Ralph Hall (D) : . Pete Sessions (R) : . Joe Barton (R) : . Bill Archer (R) : . Kevin Brady (R) : . Nick Lampson (D) : . Lloyd Doggett (D) : . Chet Edwards (D) : . Kay Granger (R) : . Mac Thornberry (R) : . Ron Paul (R) : . Rubén Hinojosa (D) : . Silvestre Reyes (D) : . Charles Stenholm (D) : . Sheila Jackson-Lee (D) : . Larry Combest (R) : . Henry B. González (D) : . Lamar Smith (R) : .
Tom DeLay Thomas Dale DeLay (; born April 8, 1947) is an American author and retired politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Texas's 22nd congressional district from 1985 until 2006. He was Republic ...
(R) : . Henry Bonilla (R) : .
Martin Frost Martin may refer to: Places * Martin City (disambiguation) * Martin County (disambiguation) * Martin Township (disambiguation) Antarctica * Martin Peninsula, Marie Byrd Land * Port Martin, Adelie Land * Point Martin, South Orkney Islands Austr ...
(D) : . Ken Bentsen Jr. (D) : .
Dick Armey Richard Keith Armey (; born July 7, 1940) is an American economist and politician. He was a U.S. Representative from Texas's (1985–2003) and House Majority Leader (1995–2003). He was one of the engineers of the "Republican Revolution" of t ...
(R) : . Solomon P. Ortiz (D) : . Frank Tejeda (D), until January 30, 1997 :: Ciro Rodriguez (D), from April 12, 1997 : . Gene Green (D) : . Eddie Bernice Johnson (D)


List of United States representatives from Utah, Utah

: . James V. Hansen (R) : . Merrill Cook (R) : . Chris Cannon (R)


List of United States representatives from Vermont, Vermont

: . Bernie Sanders (I)


List of United States representatives from Virginia, Virginia

: . Herbert H. Bateman (R) : . Owen B. Pickett (D) : . Bobby Scott (politician), Bobby Scott (D) : . Norman Sisisky (D) : . Virgil Goode (D) : . Bob Goodlatte (R) : . Thomas J. Bliley Jr. (R) : . Jim Moran (D) : . Rick Boucher (D) : . Frank Wolf (politician), Frank Wolf (R) : . Tom Davis (Virginia politician), Tom Davis (R)


List of United States representatives from Washington, Washington

: . Rick White (politician), Rick White (R) : . Jack Metcalf (politician), Jack Metcalf (R) : . Linda Smith (American politician), Linda Smith (R) : . Doc Hastings (R) : . George Nethercutt (R) : . Norm Dicks (D) : . Jim McDermott (D) : .
Jennifer Dunn Jennifer Jill Dunn (née Blackburn; July 29, 1941 – September 5, 2007) was an American politician and engineer who served six terms as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1993 to 2005, representing . Early li ...
(R) : . Adam Smith (Washington politician), Adam Smith (D)


List of United States representatives from West Virginia, West Virginia

: . Alan Mollohan (D) : . Bob Wise (D) : . Nick Rahall (D)


List of United States representatives from Wisconsin, Wisconsin

: . Mark Neumann (R) : . Scott L. Klug (R) : . Ron Kind (D) : . Jerry Kleczka (D) : . Tom Barrett (Wisconsin politician), Tom Barrett (D) : . Tom Petri (R) : . Dave Obey (D) : . Jay W. Johnson (D) : . Jim Sensenbrenner (R)


List of United States representatives from Wyoming, Wyoming

: . Barbara Cubin (R)


Non-voting delegations

: . Eni Faleomavaega (D) : . Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) : . Robert A. Underwood (D) : . Donna Christian-Christensen (D) : . Carlos Romero Barceló (Resident Commissioner) (New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico, D/PNP)


Changes in membership


Senate

There were no changes in Senate membership during this Congress.


House of Representatives

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Susan Molinari Susan Molinari (born March 27, 1958) is an American politician, company executive, journalist and lobbyist from New York. A member of the Republican Party, she sat in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1990 to 1997, representing Staten Island ...
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Ron Dellums Ronald Vernie Dellums (November 24, 1935 – July 30, 2018) was an American politician who served as Mayor of Oakland from 2007 to 2011. He had previously served thirteen terms as a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Californi ...
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Barbara Lee Barbara Jean Lee (née Tutt; born July 16, 1946) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for . Now in her 12th term, Lee has served since 1998, and is a member of the Democratic Party. The district, numbered as the 9th di ...
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Committees


Senate

* United States Senate Special Committee on Aging, Aging (Special) (
Chuck Grassley Charles Ernest Grassley (born September 17, 1933) is an American politician serving as the president pro tempore emeritus of the United States Senate, and the Seniority in the United States Senate, senior United States Senate, United States sen ...
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John Breaux John Berlinger Breaux (; born March 1, 1944) is an American lobbyist, attorney, and retired politician who was a member of the United States Senate from Louisiana from 1987 until 2005. He was also a member of the U.S. House of Representatives fr ...
, Ranking Member) * United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry (Richard Lugar, Chair;
Tom Harkin Thomas Richard Harkin (born November 19, 1939) is an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as a United States senator from Iowa from 1985 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously was the U.S. representative for Iowa' ...
, Ranking Member) ** United States Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Forestry, Conservation and Rural Revitalization, Forestry, Conservation and Rural Revitalization (
Rick Santorum Richard John Santorum ( ; born May 10, 1958) is an American politician, attorney, and political commentator. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a United States Senator from Pennsylvania from 1995 to 2007 and was the Senate's thir ...
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Kent Conrad Gaylord Kent Conrad (born March 12, 1948) is a former American politician who was a United States Senator from North Dakota. He is a member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party, the North Dakota affiliate of the Democratic Party. First elec ...
, Ranking Member) ** United States Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Marketing Inspection and Product Promotion, Marketing Inspection and Product Promotion (
Paul Coverdell Paul Douglas Coverdell (January 20, 1939 – July 18, 2000) was an American politician who served as a United States senator from Georgia, elected for the first time in 1992 and re-elected in 1998, and director of the Peace Corps from 1989 until ...
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Max Baucus Maxwell Sieben Baucus ( Enke; born December 11, 1941) is an American politician who served as a United States senator from Montana from 1978 to 2014. A member of the Democratic Party, he was a U.S. senator for over 35 years, making him the longe ...
, Ranking Member) ** United States Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Production and Price Competitiveness, Production and Price Competitiveness (
Thad Cochran William Thad Cochran (; December 7, 1937 – May 30, 2019) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States Senator for Mississippi from 1978 until his resignation due to health issues in 2018. A Republican, he previously ...
, Chair; J. Robert Kerrey, Ranking Member) ** United States Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Research, Nutrition and General Legislation, Research, Nutrition and General Legislation (
Mitch McConnell Addison Mitchell McConnell III (born February 20, 1942) is an American politician and retired attorney serving as the senior United States senator from Kentucky and the Senate minority leader since 2021. Currently in his seventh term, McConne ...
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Patrick Leahy Patrick Joseph Leahy (; born March 31, 1940) is an American politician and attorney who is the senior United States senator from Vermont and serves as the president pro tempore of the United States Senate. A member of the Democratic Party, ...
, Ranking Member) * United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (
Ted Stevens Theodore Fulton Stevens Sr. (November 18, 1923 – August 9, 2010) was an American politician and lawyer who served as a U.S. Senator from Alaska from 1968 to 2009. He was the longest-serving Republican Senator in history at the time he left ...
, Chair; Robert C. Byrd, Ranking Member) ** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development and Related Agencies, Agriculture, Rural Development and Related Agencies (
Thad Cochran William Thad Cochran (; December 7, 1937 – May 30, 2019) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States Senator for Mississippi from 1978 until his resignation due to health issues in 2018. A Republican, he previously ...
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Dale Bumpers Dale Leon Bumpers (August 12, 1925 – January 1, 2016) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 38th Governor of Arkansas (1971–1975) and in the United States Senate (1975–1999). He was a member of the Democratic Party. Prio ...
, Ranking Member) ** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary, Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary (
Judd Gregg Judd Alan Gregg (born February 14, 1947) is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 76th governor of New Hampshire from 1989 to 1993 and was a United States senator from New Hampshire; in the Senate, Gregg served as chairman of the ...
, Chair; Ernest F. Hollings, Ranking Member) ** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, Defense (
Ted Stevens Theodore Fulton Stevens Sr. (November 18, 1923 – August 9, 2010) was an American politician and lawyer who served as a U.S. Senator from Alaska from 1968 to 2009. He was the longest-serving Republican Senator in history at the time he left ...
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Daniel Inouye Daniel Ken Inouye ( ; September 7, 1924 – December 17, 2012) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Hawaii from 1963 until his death in 2012. Beginning in 1959, he was the first U.S. representative f ...
, Ranking Member) ** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on District of Columbia, District of Columbia (
Lauch Faircloth Duncan McLauchlin "Lauch" Faircloth (born January 14, 1928) is an American politician who served one term as a United States Republican Party, Republican United States Senate, U.S. Senator from North Carolina. Before his Senate service, Fairclo ...
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Barbara Boxer Barbara Sue Boxer (née Levy; born November 11, 1940) is an American politician and lobbyist who served in the United States Senate, representing California from 1993 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served as the U.S. ...
, Ranking Member) ** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, Energy and Water Development (
Pete Domenici Pietro Vichi "Pete" Domenici (May 7, 1932 – September 13, 2017) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States Senator from New Mexico from 1973 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, he served six terms in the S ...
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Harry Reid Harry Mason Reid Jr. (; December 2, 1939 – December 28, 2021) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Nevada from 1987 to 2017. He led the Senate Democratic Caucus from 2005 to 2017 and was the Sena ...
, Ranking Member) ** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Foreign Operations (
Mitch McConnell Addison Mitchell McConnell III (born February 20, 1942) is an American politician and retired attorney serving as the senior United States senator from Kentucky and the Senate minority leader since 2021. Currently in his seventh term, McConne ...
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Patrick Leahy Patrick Joseph Leahy (; born March 31, 1940) is an American politician and attorney who is the senior United States senator from Vermont and serves as the president pro tempore of the United States Senate. A member of the Democratic Party, ...
, Ranking Member) ** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Interior (
Slade Gorton Thomas Slade Gorton III (January 8, 1928 – August 19, 2020) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States Senator from Washington from 1981 to 1987 and again from 1989 until 2001. A member of the Republican Party, he hel ...
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Robert Byrd Robert Carlyle Byrd (born Cornelius Calvin Sale Jr.; November 20, 1917 – June 28, 2010) was an American politician and musician who served as a United States senator from West Virginia for over 51 years, from 1959 until his death in 2010. A ...
, Ranking Member) ** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health, Human Services and Education, Labor, Health, Human Services and Education (
Arlen Specter Arlen Specter (February 12, 1930 – October 14, 2012) was an American lawyer, author and politician who served as a United States Senator from Pennsylvania from 1981 to 2011. Specter was a Democrat from 1951 to 1965, then a Republican from ...
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Tom Harkin Thomas Richard Harkin (born November 19, 1939) is an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as a United States senator from Iowa from 1985 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously was the U.S. representative for Iowa' ...
, Ranking Member) ** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, Legislative Branch (Robert F. Bennett, Chair;
Byron Dorgan Byron Leslie Dorgan (born May 14, 1942) is an American author, businessman and former politician who served as a United States Representative (1981–1992) and United States Senator (1992–2011) from North Dakota. He is member of the Democratic ...
, Ranking Member) ** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Military Construction (
Conrad Burns Conrad Ray Burns (January 25, 1935 – April 28, 2016) was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Montana and later was a lobbyist. He was only the second Republican popularly elected to represent Montana in the Senat ...
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Patty Murray Patricia Lynn Murray (; born October 11, 1950) is an American politician and educator who is the senior United States senator from Washington since 1993. A member of the Democratic Party, Murray was in the Washington State Senate from 1988 to ...
, Ranking Member) ** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Transportation (
Richard Shelby Richard Craig Shelby (born May 6, 1934) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Alabama. First elected to the U.S. Senate in 1986 as a Democrat who later switched to the Republican Party in 1994, h ...
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Frank Lautenberg Frank Raleigh Lautenberg (; January 23, 1924 June 3, 2013) was an American businessman and Democratic Party politician who served as United States Senator from New Jersey from 1982 to 2001, and again from 2003 until his death in 2013. He was orig ...
, Ranking Member) ** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Treasury and General Government, Treasury and General Government (
Richard Shelby Richard Craig Shelby (born May 6, 1934) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Alabama. First elected to the U.S. Senate in 1986 as a Democrat who later switched to the Republican Party in 1994, h ...
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Frank Lautenberg Frank Raleigh Lautenberg (; January 23, 1924 June 3, 2013) was an American businessman and Democratic Party politician who served as United States Senator from New Jersey from 1982 to 2001, and again from 2003 until his death in 2013. He was orig ...
, Ranking Member) ** United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, VA, HUD and Independent Agencies (
Kit Bond Christopher Samuel "Kit" Bond (born March 6, 1939) is an American attorney, politician and former United States Senator from Missouri and a member of the Republican Party. First elected to the U.S. Senate in 1986, he defeated Democrat Harriett W ...
, Chair; Barbara A. Mikulski, Ranking Member) * United States Senate Committee on Armed Services, Armed Services (
Strom Thurmond James Strom Thurmond Sr. (December 5, 1902June 26, 2003) was an American politician who represented South Carolina in the United States Senate from 1954 to 2003. Prior to his 48 years as a senator, he served as the 103rd governor of South Caro ...
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Carl Levin Carl Milton Levin (June 28, 1934 – July 29, 2021) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator from Michigan from 1979 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the chair of the Senate Armed Services C ...
, Ranking Member) ** United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Acquisition and Technology, Acquisition and Technology (
Rick Santorum Richard John Santorum ( ; born May 10, 1958) is an American politician, attorney, and political commentator. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a United States Senator from Pennsylvania from 1995 to 2007 and was the Senate's thir ...
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Joe Lieberman Joseph Isadore Lieberman (; born February 24, 1942) is an American politician, lobbyist, and attorney who served as a United States Senate, United States senator from Connecticut from 1989 to 2013. A former member of the Democratic Party (Uni ...
, Ranking Member) ** United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Airland Forces, Airland Forces ( Dan Coats, Chair;
John Glenn John Herschel Glenn Jr. (July 18, 1921 – December 8, 2016) was an American Marine Corps aviator, engineer, astronaut, businessman, and politician. He was the third American in space, and the first American to orbit the Earth, circling ...
, Ranking Member) ** United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel, Personnel (
Dirk Kempthorne Dirk Arthur Kempthorne (born October 29, 1951) is an American politician who served as the 49th United States Secretary of the Interior from 2006 to 2009 under President George W. Bush. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a ...
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Max Cleland Joseph Maxwell Cleland (August 24, 1942 – November 9, 2021) was an American politician from Georgia. A member of the Democratic Party, he was a disabled U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War, a recipient of the Silver Star and the Bronze Star fo ...
, Ranking Member) ** United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness, Readiness (Jim Inhofe, Chair;
Chuck Robb Charles Spittal Robb (born June 26, 1939) is an American politician from Virginia and former officer in the United States Marine Corps. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he served as the List of governors of Vir ...
, Ranking Member) ** United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower, Seapower ( John Warner, Chair; Edward Kennedy, Ranking Member) ** United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, Strategic Forces ( Bob Smith, Chair;
Jeff Bingaman Jesse Francis "Jeff" Bingaman Jr. (born October 3, 1943) is an American politician who served as a United States Senator from New Mexico from 1983 to 2013, for 5 terms. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as Chairman of Committee Outreac ...
, Ranking Member) * United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs (
Al D'Amato Alfonse Marcello D'Amato (born August 1, 1937) is an American politician born in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. He served as United States Senator for New York between 1981 and 1999. He subsequently founded a lobbying firm, Park Strategies. ...
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Paul Sarbanes Paul Spyros Sarbanes (; February 3, 1933 – December 6, 2020) was an American politician and attorney. A member of the Democratic Party from Maryland, he served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1971 to 1977 a ...
, Ranking Member) ** United States Senate Banking Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Regulatory Relief, Financial Institutions and Regulatory Relief (
Lauch Faircloth Duncan McLauchlin "Lauch" Faircloth (born January 14, 1928) is an American politician who served one term as a United States Republican Party, Republican United States Senate, U.S. Senator from North Carolina. Before his Senate service, Fairclo ...
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Richard Bryan Richard Hudson Bryan (born July 16, 1937) is an American attorney and politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and cr ...
, Ranking Member) ** United States Senate Banking Subcommittee on Financial Services and Technology, Financial Services and Technology (Robert F. Bennett, Chair;
Barbara Boxer Barbara Sue Boxer (née Levy; born November 11, 1940) is an American politician and lobbyist who served in the United States Senate, representing California from 1993 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served as the U.S. ...
, Ranking Member) ** United States Senate Banking Subcommittee on Housing Opportunity and Community Development, Housing Opportunity and Community Development (
Connie Mack III Cornelius Alexander McGillicuddy III (born October 29, 1940), also known as Connie Mack III, is an American retired Republican politician. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Florida from 1983 to 1989 and t ...
, Chair; John F. Kerry, Ranking Member) ** United States Senate Banking Subcommittee on International Finance, International Finance (
Rod Grams Rodney Dwight Grams (February 4, 1948 – October 8, 2013) was an American politician and television news anchor who served in both the United States House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. A local news anchor, Grams became well-known f ...
, Chair; Carol Moseley-Braun, Ranking Member) ** United States Senate Banking Subcommittee on Securities, Securities (
Phil Gramm William Philip Gramm (born July 8, 1942) is an American economist and politician who represented Texas in both chambers of Congress. Though he began his political career as a Democrat, Gramm switched to the Republican Party in 1983. Gramm was ...
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Chris Dodd Christopher John Dodd (born May 27, 1944) is an American lobbyist, lawyer, and Democratic Party politician who served as a United States senator from Connecticut from 1981 to 2011. Dodd is the longest-serving senator in Connecticut's history. H ...
, Ranking Member) * United States Senate Committee on the Budget, Budget (
Pete Domenici Pietro Vichi "Pete" Domenici (May 7, 1932 – September 13, 2017) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States Senator from New Mexico from 1973 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, he served six terms in the S ...
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Frank Lautenberg Frank Raleigh Lautenberg (; January 23, 1924 June 3, 2013) was an American businessman and Democratic Party politician who served as United States Senator from New Jersey from 1982 to 2001, and again from 2003 until his death in 2013. He was orig ...
, Ranking Member) * United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, Commerce, Science and Transportation (
John McCain John Sidney McCain III (August 29, 1936 – August 25, 2018) was an American politician and United States Navy officer who served as a United States senator from Arizona from 1987 until his death in 2018. He previously served two terms ...
, Chair; Ernest F. Hollings, Ranking Member) ** United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Aviation, Aviation (
Slade Gorton Thomas Slade Gorton III (January 8, 1928 – August 19, 2020) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States Senator from Washington from 1981 to 1987 and again from 1989 until 2001. A member of the Republican Party, he hel ...
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Wendell Ford Wendell Hampton Ford (September 8, 1924 – January 22, 2015) was an American politician from the Commonwealth of Kentucky. He served for twenty-four years in the U.S. Senate and was the 53rd Governor of Kentucky. He was the first person to be ...
, Ranking Member) ** United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Communications (
Conrad Burns Conrad Ray Burns (January 25, 1935 – April 28, 2016) was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Montana and later was a lobbyist. He was only the second Republican popularly elected to represent Montana in the Senat ...
, Chair; Ernest F. Hollings, Ranking Member) ** United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce and Tourism, Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce and Tourism (
John Ashcroft John David Ashcroft (born May 9, 1942) is an American lawyer, lobbyist and former politician who served as the 79th U.S. Attorney General in the George W. Bush administration from 2001 to 2005. A former U.S. Senator from Missouri and the 50th ...
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John Breaux John Berlinger Breaux (; born March 1, 1944) is an American lobbyist, attorney, and retired politician who was a member of the United States Senate from Louisiana from 1987 until 2005. He was also a member of the U.S. House of Representatives fr ...
, Ranking Member) ** United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Manufacturing and Competitiveness, Manufacturing and Competitiveness (
Spencer Abraham Edward Spencer Abraham (born June 12, 1952) is an American attorney, author, and politician who served as the tenth United States Secretary of Energy from 2001 to 2005, under President George W. Bush. A member of the Republican Party, Abraham pre ...
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Richard Bryan Richard Hudson Bryan (born July 16, 1937) is an American attorney and politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and cr ...
, Ranking Member) ** United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Oceans and Fisheries, Oceans and Fisheries (
Olympia Snowe Olympia Jean Snowe (; born February 21, 1947) is an American businesswoman and politician who was a United States Senator from Maine from 1995 to 2013. Snowe, a member of the Republican Party, became known for her ability to influence the outcom ...
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John Kerry John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is an American attorney, politician and diplomat who currently serves as the first United States special presidential envoy for climate. A member of the Forbes family and the Democratic Party (Unite ...
, Ranking Member) ** United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Science, Technology and Space, Science, Technology and Space (
Bill Frist William Harrison Frist (born February 22, 1952) is an American physician, businessman, and politician who served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1995 to 2007. A member of the Republican Party, he also served as Senate Majority Lea ...
, Chair; John D. Rockefeller IV, Ranking Member) ** United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine, Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine ( Kay Bailey Hutchison, Chair; Daniel K. Inouye, Ranking Member) * United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Energy and Natural Resources (Frank H. Murkowski, Chair;
Dale Bumpers Dale Leon Bumpers (August 12, 1925 – January 1, 2016) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 38th Governor of Arkansas (1971–1975) and in the United States Senate (1975–1999). He was a member of the Democratic Party. Prio ...
, Ranking Member) ** United States Senate Energy Subcommittee on Energy Research, Development, Production and Regulation, Energy Research, Development, Production and Regulation (
Don Nickles Donald Lee Nickles (born December 6, 1948) is an American politician and lobbyist who was a Republican United States Senator from Oklahoma from 1981 to 2005. He was considered both a fiscal and social conservative. After retiring from the Senat ...
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Pete Domenici Pietro Vichi "Pete" Domenici (May 7, 1932 – September 13, 2017) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States Senator from New Mexico from 1973 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, he served six terms in the S ...
, Vice Chair) ** United States Senate Energy Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management, Forests and Public Land Management (Larry E. Craig, Chair;
Conrad Burns Conrad Ray Burns (January 25, 1935 – April 28, 2016) was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Montana and later was a lobbyist. He was only the second Republican popularly elected to represent Montana in the Senat ...
, Vice Chair) ** United States Senate Energy Subcommittee on National Parks, Historic Preservation and Recreation, National Parks, Historic Preservation and Recreation (
Craig L. Thomas Craig Lyle Thomas (February 17, 1933 – June 4, 2007) was an American politician who served as United States Senator from Wyoming from 1995 until his death in 2007. He was a member of the Republican Party. In the Senate, Thomas was considered ...
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Ben Nighthorse Campbell Ben Nighthorse Campbell (born April 13, 1933) is an American Cheyenne politician who represented Colorado's 3rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1987 to 1993, and as a United States Senator from Colorado f ...
, Vice Chair) ** United States Senate Energy Subcommittee on Water and Power, Water and Power (
Jon Kyl Jon Llewellyn Kyl ( ; born April 25, 1942) is an American politician and lobbyist who served as a United States Senator for Arizona from 1995 to 2013 and again in 2018. A Republican, he held both of Arizona's Senate seats at different times, ser ...
, Chair; Bob Smith, Vice Chair) * United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, Environment and Public Works (John H. Chafee, Chair;
Max Baucus Maxwell Sieben Baucus ( Enke; born December 11, 1941) is an American politician who served as a United States senator from Montana from 1978 to 2014. A member of the Democratic Party, he was a U.S. senator for over 35 years, making him the longe ...
, Ranking Member) ** United States Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air, Wetlands, Private Property and Nuclear Safety, Clean Air, Wetlands, Private Property and Nuclear Safety (Jim Inhofe, Chair; Bob Graham, Ranking Member) ** United States Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Drinking Water, Fisheries and Wildlife, Drinking Water, Fisheries and Wildlife (
Dirk Kempthorne Dirk Arthur Kempthorne (born October 29, 1951) is an American politician who served as the 49th United States Secretary of the Interior from 2006 to 2009 under President George W. Bush. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a ...
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Harry Reid Harry Mason Reid Jr. (; December 2, 1939 – December 28, 2021) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Nevada from 1987 to 2017. He led the Senate Democratic Caucus from 2005 to 2017 and was the Sena ...
, Ranking Member) ** United States Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Superfund, Waste Control and Risk Assessment, Superfund, Waste Control and Risk Assessment ( Bob Smith, Chair;
Frank Lautenberg Frank Raleigh Lautenberg (; January 23, 1924 June 3, 2013) was an American businessman and Democratic Party politician who served as United States Senator from New Jersey from 1982 to 2001, and again from 2003 until his death in 2013. He was orig ...
, Ranking Member) ** United States Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Transportation and Infrastructure ( John Warner, Chair;
Max Baucus Maxwell Sieben Baucus ( Enke; born December 11, 1941) is an American politician who served as a United States senator from Montana from 1978 to 2014. A member of the Democratic Party, he was a U.S. senator for over 35 years, making him the longe ...
, Ranking Member) * United States Senate Select Committee on Ethics, Ethics (Select) ( Bob Smith, Chair;
Harry Reid Harry Mason Reid Jr. (; December 2, 1939 – December 28, 2021) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Nevada from 1987 to 2017. He led the Senate Democratic Caucus from 2005 to 2017 and was the Sena ...
, Vice Chair) * United States Senate Committee on Finance, Finance (William V. Roth Jr., Bill Roth, Chair; Daniel Moynihan, Ranking Member) ** United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on Health Care, Health Care (
Phil Gramm William Philip Gramm (born July 8, 1942) is an American economist and politician who represented Texas in both chambers of Congress. Though he began his political career as a Democrat, Gramm switched to the Republican Party in 1983. Gramm was ...
, Chair; John D. Rockefeller IV, Ranking Member) ** United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on International Trade, International Trade (
Chuck Grassley Charles Ernest Grassley (born September 17, 1933) is an American politician serving as the president pro tempore emeritus of the United States Senate, and the Seniority in the United States Senate, senior United States Senate, United States sen ...
, Chair; Daniel Moynihan, Ranking Member) ** United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on Long-Term Growth, Debt and Deficit Reduction, Long-Term Growth, Debt and Deficit Reduction (
Connie Mack III Cornelius Alexander McGillicuddy III (born October 29, 1940), also known as Connie Mack III, is an American retired Republican politician. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Florida from 1983 to 1989 and t ...
, Chair; Bob Graham, Ranking Member) ** United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy, Social Security and Family Policy (
John Chafee John Lester Hubbard Chafee ( ; October 22, 1922 – October 24, 1999) was an American politician and officer in the United States Marine Corps. A member of the Republican Party (United States), he served as the 66th Governor of Rhode Island, as ...
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John Breaux John Berlinger Breaux (; born March 1, 1944) is an American lobbyist, attorney, and retired politician who was a member of the United States Senate from Louisiana from 1987 until 2005. He was also a member of the U.S. House of Representatives fr ...
, Ranking Member) ** United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight, Taxation and IRS Oversight (
Don Nickles Donald Lee Nickles (born December 6, 1948) is an American politician and lobbyist who was a Republican United States Senator from Oklahoma from 1981 to 2005. He was considered both a fiscal and social conservative. After retiring from the Senat ...
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Max Baucus Maxwell Sieben Baucus ( Enke; born December 11, 1941) is an American politician who served as a United States senator from Montana from 1978 to 2014. A member of the Democratic Party, he was a U.S. senator for over 35 years, making him the longe ...
, Ranking Member) * United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Foreign Relations (
Jesse Helms Jesse Alexander Helms Jr. (October 18, 1921 – July 4, 2008) was an American politician. A leader in the conservative movement, he served as a senator from North Carolina from 1973 to 2003. As chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee ...
, Chair; Joe Biden, Ranking Member) ** United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs, African Affairs (
John Ashcroft John David Ashcroft (born May 9, 1942) is an American lawyer, lobbyist and former politician who served as the 79th U.S. Attorney General in the George W. Bush administration from 2001 to 2005. A former U.S. Senator from Missouri and the 50th ...
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Russ Feingold Russell Dana Feingold ( ; born March 2, 1953) is an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States Senator from Wisconsin from 1993 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, he was its nominee in the 2016 election for the same U.S ...
, Ranking Member) ** United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs, East Asian and Pacific Affairs (Craig L. Thomas, Craig Thomas, Chair;
John Kerry John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is an American attorney, politician and diplomat who currently serves as the first United States special presidential envoy for climate. A member of the Forbes family and the Democratic Party (Unite ...
, Ranking Member) ** United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on European Affairs, European Affairs ( Bob Smith, Chair; Joe Biden, Ranking Member) ** United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on International Economic Policy, Export and Trade Promotion, International Economic Policy, Export and Trade Promotion (
Chuck Hagel Charles Timothy Hagel ( born October 4, 1946)Paul Sarbanes Paul Spyros Sarbanes (; February 3, 1933 – December 6, 2020) was an American politician and attorney. A member of the Democratic Party from Maryland, he served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1971 to 1977 a ...
, Ranking Member) ** United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on International Operations, International Operations (
Rod Grams Rodney Dwight Grams (February 4, 1948 – October 8, 2013) was an American politician and television news anchor who served in both the United States House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. A local news anchor, Grams became well-known f ...
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Dianne Feinstein Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein ( ; born Dianne Emiel Goldman; June 22, 1933) is an American politician who serves as the senior United States senator from California, a seat she has held since 1992. A member of the Democratic Party, she was ...
, Ranking Member) ** United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs (
Sam Brownback Samuel Dale Brownback (born September 12, 1956) is an American attorney, politician, diplomat, and member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party who served as the United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Fr ...
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Chuck Robb Charles Spittal Robb (born June 26, 1939) is an American politician from Virginia and former officer in the United States Marine Corps. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he served as the List of governors of Vir ...
, Ranking Member) ** United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps, Narcotics and Terrorism, Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps, Narcotics and Terrorism (
Paul Coverdell Paul Douglas Coverdell (January 20, 1939 – July 18, 2000) was an American politician who served as a United States senator from Georgia, elected for the first time in 1992 and re-elected in 1998, and director of the Peace Corps from 1989 until ...
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Chris Dodd Christopher John Dodd (born May 27, 1944) is an American lobbyist, lawyer, and Democratic Party politician who served as a United States senator from Connecticut from 1981 to 2011. Dodd is the longest-serving senator in Connecticut's history. H ...
, Ranking Member) * United States Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, Governmental Affairs ( Fred Thompson, Chair;
John Glenn John Herschel Glenn Jr. (July 18, 1921 – December 8, 2016) was an American Marine Corps aviator, engineer, astronaut, businessman, and politician. He was the third American in space, and the first American to orbit the Earth, circling ...
, Ranking Member) ** United States Senate Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on International Security, Proliferation and Federal Services, International Security, Proliferation and Federal Services (
Thad Cochran William Thad Cochran (; December 7, 1937 – May 30, 2019) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States Senator for Mississippi from 1978 until his resignation due to health issues in 2018. A Republican, he previously ...
, Chair; Sander Levin, Ranking Member) ** United States Senate Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, Restructing and the District of Columbia, Oversight of Government Management, Restructing and the District of Columbia (
Sam Brownback Samuel Dale Brownback (born September 12, 1956) is an American attorney, politician, diplomat, and member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party who served as the United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Fr ...
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Joe Lieberman Joseph Isadore Lieberman (; born February 24, 1942) is an American politician, lobbyist, and attorney who served as a United States Senate, United States senator from Connecticut from 1989 to 2013. A former member of the Democratic Party (Uni ...
, Ranking Member) ** United States Senate Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (
Susan Collins Susan Margaret Collins (born December 7, 1952) is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Maine. A member of the Republican Party, she has held her seat since 1997 and is Maine's longest-serving member of Co ...
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John Glenn John Herschel Glenn Jr. (July 18, 1921 – December 8, 2016) was an American Marine Corps aviator, engineer, astronaut, businessman, and politician. He was the third American in space, and the first American to orbit the Earth, circling ...
, Ranking Member) * United States Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs, Indian Affairs (Select) (
Ben Nighthorse Campbell Ben Nighthorse Campbell (born April 13, 1933) is an American Cheyenne politician who represented Colorado's 3rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1987 to 1993, and as a United States Senator from Colorado f ...
, Chair; Daniel K. Inouye, Vice Chair) * United States Senate Committee on Judiciary, Judiciary (
Orrin Hatch Orrin Grant Hatch (March 22, 1934 – April 23, 2022) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator from Utah from 1977 to 2019. Hatch's 42-year Senate tenure made him the longest-serving Republican U.S. senator ...
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Patrick Leahy Patrick Joseph Leahy (; born March 31, 1940) is an American politician and attorney who is the senior United States senator from Vermont and serves as the president pro tempore of the United States Senate. A member of the Democratic Party, ...
, Ranking Member) ** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts, Administrative Oversight and the Courts (
Chuck Grassley Charles Ernest Grassley (born September 17, 1933) is an American politician serving as the president pro tempore emeritus of the United States Senate, and the Seniority in the United States Senate, senior United States Senate, United States sen ...
, Chair; Dick Durbin, Richard Durbin, Ranking Member) ** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights and Competition, Antitrust, Business Rights and Competition (
Chuck Grassley Charles Ernest Grassley (born September 17, 1933) is an American politician serving as the president pro tempore emeritus of the United States Senate, and the Seniority in the United States Senate, senior United States Senate, United States sen ...
, Chair; Dick Durbin, Richard Durbin, Ranking Member) ** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitution, Federalism and Property Rights, Constitution, Federalism and Property Rights (
Mike DeWine Richard Michael DeWine (; born January 5, 1947) is an American politician and attorney serving as the 70th and current governor of Ohio. A member of the Republican Party, DeWine began his career as a prosecutor before being elected to the O ...
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Herb Kohl Herbert H. Kohl (born February 7, 1935) is an American businessman and politician. Alongside his brother and father, the Kohl family created the Kohl's department stores chain, of which Kohl went on to be president and CEO. Kohl also served as a ...
, Ranking Member) ** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Immigration (
Spencer Abraham Edward Spencer Abraham (born June 12, 1952) is an American attorney, author, and politician who served as the tenth United States Secretary of Energy from 2001 to 2005, under President George W. Bush. A member of the Republican Party, Abraham pre ...
, Chair; Edward Kennedy, Ranking Member) ** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism and Government Information, Technology, Terrorism and Government Information (
Jon Kyl Jon Llewellyn Kyl ( ; born April 25, 1942) is an American politician and lobbyist who served as a United States Senator for Arizona from 1995 to 2013 and again in 2018. A Republican, he held both of Arizona's Senate seats at different times, ser ...
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Dianne Feinstein Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein ( ; born Dianne Emiel Goldman; June 22, 1933) is an American politician who serves as the senior United States senator from California, a seat she has held since 1992. A member of the Democratic Party, she was ...
, Ranking Member) ** United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Youth Violence, Youth Violence (
Jeff Sessions Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III (born December 24, 1946) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 84th United States Attorney General from 2017 to 2018. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as United State ...
, Chair; Joe Biden, Ranking Member) * United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Intelligence (Select) (Richard C. Shelby, Chair; J. Robert Kerrey, Ranking Member) * United States Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources, Labor and Human Resources (
Jim Jeffords James Merrill Jeffords (May 11, 1934 – August 18, 2014) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. senator from Vermont. Sworn into the Senate in 1989, he served as a Republican until 2001, when he left the party to become ...
, Chair; Edward Kennedy, Ranking Member) ** United States Senate Labor and Human Resources Subcommittee on Aging, Aging (
Judd Gregg Judd Alan Gregg (born February 14, 1947) is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 76th governor of New Hampshire from 1989 to 1993 and was a United States senator from New Hampshire; in the Senate, Gregg served as chairman of the ...
, Chair;
Barbara Mikulski Barbara Ann Mikulski ( ; born July 20, 1936) is an American politician and social worker who served as a United States senator from Maryland from 1987 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, she also served in the United States House of Repr ...
, Ranking Member) ** United States Senate Labor and Human Resources Subcommittee on Children and Families, Children and Families ( Dan Coats, Chair;
Chris Dodd Christopher John Dodd (born May 27, 1944) is an American lobbyist, lawyer, and Democratic Party politician who served as a United States senator from Connecticut from 1981 to 2011. Dodd is the longest-serving senator in Connecticut's history. H ...
, Ranking Member) ** United States Senate Labor and Human Resources Subcommittee on Employment and Training, Employment and Training (
Mike DeWine Richard Michael DeWine (; born January 5, 1947) is an American politician and attorney serving as the 70th and current governor of Ohio. A member of the Republican Party, DeWine began his career as a prosecutor before being elected to the O ...
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Paul Wellstone Paul David Wellstone (July 21, 1944 – October 25, 2002) was an American academic, author, and politician who represented Minnesota in the United States Senate from 1991 until he was killed in a plane crash near Eveleth, Minnesota, in 2002. A me ...
, Ranking Member) ** United States Senate Labor and Human Resources Subcommittee on Public Health and Safety, Public Health and Safety (
Bill Frist William Harrison Frist (born February 22, 1952) is an American physician, businessman, and politician who served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1995 to 2007. A member of the Republican Party, he also served as Senate Majority Lea ...
, Chair; Edward Kennedy, Ranking Member) * United States Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, Rules and Administration ( John Warner, Chair; Wendell H. Ford, Ranking Member) * United States Senate Committee on Small Business, Small Business (
Kit Bond Christopher Samuel "Kit" Bond (born March 6, 1939) is an American attorney, politician and former United States Senator from Missouri and a member of the Republican Party. First elected to the U.S. Senate in 1986, he defeated Democrat Harriett W ...
, Chair;
John Kerry John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is an American attorney, politician and diplomat who currently serves as the first United States special presidential envoy for climate. A member of the Forbes family and the Democratic Party (Unite ...
, Ranking Member) * United States Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Veterans' Affairs (
Arlen Specter Arlen Specter (February 12, 1930 – October 14, 2012) was an American lawyer, author and politician who served as a United States Senator from Pennsylvania from 1981 to 2011. Specter was a Democrat from 1951 to 1965, then a Republican from ...
, Chair; John D. Rockefeller IV, Ranking Member) * United States Senate Special Committee on the Year 2000 Technology Problem, Year 2000 Technology Problem (Select)


House of Representatives

* United States House Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture (Robert Freeman Smith, Robert F. Smith, Chair; Larry Combest, Ranking Member) ** United States House Agriculture Subcommittee on Departments Operations, Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture, Departments Operations, Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture (Bob Goodlatte, Chair; Thomas Ewing, Ranking Member) ** United States House Agriculture Subcommittee on Forestry, Resource Conservation and Research, Forestry, Resource Conservation and Research (Larry Combest, Chair; Bill Barrett, Ranking Member) ** United States House Agriculture Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, General Farm Commodities (Bill Barrett, Chair; Larry Combest, Ranking Member) ** United States House Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy and Poultry, Livestock, Dairy and Poultry (Richard Pombo, Chair;
John Boehner John Andrew Boehner ( ; born , 1949) is an American retired politician who served as the 53rd speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 2011 to 2015. A member of the Republican Party, he served 13 terms as the U.S. represe ...
, Ranking Member) ** United States House Agriculture Subcommittee on Risk Management and Specialty Crops, Risk Management and Specialty Crops (Thomas Ewing, Chair; Larry Combest, Ranking Member) * United States House Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Bob Livingston, Chair; Dave Obey, Ranking Member) ** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies (Joe Skeen, Chair; Marcy Kaptur, Ranking Member) ** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary, Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary (Hal Rogers, Chair; Alan Mollohan, Ranking Member) ** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Charlie H. Taylor, Chair; Jim Moran, Ranking Member) ** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, Energy and Water Development (Joseph McDade, Chair;
Vic Fazio Vic (; es, Vic or Pancracio Celdrán (2004). Diccionario de topónimos españoles y sus gentilicios (5ª edición). Madrid: Espasa Calpe. p. 843. ISBN 978-84-670-3054-9. «Vic o Vich (viquense, vigitano, vigatán, ausense, ausetano, ausonense) ...
, Ranking Member) ** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs, Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs (
Sonny Callahan Herbert Leon "Sonny" Callahan (September 11, 1932 – June 24, 2021) was an American businessman and politician from Alabama. After being elected as a Democrat from Mobile to the state house and senate, he shifted to the Republican Party after ...
, Chair;
Nancy Pelosi Nancy Patricia Pelosi (; ; born March 26, 1940) is an American politician who has served as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives since 2019 and previously from 2007 to 2011. She has represented in the United States House of ...
, Ranking Member) ** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Interior (Ralph Regula, Chair; Sidney Yates, Ranking Member) ** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health, Human Services and Education, Labor, Health, Human Services and Education (John E. Porter, Chair; Dave Obey, Ranking Member) ** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Legislative, Legislative (James T. Walsh, Chair; José E. Serrano, Jose Serrano, Ranking Member) ** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Military Construction (Ron Packard, Chair; Bill Hefner, Ranking Member) ** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on National Security, National Security (
Don Young Donald Edwin Young (June 9, 1933 – March 18, 2022) was an American politician from the state of Alaska. At the time of his death, he was the longest-serving Republican in congressional history, having been the U.S. representative for for ...
, Chair; John P. Murtha, Ranking Member) ** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Transportation (Frank R. Wolf, Chair; Martin Olav Sabo, Ranking Member) ** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service and General Government, Treasury, Postal Service and General Government (
Jim Kolbe James Thomas Kolbe (June 28, 1942 – December 3, 2022) was an American politician who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives. He represented Arizona's 5th congressional district from 1985 to 2003 and its 8 ...
, Chair; Steny Hoyer, Ranking Member) ** United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, VA, HUD and Independent Agencies (
John Lewis John Robert Lewis (February 21, 1940 – July 17, 2020) was an American politician and civil rights activist who served in the United States House of Representatives for from 1987 until his death in 2020. He participated in the 1960 Nashville ...
, Chair; Louis Stokes, Ranking Member) * United States House Committee on Banking and Financial Services, Banking and Financial Services (Jim Leach, Chair; Henry B. Gonzalez, Ranking Member) ** United States House Banking and Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Securities and Government Sponsored Enterprises, Capital Markets, Securities and Government Sponsored Enterprises (Richard Baker (U.S. politician), Richard H. Baker, Chair; Frank D. Lucas, Vice Chair) ** United States House Banking and Financial Services Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Domestic and International Monetary Policy (Michael Castle, Chair; Jon Fox, Vice Chair) ** United States House Banking and Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit (Marge Roukema, Chair; Bill McCollum, Vice Chair) ** United States House Banking and Financial Services Subcommittee on General Oversight and Investigations, General Oversight and Investigations (
Spencer Bachus Spencer Thomas Bachus III (born December 28, 1947) is an American politician. He is a former U.S. Representative for the state of Alabama, serving from 1993 to 2015. A member of the Republican Party, he served as ranking member (2007–2011) an ...
, Chair;
Bob Riley Robert Renfroe Riley (born October 3, 1944) is an American politician and businessman who served as the 52nd governor of Alabama from 2003 to 2011. A member of the Republican Party, he previously represented Alabama's 3rd district in the U. ...
, Vice Chair) ** United States House Banking and Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, Housing and Community Opportunity (Rick Lazio, Chair; Bob Ney, Vice Chair) * United States House Committee on the Budget, Budget (John Kasich, Chair; John Spratt, Ranking Member) * United States House Committee on Commerce, Commerce (Thomas J. Bliley, Chair; Paul E. Gillmor, Ranking Member) ** United States House Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power, Energy and Power (Bob Schaffer, Chair; Mike Crapo, Ranking Member) ** United States House Commerce Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials, Finance and Hazardous Materials (Mike Oxley, Chair; Billy Tauzin, Ranking Member) ** United States House Commerce Subcommittee on Health and Environment, Health and Environment (Michael Bilirakis, Chair;
Dennis Hastert John Dennis Hastert (; born January 2, 1942) is an American former politician and convicted felon who represented from 1987 to 2007 and served as the 51st speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1999 to 2007. The longest-se ...
, Ranking Member) ** United States House Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Oversight and Investigations (Joe Barton, Chair; Christopher Cox, Ranking Member) ** United States House Commerce Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade and Consumer Protection, Telecommunications, Trade and Consumer Protection (Billy Tauzin, Chair; Mike Oxley, Ranking Member) * United States House Committee on Education and the Workforce, Education and the Workforce (Bill Goodling, Chair; Tom Petri, Vice Chair) ** United States House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families, Early Childhood, Youth and Families (
Frank Riggs Frank Duncan Riggs (born September 5, 1950) is an American army veteran, former law enforcement officer, charter school executive, and politician from the states of California and Arizona. Early life Frank Riggs was born in Louisville, Kentucky. ...
, Chair; Michael Castle, Vice Chair) ** United States House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations, Employer-Employee Relations (Harris W. Fawell, Chair; Joe Knollenberg, Vice Chair) ** United States House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Oversight and Investigations (Peter Hoekstra, Chair; Charlie Norwood, Vice Chair) ** United States House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning, Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning (Buck McKeon, Chair; Bob Graham, Vice Chair) ** United States House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, Workforce Protections (Cass Ballenger, Chair; Harris Fawell, Vice Chair) * United States House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Government Reform and Oversight (Dan Burton, Chair; Henry Waxman, Vice Chair) ** United States House Government Reform and Oversight Subcommittee on Civil Service, Civil Service (John Mica, Chair; Mike Pappas, Ranking Member) ** United States House Government Reform and Oversight Subcommittee on District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Thomas M. Davis III, Chair; Connie Morella, Ranking Member) ** United States House Government Reform and Oversight Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and Technology, Government Management, Information and Technology (Stephen Horn, Chair;
Jeff Sessions Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III (born December 24, 1946) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 84th United States Attorney General from 2017 to 2018. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as United State ...
, Ranking Member) ** United States House Government Reform and Oversight Subcommittee on Human Resources, Human Resources (Chris Shays, Chair; Vince Snowbarger, Ranking Member) ** United States House Government Reform and Oversight Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural Resources and Regulatory Affairs, National Economic Growth, Natural Resources and Regulatory Affairs (David M. McIntosh, Chair; John E. Sununu, Ranking Member) ** United States House Government Reform and Oversight Subcommittee on National Security, International Affairs and Criminal Justice, National Security, International Affairs and Criminal Justice (
Dennis Hastert John Dennis Hastert (; born January 2, 1942) is an American former politician and convicted felon who represented from 1987 to 2007 and served as the 51st speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1999 to 2007. The longest-se ...
, Chair; Mark Souder, Ranking Member) ** United States House Government Reform and Oversight Subcommittee on Postal Service, Postal Service (John M. McHugh, John McHugh, Chair; Mark Sanford, Ranking Member) * United States House Committee on House Oversight, House Oversight (Bill Thomas, Chair; Sam Gejdenson, Ranking Member) * United States House Committee on International Relations, International Relations (Benjamin Gilman, Chair; Lee H. Hamilton, Ranking Member) ** United States House International Relations Subcommittee on Africa, Africa (Edward Royce, Chair;
Bob Menendez Robert Menendez (; born January 1, 1954) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from New Jersey, a seat he has held since 2006. Gale Biography In Context. A member of the Democratic Party, he was firs ...
, Ranking Member) ** United States House International Relations Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, Asia and the Pacific (Doug Bereuter, Chair; Howard Berman, Ranking Member) ** United States House International Relations Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights, International Operations and Human Rights (Chris Smith (New Jersey politician), Chris Smith, Chair; Tom Lantos, Ranking Member) ** United States House International Relations Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Western Hemisphere (Elton Gallegly, Chair; Gary Ackerman, Ranking Member) ** United States House International Relations Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade, International Economic Policy and Trade (Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Chair; Sam Gejdenson, Ranking Member) * United States House Committee on Judiciary, Judiciary (Henry J. Hyde, Chair; John Conyers, Ranking Member) ** United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, Commercial and Administrative Law (George Gekas, Chair; Jerrold Nadler, Ranking Member) ** United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, The Constitution (Charles T. Canady, Chair; Bobby Scott (politician), Bobby Scott, Ranking Member) ** United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property, Courts and Intellectual Property (Howard Coble, Chair; Barney Frank, Ranking Member) ** United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Crime (Bill McCollum, Chair; Chuck Schumer, Ranking Member) ** United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, Immigration and Claims (Lamar S. Smith, Chair; Mel Watt, Ranking Member) * United States House Committee on National Security, National Security (Floyd Spence, Chair;
Ron Dellums Ronald Vernie Dellums (November 24, 1935 – July 30, 2018) was an American politician who served as Mayor of Oakland from 2007 to 2011. He had previously served thirteen terms as a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Californi ...
, Ranking Member) ** United States House National Security Subcommittee on Military Installations and Facilities, Military Installations and Facilities (Joel Hefley, Chair; Solomon P. Ortiz, Ranking Member) ** United States House National Security Subcommittee on Military Personnel, Military Personnel (Steve Buyer, Chair; Gene Taylor (Mississippi politician), Gene Taylor, Ranking Member) ** United States House National Security Subcommittee on Military Procurement, Military Procurement (Duncan L. Hunter, Duncan Hunter, Chair; Ike Skelton, Ranking Member) ** United States House National Security Subcommittee on Military Readiness, Military Readiness (Herbert Bateman, Chair; Norman Sisisky, Ranking Member) ** United States House National Security Subcommittee on Military Research and Development, Military Research and Development (Curt Weldon, Chair; Owen B. Pickett, Ranking Member) ** United States House National Security Subcommittee on Special Oversight Panel on Morale, Welfare and Recreation, Special Oversight Panel on Morale, Welfare and Recreation (John M. McHugh, John McHugh, Chair; Marty Meehan, Ranking Member) ** United States House National Security Subcommittee on Special Oversight Panel on the Merchant Marine, Special Oversight Panel on the Merchant Marine (Herbert Bateman, Chair; Neil Abercrombie, Ranking Member) * United States House Committee on Resources, Resources (
Don Young Donald Edwin Young (June 9, 1933 – March 18, 2022) was an American politician from the state of Alaska. At the time of his death, he was the longest-serving Republican in congressional history, having been the U.S. representative for for ...
, Chair; George Miller, Ranking Member) ** United States House Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, Energy and Mineral Resources (Barbara Cubin, Chair; Carlos Romero-Barcelo, Ranking Member) ** United States House Resources Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans, Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans (Jim Saxton, Chair; Neil Abercrombie, Ranking Member) ** United States House Resources Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, National Parks and Public Lands (James V. Hansen, Chair; Eni Faleomavaega, Ranking Member) ** United States House Resources Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, Forests and Forest Health (Helen Chenoweth, Chair; Maurice Hinchey, Ranking Member) ** United States House Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power, Water and Power (John T. Doolittle, Chair; Peter DeFazio, Ranking Member) * United States House Committee on Rules, Rules (Gerald B.H. Solomon, Chair; Joe Moakley, Ranking Member) ** United States House Rules Subcommittee on the Legislative and Budget Process, Legislative and Budget Process (Porter Goss, Chair;
Martin Frost Martin may refer to: Places * Martin City (disambiguation) * Martin County (disambiguation) * Martin Township (disambiguation) Antarctica * Martin Peninsula, Marie Byrd Land * Port Martin, Adelie Land * Point Martin, South Orkney Islands Austr ...
, Ranking Member) ** United States House Rules Subcommittee on the Rules and Organization of the House, Rules and Organization of the House (David Dreier, Chair; Tony P. Hall, Ranking Member) * United States House Committee on Science, Science (Jim Sensenbrenner, Chair; George E. Brown Jr., Ranking Member) ** United States House Science Subcommittee on Basic Research, Basic Research (Steven Schiff, Chair; James A. Barcia, Ranking Member) ** United States House Science Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, Energy and Environment (Ken Calvert, Chair; Tim Roemer, Ranking Member) ** United States House Science Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, Space and Aeronautics (Dana Rohrabacher, Chair; Bud Cramer, Ranking Member) ** United States House Science Subcommittee on Technology, Technology (Constance Morella, Chair; Bart Gordon, Ranking Member) * United States House Committee on Small Business, Small Business (Jim Talent, Chair; John J. LaFalce, Ranking Member) ** United States House Small Business Subcommittee on Empowerment, Empowerment (Mark Souder, Chair; Nydia Velazquez, Ranking Member) ** United States House Small Business Subcommittee on Government Programs and Oversight, Government Programs and Oversight (Roscoe G. Bartlett, Chair; Glenn Poshard, Ranking Member) ** United States House Small Business Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform and Paperwork Reduction, Regulatory Reform and Paperwork Reduction (Sue W. Kelly, Chair; Norman Sisisky, Ranking Member) ** United States House Small Business Subcommittee on Tax, Finance and Exports, Tax, Finance and Exports (Donald A. Manzullo, Chair; Linda Smith (American politician), Linda Smith, Ranking Member) * United States House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, Standards of Official Conduct (James V. Hansen, Chair; Howard Berman, Ranking Member) * United States House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Transportation and Infrastructure (Bud Shuster, Chair; James L. Oberstar, Ranking Member) ** United States House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Aviation, Aviation (John J. Duncan Jr., Chair; Bill Lipinski, Ranking Member) ** United States House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation (Wayne T. Gilchrest, Chair; Bob Clement, Ranking Member) ** United States House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Economic Development, Public Buildings and Economic Development (Bud Shuster, Chair; James L. Oberstar, Ranking Member) ** United States House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Railroads, Railroads (
Susan Molinari Susan Molinari (born March 27, 1958) is an American politician, company executive, journalist and lobbyist from New York. A member of the Republican Party, she sat in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1990 to 1997, representing Staten Island ...
, Chair; Bob Wise, Ranking Member) ** United States House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, Surface Transportation (Tom Petri, Chair; Nick Rahall, Ranking Member) ** United States House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, Water Resources and Environment (Sherwood Boehlert, Chair; Robert Borski, Ranking Member) * United States House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Veterans' Affairs (
Bob Stump Robert Lee Stump (April 4, 1927 – June 20, 2003) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Congressman from Arizona. He served as a member from the Democratic Party from 1977 to 1983 and then later a member of the Republican Party unti ...
, Chair; Lane Evans, Ranking Member) ** United States House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Benefits, Benefits (Jack Quinn (politician), Jack Quinn, Chair; Bob Filner, Ranking Member) ** United States House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health, Health (Cliff Stearns, Chair; Luis Guiterrez, Ranking Member) ** United States House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Oversight and Investigations (
Terry Everett Robert Terry Everett (born February 15, 1937) is an American politician and a Republican former member of the United States House of Representatives from Alabama's 2nd congressional district. He served from 1993 to his retirement in 2009. Everet ...
, Chair; Jim Clyburn, Ranking Member) * United States House Committee on Ways and Means, Ways and Means (William Reynolds Archer Jr., Bill Archer, Chair; Charles Rangel, Ranking Member) ** United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health, Health (Bill Thomas, Chair; Pete Stark, Ranking Member) ** United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Human Resources, Human Resources (E. Clay Shaw Jr., Chair; Sander M. Levin, Ranking Member) ** United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight, Oversight (Nancy Johnson, Chair; William J. Coyne, Ranking Member) ** United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security, Social Security (Jim Bunning, Chair;
Barbara B. Kennelly Barbara Bailey Kennelly (born Barbara Ann Bailey; born July 10, 1936) is an American politician. She is the former Democratic Party (United States), Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut. Family and Educ ...
, Ranking Member) ** United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade, Trade (Phil Crane, Chair;
Bob Matsui Robert Takeo Matsui (September 17, 1941 – January 1, 2005) was an American politician from the state of California. Matsui was a member of the Democratic Party and served in the U.S. House of Representatives as the congressman for California ...
, Ranking Member) * Committee of the Whole (United States House of Representatives), Whole


Joint committees

* Joint Economic Committee, Economic (Rep. Jim Saxton, Chair; Sen.
Connie Mack III Cornelius Alexander McGillicuddy III (born October 29, 1940), also known as Connie Mack III, is an American retired Republican politician. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Florida from 1983 to 1989 and t ...
, Vice Chair) * Joint Committee on Taxation, Taxation (Rep. William Reynolds Archer Jr., Bill Archer, Chair; Sen. William V. Roth Jr., Vice Chair) * Joint Committee on the Library, The Library (Rep. Bill Thomas, Chair; Sen.
Ted Stevens Theodore Fulton Stevens Sr. (November 18, 1923 – August 9, 2010) was an American politician and lawyer who served as a U.S. Senator from Alaska from 1968 to 2009. He was the longest-serving Republican Senator in history at the time he left ...
, Vice Chair) * Joint Committee on Printing, Printing (Sen. John W. Warner, Chair; Rep. Bill Thomas, Vice Chair)


Employees


List of federal agencies in the United States#Legislative branch, Legislative branch agency directors

* Architect of the Capitol: William L. Ensign (acting), until February 1997 ** Alan M. Hantman, starting February 1997 * Attending Physician of the United States Congress: John F. Eisold * Comptroller General of the United States: vacant, until 1998 ** David M. Walker (politician), David M. Walker, from 1998 * Director of the Congressional Budget Office: June E. O'Neill * Librarian of Congress: James H. Billington * Public Printer of the United States: Michael F. DiMario


Senate

* Chaplain of the United States Senate, Chaplain: Lloyd John Ogilvie (Presbyterian) * Curator of the United States Senate, Curator: Diane K. Skvarla * Historian of the United States Senate, Historian: Richard A. Baker (historian), Richard A. Baker * Parliamentarian of the United States Senate, Parliamentarian: Robert B. Dove, Bob Dove * Secretary of the United States Senate, Secretary: Gary Lee Sisco * United States Senate Librarian, Librarian: Greg Harness * Secretary for the Majority of the United States Senate, Secretary for the Majority: Elizabeth Baldwin Letchworth, Elizabeth B. Greene * Secretary for the Minority of the United States Senate, Secretary for the Minority: Martin P. Paone * Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate, Sergeant at Arms: Gregory S. Casey, until November 9, 1998 ** James W. Ziglar, from November 9, 1998


House of Representatives

* Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives, Chaplain: James David Ford (Lutheranism, Lutheran) * Chief Administrative Officer of the United States House of Representatives, Chief Administrative Officer: Jeff Trandahl (acting), until July 31, 1997 ** James M. Eagen III, from July 31, 1997 * Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Clerk: Robin H. Carle, until December 21, 1998 ** Jeff Trandahl, from January 1, 1999 * Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives, Parliamentarian: Charles W. Johnson * Reading Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Reading Clerks: ** Meg Goetz (until 1998), Mary Kevin Niland (D) ** Bob Berry (reading clerk), Bob Berry along with Paul Hays (R) * Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives, Sergeant at Arms: Wilson Livingood * Inspector General of the United States House of Representatives, Inspector General: John W. Lainhart IV


See also

* List of new members of the 105th United States Congress * 1996 United States elections (elections leading to this Congress) ** 1996 United States presidential election ** 1996 United States Senate elections ** 1996 United States House of Representatives elections * 1998 United States elections (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress) ** 1998 United States Senate elections ** 1998 United States House of Representatives elections


Notes


References


External links


Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

House History
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from the U.S. Senate
Legislative information
from THOMAS at the Library of Congress * * * * * * {{United States Congresses 105th United States Congress,