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Members of the 110th United States Senate

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The One Hundred Tenth United States Senate was the meeting of the Senate of the United States federal government, between January 3, 2007, and January 3, 2009, during the last two years of the second term of President George W. Bush.

Although the Democratic Party held fewer than 50 Senate seats, they had an operational majority because the two independent senators caucused with the Democrats for organizational purposes. No Democratic-held seats had fallen to the Republican Party in the 2006 elections.

Overview
Affiliation Members Note
Democratic Party 48
Republican Party 49
Independent Democrat 1 Joe Lieberman caucuses with the Democrats.
Independent 1 Bernie Sanders caucuses with the Democrats.
Vacant Seats 1 Seat previously held by Barack Obama.
Total 99 (with one vacancy)
Senators' party membership by state. Legend   2 Democrats   1 Democrat and 1 Republican   2 Republicans   1 Independent and 1 Democrat

Leadership

Majority leadership
Office Officer State Since
Senate Majority Leader
Democratic Conference Chairman 		Harry Reid Nevada 2006
Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin Illinois 2007
Democratic Policy Committee Chairman Byron Dorgan North Dakota 1999
Democratic Conference Secretary Patty Murray Washington 2007
Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman
and Vice-Chairman of the Democratic Conference 		Chuck Schumer New York 2005
Minority leadership
Office Officer State Since
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell Kentucky 2007
Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl Arizona 2007
Republican Conference Chairman Lamar Alexander Tennessee 2007
Republican Policy Committee Chairman Kay Bailey Hutchison Texas 2007
Republican Conference Secretary John Cornyn Texas 2007
Republican Campaign Committee Chairman John Ensign Nevada 2007

Members

Class End of Term
1 2009
2 2011
3 2013
Class State Name Party Religion Prior Experience Education First took
office		 Born
2 Alabama Shelby, Richard Republican Methodist Alabama Senate; U.S. House (AL-7) University of Alabama (BA, JD) 1987 1934
1 Alabama Sessions, Jeff Republican Methodist State Attorney General Huntingdon College, University of Alabama 1997 1946
1 Alaska Stevens, Ted Republican Episcopalian military, attorney, State House of Representatives UCLA, Harvard 1968 1923
2 Alaska Murkowski, Lisa Republican Roman Catholic State House of Representatives Georgetown, Willamette 2002 1957
2 Arizona McCain, John Republican Baptist military, U.S. House (AZ-1) U.S. Naval Academy 1987 1936
3 Arizona Kyl, Jon Republican Presbyterian attorney, U.S. House (AZ-4) Arizona (BA, JD) 1995 1942
2 Arkansas Lincoln, Blanche Democratic Episcopalian U.S. House (AR-1) Randolph-Macon Women's College, Arkansas 1999 1960
1 Arkansas Pryor, Mark Democratic Christian Arkansas House of Representatives, State Attorney General Arkansas (BA, JD) 2003 1963
3 California Feinstein, Dianne Democratic Jewish Mayor of San Francisco Stanford University 1992 1933
2 California Boxer, Barbara Democratic Jewish Marin County Board of Supervisors, U.S. House (CA-6) Brooklyn College 1993 1940
1 Colorado Allard, Wayne Republican Protestant U.S. House (CO-4) Colorado State 1997 1943
2 Colorado Salazar, Ken Democratic Roman Catholic State Attorney General Colorado College, Michigan 2005 1955
2 Connecticut Dodd, Chris Democratic Roman Catholic U.S. House (CT-2) Providence, Louisville 1981 1944
3 Connecticut Lieberman, Joe Independent Democratic Jewish State Attorney General Yale (BA, LLB) 1989 1942
1 Delaware Biden, Joe Democratic Roman Catholic New Castle County Council Delaware, Syracuse 1973 1942
3 Delaware Carper, Tom Democratic Presbyterian Governor; U.S. House (DE-At Large);Delaware State Treasurer Ohio State, Delaware 2001 1947
3 Florida Nelson, Bill Democratic Episcopalian U.S. House of Representatives, State Treasurer Yale, Virginia 2001 1942
2 Florida Martinez, Mel Republican Roman Catholic U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Florida State (BA, JD) 2005 1946
1 Georgia Chambliss, Saxby Republican Episcopalian U.S. House (GA-8) Georgia, Tennessee 2003 1943
2 Georgia Isakson, Johnny Republican Methodist U.S. House (GA-6) Georgia 2005 1944
2 Hawaii Inouye, Daniel Democratic Methodist U.S. House (HI-At Large) Hawaii, George Washington 1963 1924
3 Hawaii Akaka, Daniel Democratic Congregationalist U.S. House (HI-2) Hawaii (BA, M.Ed.) 1991 1924
1 Idaho Craig, Larry Republican Methodist U.S. House (ID-1) Idaho 1991 1945
2 Idaho Crapo, Mike Republican LDS Idaho State Senate, U.S. House (ID-2) Brigham Young, Harvard 1999 1951
1 Illinois Durbin, Dick Democratic Roman Catholic U.S. House (IL-20) Georgetown (BS, JD) 1997 1944
2 Illinois Obama, Barack Democratic United Church of Christ Illinois State Senate Columbia, Harvard 2005 1961
3 Indiana Lugar, Richard Republican Methodist Mayor of Indianapolis Denison, Oxford 1977 1932
2 Indiana Bayh, Evan Democratic Episcopalian Indiana Secretary of State, Governor Indiana University, Virginia 1999 1955
2 Iowa Grassley, Chuck Republican Baptist Iowa House of Representatives, U.S. House (IA-3) Northern Iowa (BA, MA) 1981 1933
1 Iowa Harkin, Tom Democratic Roman Catholic U.S. House (IA-5) Iowa State, Catholic 1985 1939
2 Kansas Brownback, Sam Republican Roman Catholic U.S. House (KS-2) Kansas State, Kansas 1996 1956
1 Kansas Roberts, Pat Republican Methodist U.S. House (KS-1) Kansas State 1997 1936
1 Kentucky McConnell, Mitch Republican Baptist Jefferson County Executive Louisville, Kentucky 1985 1942
2 Kentucky Bunning, Jim Republican Roman Catholic Fort Thomas City Council, Kentucky State Senate, U.S. House (KY-4) Xavier 1999 1931
1 Louisiana Landrieu, Mary Democratic Roman Catholic State Treasurer Louisiana State 1997 1955
2 Louisiana Vitter, David Republican Roman Catholic U.S. House (LA-1) Harvard, Oxford, Tulane 2005 1961
3 Maine Snowe, Olympia Republican Eastern Orthodox Maine House of Representatives;Maine Senate; U.S. House (ME-2) Maine 1995 1947
1 Maine Collins, Susan Republican Roman Catholic Deputy State Treasurer St. Lawrence 1997 1952
2 Maryland Mikulski, Barbara Democratic Roman Catholic Baltimore City Council, U.S. House (MD-3) Mount Saint Agnes, Maryland 1987 1936
3 Maryland Cardin, Ben Democratic Jewish Maryland House of Delegates, U.S. House (MD-3) Pittsburgh, Maryland 2007 1943
3 Massachusetts Kennedy, Ted Democratic Roman Catholic lawyer Harvard, Virginia 1962 1932
1 Massachusetts Kerry, John Democratic Roman Catholic Lieutenant Governor Yale, Boston College 1985 1943
1 Michigan Levin, Carl Democratic Jewish Detroit City Council Swarthmore, Harvard 1979 1934
3 Michigan Stabenow, Debbie Democratic United Methodist Ingham County Board of Commissioners, Michigan House of Representatives, Michigan Senate, U.S. House (MI-8) Michigan State (BA, MSW) 2001 1950
1 Minnesota Coleman, Norm Republican Jewish Mayor of St. Paul Hofstra, Iowa 2003 1949
3 Minnesota Klobuchar, Amy Democratic-Farmer-Labor Congregationalist Hennepin County Attorney Yale, Chicago 2007 1960
1 Mississippi Cochran, Thad Republican Baptist U.S. House (MS-4) Mississippi (BA, JD) 1979 1937
3 Mississippi Lott, Trent Republican Baptist U.S. House (MS-5) Mississippi 1989 1941
3 Mississippi Wicker, Roger Republican Southern Baptist U.S. House (MS-1) Mississippi (BA, JD) 2007 1951
2 Missouri Bond, Kit Republican Presbyterian State Auditor, Governor Princeton, Virginia 1987 1939
3 Missouri McCaskill, Claire Democratic Roman Catholic State Auditor; Missouri House of Representatives;Jackson County Prosecutor University of Missouri (BS, JD) 2007 1953
1 Montana Baucus, Max Democratic United Church of Christ U.S. House (MT-1) Stanford (BS, LLB) 1979 1941
3 Montana Tester, Jon Democratic Church of God (Anderson) Montana State Senate President Great Falls 2007 1956
1 Nebraska Hagel, Chuck Republican Episcopalian electronics executive, investment banker Nebraska-Omaha 1997 1946
3 Nebraska Nelson, Ben Democratic Methodist Governor University of Nebraska (BA, MA, JD) 2001 1941
2 Nevada Reid, Harry Democratic LDS Nevada Assembly, Lt. Governor of Nevada, U.S. House (NV-1) Southern Utah, Utah State, George Washington 1987 1939
3 Nevada Ensign, John Republican International Church of the Foursquare Gospel U.S. House (NV-1) UNLV, Oregon State, Colorado 2001 1958
2 New Hampshire Gregg, Judd Republican Congregationalist Governor, U.S. House (NH-2) Columbia, Boston University 1993 1947
1 New Hampshire Sununu, John E. Republican Roman Catholic U.S. House (NH-1) MIT, Harvard 2003 1964
1 New Jersey Lautenberg, Frank Democratic Jewish U.S. Senate, Class 1 Columbia 2003 1924
3 New Jersey Menendez, Bob Democratic Roman Catholic Mayor of Union City, New Jersey General Assembly, New Jersey Senate, U.S. House (NJ-13) Saint Peter's College, Rutgers 2006 1954
1 New Mexico Domenici, Pete Republican Roman Catholic Albuquerque City Commission Chairman New Mexico, Denver 1973 1932
3 New Mexico Bingaman, Jeff Democratic Methodist State Attorney General Harvard, Stanford 1983 1943
2 New York Schumer, Chuck Democratic Jewish New York State Assembly, U.S. House (NY-9) Harvard (BA, JD) 1999 1950
3 New York Clinton, Hillary Rodham Democratic Methodist First Lady, Lawyer Wellesley, Yale 2001 1947
1 North Carolina Dole, Elizabeth Republican Methodist Secretary of Labor, President of the American Red Cross Duke, Harvard 2003 1936
2 North Carolina Burr, Richard Republican Methodist U.S. House (NC-5) Wake Forest 2005 1955
3 North Dakota Conrad, Kent Democratic Unitarian Universalist State Tax Commissioner Stanford, George Washington 1987 1948
2 North Dakota Dorgan, Byron Democratic Lutheran U.S. House (ND-At Large) North Dakota, Denver 1993 1942
2 Ohio Voinovich, George Republican Roman Catholic Mayor of Cleveland; Governor Ohio, Ohio State 1999 1936
3 Ohio Brown, Sherrod Democratic Lutheran State Secretary of State, U.S. House (OH-13) Yale, Ohio State 2007 1952
1 Oklahoma Inhofe, Jim Republican Presbyterian Oklahoma House of Rep; Oklahoma Senate; Mayor of Tulsa; U.S. House (OK-1) Tulsa 1995 1934
2 Oklahoma Coburn, Tom Republican Baptist Physician, U.S. House (OK-2) Oklahoma State, Oklahoma 2005 1948
2 Oregon Wyden, Ron Democratic Jewish U.S. House (OR-3) Stanford, Oregon 1996 1949
1 Oregon Smith, Gordon Republican LDS State Senate President Brigham Young, Southwestern 1997 1952
2 Pennsylvania Specter, Arlen Republican Jewish Philadelphia District Attorney Pennsylvania, Yale 1981 1930
3 Pennsylvania Casey, Bob, Jr. Democratic Roman Catholic State Treasurer Holy Cross, Catholic 2007 1960
1 Rhode Island Reed, Jack Democratic Roman Catholic State Senate; U.S. House (RI-2) United States Military Academy, Harvard 1997 1949
3 Rhode Island Whitehouse, Sheldon Democratic Episcopalian State Attorney General Yale, Virginia 2007 1955
1 South Carolina Graham, Lindsey Republican Southern Baptist U.S. House (SC-3) South Carolina (BA, JD) 2003 1955
2 South Carolina DeMint, Jim Republican Presbyterian U.S. House (SC-4) Tennessee, Clemson University 2005 1951
1 South Dakota Johnson, Tim Democratic Lutheran U.S. House (SD-At Large) South Dakota (BA, MPA, JD) 1997 1946
2 South Dakota Thune, John Republican Evangelical Christian U.S. House (SD-At Large) Biola, South Dakota 2005 1961
1 Tennessee Alexander, Lamar Republican Presbyterian Governor; U.S. Secretary of Education Vanderbilt, New York University 2003 1940
3 Tennessee Corker, Bob Republican Presbyterian Mayor of Chattanooga Tennessee 2007 1952
3 Texas Hutchison, Kay Bailey Republican Episcopalian State Treasurer Texas (BA, JD) 1993 1943
1 Texas Cornyn, John Republican Church of Christ State Attorney General Trinity University, St. Mary's University, Virginia 2003 1952
3 Utah Hatch, Orrin Republican LDS attorney Brigham Young, Pittsburgh 1977 1934
2 Utah Bennett, Robert Republican LDS businessman Utah 1993 1933
2 Vermont Leahy, Patrick Democratic Roman Catholic Chittenden County State's Attorney Saint Michael's College, Georgetown 1975 1940
3 Vermont Sanders, Bernie Independent Jewish U.S. House (VT-At Large) College, Chicago 2007 1941
1 Virginia Warner, John Republican Episcopalian U.S. Secretary of the Navy Washington and Lee, Virginia 1979 1927
3 Virginia Webb, Jim Democratic Protestant U.S. Secretary of the Navy U.S. Naval Academy, Southern California, Georgetown University 2007 1946
2 Washington Murray, Patty Democratic Roman Catholic State Senate Washington State 1993 1950
3 Washington Cantwell, Maria Democratic Roman Catholic Washington State House of Representatives, U.S. House (WA-1) Miami University 2001 1958
3 West Virginia Byrd, Robert Democratic Baptist U.S. House (WV-6) Marshall, American 1959 1917
1 West Virginia Rockefeller, Jay Democratic Presbyterian Governor Harvard 1985 1937
3 Wisconsin Kohl, Herb Democratic Jewish State Democratic Party chairman Wisconsin–Madison, Harvard 1989 1935
2 Wisconsin Feingold, Russ Democratic Jewish State Senate Wisconsin–Madison, Oxford, Harvard 1993 1953
1 Wyoming Enzi, Mike Republican Presbyterian Mayor of Gillette; Wyoming House of Representatives; State Senate George Washington, Denver 1997 1944
3 Wyoming Thomas, Craig Republican Methodist U.S. House (WY-At Large) Wyoming 1995 1933
3 Wyoming Barrasso, John Republican Presbyterian State Senate Georgetown (BS, MD) 2007 1952

References

  1. ^ http://www.govnotes.com/Directories/_Alaska_Congressional_Directory.htm
  2. ^ http://www.govnotes.com/Directories/_Arizona_Congressional_Directory.htm
  3. "McCain Identifies Himself as a Baptist". Associated Press for Fox News. 2007-09-16. Retrieved 2007-12-19.
  4. ^ http://www.govnotes.com/Directories/_Arkansas_Congressional_Directory.htm Archived 2012-03-06 at the Wayback Machine
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