Composition of the U.S. Senate -- 112th Congress

A list of the members of the Senate in the United States' 112th Congress.
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Below lists the members of the Senate in the United States' 112th Congress following the November 2010 midterm elections. Dates in left column indicate term in office; birth years are given in parentheses after party affiliation. All terms are for six years and expire in January.

See also: Current and historical biographies of every U.S. congressional member

112th Congress

Alabama1987–2017 Richard Shelby (R) (1934)
1997–2015 Jeff Sessions (R) (1946)
Alaska 2009–2015 Mark Begich (D) (1962)
2011–2017 Lisa Murkowski (R) (1957)
Arizona 1987–2017 John McCain (R) (1936)
1995–2013 Jon Kyl (R) (1942)
Arkansas 2011-2017 John Boozman (R) (1950)
2003–2015 Mark Pryor (D) (1963)
California1993–2013 Dianne Feinstein (D) (1933)
1993-2017 Barbara Boxer (D) (1940)
Colorado 2009–2015 Mark Udall (D) (1950)
2009–2015 Michael Bennet (D) (1964)
Connecticut 2011–2017 Richard Blumenthal (D) (1946)
1989–2013 Joseph I. Lieberman (I) (1942)
Delaware 2011–2017 Christopher Coons (D) (1963)
2001–2013 Thomas R. Carper (D) (1947)
Florida 2001–2013 Bill Nelson (D) (1942)
2011–2017 Marco Rubio (R) (1971)
Georgia2009–2015 Saxby Chambliss (R) (1943)
2005–2017 Johnny Isakson (R) (1944)
Hawaii 1963–2017 Daniel K. Inouye (D) (1924)
1990–2013 Daniel K. Akaka (D) (1924)
Idaho2009–2015 Jim Risch (R) (1943)
1999–2017 Mike Crapo (R) (1951)
Illinois1997–2015 Richard J. Durbin (D) (1944)
2011–2017 Mark Steven Kirk (R) (1959)
Indiana 1977–2013 Richard G. Lugar (R) (1932)
2011–2017 Daniel R. Coats (R) (1943)
Iowa1981–2017 Charles E. Grassley (R) (1933)
1985–2015 Tom Harkin (D) (1939)
Kansas 2011–2017 Jerry Moran (R) (1954)
1997–2015 Pat Roberts (R) (1936)
Kentucky 1985–2015 Mitch McConnell (R) (1942)
2011–2017 Rand Paul (R) (1963)
Louisiana 1997–2015 Mary L. Landrieu (D) (1955)
2005–2017 David Vitter (R) (1961)
Maine 1995–2013 Olympia J. Snowe (R) (1947)
1997–2015 Susan M. Collins (R) (1952)
Maryland1987–2017 Barbara A. Mikulski (D) (1936)
2007–2013 Ben Cardin (D) (1943)
Massachusetts1985–2015 John F. Kerry (D) (1943)
2010–2013 Scott Brown (R) (1959)##
Michigan1979–2015 Carl Levin (D) (1934)
2001–2013 Debbie A. Stabenow (D) (1950)
Minnesota2001–2015 Al Franken (D) (1951)
2007–2013 Amy Klobuchar (D) (1960)
Mississippi1979–2015 Thad Cochran (R) (1937)
2007-2015 Roger Wicker (R) (1951)
Missouri2011–2017 Roy Blunt (R) (1950)
2007–2013 Claire McCaskill (D) (1953)
Montana 1978–2015 Max Baucus (D) (1941)
2007–2013 Jon Tester (D) (1956)
Nebraska 2009–2015 Mike Johanns (R) (1950)
2001–2013 Ben Nelson (D) (1941)
Nevada 1987–2017 Harry Reid (D) (1939)
2011–2013 Dean Heller (R) (1960)
New Hampshire 2011–2017 Kelly Ayotte (R) (1968)
2009–2015 Jeanne Shaheen (D) (1947)
New Jersey2003–2015 Frank R. Lautenberg (D) (1924)
2007–2013 Bob Menendez (D) (1954)
New Mexico 2009–2015 Tom Udall (D) (1948)
1982–2013 Jeff Bingaman (D) (1943)
New York 1999–2017 Charles E. Schumer (D) (1950)
2009–2013 Kirsten Gillibrand (D) (1947)
North Carolina 2009–2015 Kay Hagan (D) (1951)
2005–2011 Richard Burr (R) (1955)
North Dakota 1987–2013 Kent Conrad (D) (1948)
2011–2017 John Hoeven (R) (1957)
Ohio2011–2017 Rob Portman (R) (1955)
2007–2013 Sherrod Brown (D) (1952)
Oklahoma 1994–2015 James Inhofe (R) (1934)
2005–2017 Tom Coburn (R) (1948)
Oregon 1996–2017 Ron Wyden (D) (1949)
2009–2015 Jeff Merkley (D) (1956)
Pennsylvania 2011–2017 Pat Toomey (R) (1961)
2007–2013 Bob Casey (D) (1960)
Rhode Island1997–2015 Jack Reed (D) (1949)
2007–2013 Sheldon Whitehouse (D) (1955)
South Carolina 2003–2015 Lindsey Graham (R) (1955)
2005–2017 Jim DeMint (R) (1951)
South Dakota 1997–2015 Tim Johnson (D) (1946)
2005–2017 John R. Thune (R) (1961)
Tennessee 2003–2015 Lamar Alexander (R) (1940)
2007–2013 Bob Corker (R) (1952)
Texas 1995–2013 Kay Bailey Hutchison (R) (1943)
2003–2015 John Cornyn (R) (1952)
Utah1977–2013 Orrin G. Hatch (R) (1934)
2011–2017 Mike Lee (R) (1971)
Vermont1975–2017 Patrick J. Leahy (D) (1940)
2007–2013 Bernie Sanders (I) (1941)
Virginia2009–2015 Mark Warner (D) (1954)
2007–2013 Jim Webb (D) (1946)
Washington1993–2017 Patty Murray (D) (1950)
2001–2013 Maria Cantwell (D) (1958)
West Virginia2011–2017 Joe Manchin (D) (1947)
1985–2015 John D. "Jay" Rockefeller IV (D) (1937)
Wisconsin1989–2013 Herbert Kohl (D) (1935)
1993–2017 Ron Johnson (R) (1955)
Wyoming 2009–2015 John Barrasso (R) (1952)
1997–2015 Michael B. Enzi (R) (1944)
# = Michael Bennet was appointed to this seat by Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter after Ken Salazar was made Obama's Secretary of the Interior.
* = Joe Biden won reelection to the Senate and was also elected to be the next vice president. The Delaware governor Ruth Ann Minner named Edward Kaufman, Biden's longtime aide, to fill the vacated seat.
** = Roland Burris was appointed by Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich, shortly before the governor's impeachment, to replace Barack Obama, who vacated the seat when elected President.
*** = Hillary Clinton was elected to this seat, but was chosen by President Barack Obama to become Secretary of State. Kirsten Gillibrand, formerly a Representative, was chosen by New York governor David Paterson to replace Clinton.
**** = Dean Heller was appointed by Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval to fill the seat held by John Ensign, who resigned in May 2011.
## = Scott Brown won the January 2010 special election to fill the seat held by Sen. Edward Kennedy, who died in August 2009.
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