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The United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary (informally Senate Judiciary Committee) is a standing committee
Standing Committee

In the United States Congress, standing committees are permanent legislative panels established by the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate rules....
 of the United States Senate
United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper house of the Bicameralism United States Congress, the lower house being the United States House of Representatives....
, the upper house
Upper house

An upper house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house....
 of the United States Congress
United States Congress

The United States Congress is the Bicameralism legislature of the Federal government of the United States of the United States of America, consisting of two houses, the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....
. The Judiciary Committee is charged with conducting hearings prior to the Senate votes on whether to confirm
Advice and consent

Advice and consent is an English phrase frequently used in List of enacting formulae of bill s and in other legal or constitutional contexts, describing a situation in which the executive branch of a government enacts something previously approved of by the legislative branch....
 or not confirm prospective federal judges
United States federal judge

In the United States, the title of federal judge usually refers to a judge appointed by the President of the United States and confirmed by the United States Senate in accordance with Article III of the U.S....
 (including Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the United States

The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States, and leads the federal United States federal courts. It consists of the Chief Justice of the United States and eight Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, who are nominated by the President of the United States and confirmed with th...
 justices) nominated by the president
President of the United States

The President of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in the United States by influence and recognition....
. In recent years, this role has made the committee increasingly a point of contention, with numerous party-line
Political party

A political party is a political organization that seeks to attain and maintain politics power within government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns....
 votes and standoffs over which judges should be approved.






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The United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary (informally Senate Judiciary Committee) is a standing committee
Standing Committee

In the United States Congress, standing committees are permanent legislative panels established by the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate rules....
 of the United States Senate
United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper house of the Bicameralism United States Congress, the lower house being the United States House of Representatives....
, the upper house
Upper house

An upper house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house....
 of the United States Congress
United States Congress

The United States Congress is the Bicameralism legislature of the Federal government of the United States of the United States of America, consisting of two houses, the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....
. The Judiciary Committee is charged with conducting hearings prior to the Senate votes on whether to confirm
Advice and consent

Advice and consent is an English phrase frequently used in List of enacting formulae of bill s and in other legal or constitutional contexts, describing a situation in which the executive branch of a government enacts something previously approved of by the legislative branch....
 or not confirm prospective federal judges
United States federal judge

In the United States, the title of federal judge usually refers to a judge appointed by the President of the United States and confirmed by the United States Senate in accordance with Article III of the U.S....
 (including Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the United States

The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States, and leads the federal United States federal courts. It consists of the Chief Justice of the United States and eight Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, who are nominated by the President of the United States and confirmed with th...
 justices) nominated by the president
President of the United States

The President of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in the United States by influence and recognition....
. In recent years, this role has made the committee increasingly a point of contention, with numerous party-line
Political party

A political party is a political organization that seeks to attain and maintain politics power within government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns....
 votes and standoffs over which judges should be approved. The committee also has a broad jurisdiction over matters relating to federal criminal law. Additionally, it is Senate procedure that all proposed Constitutional Amendments pass through the Judiciary Committee.

The committee, along with the Committee on Finance
United States Senate Committee on Finance

File:Senate cap.PNGThe U.S. Senate Committee on Finance is a Standing committee of the United States Senate. The Committee concerns itself with matters relating to Taxation in the United States measures generally, and those relating to the insular possessions; Bond of the United States; customs, collection districts, and ports of entry an...
 and Committee on Foreign Relations
United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

The United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations is a Standing committee of the United States United States Senate. It is charged with leading Foreign policy of the United States and debate in the Senate....
 committees, is one of the oldest in the Senate. It was initially created in 1816.

Members, 111th Congress
111th United States Congress

The One Hundred Eleventh United States Congress is the List of United States Congresses of the United States Congress, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

The Committee is chaired by Democrat
Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
 Patrick Leahy
Patrick Leahy

Patrick Joseph Leahy is the senior United States Senate from Vermont. He is a member of the Democratic Party , and is the current chairman of the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary....
 of Vermont
Vermont

Vermont is a U.S. state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. The state ranks 43rd by land area, , and 45th by total area....
. The Ranking Minority Member
Ranking member

In Politics of the United States, the ranking member or ranking minority member is a member of a United States Congress or State_legislature_ committee from the minority party, frequently the member with the highest seniority....
 is Republican Arlen Specter
Arlen Specter

Arlen Specter is the senior senator United States Senate from Pennsylvania and a member of the United States Republican Party. Elected in 1980, he is currently the Seniority in the United States Senate as well as 5th most senior Republican in this body....
 of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , often colloquially referred to as PA by natives and Northeasterners, is a U.S. state located in the Northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States....
.

Majority Minority
  • Patrick Leahy
    Patrick Leahy

    Patrick Joseph Leahy is the senior United States Senate from Vermont. He is a member of the Democratic Party , and is the current chairman of the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary....
    , Chairman, Vermont
  • Herb Kohl, Wisconsin
  • Dianne Feinstein
    Dianne Feinstein

    Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein is the Seniority in the United States Senate United States Senate from California and a member of the Democratic Party ....
    , California
  • Russ Feingold
    Russ Feingold

    Russell Dana Feingold is an Politics of the United States from the U.S. state of Wisconsin. He has served as a Democratic Party member of the United States Senate and the junior Senator from Wisconsin since 1993....
    , Wisconsin
  • Chuck Schumer, New York
  • Richard Durbin
    Richard Durbin

    Richard Joseph "Dick" Durbin is the senior United States Senator from the U.S. state of Illinois and Democratic Party Assistant party leaders of the United States Senate, the second highest position in the Democratic Party leadership in the United States Senate....
    , Illinois
  • Benjamin Cardin, Maryland
  • Sheldon Whitehouse
    Sheldon Whitehouse

    Sheldon Whitehouse is the Junior Senator from the state of Rhode Island. A Democratic Party , he previously served as United States Attorney and state Attorney General for Rhode Island....
    , Rhode Island
  • Ron Wyden
    Ron Wyden

    Ronald Lee Wyden is an United States politician from Oregon and a member of the Democratic Party of Oregon. He won a seat in the United States House of Representatives in 1980, and served there until 1996, when he became a United States Senate....
    , Oregon
  • Amy Klobuchar
    Amy Klobuchar

    Amy Jean Klobuchar is the senior United States Senator from Minnesota. She is a member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, an affiliate of the Democratic Party ....
    , Minnesota
  • Ted Kaufman
    Ted Kaufman

    Edward E. "Ted" Kaufman is the Seniority in the United States Senate United States Senate from Delaware and a member of the Democratic Party . He was appointed to replace Joe Biden, who had been United States presidential election, 2008 Vice President of the United States, and took office January 16, 2009, one day after Biden's resignation....
    , Delaware
  • Arlen Specter
    Arlen Specter

    Arlen Specter is the senior senator United States Senate from Pennsylvania and a member of the United States Republican Party. Elected in 1980, he is currently the Seniority in the United States Senate as well as 5th most senior Republican in this body....
    , Ranking Member, Pennsylvania
  • Orrin Hatch
    Orrin Hatch

    Orrin Grant Hatch is a Republican Party United States Senate from Utah, serving since 1977.Hatch is a member of the United States Senate Committee on Finance, where he serves on the subcommittees on United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure and United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on T...
    , Utah
  • Chuck Grassley
    Chuck Grassley

    Charles Ernest "Chuck" Grassley is the seniority United States Senate from Iowa. He is a member of the Republican Party and has served in the Senate since 1981....
    , Iowa
  • Jon Kyl
    Jon Kyl

    Jon Llewellyn Kyl is the Republican Party junior United States Senate representing Arizona. He is currently the Whip , tasked with maintaining party discipline....
    , Arizona
  • Jeff Sessions
    Jeff Sessions

    Jefferson Beauregard "Jeff" Sessions III is the junior United States Senate from Alabama. He is a member of the Republican Party ....
    , Alabama
  • Lindsey Graham
    Lindsey Graham

    Lindsey Olin Graham is an United States politician from South Carolina. A member of the Republican Party , he is currently the senior United States Senate from that state....
    , South Carolina
  • John Cornyn
    John Cornyn

    John Cornyn III is the Seniority in the United States Senate United States Senate from Texas. He is a United States Republican Party and was elected to his first term in November 2002, having defeated Democratic Party Ron Kirk, the former mayor of Dallas, Texas....
    , Texas
  • Tom Coburn
    Tom Coburn

    Thomas Allen "Tom" Coburn, M.D. , is an United States politician and Physician. A member of the United States Republican Party, he currently serves as the junior United States Senate from Oklahoma....
    , Oklahoma


  • Subcommittees

    Subcommittee Chair Ranking member
    Administrative Oversight and the Courts
    United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts

    The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts is one of seven subcommittees within the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary....
    Sheldon Whitehouse
    Sheldon Whitehouse

    Sheldon Whitehouse is the Junior Senator from the state of Rhode Island. A Democratic Party , he previously served as United States Attorney and state Attorney General for Rhode Island....
     (D-RI)
    Jeff Sessions
    Jeff Sessions

    Jefferson Beauregard "Jeff" Sessions III is the junior United States Senate from Alabama. He is a member of the Republican Party ....
     (R-AL)
    Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights
    United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights

    The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights is one of seven subcommittees within the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary....
    Herbert Kohl
    Herbert Kohl (senator)

    Herbert H. "Herb" Kohl is an United States politician, business leader and philanthropist. He currently serves as the senior United States Senate from the U.S....
     (D-WI)
    Orrin Hatch
    Orrin Hatch

    Orrin Grant Hatch is a Republican Party United States Senate from Utah, serving since 1977.Hatch is a member of the United States Senate Committee on Finance, where he serves on the subcommittees on United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure and United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on T...
     (R-UT)
    The Constitution, Civil Rights and Property Rights
    United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Property Rights

    The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution is one of seven subcommittees within the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. The subcomittee was best known in the 1970s as the committee of Sam Ervin, whose investigations and lobbying ? together with Frank Church and the Church Commission ? lead to the founding of the Forei...
    Russ Feingold
    Russ Feingold

    Russell Dana Feingold is an Politics of the United States from the U.S. state of Wisconsin. He has served as a Democratic Party member of the United States Senate and the junior Senator from Wisconsin since 1993....
     (D-WI)
    Tom Coburn
    Tom Coburn

    Thomas Allen "Tom" Coburn, M.D. , is an United States politician and Physician. A member of the United States Republican Party, he currently serves as the junior United States Senate from Oklahoma....
     (R-OK)
    Crime and Drugs
    United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs

    The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs is one of seven subcommittees within the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary....
    Richard Durbin
    Richard Durbin

    Richard Joseph "Dick" Durbin is the senior United States Senator from the U.S. state of Illinois and Democratic Party Assistant party leaders of the United States Senate, the second highest position in the Democratic Party leadership in the United States Senate....
     (D-IL)
    Lindsey Graham
    Lindsey Graham

    Lindsey Olin Graham is an United States politician from South Carolina. A member of the Republican Party , he is currently the senior United States Senate from that state....
     (R-SC)
    Immigration, Refugees and Border Security
    United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and Border Security

    The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and Border Security is one of seven subcommittees within the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary....
    Charles Schumer
    Charles Schumer

    Charles Ellis "Chuck" Schumer is the Seniority in the United States Senate United States Senate from the State of New York, serving since 1999....
     (D-NY)
    John Cornyn
    John Cornyn

    John Cornyn III is the Seniority in the United States Senate United States Senate from Texas. He is a United States Republican Party and was elected to his first term in November 2002, having defeated Democratic Party Ron Kirk, the former mayor of Dallas, Texas....
     (R-TX)
    Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security
    United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security

    The United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security is one of seven subcommittees within the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary....
    Ben Cardin
    Ben Cardin

    Benjamin Louis "Ben" Cardin is the Seniority in the United States Senate United States Senate from Maryland and a member of the Democratic Party ....
     (D-MD)
    Jon Kyl
    Jon Kyl

    Jon Llewellyn Kyl is the Republican Party junior United States Senate representing Arizona. He is currently the Whip , tasked with maintaining party discipline....
     (R-AZ)


    Chairmen since 1816

    Chairman Party State Years
    Dudley Chase
    Dudley Chase

    Dudley Chase was a United States Senator from Vermont.He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1791, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1793....
     
    Democratic-Republican Vermont
    Vermont

    Vermont is a U.S. state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. The state ranks 43rd by land area, , and 45th by total area....
     
    1816–1817
    John J. Crittenden
    John J. Crittenden

    John Jordan Crittenden was an United States statesman from Kentucky. He twice served as United States Attorney General. He represented Kentucky in both houses of United States Congress and served as the state's seventeenth governor....
     
    Democratic-Republican Kentucky
    Kentucky

    The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a U.S. state located in the East Central United States of America. Kentucky is normally included in the group of Southern United States , but it is uncommonly included, geographically and culturally, in the Midwestern United States....
     
    1817–1818
    James Burrill, Jr.
    James Burrill, Jr.

    James Burrill, Jr. was a Federalist-party United States senator representing the state of Rhode Island. He served in the senate from 1817 until 1820....
     
    Federalist
    Federalist Party (United States)

    The Federalist Party was an American political party in the period 1792 to 1816, with remnants lasting into the 1820s. The Federalists controlled the federal government until 1801....
     
    Rhode Island
    Rhode Island

    Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, more commonly referred to as Rhode Island , is a U.S. state in the New England region of the United States....
     
    1818–1819
    William Smith
    William Smith (South Carolina senator)

    William Smith was chosen as a Democratic-Republican to the U.S. Senate representing South Carolina in 1816. The legislature declined to re-elect him when his term expired in 1823....
     
    Democratic-Republican South Carolina
    South Carolina

    South Carolina is a U.S. state in the Southern United States of the United States. It borders Georgia to the south and North Carolina to the north....
     
    1819–1823
    Martin Van Buren
    Martin Van Buren

    Martin Van Buren was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States from 1837 to 1841. Before his presidency, he served as the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States and the 10th United States Secretary of State under Andrew Jackson....
     
    Democratic-Republican New York
    New York

    The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
     
    1823–1828
    John M. Berrien
    John M. Berrien

    John MacPherson Berrien of Georgia was a United States Senate and Andrew Jackson's Attorney General of the United States.Born at Rocky Hill, New Jersey, New Jersey, to a family of Huguenot ancestry, Berrien moved with his parents to Savannah, Georgia, in 1782; was graduated from Princeton College in 1796; studied law in Savannah; was adm...
     
    Jacksonian Georgia
    Georgia (U.S. state)

    Georgia is a U.S. state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against United Kingdom rule in the American Revolution....
     
    1828–1829
    John Rowan Democratic-Republican Kentucky
    Kentucky

    The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a U.S. state located in the East Central United States of America. Kentucky is normally included in the group of Southern United States , but it is uncommonly included, geographically and culturally, in the Midwestern United States....
     
    1829–1831
    William L. Marcy
    William L. Marcy

    William Learned Marcy was an United States statesman, who served as U.S. Senator and Governor of New York, and as the United States Secretary of War and United States Secretary of State....
     
    Jacksonian New York
    New York

    The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
     
    1831–1832
    William Wilkins
    William Wilkins

    William Wilkins may refer to:* William Wilkins , , British architect and archaeologist* William Wilkins , , American lawyer, Senator for Pennsylvania, Secretary of War...
     
    Democratic
    Democratic Party (United States)

    The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
     
    Pennsylvania
    Pennsylvania

    The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , often colloquially referred to as PA by natives and Northeasterners, is a U.S. state located in the Northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States....
     
    1832-1833
    John M. Clayton
    John M. Clayton

    John Middleton Clayton was an United States lawyer and politician from Dover, Delaware in Kent County, Delaware, and later New Castle County, Delaware, Delaware....
     
    Whig
    Whig Party (United States)

    The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from 1833 to 1856, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President of the United States Andrew Jackson and the Democratic Party ....
     
    Delaware
    Delaware

    Delaware is a U.S. state located on the East Coast of the United States in the Mid-Atlantic States region of the United States. The state takes its name from Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, a British nobleman and Virginia's first colonial governor, after whom Cape Henlopen was originally named....
     
    1833–1836
    Felix Grundy
    Felix Grundy

    Felix Grundy was a United States House of Representatives and United States Senate from Tennessee who also served as the 13th Attorney General of the United States....
     
    Jacksonian Tennessee
    Tennessee

    Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States United States. In 1796, it became the sixteenth state to join the United States....
     
    1836-1838
    Garret D. Wall
    Garret D. Wall

    Garret Dorset Wall was a military officer and politician from New Jersey. Born in Middletown Township, New Jersey, he completed preparatory studies, studied law, was licensed as an attorney in 1804 and as a counselor in 1807, and commenced practice in Burlington, New Jersey....
     
    Democratic
    Democratic Party (United States)

    The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
     
    New Jersey
    New Jersey

    New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north by New York, on the east by the Hudson River and the Atlantic Ocean, on the southwest by Delaware, and on the west by Pennsylvania....
     
    1838–1841
    John M. Berrien
    John M. Berrien

    John MacPherson Berrien of Georgia was a United States Senate and Andrew Jackson's Attorney General of the United States.Born at Rocky Hill, New Jersey, New Jersey, to a family of Huguenot ancestry, Berrien moved with his parents to Savannah, Georgia, in 1782; was graduated from Princeton College in 1796; studied law in Savannah; was adm...
     
    Whig
    Whig Party (United States)

    The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from 1833 to 1856, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President of the United States Andrew Jackson and the Democratic Party ....
     
    Georgia
    Georgia (U.S. state)

    Georgia is a U.S. state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against United Kingdom rule in the American Revolution....
     
    1841–1845
    Chester Ashley
    Chester Ashley

    Chester Ashley was an United States politician who represented Arkansas in the U.S. Senate from 1844 until his death.Ashley was born in Amherst, Massachusetts in 1791; while a child he moved with his parents to Hudson, New York....
     
    Democratic
    Democratic Party (United States)

    The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
     
    Arkansas
    Arkansas

    Arkansas is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States of the United States. Arkansas shares a border with six states, with its eastern border largely defined by the Mississippi River....
     
    1845–1847
    Andrew P. Butler Democratic
    Democratic Party (United States)

    The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
     
    South Carolina
    South Carolina

    South Carolina is a U.S. state in the Southern United States of the United States. It borders Georgia to the south and North Carolina to the north....
     
    1847–1857
    James A. Bayard, Jr.
    James A. Bayard, Jr.

    James Asheton Bayard, Jr. was an United States lawyer and politician from Wilmington, Delaware, in New Castle County, Delaware, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party , who served as United States Senate....
     
    Democratic
    Democratic Party (United States)

    The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
     
    Delaware
    Delaware

    Delaware is a U.S. state located on the East Coast of the United States in the Mid-Atlantic States region of the United States. The state takes its name from Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, a British nobleman and Virginia's first colonial governor, after whom Cape Henlopen was originally named....
     
    1857–1861
    Lyman Trumbull
    Lyman Trumbull

    Lyman Trumbull was a United States Senator from Illinois during the American Civil War, and co-author of the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution....
     
    Republican
    Republican Party (United States)

    The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
     
    Illinois
    Illinois

    The State of Illinois is a U.S. state of the United States, the 21st to be admitted to the United States. Illinois is the most populous and demographically diverse Midwestern United States state and the fifth most populous state in the nation....
     
    1861-1872
    George F. Edmunds
    George F. Edmunds

    George Franklin Edmunds was a Republican Party United States United States Senate from Vermont from 1866 to 1891.Born in Richmond, Vermont, Edmunds attended common schools and was privately tutored as a child....
     
    Republican
    Republican Party (United States)

    The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
     
    Vermont
    Vermont

    Vermont is a U.S. state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. The state ranks 43rd by land area, , and 45th by total area....
     
    1872–1879
    Allen G. Thurman
    Allen G. Thurman

    Allen Granberry Thurman was a United States Democratic Party United States House of Representatives and United States Senate from Ohio, as well as the nominee of the Democratic Party for Vice President of the United States in 1888....
     
    Democratic
    Democratic Party (United States)

    The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
     
    Ohio
    Ohio

    Ohio is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region , Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads in North America....
     
    1879–1881
    George F. Edmunds
    George F. Edmunds

    George Franklin Edmunds was a Republican Party United States United States Senate from Vermont from 1866 to 1891.Born in Richmond, Vermont, Edmunds attended common schools and was privately tutored as a child....
     
    Republican
    Republican Party (United States)

    The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
     
    Vermont
    Vermont

    Vermont is a U.S. state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. The state ranks 43rd by land area, , and 45th by total area....
     
    1881–1891
    George Frisbie Hoar
    George Frisbie Hoar

    George Frisbie Hoar was a prominent United States politician and United States Senator from Massachusetts. Hoar was born in Concord, Massachusetts....
     
    Republican
    Republican Party (United States)

    The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
     
    Massachusetts
    Massachusetts

    The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. It borders Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north....
     
    1891–1893
    James L. Pugh
    James L. Pugh

    James Lawrence Pugh was a United States Senate from Alabama, as well as a member of the Confederate Congress during the American Civil War.Pugh was born in Burke County, Georgia, and moved to Alabama in 1824....
     
    Democratic
    Democratic Party (United States)

    The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
     
    Alabama
    Alabama

    Alabama is a state located in the Southern United States of the United States of America. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west....
     
    1893–1895
    George Frisbie Hoar
    George Frisbie Hoar

    George Frisbie Hoar was a prominent United States politician and United States Senator from Massachusetts. Hoar was born in Concord, Massachusetts....
     
    Republican
    Republican Party (United States)

    The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
     
    Massachusetts
    Massachusetts

    The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. It borders Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north....
     
    1895–1904
    Orville H. Platt
    Orville H. Platt

    Orville Hitchcock Platt was a United States Senator from Connecticut. Born in Washington, Connecticut, he attended the common schools and graduated from The Gunnery in Washington....
     
    Republican
    Republican Party (United States)

    The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
     
    Connecticut
    Connecticut

    Connecticut is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. The state borders New York to the west and south , Massachusetts to the north, and Rhode Island to the east....
     
    1904-1905
    Clarence D. Clark
    Clarence D. Clark

    Clarence D. Clark was a teacher, lawyer, and politician from New York who participated in the constitutional convention for Wyoming's statehood and was one of that state's first congressmen....
     
    Republican
    Republican Party (United States)

    The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
     
    Wyoming
    Wyoming

    The State of Wyoming is a sparsely populated U.S. state in the Northwestern United States of the United States. The majority of the state is dominated by the mountain ranges and rangelands of the Rocky Mountains, while the easternmost section of the state is a high altitude prairie region known as the High Plains ....
     
    1905-1912
    Charles Allen Culberson
    Charles Allen Culberson

    Charles Allen Culberson was a Democratic Party United States of America political figure who served as governor of Texas between 1895 and 1899 and a United States Senator from Texas from 1899 until 1923....
     
    Democratic
    Democratic Party (United States)

    The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
     
    Texas
    Texas

    Texas is a U.S. state located in the South Central United States, nicknamed the Lone Star State. Texas is the second largest U.S. state in both area and population, spanning , and with a growing population of 24.3 million residents....
     
    1912-1919
    Knute Nelson
    Knute Nelson

    Knute Nelson was an United States politician who served in the Wisconsin Legislature and Minnesota Legislature, in the U.S. House of Representatives, as governor of Minnesota, and as a U.S....
     
    Republican
    Republican Party (United States)

    The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
     
    Minnesota
    Minnesota

    Minnesota is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States of the United States. The twelfth largest state by area in the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with just over five million residents....
     
    1919–1923
    Frank B. Brandegee
    Frank B. Brandegee

    Frank Bosworth Brandegee was a United States Representative and United States Senate from Connecticut, born in New London, Connecticut. He was the son of Augustus Brandegee, also a Connecticut politician....
     
    Republican
    Republican Party (United States)

    The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
     
    Connecticut
    Connecticut

    Connecticut is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. The state borders New York to the west and south , Massachusetts to the north, and Rhode Island to the east....
     
    1923–1924
    Albert B. Cummins
    Albert B. Cummins

    Albert Baird Cummins was a US Republican Governor of Iowa, U.S. Senator and two-time presidential candidate. A leader of his party's progressive wing and opponent of its more conservative "standpatters," he was defeated shortly before his death by an even more progressive adversary within his own party....
     
    Republican
    Republican Party (United States)

    The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
     
    Iowa
    Iowa

    The State of Iowa is a U.S. state in the Midwestern region of the United States of America, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland." It is bordered by Minnesota to the north, Wisconsin and Illinois to the east, Nebraska and South Dakota to the west, and Missouri to the south....
     
    1924–1926
    George William Norris
    George William Norris

    George William Norris was a United States leader of progressivism and Liberalism causes in Congress. He represented the state of Nebraska in the United States Senate from 1913 until 1943....
     
    Republican
    Republican Party (United States)

    The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
     
    Nebraska
    Nebraska

    Nebraska is a U.S. state located on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States and Western United States.Nebraska probably gets its name from the archaic Chiwere language words ?? Br?sge or the Omaha-Ponca language N? Bth?ska meaning "flat water," after the Platte River that flows through the state....
     
    1926–1933
    Henry F. Ashurst
    Henry F. Ashurst

    Henry Fountain Ashurst was an United States Democratic Party of the United States politician and one of the first two United States Senates from Arizona, the other being Marcus A....
     
    Democratic
    Democratic Party (United States)

    The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
     
    Arizona
    Arizona

    The State of Arizona is a U.S. state located in the Southwestern United States of the United States. The capital and largest city is Phoenix, Arizona....
     
    1933–1941
    Frederick Van Nuys
    Frederick Van Nuys

    Frederick Van Nuys was a United States Senator from Indiana. Born in Falmouth, Indiana, he attended the public schools and graduated from Earlham College in 1898 and from the Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis in 1900....
     
    Democratic
    Democratic Party (United States)

    The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
     
    Indiana
    Indiana

    The State of Indiana was the 19th U.S. state admitted into the union. It is located in the Midwestern United States of the United States of America....
     
    1941–1945
    Pat McCarran
    Pat McCarran

    Patrick Anthony McCarran was a Democratic Party United States Senator from Nevada from 1933 until 1954, and was noted for his strong anti-Communist stance....
     
    Democratic
    Democratic Party (United States)

    The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
     
    Nevada
    Nevada

    Nevada is a U.S. state located in the Western United States of the United States of America. The capital is Carson City and the largest city is Las Vegas, Nevada....
     
    1945–1947
    Alexander Wiley
    Alexander Wiley

    Alexander Wiley was a member of the United States Republican Party who served four terms in the United States Senate for the state of Wisconsin from 1939 to 1963....
     
    Republican
    Republican Party (United States)

    The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
     
    Wisconsin
    Wisconsin

    Wisconsin is one of the fifty U.S. state in the United States of America, located in the north central part of the United States. It borders two of the five Great Lakes and four U.S....
     
    1947–1949
    Pat McCarran
    Pat McCarran

    Patrick Anthony McCarran was a Democratic Party United States Senator from Nevada from 1933 until 1954, and was noted for his strong anti-Communist stance....
     
    Democratic
    Democratic Party (United States)

    The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
     
    Nevada
    Nevada

    Nevada is a U.S. state located in the Western United States of the United States of America. The capital is Carson City and the largest city is Las Vegas, Nevada....
     
    1949–1953
    William Langer
    William Langer

    William "Wild Bill" Langer was a prominent United States politician from North Dakota. Langer is one of the most colorful characters in North Dakota history, most famously bouncing back from a scandal that forced him out of the governor's office and into prison....
     
    Republican
    Republican Party (United States)

    The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
     
    North Dakota
    North Dakota

    North Dakota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States and Western United States regions of the United States of America. North Dakota is the 19th largest state by area in the US; it is the 48th most populous, with just over 640,000 residents as of 2006....
     
    1953–1955
    Harley M. Kilgore
    Harley M. Kilgore

    Harley Martin Kilgore was a United States Senator from West Virginia.Born in Brown, West Virginia, he attended the public schools and graduated from the law department of West Virginia University at Morgantown, West Virginia in 1914 and was admitted to the bar the same year....
     
    Democratic
    Democratic Party (United States)

    The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
     
    West Virginia
    West Virginia

    West Virginia is a U.S. state in the Appalachian, Upland South, and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia on the southeast, Kentucky on the southwest, Ohio on the northwest, and Pennsylvania and Maryland on the northeast....
     
    1955–1956
    James Eastland
    James Eastland

    James Oliver Eastland was an American politician from Mississippi who served in the United States Senate as a United States Democratic Party briefly in 1941 and again from 1943 until his resignation December 27, 1978....
     
    Democratic
    Democratic Party (United States)

    The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
     
    Mississippi
    Mississippi

    Mississippi is a U.S. state located in the Deep South of the United States. Jackson, Mississippi is the state capital and largest city. The state's name comes from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, and takes its name from the Anishinaabe language word misi-ziibi ....
     
    1956–1978
    Edward M. Kennedy Democratic
    Democratic Party (United States)

    The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
     
    Massachusetts
    Massachusetts

    The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. It borders Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north....
     
    1978–1981
    Strom Thurmond
    Strom Thurmond

    James Strom Thurmond was an American politician who served as governor of South Carolina and as a United States Senate. He also ran for the President of the United States in United States presidential election, 1948 as the segregationist Dixiecrat candidate, receiving 2.4% of the popular vote and 39 Electoral College ....
     
    Republican
    Republican Party (United States)

    The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
     
    South Carolina
    South Carolina

    South Carolina is a U.S. state in the Southern United States of the United States. It borders Georgia to the south and North Carolina to the north....
     
    1981–1987
    Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Democratic
    Democratic Party (United States)

    The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
     
    Delaware
    Delaware

    Delaware is a U.S. state located on the East Coast of the United States in the Mid-Atlantic States region of the United States. The state takes its name from Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, a British nobleman and Virginia's first colonial governor, after whom Cape Henlopen was originally named....
     
    1987–1995
    Orrin Hatch
    Orrin Hatch

    Orrin Grant Hatch is a Republican Party United States Senate from Utah, serving since 1977.Hatch is a member of the United States Senate Committee on Finance, where he serves on the subcommittees on United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure and United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on T...
     
    Republican
    Republican Party (United States)

    The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
     
    Utah
    Utah

    The State of Utah is a western United States U.S. state of the United States. It was the List of U.S. states by date of statehood admitted to the United States on January 4, 1896....
     
    1995–2001
    Patrick Leahy
    Patrick Leahy

    Patrick Joseph Leahy is the senior United States Senate from Vermont. He is a member of the Democratic Party , and is the current chairman of the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary....
     
    Democratic
    Democratic Party (United States)

    The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
     
    Vermont
    Vermont

    Vermont is a U.S. state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. The state ranks 43rd by land area, , and 45th by total area....
     
    2001
    Orrin Hatch
    Orrin Hatch

    Orrin Grant Hatch is a Republican Party United States Senate from Utah, serving since 1977.Hatch is a member of the United States Senate Committee on Finance, where he serves on the subcommittees on United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure and United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on T...
     
    Republican
    Republican Party (United States)

    The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
     
    Utah
    Utah

    The State of Utah is a western United States U.S. state of the United States. It was the List of U.S. states by date of statehood admitted to the United States on January 4, 1896....
     
    2001
    Patrick Leahy
    Patrick Leahy

    Patrick Joseph Leahy is the senior United States Senate from Vermont. He is a member of the Democratic Party , and is the current chairman of the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary....
     
    Democratic
    Democratic Party (United States)

    The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
     
    Vermont
    Vermont

    Vermont is a U.S. state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. The state ranks 43rd by land area, , and 45th by total area....
     
    2001–2003
    Orrin Hatch
    Orrin Hatch

    Orrin Grant Hatch is a Republican Party United States Senate from Utah, serving since 1977.Hatch is a member of the United States Senate Committee on Finance, where he serves on the subcommittees on United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure and United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on T...
     
    Republican
    Republican Party (United States)

    The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
     
    Utah
    Utah

    The State of Utah is a western United States U.S. state of the United States. It was the List of U.S. states by date of statehood admitted to the United States on January 4, 1896....
     
    2003-2005
    Arlen Specter
    Arlen Specter

    Arlen Specter is the senior senator United States Senate from Pennsylvania and a member of the United States Republican Party. Elected in 1980, he is currently the Seniority in the United States Senate as well as 5th most senior Republican in this body....
     
    Republican
    Republican Party (United States)

    The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
     
    Pennsylvania
    Pennsylvania

    The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , often colloquially referred to as PA by natives and Northeasterners, is a U.S. state located in the Northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States....
     
    2005-2007
    Patrick Leahy
    Patrick Leahy

    Patrick Joseph Leahy is the senior United States Senate from Vermont. He is a member of the Democratic Party , and is the current chairman of the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary....
     
    Democratic
    Democratic Party (United States)

    The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
     
    Vermont
    Vermont

    Vermont is a U.S. state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. The state ranks 43rd by land area, , and 45th by total area....
     
    2007–present


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